1998 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON, AND LEFT REAR PASSENGER'S SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CHILD. CHILD HIT HIS FACE ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SEATBACK. ONE OF THE CHILD'S TEETH CUT THROUGH THE LIP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER SUFFERED SPRAINED NECK/ ANKLE, AND BACK INJURIES. PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE BACK IN REVERSE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL IN DRVE. CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES, AND WENT BACK TO REVERSE, AND DROVE. BUT VEHICLE WAS STIL THE SAME. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF TO GET IT CORRECTLY INTO GEAR. SERVICE MANAGER REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, WHO HAD TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN.*AK

STANDARD MAINTENANCE FOLLOWED AS RECOMMENDED BY DEALER, JACK CAROLL LYNNWOOD DODGE. PREMATURE REAR AXLE BEARING FAILURE. COMMON LIGHT DUTY USE OF VEHICLE AND ALL FLUIDS CHANGES AND MAINTAINED ON SCHEDULE.

CONSUMER CAN SHIFT VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR. STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. RPMS REVVED HIGH OR LOW BEFORE VEHICLE HAD A DELAYED RESPONSE BY LURCHING FORWARD IN WHATEVER GEAR IT WAS IN. DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED NO CODES AND SHIFTED AS NORMAL. PROBLEM HAD TO DUPLICATE TO BE REMEDIED. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL VEHICLE COLLISION IN WHICH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAIN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, NEITHER DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND AS A RESULT TWO OCCUPANTS SUSTAIN INJURIES. NLM

ENGINE PISTON SEALS WERE NEVER SEATED PROPERLY WHICH ALLOWED ENGINE TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ENGINE LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED. A PRIVATE MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FLAT IN A PARKING LOT, JACK WAS LEVEL AND ON ASPHALT. VEHICLE WAS JACKED UP AND TIRE REMOVED. AFTER TIRE WAS REMOVED, JACK BROKE APART AND TRUCK FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON ROTOR ASSEMBLY. VEHICLE GRAZED MY LEG, AND FRIENDS LEG AS IT WAS FALLING TO THE GROUND. *AK

WE WERE TAVELING ON HWY. 400 AT APPROX. 65MPH, WHEN THE DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK, DUE TO A BROKEN BOLT HEAD. BEING THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY , CHRYSLER DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANY THING ABOUT IT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER SOMETHING OTHER THAN A TYPICAL WARRANTY, SINCE THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF. BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE WERE ABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK INTO THE MEDIAN WITHOUT GETTING HIT.

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH AND TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, THERE IS A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE, SPECIFICALLY REAR DIFFERENTIAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK