1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

PE96022; THE DEFECTIVE STEERING OUTPUT PITMAN SHAFT SEAL BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND STEERING BOX.

TWO BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENTIRE STEERING BOX TO THE FRAME IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SNAPPED OFF CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING AND DISABLING THE VEHICLE.

WHILE PULLING INTO A SHOPPING CENTER, DRIVER LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF STEERING BECAUSE THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE STEERING SNAPPED OFF THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS BEING REPAIRED BY DEALER. *AK

THE HOOD LATCH WAS REPLACED PER RECALL IN SEPTEMBER, 1997. ON JANUARY 15, 1998, THE HOOD RELEASED WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND CRASH INTO THE WINDSHIELD.

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE AND GAS. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO CHECK TO SEE WHERE THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM,SUDDENLY FLAMES STARTED COMING FROM UNDERNEATH DASH INSIDE VEHICLE. DUE TO DEFECT ,TRUCK WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND BURNED BY THE FIRE. *AK

RECALL 97V084000; NEVER BEEN NOTIFED. BEEN GETTING THE RUN AROUND FOR 8 TO 9 MONTHS. FINALLY A DEALERSHIP SAID THAT HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE NOTIFED. BUT COULDN'T FIX THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HIS WARRANTY RAN OUT. *AK

DROVE TRUCK HOME, GOT OUT, WENT IN HOUSE AND HEARD HORN BLOWING OUTSIDE, SAW SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE TRUCK, MANAGED TO PUT FIRE OUT AND WAS TOLD BY INVESTIGATOR THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE RELAY BOX STARTER CABLE. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE A/C ON HIGH SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, NO FIRE WAS SEEN. CONSUMER STATED HE PULLED OVER AND PULLED THE WIRES APART. ALSO STATES THAT THE WIRES WERE NOT CHARRED, JUST SUPER HOT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION UP TO 40-50 MILES, FUEL PUMP JUST SHUTS DOWN AND BECOMES TEMPORARILY INOPERATIVE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUUDEN SURGE IN ACCLERATION. *AK FRAYED ACCELERATOR CABLE CAUSED ENGINE NOT TO DECCELERATE AFTER RELEASING GAS PEDAL. *SLC