1995 DODGE RAM Complaints

RECALL 99V214000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 835. TIRES STARTED TO RUB IF MAKING A RIGHT TURN. SHOCK TOWER CAME LOOSE FROM FRAME. SHOCK TOWER BUSTED ALL WAY, EXCEPT A 1/2 INCH IT WAS RIPPING THROUGH TOWER. IF VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IT WOULD LOOSE CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR $954.00. *AK THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT SELL PARTS TO THE CONSUMER, WHO WANTED TO FIX THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. *YH

TRANSMISSION COLLING LINE IS LEAKING FROM HEAT EXCHANGE UNIT ONTO EXHAUST UNIT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF RECALL 97V084000 DUE TO VIN. *AK THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS DIESEL VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN LATE EVENING AND WHEN TURNING ON HEADLIGHTS, TAILIGHTS AND PARKING LIGHTS DIDN'T COME ON. THOSE LIGHTS CAME ON AFTER WIGGLING HEADLIGHT SWITCH. BUT, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM DASHBOARD. CONNECTOR TO HARNESS HAD MELTED. RECALL 97V084000/ TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES ON DODGE, RAM LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS FITS THE SAME DESCRIPTION AS CONSUMER'S PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM DASHBOARD. THEN, WHEN DRIVER TURNED OFF HEAD LIGHTS SMOKE STOPPED, AND VEHICLE WAS STILL ON FIRE. CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL # 875 THAT SAID IGNITION SWITCH COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WILL POP AND CRACK WILL FORM FROM SIDE OR BOTTOM CENTER OF WINDSHIELD AS IF UNDER PRESSURE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 875 FOR IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE COULD CATCH ON FIRE IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALER DID NOT TOOK CARE OF THIS RECALL.*AK

THROTTLE BECAME STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION. THIS KEPT CONSUMER FROM ACCELERATING WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING FOUND OUT THAT VEICLE DID NOT HAD TAIL LIGHTS HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DELAER FOR TAIL LIGHT REPAIR, AND THEY FOUND THAT HEADLIGHT SWITCH WIRES WERE BURNED, AND COULD HAD CAUSED A FIRE. *AK

FRAYED THROTTLE CABLE JAMMED CAUSING FULL THROTTLE,SECOND REPLACEMENT,ONLY WAY TO SLOW DOWN WAS TO TURN THE TRUCK OFF.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ENGINE SEIZED AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS THAT CAME ON TO WARN ABOUT A PROBLEM. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK