1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO COME OUT OF THE RETRACTOR HOUSING THERE WAS A RELATED RECALL 01V119000, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED ONTO THE ROOF AND SLID ABOUT 20 FEET. NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *CB *NLM

VEHICLE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS A FAILURE THAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO RUN RUFF AND EXHAUST NOT TO WORK PROPERLY.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 55MPH AND NO WARNING RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE ,CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. GOODYEAR, RANGLER STS ,P265/75R16, DOT 4B73D582. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

REAR QUAD CAB DOOR LATCHES RUSTED, WHICH CAUSED THEM NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. VEHICLE IS A 1999, DODGE, RAM 1500 QUAD CAB.*AK *CB *JB

THERE IS A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT. THE DEALER SAYS THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE KEEPS WEARING FASTER. ALSO, DEALER STATES THE BALL JOINTS ARE BAD. *AK

SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NOTICED BRAKE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED. COMPLAINED TO DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT ONLY HAS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON THE REAR OF VEHICLE. DEALER DIAGNOSED BOTH FRONT AND REAR PADS BEING OKAY, BUT ROTORS WORN OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM HAS RELEASED ON IT'S OWN ON MANY OCCASIONS. THIS OCCURS ON LEVEL GROUND OR ON A HILL. MY VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. *NLM

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. NUMEROUS ISSUES. BRAKE LININGS ON THE REAR DRUMS HAVE A VERY SHORT SERVICE LIFE. REPLACED DRUMS AND LININGS IN JULY OF 2002. DRUMS AND LININGS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AGAIN IN MAY OF 2003 (APPROX. 20,000 MILES) FRONT PADS WERE REPLACED IN JULY OF 2002 AND STILL HAVE 1/2 OF LININGS LEFT. ON BUMPY ROADS, BRAKE SYSTEM FADES IN AND OUT. ON WET ROADS, BRAKES MAY OR MAY NOT WORK RELIABLY. FROM RESEARCHING YOUR SITE, THESE ARE NOT UNCOMMON OCCURRENCES. WHEN WILL THIS BE ADDRESSED?*AK