1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

REAR BRAKES WERE DEFECTIVE. WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION HE WAS HAVING FRONT END PROBLEMS. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE AT 55 MPH. CONSUMER SLOWED IT DOWN TO 35MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED. DEALER FOUND BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED, BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED. *AK

THE REVERSE HAS GONE OUT IN THIS VEHICLE 3 TIMES NOW IT COSTS AROUND $1700 EACH TIME FIXED PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG IN THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH GETS TOO HOT/MELTS WIRING HARNESS,.THIS CAUSES HEADLIGHTS TO FLICKER, AND MAKES IT HARD TO TURN SWITCH ON AND OFF. CONSUMER FEELS IF HEAD LIGHT SWITCH WAS LEFT ON VEHICLE WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

CONSUMEER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON HIGHWAY. HORN PAD IS ON STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC GETTING READY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, HE APPLIED TURN SIGNAL, AND FRONT CENTER OF HORN PAD FELL OUT AND JAMMED WHEEL BECAUSE HORN PAD WAS ATTACHED BY WIRES AND JAMMED BY SPOKE OF WHEEL AND TURN SIGNAL ARM. THERE WAS NO INJURIES.*AK

DRIVING AT 40 MPH WHEN TRUCK ACCELRATED ON ITS OWN TO HIGH SPEED. RESPONDED TO BRAKING, BUT RESUMED HIGH ENGINE SPEED WEN BRAKE RELEASED. TROUBLE CLEARED AFTER SECOND TIME TURNING OFF AND RESTART ENGINE WITH FULL THROTTLE DEPRESSED. *AK

HOOD POPPED UP WHILE DRIVING DUE TO DEFECTIVE HOOD LATCH WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE. DEALER INSTALLED A NEW DESIGNED HOOD LATCH. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN 1997 FOR STEERING COLUMN, AND DEALER PUT A PLASTIC BUSHING TO KEEP STEERING FROM WORKING LOOSE. 3 YEARS LATER , STEERING WAS COMING LOOSE AGAIN & MAKING A POPPING NOISE. PROBLEM WASN'T COMLETELY FIXED. CURRENTLY, DEALER WANTS CONSUMER TO PAY $500.00. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THERE ARE NO OTHER COMPLAINTS. *AK

VEHICLE DIED WHILE ENTERING MOVING TRAFFIC, GOING 30 MPH, 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THIS WAS "NORMAL. " *AK FUEL CELL FAILED. *YH

COMPLETE SIDEWALL DESTRUCTION - BLOW OUT! RESULTING IN TEMPORARY SWERVE AND LOSS OF CONTROL! HOWEVER AT 40 MPH, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP VEHILCLE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/16 )