1996 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A T-BONE COLLISION AT 40 MPH, AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DELAYED 3 SECONDS OR MORE BEFORE DEPLOYING. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S HEAD TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, AND SUSTAIN RIB INJURIES. CONSUMER WAS NOT TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.*AK *BF *NM

ROLL OVER VALVE LEAKED FUEL. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO WILL NOT ASSIST THE CONSUMER IN FIXING THE VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IF HE FILLS THE FUEL TANK OR TIGHTEN THE GAS CAP FUEL LEAKS ON THE GROUND. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE HIS VIN NUMBER. *TC

COMPLAINT ABOUT RECALL 97V199000, ROLLOVER VALVE TO BE REPLACED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE HAS A LEAK COMING FROM THE ROLLOVER VALVE, BUT WHEN HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, HE WA TOLD HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

MY HUSBAND WAS LETTING HIS 96 DODGE WARM UP AFTER A BIG SNOW AND ICE STORM AND SOMEONE STOPPED TO TELL HIM IT WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK . THEY TRIED TO PUT IT OUT WITH EXTINGUISHERS AND WATER BUT TO NO AVAIL IT WAS COMPLETELY LOST BY THE TIME THE FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING FROM COLD START ENGINE PERFORMED ROUGHLY, AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE EXHAUST TAIL PIPE. CONSUMER CHANGED FUEL, BUT THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT THE INTAKE PLENUM GASKET WAS THE CAUSE. CONSUMER WAS AWARE OF OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK *TC

I HAVE THIS TRUCK FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THAT 2 YEARS I HAVE MANY COMPLICATIONS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTING AND BURNING THE WIRES IN THE DASH. I HAVE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED TWICE AND IT CONTINUES TO BURN OUT AND MELT. I AM SO SCARED THE TRUCK IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE ONE DAY THAT RARELEY DRIVE THE TRUCK. I STILL HAVE THE OLD PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED BUT DONT FEEL IT IS THE SWITCH CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS. I FEEL IT IS THE WHOLE WIRING SYSTEM. I READ THE CUSTOM REPORTS ON MYCARSTATS.COM IT SEEMS THE 1996 DODGE DAKOTA HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE WERE EVEN REPORTS OF THE TRUCK CATCHING ON FIRE. IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON MANY DIFFERNET OCCAIONS; WHY HAVENT THEY RECALLED IT??? I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE AND HOPEFULLY DODGE TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE HELP!!! [email protected]

SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE STOPPING UP THE OIL PAN PICK UP,CAUSING TRUCK TO LOOSE OIL PRESSURE. NOW AT 121000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN LOSING OIL PRESSURE FROM THE SLUDGE SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 1996, I WAS TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY THE DEALER,THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE LACQUER THAT THE ENGINE BUILDER USED TO SHIP THE ENGINE TO THE USA, 318CUI BUILT IN JAPAN. THE DEALER CLEANED THE ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES, THE LAST TIME WAS IN JULY 2003 COSTING ABOUT $1000 TO ME. I HAVE BEEN GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM DODGE AND THE DEALER, SINCE THE TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED AND NOW AT 121000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BLEW UP. THE SLUDGE BUILD UP HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEARS, SEEMS LIKE ABOUT EVERY 30000 MILES, INSTEAD OF FIXING TRUCK ALL THEY DID WAS CLEANUP THE MESS AFTERWARD. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BLEW THE MOTOR LOST OIL PRESSURE AGAIN, SO THIS MAKE 5 TIMES THE TRUCK HAS DONE THIS, THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DODGE SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO HELP FROM THEM, THEY DON,T WANT TO STAND BY THEIR TRUCK AND IT DON,T LOOK LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANKS JAMES C. ROSE. *NM

PAINT STARTED PEELING OFF IN 2000, AND BY 2003..IT WAS PEELING OFF IN CHUNKS WEEKLY. NOW IN 2004, THERE IS HARDLY ANY PAINT ON THE HOOD OR THE TOP OF THE CAB WITH OTHER PEELING ON THE OTHER PARTS AS WELL. THE ROCKWALL, TX DODGE DEALERSHIP'S REP SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE DEFECTIVE PAINT JOB, AND WE'D PAY $700 TOWARD THE PAINT JOB. AFTER THAT ESTIMATE, WE HELD OFF GETTING IT PAINTED BECAUSE OF MOVING TO MISSISSIPPI, SO I WENT TO THE HOWARD WILSON DODGE DEALER IN FLOWOOD, MS. THAT DEALERSHIP'S REP WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING-0. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WHY WOULD THE TEXAS CRYSLER REP SAY YES, THAT THE PAINT PEELING OFF IN CHUNKS WAS AN INFERIOR PAINT JOB, BUT THE MISSISSIPPI CRYSLER REP SAYS HE WILL DO NOTHING. I WOULD NOT NEED TO BE PAINTING IT AT ALL, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DEFECTIVE PAINT JOB. *NM

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, IN WHICH HE SUGGESTED THAT THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS SWITCH MELTED. *AK *SC

SOMTHING UNDER THE TRUCK RATTLES/ STALLS IN REVERSE ,WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR,ACTS LIKE IT IS LOCKED IN 4WD ALL THE TIME. *AK