1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

MANIFOLD GASKET SUCKED IN.. CAUSING SPARK KNOCKING. HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING PROPERLY DUE TO BAD GROUND. CHRYSLER FIXED HEADLIGHT AT NO CHARGE, HOWEVER, TOLD ME THERE WAS A TSB ON MANIFOLD GASKET AND STILL CHARGED ME FOR REPAIRS.. THEY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO FIX BECAUSE THEY REMODELED THE ENGINE. FEMALE SUBJECT AT CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS HUNG UP ON ME.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT EXCESSIVELY. THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER PULL FORWARD OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL COMPLETELY OFF. THE WHEEL LUG NUTS WERE COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF AT THE ROTOR. THE INCIDENT DAMAGED VEHICLE'S STEERING LINKAGE. *NLM

I BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN 1999 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION A WEEK AGO. THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED IT EXPLAINED THERE IS A DEFECTIVE VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE THAT STICKS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DENYING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THEREBY BURNING IT UP. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS DEFECT BUT REFUSES TO OWN UP TO THE DEFECT. THEY REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WHICH I WAS TOLD THE DAY AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO ASK WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO REGARDING NOT ONLY OWNING UP THE DEFECTIVE VALVE BUT ALSO WHAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DO FOR ME DUE TO THE INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING TO NOT HAVE MY VEHICLE FOR A WEEK UNTIL THEY CAN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN, AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE WILLING TO DO NOTHING ON EITHER ISSUE.

MY DODGE PICKUP HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER MANY TIMES TO TRY TO FIX A REPETITIVE PROBLEM WITH MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKES. ONE PAD OUT OF THE FOUR UP FRONT WEAR DOWN TO NOTHING WHILE THE OTHER 3 HAVE PRACTICALLY NO WEAR. THE DEALERSHIP HAS CHANGED THE CALIPER, ROTOR, PADS, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FRONT DISC BRAKES TO NO AVAIL. THE SAME FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL AREA HAS HAD THE IDLER ARM REPLACED AND OTHER PARTS TO TRY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING HAS WORKED. THE DEALERSHIP NOW HAS RUN OUT OF PARTS TO CHANGE TO TRY TO FIX, SO THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH GAVE UP AND SAY THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER BRAKE JOB. THE SINGLE PAD WEARS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIVETS WITHIN 12-15K MILES, SO THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT I WILL NEED A BRAKE JOB EVERY 12-15K MILES. RIDICULOUS. THEY HAVE ACCEPTED ALL THE OTHER PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM UNDER THE VEHICLE WARRANTY, BUT NOW THEY WILL NOT, AS THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF IDEAS TO FIX IT. THE VEHICLE IS STILL WITHIN ITS WARRANTY PERIOD. THEY HAVE NO EXPLANATION TO GIVE ME FOR THIS FAILURE EITHER.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN, AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *TS THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD GONE OUT AND MELTED ON THE FLYWHEEL. THE DEALER ALSO FOUND METAL SHAVINGS ALL OVER. THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE THE CONSUMER PLACED GAS IN THE VEHICLE, AND LATER FOUND FLUID POURING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER THEN PLACED TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE COOLER LINE, AND THE SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED THE SYSTEM. *SCC

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVE WAY WITH STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY TURNED. CONSUMER STATES' THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BECAME VERY STIFF. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE DRIVING VEHICLE ON A BUSY STREET. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. TS

VAN, CONSUMER STATES THE AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT COOL THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. TS

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VAN STRUCK A TRACTOR HEAD ON. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE CHARGING SYSTEM CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. CONSUMER STATES SERVICE BULLETIN RELATING TO THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS WAS NEVER PERFORMED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT CONSUMER IS NOT SURE WHAT IS COVERED. *TT

DEFECTIVE EVAPORATOR - CHARGED $1,017.81 TO REPAIR - WROTE TO SERVICE MANAGER AT SUNCOAST DODGE IN SEMINOLE, FL ON 08/24/02