1996 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 97V084000. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. EACH TIME THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE. TWICE THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND ONCE IT STAYED TOGETHER, BUT WAS LEAKING BADLY. CHRYSLER CORP. SAYS THIS TRUCK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS DOES THE DEALER WHERE IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. TWICE THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP WHERE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO GET OFF THE ROADWAY. ANY INFORMATION I COULD GET WOULD HELP. *AK

WHILE COMING DOWN A HILL AND TURNING A LOAD, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE WHOLE FRONT END SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED RIGHT AND LEFT. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

CONSUMER STEPPED ON THROTTLE AND IT BECAME STUCK, CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT OFF IGNITION IN ORDER TO STOP CAR. THE STRANDS ON CABLE BECAME UNRAVELED AT CABLE HOUSING, CAUSING THROTTLE TO STICK WIDE OPEN. THROTTLE CABLE AND LINKAGE WERE REPLACED BY DODGE DEALER AT MY EXPENSE. NEW CABLE AND LINKAGE ARE OF A DIFFERENT/IMPROVED DESIGN. *AK *ML

3-YEAR OLD SON INJURIED HIMSELF ON THE CENTER CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WHICH WAS COVERED BY A PIECE OF FABRIC. WHEN THE SEAT WAS POSITIONED FORWARD OR BACKWARD, IT EXPOSED THE METAL TRACK. BUT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT, WHETHER POSITIONED FORWARD OR BACKWARD, IT WAS NOT EXPOSED. THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW. DAYS LATER, CHILD WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF CAPTAIN'S CHAIR DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER. DRIVER'S SEAT WAS UP FORWARD, EXPOSING THE METAL TRACKING. DRIVER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES SUDDENLY TO AVOID HITTING A DOG, CAUSING THE MIDDLE CAPTAIN'S CHAIR SEAT BELT CABLE TO SNAP, AND CHILD FLEW OUT, HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE METAL TRACK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR SEAT BELT CONVERSION PACKAGE THAT WAS PUT ON BY ELK ENTERPRISES. THEY WERE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. THE CABLE ON THE OTHER CENTER CAPTAIN CHAIR WAS WEARING OUT. CHRYSLER SAYS THEY ARE UNABLE TO HELP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *AK *ML

FUEL METERING FAILURE. THE ENGINE RAN AWAY AND DID NOT STOP WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. I HAD TO STALL THE ENGINE WITH MY BRAKES AND HAD NO STEERING BECAUSE THE KEY WAS OFF. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT AND IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING THE TRUCK, SHE WOULD LIKELY HAVE WRECKED IT OR BLOWN UP THE ENGINE! *AK

CALIPERS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE GRAB TOO HARD, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT. *AK

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, WHICH CAUSED FRONT END TO DROP. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO, OCCUPANT RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE WIRING HARNESS WHICH HE NEVER HAD REPAIRED, AND LOST THE RECALL NOTICE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN WIRING HARNESS RECALL. ALSO, 5TH GEAR QUIT FOR THE SECOND TIME, FIRST TIME COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, THIS TIME OWNER MUST PAY FOR REPAIR. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED AN UPDATED NUT FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML

ALL OF THESE APPLIED TO MY MOMS TRUCK OF WAS BUILT ONLY MONTHS BEFORE MINE AND OF CHRYSLER WILL NOT AUTHORIZE TO FIX, THE SUSPENSION IS THE LATEST., IT BROKE ON MONDAY AND MY MOMS RECEIVED HER NOTICE LAST FRIDAY, CHRYSLER WILL NOT AUTORIZE DEALER TO FIX EVEN THOW THEY ARE AWARE IT IS THE SAME AS RECALL.????? WHY ???? THEY SAY THE CUTOFF IS MARCH OF 95 AND MY TRUCKS CLEARING DATE IS 9/95, ITS THE SAME PROBLEM AND IS VERY DANGEROUS, THE SPRING PERCH IS BROKEN IN HALF ON DRIVERS SIDE, THIS IS WERE ALL THE WEIGHT OF THE TRICK SITS ON THE FRONT AND THE PASS SIDE IS CRACKED, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL FAX THE RECALL NOTICE AND PCITURES OF MY TRUCK. THANKS. *AK

BRAKE SYSTEM STILL NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AS OF SEPT 12, 1999. IN MEDIATION WITH ONE DEALERSHIP, WAITING FOR REPONSE. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY MEDIATOR THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. IN 2 DEALERSHIPS 12 TIMES FOR BRAKES. NO ONE HAS FIXED THEM PROPERLY YET. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MEDIATOR TO FIND OUT IF THE NEWER MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IF NOT, WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. CAN THIS BE RETROFITTED TO MY VEHICLE. IF NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE I'M TAKING CHRYLSER TO COURT FOR A REPLACEMENT. PLEASE ADVISE OR COMMENT.*AK

KNOCKING NOISE IN RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION ALSO NOTICED ITS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHERS. IT SHOULD BE RECALL. *AK