1997 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

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  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - OLIVER, PA

    WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HOOD LATCH FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WAS IMPAIRED AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK *SC *JB

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - OCALA, FL

    CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - HENDERSON, KY

    INTERMITTENTLY, AND AN ON-GOING PROBLEM WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSES PULSATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP ON DIFFERENT OCCASION REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE RECURRED. *LA

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - BAUDETTE, MN

    WHILE DRIVING ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEED STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I TRIED TO TURN STEERING WHEEL AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE,HENCE I DROVE OFF HIGHWAY AND TRUCK ROLLED END FOR END. SEATED BELT WAS USED AND AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED. I SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - WATERFORD, NY

    WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON A TERRIBLE SMELL PERMEATED THE VEHICLE. THIS SMELL OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE ODOR.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - CHETEK, WI

    WHILE SITTING AT A GAS STATION ON A SLIGHT INCLINE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS ABOUT THIRTY FEET AND COLLIDED WITH A FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS DEMOLISHED, AND FUEL FLOODED THE IMMEDIATE AREA. VEHICLE SUFFERED SCRATCHES, A BENT BUMPER AND SEVERAL DENTS.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - INOLA, OK

    WHILE MAKING A SHARP TURN USING THE FIFTH WHEEL IT CAUSED THE TRAILER TO COLLIDE WITH THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRAILER DENTED THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, BREAKING A GLASS WINDOW. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - PORT CHARLOTTE, FL

    CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - ALPINE, UT

    RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF TRUCK WHILE GOING DOWN FREEWAY. THERE WAS A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE THE WHEEL CAME OFF. THE LUG BOLTS WERE ALL SHEARED. THERE IS NO APPARENT WEAR ON THE WHEEL OR RIM. WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. HAD THIS BEEN ANOTHER MILE DOWN THE ROAD, WE WOULD HAVE MET A ROCK WALL AND SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY TO PASSENGERS. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1997 DODGE RAM 1500
    - FALLON, NV

    RIGHT REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY SHEARED CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL/LOSS OF STEERING/CONTROL OF THE WEHICLE. TRUCK BED WAS EMPTY AND TRAVELING AT APPROX. 60MPH; UPON OCCURENCE VEHICLE ROLLED 3 TIMES ON BUSY HIGHWAY; BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER INJURED

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE