1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE A 1995 DODGE RAM TWO YEARS AGO THE DASH STARTED CRACKING. IT IS BAD NOW ALL THE WAY FROM ONE SIDE TO OTHER. I HAVE SPOKE WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER AND LINES. TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND FLUID LEAKED OUT AND CAUGHT FIRE ON HIGHWAY. THE SELLING DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO KNOWN DEFECTS WITH TRANS OR COOLER. REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT A GARAGE. THAT TRANS MELTED DOWN AFTER FIFTY MILES. BOUGHT SECOND TRANS IN THE NEXT TOWN. IT MELTED DOWN AFTER 150 MILES. THIRD REANSMISSION SHOP WENT TO A LOCAL DEALER AND REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE COOLER ASSEMBLY AND THE THIRD TRANSMISSION OPERATED WITHOUT PROBLEM. DODGE NEVER NOTIFIED ME OF THE RECALL, RESULTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF LOSS. I ONLY DISCOVERED THE RECALL WHEN A CANADIAN DEALERSHIP ASKED IF I HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THESE DISHONEST DODGE DEALERS. *NM

SAFETY LATCH BROKE ON MY !995 DODGE RAM. THE HOOD FLEW UP AND HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND BROKE THE GLASS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS SAFETY LATCH BROKE ON MY TRUCK. *JB

MY DODGE DEALERSHIP IGNORED A LIFE THREATENING ' SAFETY' RECALL ON MY 1995 RAM 1500, AND IT BURNT UP AND I BELIEVE THE 8+ YEARS OF BREATHING TOXIC HYDROCARBONS HAS CAUSED ME A VERY SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION. THE FIRE TOTALED THE VEHICLE. *NM

1995 DODGE RAM 1500 SECONDARY HOOD LATCH FAILED, RECALL #973 CAUSING HOOD TO FLY UP AND BREAK WINDSHIELD, CONTACTED AL WILLIAMS @CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD NOT THE MFG, FAULT, DEALER QUOTE $2440.87. *NM

ON 3/09/05 WE BOUGHT A 1995 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP FROM LEE DODGE IN FARMINGDALE, NY. ON 7/01/05 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE SMOKE COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEN PROCEEDED TO IGNITE INTO FLAMES. THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN MINUTES AND THIS TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. AFTER THIS INCIDENT WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BACK IN THE YEAR 2000 FOR IGNITION WIRES THAT WERE OVERHEATING! THE DODGE MANUFACTURER INFORMED US THAT THE RECALLS WERE NEVER DONE AND IT WAS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE FIRE AND IS SENDING AN INSPECTOR ON 7/10/05 TO DETERMINE THIS FACT. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER LEE DODGE WAS RESPONSIBLE TO HAVE DONE ALL THE RECALLS BEFORE THEY SOLD THE VEHICLE. LEE DODGE HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO DATE. THIS TRUCK IS A TOTAL LOSS AND OUR NEIGHBOR'S TREE WENT UP IN FLAMES AS WELL. IT COULD HAVE BEEN OUR HOMES AS WELL AS FAMILY MEMBERS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED AND LEE DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IGNORING THESE RECALLS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS INJURED OR DIES. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER TRUCKS/CARS THEY SELL WITH SAFETY ISSUES!

ON 3/09/05 WE BOUGHT A 1995 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP FROM LEE DODGE IN FARMINGDALE, NY. ON 7/01/05 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE SMOKE COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEN PROCEEDED TO IGNITE INTO FLAMES. THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN MINUTES AND THIS TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. AFTER THIS INCIDENT WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BACK IN THE YEAR 2000 FOR IGNITION WIRES THAT WERE OVERHEATING! THE DODGE MANUFACTURER INFORMED US THAT THE RECALLS WERE NEVER DONE AND IT WAS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE FIRE AND IS SENDING AN INSPECTOR ON 7/10/05 TO DETERMINE THIS FACT. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER LEE DODGE WAS RESPONSIBLE TO HAVE DONE ALL THE RECALLS BEFORE THEY SOLD THE VEHICLE. LEE DODGE HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO DATE. THIS TRUCK IS A TOTAL LOSS AND OUR NEIGHBOR'S TREE WENT UP IN FLAMES AS WELL. IT COULD HAVE BEEN OUR HOMES AS WELL AS FAMILY MEMBERS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED AND LEE DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IGNORING THESE RECALLS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS INJURED OR DIES. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER TRUCKS/CARS THEY SELL WITH SAFETY ISSUES!

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC MY 1995 DODGE RAM1500 PICK UP WENT FROM FIRM STEADY BRAKING,TO PEDAL ON THE FLOOR NO BRAKES.AFTER SEARCHING FOR THE PROBLEM I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE BRAKELINE BETWEEN THE FRAMERAIL AND THE FUELTANK RUPTURED SPRAYING BRAKEFLUID AT HIGH VOLUME. ALSO I HAVE NOTICED HEAVY RUST ON THE LINES (NOT STAINLESS STEEL AS I THOUGHT). AS OF THIS DOCUMENT I HAVE NOT BEGAN REPAIRS.

RECALL 97V084000 WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE DIESEL ENGINES. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHIFTING HARD AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CONNECTOR BROKE ON THE COOLER LINE. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE EXHAUST. *AK *SC *JB

1995 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 55,000 ACTUAL MILES. STREET WHILE DRIVING THE BALL JOINTS WORE OUT. *AK