1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND SENSATION IN STEERING LINKAGE WHILE BRAKING AND TURNING CORNERS. DEALER HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER RAM PICKUP. DEALER REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. FIXED PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AFTER ADDITIONAL 10,000 MILES PROBLEM IS RE-OCCURRING. ALSO, THREE OF ORIGINAL FIVE TIRES HAD DEFECTS INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT BULGING AND PLY SEPARATION. RESULTED IN POOR TRACTION, EXCELERATED WEAR, AND BOUNCING. OWNER REPLACED TWO TIRES. WHEN THIRD TIRE FAILED, OWNER REPLACED ALL THE TIRES. DEALER STATED THEY RECEIVE MANY TIRE COMPLAINTS FROM NEW VEHICLE OWNERS WITH GOODYEAR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245 75R16 )

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO CHANGE GEARS AT 35MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE TRANSMISSION CHECKED & REPLACED. HAD NOTICED THE FRONT CLUTCH WAS LEAKING FLUID. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT, CAUSING THE WIPERS TO WORK OFF AND ON AT TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

STEERING COLUMN IS VERY LOOSE AND SHAKES, THIS PROBLEM ALSO GIVES IT TROUBLE PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

EXCESSIVE PEDAL EFFORT REQUIRED TO STOP VEHICLE IN NORMAL BRAKING SITUATIONS. FRONT BRAKES SMOKE DURING HARD STOPS OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. IT ALSO GIVES OFF A BURNING SMELL. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER 2 TIMES AND THEY STATE THAT IT IS "NORMAL". I JUST FOUND OUT THAT IN 1997, DODGE CHANGED THE MASTER CYLINDER ON THIS TRUCK TO A LARGER UNIT. THE REST OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS ARE THE SAME. I WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE MY PROBLEM. *AK

THERE ARE 2 EXTRA PIECES ON CAMSHAFT ON ENGINE. NO PLATE (LIFTER KEEPER). THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SOUND/RUN LIKE A DIESEL. ROCKALE ASSEMBLY RODS CUT INTO CAMSHAFT, LEAVING 1/2 GROOVE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC CHANGE OIL & FILTER WHICH WAS FULL OF SHAVING 3 TIMES BUT THE ENGINE NOT RIGHT.*AK.ET.

1500 BOTH MIRRORS HAVE BECOME SO LOSE AS TO BE FOLDED BACK TOWARDS THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING OVER THIRTY MILES PER HOUR. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE AFTERMARKET BUG SHIELD THE AIR HAS BEEN REDIRECTED IN A WAY THAT THE MIRRORS WERE LOOSENED. THEY SUGGESTION: SUPER GLUE THE MIRRORS IN PLACE???

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO FIRST GEAR AT A STOP POSITION, AND WON'T SHIFT TO SECOND, MOVING THE TRANSMISSION WINDS. REPLACED WITH NEW, SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE ON VAROUIS PARTS. 1. TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE AT 58,000 MILE OF WEAR 2. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET BROKE, AND 3. FUEL PUMP FAILED TO OPERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

3500 PICKUP WHILE DRIVING UP A 7% GRADE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE CAME LOOSE AND I LOST ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE TOW TRUCK DEALER SAID THERE WAS A PLASTIC SNAP FITTING ON THIS COOLER LINE THAT OFTEN RUPTURES. WHEN THEY CALLED IN THE DISPATCHER SAID, " ANOTHER DODGE?" WE HAD JUST COME DOWN A SEVERE GRADE. IF THIS HAD FAILED ON THAT SLOPE WE'D PROBABLY BEEN KILLED.