1996 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

NORMAL DRIVING INTO MOUNTAINS AND AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND WOULD NOT SHIFT BACK, EVEN DOWN HILL. CHECKED FLUID AND VERY HOT AND STARTED TO SMELLED BURNT. HAS BEEN SHIFTING HARD. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, I CROSSED A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE 1996 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 PICKUP. IT SHOOK ALL THE STUFF OFF OF MY SEAT AS WELL AS MY CD HOLDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I AM AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM. I LOVE THIS TRUCK BUT I HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO WHEEL BEARINGS AND A TIE ROD END AND I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR A YEAR.... I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 1996 DODGE BEGAN TO CRACK AFTER MULTIPLE MONTHS THE DASH BEGAN TO COLLAPSE IN ON ITSELF. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS ELECTRICAL FAILURE DUE TO SHARP PIECES CUTTING WIRES AND VACUUM HOSES WHEN THEY FALL IN. HOWEVER THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE DAMAGE MAY NOT BE NOTICEABLE UNTIL THE EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED TO BE USED I.E. AIRBAGS, TURN SIGNALS, REVERSE LIGHTS, ETC. *TR

WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE ON 0/22/08, THE HOOD ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 OPENED CRASHING MY WINDSHIELD COMPLETELY AND DAMAGING THE HOOD ITSELF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO MY DESTINATION IN TEXAS. WHILE IN TEXAS, I WAS TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT HOOD BUT WAS NEVER SUCCESSFUL UNTIL I DECIDED TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT MY TRUCK AND CAME TO THE CARFACT WEBSITE WHERE I FOUND THE WAS A RECALL ON THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH ON IT. WHEN I CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER COMPANY ABOUT THE RECALL THE DECIDED NOT TO REPLACED THE DAMAGED HOOD AND RE-IMBURSE ME FOR THE DAMAGED WINDSHIELD. *TR

LARGE CRACKS IN THE TOP OF THE DASH. STARTED AS A SMALLER CRACK AND AS TIME HAS PASSED IT IS NOW ENORMOUS AND THE DASH IS SPLIT INTO 2 PIECES. *TR

1996 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH PAD HAS MULTIPLE CRACK EVERY DODGE OWNER I KNOW HAS THE SAME CRACKS IN THE SAME PLACES THIS IS A DEFECT I PAID ENOUGH FOR MY TRUCK AND NOW THEY SAY ITS GOING TO COST 600.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE UNLESS YOU PUSH DOWN ON SEAT LEVER LOCATED UNDER SEAT. UNABLE TO PUT CAR SEAT IN VEHICLE AS WE FEAR SEAT WILL FLY FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. *TR

I OWN A 1996 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS AND PIECES ARE STARTING TO FALL INTO DASH CAVITY. I KNOW OF OTHER DODGE OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS, AS THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A YEAR SPECIFIC PROBLEM, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A DODGE SPECIFIC PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT LEARNED OF ANY OTHER PICK-UP OWNERS OF OTHER MANUFACTURES WHOSE DASHES ARE CRACKING AND CAVING IN. THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO OTHER SAFETY ISSUES AS DIRECT SUN LIGHT IS ABLE TO ACCESS OTHER ELECTRONICS AND WIRING SYSTEMS.

1996 DODGE RAM 1500 CAUGHT FIRE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. *KB THE CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE ELECTRICAL UNDER THE DASHBOARD. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *JB

TURN SIGNALS FAILED, CHECKED FUSE, REPLACED FLASHER RELAY, REPLACED MULTI-FUNCTION TURN/DIMMER/WIPER SWITCH AND CHECKED ALL BULBS AND STILL NO TURN SIGNALS. HAZARD FLASHERS WORKING CORRECTLY. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TR