2001 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHEN LETTING GO OFF ACCLERATOR VEHICLE WILL SURGE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP OR JUST SLOWING DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WILL LOOK INTO IT.*AK

WHEN TRAVLING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE BECOMES DIFFCULT TO CHANGE INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. WHEN TEMPERATURE GETS COLDER SITUATION BECOMES WORSE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS WILLING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK

APPLYING CLUTCH WILL NOT DISENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL. INSTEAD, ENGINE WILL REV UP TO REDLINE AND TURN ITSELF OFF. ON 2 OCCASIONS, CONSUMER TURNED OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL TO COAST TO A STOP LIGHT WHEN SUDDENLY ENGINE BEGAN TO REV. DEALER CLAIMED VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY, AND THERE WAS NO SOLUTION. THEREFORE, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE ANGLED CLOSE TOGETHER, SO WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DRIVER INADVERTENTLY DEPRESSES ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IT WOULD NOT GO STRAIGHT, BUT CONTINOUSLY PULLED TO EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A COLLISION. DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX THREE TIMES, AND TRACK BAR, AND STEERING PUMP, WHICH DID NOT CORRECTED PROBLEM. *AK DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX 2 TIMES, POWER STEERING WAS LOST WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *SLC

ON A 30 MPH FRONTAL CENTER CRASH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING BODLY INJURY,CHRYSLER INVESTIGATION #8126432 THE FOND OPEN SQUIB SYSTEM AT AIRBAG AND STATED THAT THE AIR BAG FAILURE WAS DO TO WIRES THAT RIPPED LOOSE WHEN STEERING COLUMN COLLAPSED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

HEADLIGHTS COME ON AT ALL TIME, AND DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. BATTERY RUNS DOWN, AND HE HAS TO HAVE A JUMP START. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, SPEEDOMETER WENT FROM 55 TO 0. THEN, ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS WENT DEAD AND HORN STARTED BLARING. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND SAW AN ORANGE GLOW UNDER HOOD. WITHIN 2 MINUTES, PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT WAS IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND FIRE HAD STARTED IN POWER BOX, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DODGE WANTS TO REPAIR. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE FIRES WAS BECAUSE OF THE POWER DISTRIBUTOR BOX. *SLC

CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. TO GO IN REVERSE HAS TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL. TO DRIVE IT HAS TO BE IN 2ND GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER. *AK