1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. DRIVER FLEW BACKWARD, AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 75 TO 80 MPH TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT, CAUSING A VERY QUICK BREAK DOWN IN VEHICLE'S SPEED WHILE OTHER VEHICLES WERE BEHIND, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

MY TRUCK IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE PARK BREAK RELEASE SAFETY FEATURE, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY? THE LAST TRUCK I OWNED BEFORE THIS WAS A 1996 CHEROLET AND IT HAD IT , AND MY MOMS 2000 MODEL CHEVROLET TRUCK, PICKUP HAS IT AS DOES MY DADS 97 MODEL FORD PICK-UP. BUT WITHOUT ME KNOWING IT I FOUND OUT THAT MY 1999 DODGE TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE IT, BUT ALL THE CHRYSLER CARS ARE EQUPIPED WITH IT. NOT ONLY DID I NOT KNOW THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE IT , BUT ALSO THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WORKED MY ACCIDENT, AND 3 DODGE DEALERS DID NOT KNOW THIS. AS A RESULT OF MY PICKUP NOT HAVING THIS SAFETY FEATURE MY GRANDMOTHER, 4 YEAR OLD SON AND MYSELF WERE IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SEMI-TRUCK. I PARKED IN A LOT OF A STORE AND LEFT MY GRANDMOTHER AND SON IN THE TRUCK ONLY TO REALIZE THAT I HAD FORGOT MY PURSE. I CAME BACK FOR IT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND ASK THEM TO HAND IT TO ME, IT WAS ON THE DASH, AND WHEN MY SON PULLED IT OFF, IT HIT THE GEAR SHIFT AND WENT INTO REVERSE INTO THE HIGHWAY , AND WAS STRUCK BY A ON COMING LOADED SEMI-TRUCK. FORTUANTLY WE WAS NOT KILLED , BUT I WAS HANGING ON TO THE TRUCK TRYING TO STOP IT, AND DID GET SOME PULLED MUSCLES, AND GRANNY GOT A WHIPLASH. MY POINT IS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. IF THESE TRUCKS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS FEATURE THEY NEED IT, FOR GODS SAKE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. WHY DOES THE FORDS AND CHEVY TRUCKS HAVE THIS ,AND THE DODGE TRUCK DOESNT. PLEASE HELP ME!!! AND MANY OTHERS BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS.. YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PRESS THE BREAK TO GET THESE VEHICLES INTO GEAR.!! IF ITS GOOD FOR ONE WHY NOT THE OTHER. IT CAN'T BE THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE REST OF THEM HAVE IT, AND THEIR NO MORE HIGHER THAN THE REST. THANK YOU TRACY WILLIAMS PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND LET ME KNOW SOMETHING IF POSSIBLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING CONSUMER NOT TO HAVE ANY BRAKES. CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE NOTICED A FOUL SMELL, WHICH SEEMED TO BE PLASTIC BURNING. CONSUMER CUT THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF, SUDDENLY CLOUDS OF SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO DISCOVER THERE WAS A FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND ABS HAVE STOPPED WORKING, AND ALL 4 TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 15000 MILES. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 67, TRAVELLING ABOUT 65MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDOW. DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS CRACKED ABOUT 2 OR 3 INCHES. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20-25MPH TOOK FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, AND VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE SAME SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. *AK

ON THE DAY THAT WE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE WE NOTICED A CLUNKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND WE INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE IT WAS A SMALL MINOR PART , IT WASN'T UNTILL AFTER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THAT WE FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN

INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE CHECK ENGINE & ABS LIGHT KEEP COMING ON & STAY. VEHICLE ALSO FAILS TO RECORD ANY MILEAGE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD CLUSTER & CONNECTOR FOR CLUSTER REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELTS WOULD NOT COME OUT ENOUGH TO BE BUCKLED. AFTER BEING REPAIRED, THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. DLR HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK