1996 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

ORIIGNAL EQUIPMENT ON 1996, DODGE, 2500, GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT TIRE SIZE 24575R16. PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHICH CAUSED MAJOR BODY DAMAGE, AND ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK DOT #MD11C20V303. *SLC

TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED DUE TO LOSS OF FLUID. NLM ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE PULLING UTILITY TRAILER, 2 TIRES DELAMINATED. ALL 5 TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON A SECOND OCCASION, TWO TIRES DELAMINATED ON THE 1996 JACO 28 FOOT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER. ALL FIVE TIRES ON THE TRAILER WERE REPLACED. ON A THIRD OCCASION, RIGHT FRONT TIRE (WRANGLER AT LT245/75R16 M+S DOT MD11 BTOV 197 234R) DELAMINATED ON THE TRUCK. GOODYEAR PAID 50 PERCENT PRORATE OF FOUR TIRES BASED ON TREAD DEPTH. HOWEVER, CONSUMER THOUGHT GOODYEAR WOULD PAY 100 PERCENT OF THE COST ON THE FACTORY DEFECT TIRE AND CONSUMER WOULD PAY FOR REMAINING THREE TIRES. CONSUMER PAID FOR THE FOUR NEW AT/S WRANGLERS. *TT *SLC

WHEN TRUCK IS BEING DRIVEN AT 65 MPH, AND A BUMP IN THE ROAD IS HIT, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL BOUNCES OUT OF CONTROL. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR. DEALERESHIP IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HIGH TEMPERATURE LINE CONNECTOR MELTED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID. FLUID SPRAYED ON MUFFLER, TRANSMISSION, AND ALL OVER THE GROUND. VEHICLE STALLED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. MAY NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK CONSUMER BELIEVE THIS FAILURE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS RECALL #722 (97V-084). *YH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1996, DODGE, RAM. TIRE SIZE LT24575R16. TIRE MILEAGE AT 29,000. *AK THE DRIVER FIRST NOTICED VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY LOUD THUMPING. THEN THE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF AND SHORTLY THE TIRE BLEW OUT. *YH

THE INJECTION PUMP FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO IDLE WIDE OPEN, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN MOTOR OFF WITH THE KEY AND HAD TO STALL THE MOTOR OUT. NLM

HEADLIGHT SWITCH KEEPS OVERHEATING DUE TO FAULTY WIRING. CONSUMER REPLACED SWITCH 4 TIMES. DODGE IS AWARE OF DEFECT, AND HAS DESIGNED NEW PART WHICH INCLUDES AN EXTRA RELAY.*AK

WAS DRIVING 57MPH TOWING A TRAILER WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY. SUDDENLY VEHICLE JUMPED UP & DOWN. HEARD A LOUD AWFUL NOISE. VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. MANGED TO CONTROLLE VEHICLE & MOVE TO SIDE OF ROAD & STOP. CHECKED VEHICLE & TIRES. NOTICED RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD. IT HAD PEELED OFF & WAS FLAPPING UP AGAINST VEHICLE & THEN TRAILER AFTER BREAKING LOOSE. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. CONTACT ROAD SERVICE & SPARE WAS PLACED ON VEHICLE. ARRIVED HOME & CONTACTED INSURANCE CO. & REPRESENTATIVE CAME & CHECKED VEHICLE. INFORMED OWNER NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE ON THOSE TIRES. GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT LT245/75R16 MS LOAD RANGER E WITH 26,000 MILES ON IT. WAS ON A DODGE RAM 2500.*AK ALL THE OTHER THREE TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGN OF POSSIBLE TREAD SEPARATION. *YH

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND HEARD AIR COMING FROM TIRES. THEN, VEHICLE STARTED TO SWING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT FRONT SIDEWALL WAS SLICED. A BIG HOLE WAS INSIDE SIDEWALL, THIS HAPPENED ON THURSDAY. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, P26570R16. THEN, ON THE 7/29/00 LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE CURB. TIRE WERE BRAND NEW. *AK DOT #V672 WL2, ALL TIRES HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON THEM AND BOTH FAILURES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL SEPARATION. *SLC

HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT ONLY WANTED THE TRUCK FOR HALF AS MUCH TIME AND MONEY. THE EVAPORATOR COIL UNDER THE DASH FAILED AND THE EVAPORATOR DRIER ALSO FAILED( IT RUSTED OUT). I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER TRUCK OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND I DID CALL CHRYSLER AND THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM, KINDA MAKES ME WONDER WHATS GOING ON. ADMITTEDLY THE TRUCK IS OFF WARRANTY, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT EVER NEEDED ANY ATTENTION AND ONE IS 12 YEARS OLD. ANY HELP WITH THIS SITUATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *AK