2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

CONSUMER IS HAVING MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS ON START UP AND NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER, SOURCE OF THE DEFECT IN ENGINE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40-45 MPH WITH A 2000 DODGE, DURANGO. CONSUMERS VEHICLE T-BONED THE DURANGO AND UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER STATES PASSING GEAR KICKS IN WHEN SPEED DROPS ABOUT 3 MPH. *SLC

BOTH SIDE MIRRORS ARE LOCATED TOO HIGH. WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, HEADLIGHTS OF VEHICLE BEHIND CONSUMER REFLECT DIRECTLY INTO CONSUMER'S EYES, CAUSING LOSS OF VISION. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, THE PASSENGER SEAT UNLOCKED AND ROLLED ALL THE WAY FORWARD TO THE END OF THE SEAT TRACK, FROM 6-30-00 TIL 11-27-00 THE SEAT HAD NOT BEN MOVED AND WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION, LUCKILY THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT. NLM

A RIGHT FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON RIGHT TIRE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS: FIRST, ABS LOCKED UP & WOULDN'T UNLOCK UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. DEALER HAS CHANGED EVERY PART THEY CAN THINK OFF, DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE TO A REMEDY. MANUFACTURER SAID ABS WAS ONLY USED FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES. SECOND, PROBLEM INVOLVED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. DEALER FOUND A SEAL LEAKING, AND PUT IN A NEW MASTER CYLINDER. CONSUMER PICKED VEHICLE UP, AND IT DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR 3 BLOCKS. FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP. ONLY THING THAT DEALER HAD TO SAY WAS SOMETIMES THEY GET BAD PARTS. CONSUMER HAS MORE INFORMATION TO SEND IN.*AK FACTORY BATTERY SHORTED OUT ALONG WITH RADIO. THE DASH CLUSTER, THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING ON ENGIE,CRANK SENSOR, BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND CALIPERS AND STEERING GEAR BOX WERE REPLACED. *YH

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, CONSUMER LEFT IT IN PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE WITH WIFE IN PASSENGER SEAT, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE JUMPED TO REVERSE AT A FAST SPEED INTO A STORE. *SLC

GOODYEAR INVECTA GL TIRES EXPERIENCE UNEVEN AND PREMATURE WEAR, DEALER STATES TIRES ARE WRONG TYPE FOR VEHICLE, DODGE STATES TIRES ARE CORRECT, TIRES CAUSED VIBRATION AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO DRIFT, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. BEZLE WAS LOOSE ON DRIVER DOOR PANEL, REAR DOORS LEAKED, DEALER ADJUSTED AND ALIGNED BOTH REAR DOORS DUE TO EXCESSIVE GAP. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COOLANT LEAK. CONSUMER HEARS WIND NOISE. AIR CONDITIONER WOULD NOT COOL PROPERLY. THERE IS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST. VEHICLE GETS POOR GAS MILEAGE, ONLY GETS AROUND 9 MILES PER GALLON. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT FRONT MICHELIN TIRE P245/75R16 BLEWOUT AT THE SIDEWALL, MICHELIN WOULD NOT REPLACE TIRE. *SLC