1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN COLD WHEATER THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT SHIFT IN A HIGHER GEAR. THIS HAPPENS WHEN GOING ABOUT 30MPH. DEALER SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVING SLOWLY ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM 5MPH TO ABOUT 40MPH .REAR TIRES BROKE TRACTION, LEFT ABOUT 65FT OF ACCELERATION SKID MARKS AND RAN INTO A WALL. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE VEERS TO THE RIGHT; ALSO, ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. IN ADDITION, REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS/CALIPERS. *AK

HAD RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE (#97V084000) IN MAIL. CALLED IN TO MAKE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER. THEY KEPT IT OVER A WEEK. THEY DID NOT REPAIR THE RECALL PROBLEM. DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY THEY COULD NOT DO IT. *AK

ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE, WHEN BRAKING IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. CONDITION ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL CRASHES. *AK FRONT BRAKE PADS WAS REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *JB

TRANSMISSION QUICK COOLER LINE CONNECT RECALL WORK NOT COMPLETED DUE TO SCHEDULING PROBLEM.

VEHICLE HAD FRONTAL CRASH AT 25MPH AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HAS NOT GONE TO DEALER. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE AND PUTTING ON BRAKES THE VEHICLE WLL PULL HARD IN ANY DIRECTION, CAUSING DRIVER TO GO OFF THE ROAD. *AK BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACEED ON 4 OCCASIONS, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED, CHRYSLER IS REPLACING VEHICLE. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE KEEPS ON GOING FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A LOT OF VIBRATION AND SHAKING IN IT. *AK

BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE VIRBRATED . THIS WAS DUE TO THE ROTORS BEING WARPED. THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED ON 5/23/97. *AK