1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 50MPH & WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, MASTER CYLINDER/POWER BOOSTER STUDS CAME OUT. IT SPLIT THE METAL ATTACHMENT. THERE WERE NO BRAKES. REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. HAD CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. A REPRESENTATIVE CHECKED VEHICLE'S BRAKES & INDICATED THE BRAKES WERE FINE & MANUFACTURER WAS NOT LIABLE FOR ANYTHING.*AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR IGNITION SWITCH ON 7/19/00 & CONTACTED DEALER. INDICATION WAS REPAIRS WILL NOT BE TAKE PLACE FOR 6 WEEKS. OWNER WAS UPSET. TIME FRAME WAS NOT REASONABLE. VEHICLE COULD CATCH FIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING GAS PEDAL MAY BE DOWN TO THE FLOOR, BUT VEHICLE WON'T GO ANYWHERE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND PIECES OF RUBBER O-RING, METAL SLITHERINGS, CLUTCH MATERIALS IN TRANSMISSION PAN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID CONSUMER NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION/FRONT PUMP, CONSUMERS FELT THIS CAR WAS 4 YEARS OLD, AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.*AK

RECALL # 00V135000 DAIMLERCHRYSLER/IGINITION SWITCH/WIRING: AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT AND LEAVING TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DAY, OWNER WAS TOLD THAT RECALL CAMPAIGN WAS NOT COMPLETED. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT NO ONE WAS ON STAFF TO COMPLETE THE CAMPAIGN. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHEN CAMPAIGN WILL BE COMPLETED. OWNER FEELS THAT IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO GET PAID. *AK

PEOO 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE. THEN, THERE WAS A SECOND ACCIDENT WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH, AT THIRD ACCIDENT HE WAS TRAVELING 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, AND TREAD PEELED 360 DEGREES, BUT TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. TREAD WAS HITTING AGAINST VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THESE WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT, #LT245/75R/16 #DOT 7BA3PUA178.*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AT HEART OF TEXAS DODGE FOR RECALL 00V135000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 875 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. WAS TOLD THAT DEALER COULD NOT MAKE APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER. CONSUMER IS NOW EXPERIENCING DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TO A STOP SIGN BEHIND OTHER VEHICLE, APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE LOST BRAKING POWER. CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. TECHNICIAN POINTED OUT THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH BRAKE LINE THAT DELIVERED FLUID TO BRAKES. *AK

I AM THE OWNER OF A 96 DODGE RAM 1500 EXT. CAB TRUCK. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 33000 MILE FROM VANCOUVER DODGE IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON ON JAN 17, 1998. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE FIREHAWK ATX TIRES SIZE 30 X 9.50 R15.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 30X9.50R15 )

RECEIVED RECALL 00V135000 & CONTACTED DEALER. INFORMED REPAIRS CAN BE DONE ON IGNITION SWITCH. TOOK VEHICLE IN & WAS TOLD IT WILL TAKE OVER 2 HOURS. TALKED TO GENERAL MANAGER OF DEALERSHIP JERRY, AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE MUST TAKE CARE OF EMPLOYEES. HE URGED CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE ELSEWHERE. THIS HAPPENED AFTER REQUESTING SERVICE MANAGER TO GIVE $20 FOR FUEL & TIME. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED TO COME BACK IN 4 WEEKS. PROBLEM MIGHT CAUSE FIRE IF WAITING 4 WEEKS FOR REPAIRS. *AK

RETURNED FUEL LINE BECAME BUBBLY DUE TO BEING BURNED FROM RESTING AGAINST INTAKE MANIFOLD. FUEL LEAKED OUT OF THE AREA WHERE IT WAS BURNED. THIS VEHICLE HAS A DIESEL ENGINE. *AK