1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

RECALL 97V084000, TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT AND LINES; DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE IT IS FOR FREE. *AK

FRONT END MISALIGNMENT. IN ADDITION, REAR AXLE SEALS/AXLE BEARINGS/STEERING DRAG:LINK/FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS/ROTORS AND PADS/REAR BRAKE SHOES AND DRUMS AND REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS AND BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER FAILED/REPLACED.

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH MADE DIRECT HIT HEAD-ON AGAINST TRUCK , DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, NO WARNING THAT AIRBAG WAS DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTUER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE BRAKE PADS SEPARATED FROM THE SHOE, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, THEY SEEM TO BE VERY SPONGY, AND THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOORBOARD. THEY DO NOT STOP THE TRUCK. ALL BRAKE PADS HAVE BE REPLACED ON 3/7/98. THE REAR BRAKES PADS WERE GLAZED OVER LIKE THEY WERE HEATED UP. *AK

ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A MODULE WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED LESS THAN A YEAR. THE ABS AND BRAKING LIGHT COMES ON. DURING A PANIC STOP THE WHEELS LOCK UP. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ABS BRAKES FAILED. ON 4-3-98, DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT, LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO BRAKES. OWNER HAS TAKEN THE TRUCK INTO DEALER THREE TIMES, AND THEY REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS, SUCH AS THE FUEL PUMP, SPARK PLUG WIRE, AND ETC. THE TRUCK STILL IS HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK

BRAKES HAVE BEEN A CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE, SEVERAL REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS.

THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, AND THEN RAN INTO TELEPHONE POLE AND WAS TOTALED. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS DONE NOTHING. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PASSENGER'S SEAT WILL SLIDE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER HAS HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK