1996 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

THROTTLE CABLE, WHERE IT HOOKS ONTO FUEL INJECTION PUMP, IS UNRAFFLING, ACCORDING TO RECALL 01 V 037 000. THIS CAN CAUSE THROTTLE NOT TO RETURN TO IDLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES HE HAS REPLACED THROTTLE CABLE AND PAID FOR THE REPAIRS HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WITH THROTTLE CABLE FRAYED. *JB

TALKED W/ SEVERAL OTHER RAM OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. DEALER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MALFUNCTION WITH THE DIESEL . I FEEL THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE WHEN FUELING THIS IS A SAFETY AS WELL AS AN ENVIRMENTAL HAZARD.

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, COULD MOVE THE PAWL FROM PARK TO DRIVE, BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE, AND PROVIDING NO POWER.*AK

WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT OR RIGHT, AND IT IS VERY SERVERE AT TIMES.VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO REPAIR SHOP OVER 14 TIMES FOR PULLING.*AK THE VEHICLE HAD DEFECT, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNWILLING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *YH

THE VEHICLE PULLS/DRIFTS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING URGENTLY AT ALL SPEEDS, THE ROTORS, DRUMS, AND TRACKING BAR HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO RIGHT WHEN ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED. HAD BRAKES REPAIRED AND PROBLEM HAD CONTINUED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 15 TIMES FOR PROBLEM, BUT HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE WOULD NOT SLOW VEHICLE DOWN LIKE IT SHOULD. COMPLAINED TO DEALER AND MECHANIC SINCE BOUGHT IT NEW. LES SCHWARB WAS REFERRED BY MECHANIC, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

A NUMBER OF DODGE TRUCKS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM, MILD TO SEVERE PULLING WHEN BRAKING, MINE IS SO BAD THAT IT WILL CHANGE LANES UNLESS YOU COUNTER STEER JUST BEFORE HITTING THE BRAKES. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR MUST LET OFF OF GAS IN ORDER TO SHIFT. GARAGE TOLD ME THAT 3RD GEAR IS GONE AND MUST BE REPLACED. OTHER PEOPLE W/ 96 DODGE RAMS ARE ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM

MY WIFE WAS TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, WHEN SHE STOMPED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS, IT STAYED THERE AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO RUN AWAY WITH HER, SHE KEPT STOMPING ON THE PEDAL TO GET IT TO RELESE BUT IT WOULD NOT. SHE DID GET IT TO RELEASE SOMEHOW AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. AFTER SHE GOT HOME I INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THE ACCELERATOR HAD FRAYED AND MUST HAVE SOMEHOW HUNG UP ON THE TUBING SURROUNDING THE CABLE. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HOPE DC WILL RECALL OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.*AK

ROTORS AND DISC CHANGED TWICE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN CHANGED EVERY 10-15,000 MILES. CONSUMER DOESN'T HAUL ANYTHNG TO WEAR BRAKES OUT. SERVICEMAN SAID BRAKING SYSTEM WAS INADEQUATE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, LIGHT CAME ON, AND BRAKES FAILED. *AK