1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. BRAKE LINING OVERHEATS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. VEHICLE NOT STOPPING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED QUICKLY. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK *ML

THE FRONT TRACKING BAR THAT HOLDS THE FRONT AXLE IN PLACE IS VERY LOOSE AND IS ABOUT TO BREAK WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

VAN 250 TRANSMISSIOON FAILURE, AT 48,000 MI TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. REVERSE GEAR DOES NOT INGAGE UNTIL YOU RACE THE ENGINE IN REVERSE THEN BANGS. DEALER CLAIMS UPPER CLUCHES LEAKING AND TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT. THIS IS A HEAVY DUTY TRANSMISSION AND IT SHOULD NOT GO OUT AT ONLY 48,000 MILES

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND TOWING A TRAILER THE THROTTLE LINKAGE JAMMED ALL THE WAY ON. I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF TO STOP. THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BECOME FRAYED INSIDE OF A SHEATH ON THE LINKAGE CABLE AND JAMMED INSIDE THE SHEATH.

THE WINDSHIELD CHIPS WHEN STRUCK WITH EVEN SMALL OBJECTS ALSO THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD APPEARS AS IF IT WAS SANDBLASTED AND IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH WHEN DRIVING INTO THE SETTING SUN.. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE WHEN THE MILAGE (34000) IS CONSIDERED

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH REAR BRAKES ADJUSTING AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. BRAKES FAIL TO WORK. THE SELF ADJUSTOR DOES NOT WORK. HAD TO HAVE THEM MANUALLY ADJUSTED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUEL RETURN LINE WHICH RESULTED IN LEAKAGE.

FRONT OF THE ENGINE FRAME IS BROKEN ,AND THAT THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO FALL ON THE GROUND. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CHRYSLER CUSTOMER RELATIONS WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON A FRONTAL IMPACT AND AGREED TO SEND A SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS CREW TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THERE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT IN THE DIRECT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM STILL SHOWED TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND READY. NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THIS VEHICLE COULD BELIEVE THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DAMAGED INCURRED! THIS INCLUDES THE INSURANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTER AND THE BODY SHOP WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE ! IN MY OPINION THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISEMENT BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER THAT STATES THE AIR BAG WILL DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL IMPACT OVER 20 MPH. IT DOESNT STATE THAT THE IMPACT HAS TO BE DEAD CENTER OF THE VEHICLE !

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER FROM BEHIND THE SEAT BELTS DISCONNECTED FROM THE ANCHORS, CAUSING INJURY TO THE CONSUMER AND CHILDREN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK