1995 DODGE RAM Complaints

AFTER ELEC. INGNITION HARNESS REPLACED UNDER RECALL VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL RELATED FALIURES. HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED IN DASH 2X'S CAUSING SMOKE AND OR FIRE CONDITION. A/C FAILURE, NO POWER TO COMPRESSOR. BUCKING, MISSING, HESITATION AT IDLE AND ALL SPEEDS. BUCK, MISS, HESISTATION CAN NOT BE DIAGNOISED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS OR PRIVATE MECHANICS. HAVE SPENT OVER 1700.00 REPLACING PARTS (PCM, EGR SELONOID, EGR GASKET, TPS SENSOR, IAT MOTOR, O2 SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, FUEL REGULATOR) TO REMEDY PROBLEM. SO FAR NO HELP. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

40 AMP FUSE HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE, WHEN THIS HAPPENED CONSUEMR COULD NOT START VEHICLE. DEALER COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (00V135000) CONSUMER EXPERIENCED STALLING, INTERMITTENT FAN MOTOR FAILURE AND PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO, WHICH ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH BEING FAULTY AND THEREFORE WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING HOOD LATCH RELEASED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLIP UP, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 AND WHEN ENGINE STARTED SMOKING CONSUMER DROVE OFF ROAD. THEN, FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION OIL WAS ALL OVER ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON THE PLASTIC TRANSMISSION LINES. *AK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PRMATURELY, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. *YH

CONSUMER HAS A STICK SHIFT, AND DRIVING THROUGH TRAFFIC ONE DAY THROTTLE WOULDN'T RETURN. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO RECALL. CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW THROTTLE AND PUT IT ON. CONSUMER LOCATED RECALL 01V037000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 97, )AND CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES UPON REPLACING THE CABLE FOR THE THROTTLE, IT WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT THAT THE CABLE WAS BADLY FRAYED AND GOT CAUGHT ON THE RUBBER TUBE AND CAUSED AN OPEN STUCK THROTTLE. *JB

CRUISE CONTROL WILL GET STUCK AND WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN TRAVLING AT HIGH SPEEDS. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP YET.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN HE REPLACED THE FRAYED THROTTLE CABLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS ALSO BADLY FRAYED, WHICH HAD BEEN CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL TO STICK AT HIGH WAY SPEEDS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM ENGINE. THEN, FOUND OUT THAT RADIATOR FAN WAS BROKEN, PARTS FLEW INSIDE OF ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40-45 MPH HOOD FLEW OPEN, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. HINGE ON HOOD BROKE. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT NO DATE GIVEN YET. *AK

HOOD LATCH DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. CONSUMER HAD HOOD TIED DOWN AT THE MOMENT TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 95V056000. ONLY VEHICLE'S REGISTERED ON EAST COAST WERE INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK *JB