2002 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, CHECKED OUT PROBLEM, BUT FOUND NOTHING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RESOLVED.*AK

MY TRUCK IS A 2002 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS ABOUT 2 WEEKS AT A DEALER (WEISNER DODGE) WITH BOTH OF THE DIESEL PUMPS DAMAGED. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS APPROXIMATELY $4,000. THE DEALER IS BLAMING THE PROBLEM ON THE FUEL. HOWEVER, THE FUEL COMPANY (CONOCO) CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AND TO THEM, THE PROBLEM IS NOT FUEL BASED. NEITHER THE LOCAL DEALERS WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SITUATION, NOR DOES CONOCO. I NEED A DIRECT RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE OUT FOUR TIMES IN VEHICLE, ALWAYS WHILE DRIVING. ON TWO OCCASIONS TRANSFER CASE DISINTEGRATED. CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, THEN HEARD PIECES FALLING AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, THEN SLOW DOWN. ON TWO OCCASIONS CONSUMER HEARD NOISES, AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHERE TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACED. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR AN INSPECTION ON 7/11/2003 THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THREE OUT OF THE FOUR RIMS WERE CRACKED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE RIMS WERE CRACKED WHERE THE FACTORY MOUNTED. *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND WAS BOUNCING ON THE ROAD. WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO RETRIEVE THE WHEEL, HE FOUND A 4X5 INCH BRACKET BEING SUPPORTED BY AN EIGHTH INCH CABLE. *PH

POOR STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE DRIFTS. LOOSNESS IN STEERING. MANUFACTURER'S RERESENTATIVE STATES THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE CORRECTED. ALL DODGE 2002 PICKUP HAVE PROBLEMS WITH STEERING. THE STEERING HAS BEEN WORKED ON SINCE THE FIRST 150 MILES OF BEING NEW. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MILES TO DATE.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *JB. DUE TO THE WIPERS FAILING, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

DODGE WILL NOT WARRANTY ANY PRODUCT BECAUSE OF FACTOR REP LEE BROWN WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT SOLD. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE'S STEERING WANDERS EXCESSIVELY. HAS TO CONTINOUSLY CORRECT STEERING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED GEAR BOX AND TIRES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TS