1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

1995 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK, VIN [XXX]. WHEN DROPPING THE TILT WHEEL TO IT'S LOWEST POSITION THE RADIO/TAPE PLAYER WOULD SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTART AS IF THE POWER WAS CUT OFF. *AK POWER FOR THE RADIO CAME FROM BATTERY POSITIVE, FUSE # 3 (40 AMPS) TO THE IGNITION SWITCH CONNECTOR C212 POSITION 1 WIRE (A1 12 RED) WHERE IT IS SWITCHED IN RUN AND ACCESSORY TO FUSE #7 (10 AMPS) TO THE RADIO AND OTHER FUSES TO OTHER SYSTEMS. RECALL # 875 PERFORMED ON 8/8/2000 INVOLVED THE BLOWER MOTOR, A RELAY WAS ADDED FOR POWER SWITCHING USING THE RELAY CONTROLLED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH RATHER THAN FEEDING THE POWER THROUGH THE IGNITION SWITCH. I OBSERVED THE MOTION OF ALL THE WIRES GOING TO ALL THE SWITCHES ON THE STEERING WHEEL AS IT WAS MOVED. CLEARLY OBSERVABLE WAS THE CONNECTOR C212 POSITION 1 WIRE (A1 12 RED) MOVING OUT OF THE CONNECTOR ACCOMPANIED BY THE RADIO MOMENTARILY LOSING POWER. OBSERVATION SHOWED THE STRIPPED WIRE BEING HELD ONLY BY THE INSULATION CRIMP PART OF THE METAL CONNECTOR, THE WIRE DID NOT FRAY AWAY FROM THE CONNECTOR BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAN CUT AND THE ORIGINAL SMALLER GAUGE WIRE WAS STILL IN THE CRIMP PART OF THE CONNECTOR. NOTE I HAVE PICTURES OF THE PROBLEM. I REMOVED THE SMALLER CRIMPED WIRES, SPREAD THE CRIMP WINGS AND SOLDERED THE RED WIRE TO THE METAL CONNECTOR. MOST LIKELY THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AS PART OF RECALL #875, AS THE WIRING DIAGRAM INDICATES A 12-GAUGE WIRE AND THE WIRE I RECONNECTED WAS AT A MINIMUM OF AN 8 OR A 6 GAUGE. THANK GOD THIS DID NOT FEED A CRITICAL SYSTEM LIKE THE ANTILOCK BREAKS OR CAUSE OVERHEATING AND OR A FIRE. UPDATED 07/2012 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THE HOSES IN THE TRANSMISSION ARE BLOWING OFF, CAUSING FLUID TO SPILL. THIS RESULTS IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND VEHICLE OVERHEATING. CONSUMER WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AT NIGHT. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT NHTSA WEBSITE SHOWED RECALL 99V024000 CONCERNING HEADLIGHT SWITCH FOR DODGE RAM 3500, 1995 TRUCK HAD DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS VEHICLE. WOULD LIKE NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

I HAVE HAD THREE CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC AS P245/75R16 TIRES FAIL DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. THIS LATEST INCIDENT RESULTED IN $2,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. I WAS MAILED A RECALL NOTICE SEVRAL YEARS AGO FOR THESE TIRES BUT WAS TOLD MY TIRES WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE LATEST FAILURE WAS ON A TIRE WITH DOT NUMBER AD70 449 447. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS AND THAT CONTINENTAL TIRES SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ALL INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER THOROUGHLY, AS I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY TREAD SEPARATION PROBLEMS WITH ANY OTHER TIRES ON EITHER THIS VEHICLE OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE IN MY LIFE. THREE SEPARATIONS ON THE EXACT SAME TIRES IN A MATTER OF A FEW YEARS IS INEXCUSABLE. PLEASE REPLY AS I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE.*AK

CRACKS APPEARED ON SIDEWALLS OF TWO OF A FOUR TIRE SET RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN LENGTH ABOUT 1 INCH FROM RIM. TIRES WERE REPLACED USING THE PRORATED TIRE TREAD WARRANTY. DEFECT MANUFACTURED INTO TIRE THEREFORE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENTIRE REPLACEMNET COST.*AK

MY BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT IN MY 1995 4WD 1500 RAM PICKUP TRUCK, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK

THE PROCEDURE THAT DEALERSHIP PERFORMED FOR RECALL 00V135000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH IS CAUSING OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS TO FAIL. *AK THERE WERE TWO POWER FAILURES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT ALONG WITH THE CLOCK AND RADIO. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THE WIRES THAT HAD COME FROM THE BACK OF THE FUSE PANEL HAD BEEN CUT VERY SHORT AND SPLICED INTO THE WIRING HARNESS THAT THE DEALER REPLACED. *SCC *JB

STEERING WHEEL MOVES IN AND OUT A LOT. IT IS A 1995 DODGE RAM PU. THERE WAS RECALL WORK DONE TO THE STEERING IN 1997. TOOK TO DODGE DEALER SAID THEY WILL NOT REPAIR. UNLESS I PAY FOR THE WORK. CALLED CHRYSLER THEY SAID THE SAME THING.

THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REFERENCE TO MY 1995 DODGE RAM 1500. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CUP HOLDERS. IT HAS CUTOUTS ON THE SIDES THAT ALLOWS THE CUP TO TIP ONTO THE DRIVER DURING A VERY SLOW TURN. I RECENTLY WAS BURNED BY A CUP OF COFFEE AND ENDED UP OFF THE ROAD IN A DITCH. THE CUP TIPPED OVER IN A SMOOTH TURN AT LESS THAN 20MPH. ALSO THE POOR LOCATION OF THE HOLDER, WHICH SITS HIGH ON THE DASH, CAUSES VISUAL IMPARMENT TO THE DRIVER. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION AND COULD CAUSE A LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXHAUST LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL. *AK THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE GAS TANK WHERE THE GAS TANK ENTERED. THERE WAS A RUBBER SEAL WHERE THE METAL PIPE WENT INTO THE TANK. THE RUBBER DISSOLVED FROM THE GAS TANK AND CAUSED GAS TO LEAK OUT. *SCC *JB