1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

DRIVING UP HILL, STOPPED AT TOP OF HILL AND STARTED AGAIN. NOTICED TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR, PULLED OVER TO SIDE OBSERVED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM DISCONNECTED LINES, RECALL 97V084000 DOES NOT RELATE TO THE DEISELS VEHICLES

CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL 01V040000 CONCERNING HOOD LATCH. DEALERSHIP WAS REFUSING TO REPLACE HOOD LATCH AS DESCRIBED BY CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISIFIED WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME IT IS TAKING TO PERFORM RECALL, EVEN AFTER HAVING PARTS ORDERED IN ADVANCE, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT VEHICLE BE SERVICED THE SAME DAY, HOWEVER HE RECEIVED A CALL STATING THAT THE REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN STARTED, CONSUMER THEN RETURNED VEHICLE ONLY TO LATER BE INFORMED THAT THE PART BROKE AND WAS SAID TO DEFECTIVE, AND ANOTHER PART WAS TO BE ORDERED.*JB

SPRING ON HOOD CORRODED, CAUSING HOOD NOT REMAIN IN THE DOWN POSITION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FAILED TO REMAIN LOCKED IN POSITION WITH A PASSENGER SITTING IN IT. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PASSENGER'S SEAT WOULD GO FORWARD, CAUSING PASSENGER TO HIT DASHBOARD AND INTO WINDSHIELD. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED TOO MANY MILES ON VEHICLE TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HIT A TREE. FRONT END DAMAGE WAS $ 6100.00. MECHANIC FOUND THAT AIR BAG SENSORS WERE MISSING FROM VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

STEERING COLUMN IS EXTREMELY LOOSE WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO DRIFT TO RIGHT OR LEFT WHILE DRIVING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DURING APPLICATION OF BRAKE SYSTEM VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY PULL HARD TO LEFT OR RIGHT, DIRECTION IS UNPREDICTABLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE JUMPS FROM FIFTH GEAR TO NEUTRAL BECAUSE BOLT IN COLUMN SHIFT COMES OUT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN APRIL FOR A RECALL 01 V 037 000 REPAIRS OF THROTTLE CABLE, BUT PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. *AK