2001 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED UP IT BLOWS BLACK SMOKE OUT FROM EXHAUST AND RUNS ROUGH UNTIL VEHICLE WARMS UP. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT COMPONENT OF VEHICLE THAT IS CAUSING THIS DEFECT IS RELATED TO COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM PERFORMS ERRATICALLY. PROBLEM WITH NOT STOPPING PROPERLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. *AK

RPMS ARE RACING DOWN AND UP, AND SOMETIMES GET STUCK IN UP POSITION. WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, A CLANKING NOISE OCCURS. ALSO, WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE IT WILL SHAKE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO FAULTY COMPUTER AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT HAVE A REMEDY FOR ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS. *AK THERE WAS NOISE FROM REAR END WHEN SHIFTING GEAR. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSE. THE ENGINE HAD ROUGH IDLE. *YH

RIGHT FRONT TIRE ALMOST FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THERE WAS NO GREASE IN BEARINGS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED SIDE MIRRORS SHAKE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER HAS REPLACED MIRRORS THREEE TIMES AND DEALER REFUSE TO FIX OR INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER, THERE IS A FRONT END NOISE IN SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS, SPRINGS,SJOCKS AND SWAY BAR WAS REPLACED AND THE NOISE STOPPED FOR TWO WEEKS AND REOCCURED, ENGINE IDLING ROUGH, POOR GAS MILEAGE, FOUND THAT SPARK PLUG MISFIRED, ENGINE STALLS WHEN IN GEAR CONSUMER ALSO STATES SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LOOSE WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE REPLACED..*JB

VEHICLE WILL ACT AS IF OUT OF GAS AND START JERKING. RPMS WILL GO UP AND VEHICLE SEEMS AS IF IT IS GOING UP HILL. SOMETIMES DRIVER WILL PUT FOOT ON GAS FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND VEHICLE WILL GO NOWHERE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE TWICE AND HAD NO SOLUTION. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR COLLISION WITH A SMALL ATV ON PUBLIC TRAILS ON DNR PROPERTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE ATV ESCAPED DAMAGE, THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND THE LACK OF PROTECTION IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE GREENVILLE NEWS ON 04/21/2001, TESTS CONDUCTED BY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY SAID THAT THESE BUMPERS SUSTAINED "EXCESSIVE" DAMAGE IN 5 MPH CRASHES. REPAIR BILL FROM TEST--$2006. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH , AND LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE WENT INTO DITCH HEAD-ON, UPON IMACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE SUSTAINED ENORMOUS DAMAGE, SUCH AS FRONT BUMPER BEING PUSHED UP TO RADIATOR, AND STEERING WHEEL KNOCKED LOOSE WHEN CONSUMER'S HEAD HIT IT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35-40 MPH VEHICLE HOOD FLEW BACKWARD. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND NOISE WILL COME FROM BOTTOM OF VEHICLE, AND ANOTHER NOISE FROM FUEL TANK THAT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE ,LIKE BOUNCING. COULD NOT BE CORRECTED BY DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUEL TANK NOISE AND STATES THAT IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THERE IS A CLUNCKING NOISE ON TAKE OFF OR STOPING DUE TO TRANS MOUNT FAILURE. *YH