1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES IN A HURRY OR FAST THEY DONT ALWAYS STOP ME AND MY WIFE WAS ALMOST KILLED BY ANOTHER TRUCK AT A RED LIGHT I APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKES ,DRUMS, MASTER, AND THE ABS DUMP VALVE. *AK

GAS MILEAGE IS LOWER THAN WHAT WAS STATED ON STICKER SALE PRICE AND IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL , RESULTING IN BAD GAS MILEAGE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TIRES ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE LOAD OF THE VAN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHETHER IT IS 20 OR 60MPH, WHEN LOOSENING UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL IT WILL PULL EXTREMELY HARD TO THE RIGHT. WHEN DRIVING LONG DISTANCE, DRIVER HAS TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO HOLD IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EIGHT TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED FRONT BRAKES, AND SHOCKS. *AK

SERIOUS BOUNCE OF REAR AT ALL SPEEDS. WILL BE UNSAFE ON ROADS WITH LOOSE MATERIAL OR ICE. DISTRICT REP INSPECTED AND SAYS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CHRYSLER CANNOT FIX AND IS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD I HAD NO RECOURSE ON THIS PROBLEM AND THAT WAS FINAL. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPS (POPS) OUT OF FIRST GEAR. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN FROM A STOP, YOU START TO MOVE FORWARD IE; INTO A INTERSECTION, AND TRANSMISSION JUMPS (POPS) OUT OF GEAR. THIS PROBLEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO TRANSMISSION JUMPING OUT OF GEAR. *AK

THE STEERING UNIT FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH GUARDRAIL, DUE TO DESIGN OF THE GAS TANK, WHICH HANGS 3 INCHES BELOW FRAME, DURING IMPACT WITH THE GUARDRAIL, THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED AND CAUGHT FIRE, BURNING VEHICLE AND INJURY/BURNS TO CONSUMERS. YH

ON 05/08/99 THE COMPLAINTANT WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL INJURY (I.E., SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS) TO THE PASSENGER, AND COMPLETE LOSS OF THE VEHICLE AND ITS CONTENTS. THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT WAS A DEFECTIVE STEERING MECHANISM IN THE 1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB TRUCK WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL, HITTING A GUARDRAIL, AND RUPTURING THE GASOLINE TANK. *AK

TRUCK IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP FROM 40MPH OR ABOVE. STOPPING DISTANCE IS FAR TOO GREAT. IT HAPPENS OFTEN. ALMOST KILLED TWO CHILDREN CROSSING THE STREET. BRAKES ALSO FAIL MOMENTARILY WHEN I HIT A BUMP WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. A RECALL IS NEEDED. *AK

I'VE BEEN TOLD TO COME PICK UP MY TRUCK BECAUSE "THERE IS NO FIX, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL HAVE A FIX. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.. DRIVE IT AS IS UNTIL WE DO." THIS AUTOMOBILE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I START DRIVING IT. IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE LIKE THIS. WHAT WILL IT DO TO THE MILEAGE, TO THE ENGINE, TO THE TRANSMISSION? NO SAFETY DEFEC (S) STATED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK