1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHENEVER AIR CONDITIONING & HEATER SWITCH IS TURNED ON IT CAUSES THE IGNITION SWITCH TO OVERHEAT DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. TRANSMISSION NEEDS AN OVERHALL. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE AND PARKING BRAKE RELEASED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLIDING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL RIM CRACKED IN HALF, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. *AK

WHILE TRUCK IS IDLING OR MOVING..IF THE HORNS ARE USED , THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD BLOWS. THIS IS ALSO PREVALENT WHILE THE A/C IS RUNNING. THE A/C SHUTS DOWN AT THIS POINT, THE COMPRESSOR DOESN'T WORK UNTIL THE FUSE IS REPLACED. THE CIRCIUIT FROM THE HORNS AND THE A/C ARE TWO DIFFERENT CIRCUITS UNDER HOOD <RELAY BOX>CANNOT USE THE HORNS TO ALERT OTHERS FUSES KEEP BLOWING.SAFETY ISSUE WILL NOT PASS NH STATE INSPECTION THIS WAY. *AK

INITIAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM STARTED @ 38000 JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP. I NEVER THOUGHT OF CONTACTING MANUFACTURER. TRANS. DIAGNOSIS COMPLETE AT 72500 MIS, DEALER SAY REBUILD, R+R AT 89300MIS. BRAKE MASTERCYLINDER LID WAS LEAKING CAUSING INSUFFICIET FLUID LEVEL LEAD TO PAD AND SHOE FAILURE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE LED TO LIFTER FAILURE IN THE ENGINE. TRANS WOULD LONG SHIFT PUTIING STRAIN ON ENGINE CAUSING A HIGHER REV. ULTIMATELY WEAKENING 2 LIFTERS. I AM NOW HEARING A NOISE AND FEELING JOLTS ON THE STEERING WHEEL TURNING LEFT . PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING A CRASH. SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK BRAKE FAILED. *YD

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SAW HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF TRUCK. AFTER STOPPING TRUCK, DRIVER CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK AND NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID SQUIRTING OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER IS REPARING THE TRUCK AT OWNER'S COST. ALSO, THIS TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 97V084000 CHRYSLER/TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE. THE FAILURE WAS THE PLASTIC FITTING THAT ATTACHES THE TRANS COOLER LINE TO THE TRANSMISSION, ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. FLUID WAS SPEWING OUT DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE IGNITION. *AK.ET.

REARVIEW MIRRORS ARE LOOSE AND FOLD IN WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE BRAKE PADS ARE ALSO IN NEED OF CHANGING AT 50000 MILES WHEN THEY WERE CHANGED AT 22702MILES BY THE DEALERSHIP. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE BREAKING SYSTEM. *AK