1998 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DASH IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL USED FOR MAKING THE DASH. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES SHARP PROTRUDING PIECES. THIS COULD MAKE IT UNSAFE FOR THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. *TR

BACK IN MAY 08 SPEED SENSOR WENT OUT THEN ABS SENSOR WENT OUT A FEW DAYS LATER CAUSING NO POWER BRAKES AND COULD HAVE CAUSE MY WIFE TO HAVE A WRECK. BOTH REPLACED. NOW GETTING ENGINE CODES FOR O2 SENSORS AND TRUCK SPUTTERS AND CUTS OUT AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. REPLACED SENSORS. NOW RECEIVING CODES FOR PCM AND NOW REPLACING. THIS IS BEGINNING TO CONCERN ME. WILL THE NEXT PROBLEM CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR AND NOT FOR THE PARTS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEALER STATED OTHERWISE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

1998 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK TRANSMISSION FAILURE TWICE IN THREE YEARS. HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OVER VARIOUS INTERNET SITES WITH SAME PROBLEMS. FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILED, THEN ALL THE SENSORS FAILED ON TRANSMISSION, AND NOW TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

TRUCK PARKED ON DRIVEWAY IN PARK--DID NOT HOLD AND ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO TREE ON THE LAWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER-LUCKILY IT DID STRIKE THE TREE OTHER WISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE STREET. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM OF SHIFTING INTO DRIVE--AND REVERSE THE ENGAGEMENT POINTS ARE NO WHERE THEY ARE SHOWN TO BE ON THE SHIFTER. THERE IS ALSO A HESITATION WHEN ENGAGED(SOMETIMES) AND WILL ENGAGE ROUGHLY WITH A JERK. I VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE CONNECTOR INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PART--CANNOT GET A DIRECT ANSWER FROM A LOCAL DEALER HERE --WHAT'S THE SCORE ON THIS. *TR

LIKE MANY OTHER AMERICAN CONSUMERS OWNING DODGE RAMS YEARS RANGING FROM 1994 -2006, THE TOP COVER OF THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND FELL IN. THIS HAS CAUSED MY AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. WHETHER IT IS STILL FUNCTIONAL IS UNKNOWN, BUT HIGHLY UNLIKELY FOR THE LIGHT TO APPEAR. EVEN IF IT DOES WORK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO MY PASSENGERS, WHICH COULD VERY WELL BE MY FAMILY, AND I IN THE INSTANCE OF A CRASH HAPPENING IN THE TRUCK. IT IS VERY, VERY POSSIBLE BRITTLE, BROKE SHARDS OF PLASTIC WOULD END UP IN OUR FACE. WITH THE ACCELERATED RATE THAT AN AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THIS COULD END TRAGICALLY. PLEASE HELP THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF US THAT SHARE THIS FAULTY CHYRSLER PRODUCT PROBLEM. WITH LITTLE RESEARCH IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE JUST HOW WIDE SPREAD THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME. IT WILL ALSO BE CLEAR AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS PROBLEM COULD HARM. WE ARE NOW TAKING A STAND, STARTING WITH THIS. PLEASE HELP US CORRECT THIS ISSUE BEFORE LIVE ARE TAKEN OR RUINED BY FAULTY CHYRSLER PRODUCTS. *TR

'ON MAY 26, 2003 I TOOK MY PICKUP TO DENOYER DODGE 2242 CENTRAL AVE, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK AND HAD THEM HANDLE THE RECALL SITUATION. 'ON DECEMBER 4, 2008 TRAVELING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 87 THE HOOD FLEW UP SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD. THE GRILL WORK FLEW OFF THE HOOD AND LANDED IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. 'I CALLED 911 AND THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE ARRIVED AND FILED A REPORT. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED. 'ON DECEMBER 5, 2008 I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-992-1997 AND SPOKE TO RHYS. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO WOULD DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE HOOD LATCH DISENGAGING. SHE SUGGESTED I COULD CALL LANGON CHRYSLER JEEP OR GOLDSTEIN CHRYSLER. SHE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT IF IT WAS THE LATCH THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND I WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN A LOANER VEHICLE TO DRIVE. SHE GAVE ME A REFERENCE NUMBER OF 18144145 I CALLED LANGON AND SPOKE TO MIKE. HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BODY SHOP. HE ALSO TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CALL A DIFFERENT 800 NUMBER TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. HE GAVE ME 1-800-283-5882 I CALLED THE 1-800-283-5882 WHICH THE RECORDED NUMBER GAVE ME 1-800-856-5545 WHICH I CALLED. SPOKE TO DAVE WHICH TOLD ME I WAS SPEAKING TO CHRYSLER AND HE TRANSFERRED ME BACK TO AUSTIN AT THE ORIGINAL 800 NUMBER (1-800-922-1997) AUSTIN ASKED ME FOR MY REFERENCE NUMBER (18144145) AND HE REPEATED WHAT I HAD ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY RHYS. HE SAID THAT IF THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE RECALLED LATCH THAT DODGE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND I WOULD GET A LOANER CAR. I THAN CALLED GOLDSTEIN CHRYSLER I SPOKE TO MORGAN AND REPEATED THE WHOLE STORY. MORGAN TOLD ME BASICALLY THE SAME THING I HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE OTHER CHRYSLER DEALER. HE SAID THEY WOULD INSPECT THE TRUCK AND SEE IF ANYONE HAD LEFT THE HOOD OPEN. FEELING LIKE I AM GETTING THE RUN AROUND I CALLED LISA AT SCATUB MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I WAS TOLD TO CALL KEMPER INSURANCE TO START THE PAPERWORK. THE HAD THE ADJUSTER CALL ME AND SHE SUGGESTED THEY HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO METRO FOR. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB AND THE DASHBOARD IS IN PIECES. OBVIOUSLY I KNEW IT'S CONDITION WHEN PURCHASED BUT ASSUMED A JUNK YARD WOULD BE THE ANSWER. I'M NOW REALIZING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE RAM AND AM HOPING A RECALL WILL BE MADE...UNTIL THEN IT'S A DASH MAT. *TR

THE DASH IN MY 1998 RAM 1500 IS ALL CRACKED AND FALLING APART. THE VIN HAS FALLEN OFF TOO (IT WAS RIVETED TO THE DASH). I THINK THIS COULD AFFECT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AIR BAG. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. HE LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. THE FLAMES QUICKLY ENGULFED THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE MANAGED TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION AND A LARGE HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL TANK. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF $3,500. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 160,000.