1996 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WHEN A/C OR HEATER IS ON THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL OVERHEAT AND STEERING COLUMN START SMOKING, CONSUMER HAD TO BUY ANOTHER SWITCH, AND DEALER PUT IT ON. ORIGINAL SWITCH COULD NOT TAKE ALL THE POWER COMING FROM ALL THE CIRCUITRY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THEIR IS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHICH CAUSES OVERSTEERING SOMITIMES, AND CONSTANT WEAR ON THE STEERING JOINTS OR THE TRACKING BAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BETWEEN JAN.1998 THROUGH OCT. 1999 VEHICLE HAS BEEN THROUGH EIGHT SETS OF BRAKES, FRONT ROTORS TURNED THREE TIMES, REAR DRUMS TURNED ONCE, EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE BRAKE COMPONENTS. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. AFTER THAT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HAD TO DRIVE WITH EMERGENCY FLASHERS TO GET HOME. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMP SWITCH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE CABLE WORE OUT THROUGH ITS COVERING, AND WIRE BECAME UNRAVLED, CAUSING IT TO BE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURE ON FIVE OCCASIONS WHEN SHIFTING IN REVERSE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER VACUUM SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE IT DUE TO NATIONAL BACK ORDERS. *AK

BRAKES WEAR EXCESSIVELY AFTER BEING APPLIED. BRAKES WERE CHANGED. 6,000 MILES LATER, NEEDED REPLACING AFTER MAKING SQUEAKING NOISE. INFORMED BY MECHANIC REAR CYLINDERS TOO SMALL FOR BRAKES ON TRUCK. GIVEN PRINTOUT FROM NAPA, INDICATING DEFECTIVE CYLINDERS. NOT ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR REAR BRAKES FROM CYLINDERS. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & INFORMED CONSUMER OF A TSB REGARDING FRONT PADS AND SHOES & CYLINDERS. *AK

I WAS PARKED NEXT TO A CURB IN A LOT AT WORK CARE WAS BEHIND ME. HAD TO GO OVER CURB AT 1-2MPH HEARD BANG TIRE BLEW OUT. DROVE ACROSS STREET, PULLED INTO LOT, GOT OUT, GAS TANK DRAGGING GROUND AND SLOSHED GAS ALL OVER ROAD. DRIVESHAFT HAD BEEN TURNING AGAINST METAL PLATE ON SIDE OF TANK-STRAPS BROKE-HAD NO WARNING OF ANYTHING WRONG-HAD TO HAVE TRUCK TOWED-SLOSHED GAS ALL OVER TRAILER-DRIVERS' PARTING WORDS "PRAY FOR ME". I CALLED DODGE TOLD THEM I WASN'T PAYING FOR A SAFETY DEFECT, AND THAT I WASN'T HAPPY. THEY CALLED DEALER DEALER TOOK CARE OF IT NO CHARGE. VERY UPSETTING HAVING GAS TANK FALL OFF OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEAVY DUTY TRUCK. APPEARS ONLY ONE STRAP HOLDING TANK UP -NO SECONDARY SUPPORTS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THIS TYPE OF THING HAPPENED TO THEM? I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING IN A WRECK IF IT IS THAT FRAGILE. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR, RESLTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR., VEHICLE ONLY SLOWS DOWN AND DOES NOT STOPS. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER HAS TURNED OFF THE ABS WARNING LIGHT, AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. OWNER SAYS THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING. *AK