1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WANDERED OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT STEERING GEAR BOX WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INTERMITTENT AT BEST AND THEN WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL ON ANY SPEED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY WOULD MOVE AN INCH OR TWO. WITH ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CORRODED, AND REPLACED IT. *AK THE ENGINE HAD SHAKEN HARSHLY WHEN IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER THE OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE CONSUMER FOUND A POSITIVE WIRE ON THE FUEL TRANSFER LIFT PUMP HAD CORRODED AND BROKEN OFF CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE WIRES FOR THE TRANSFER LIFT PUMP HAD NO PROTECTIVE COVER AND WERE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. CHRYSLER REDESIGNED THE FUEL PUMP. *SC

TRANSFER FUEL PUMP WAS TWICE REPLACED UNDER 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE NEEDED A THIRD REPLACEMENT AFTER 140,000 MILES. ALSO, FIFTH GEAR WAS COMPLETELY GONE. THIS OCCURRED AT 140,000 MI. *AK *MR

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL OR SHIFTING GEARS. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED, BUT THE DEALER WILL NOT DO THE REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL 01V153000. *AK

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKING. HAD IT IN TO DEALER TO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. NO LUCK WITH ANYTHING THEY'VE DONE. WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY OTHER "VICTIMS" HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. HOPE THERE'S A PERMANENT FIX. IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A DEATH OR TWO TO GET SOME ONE OFF THEIR BUTT AND FIX THIS. *LA

IT APPARENTLY A KNOWN FACT THAT THE TENSION BOLT IN MY 1999 DODGE 2500 STANDARD TRANSMISSION HAS A HABIT OF BACKING OUT AND DAMAGING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN MY VEHICLE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN OUT ON THIS DUE TO ITS A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS IS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED BY DODGE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AND ALSO BY THE DEALERSHIP DOING THE REPAIRS. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN USED 95% ON FREEWAY. IT HAS 119,000 MILES ON IT. BEING A DIESEL WITH WHAT WAS CONSIDERED THE TOUGHEST TRANSMISSION BUILT, IT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR AT LEAST TWICE THIS MILEAGE IF SERVICED PROPERLY WHICH I HAVE DONE. THE OILS WERE ALL CHANGED LESS THAN 30,000 MILES BACK AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING GOING WRONG. THIS REPAIR WILL COST ME APPROXIMATELY $3,300.00 AND FORTUNATELY DID NOT DAMAGE TOO MUCH OR IT COULD EASILY EXCEED THIS AMOUNT. I PAID 37,000.00 FOR THIS TRUCK AND IT SHOULD PERFORM BETTER THAN THIS OR BE BACKED BY DODGE WITHIN REASON. *LA

CRUISE CONTROL ON VEHICLE WILL SURGE 10-15MPH OVER SPEED AT WHICH IT IS SET. IN ONE INSTANCE THE UNIT HAD BEEN HOLDING A STEADY 55MPH FOR APPROX. 10 MIN. AND BEGAN CLIMBING THROUGH 65 BEFORE IT WAS CAUGHT AND DISENGAGED. THIS SURGE BEHAVIOR APPEARS TO BE LOW-TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT AS IT CEASES IN THE SUMMER AND RE-OCCURS IN THE WINTER.*AK

LEAK IN FUEL LINE DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF FUEL FITTING ABOVE FUEL TANK. POTENTIAL FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARD.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL. THIS STALLING OCCURRED SIX TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL, AND ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONSUMER KEPT HEARING A PINGING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, AND THE TRANSFER CASE WAS STILL LEAKING. THERE HAD BEEN A MYRIAD OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP MORE THAN IT WAS IN HER POSSESSION. *AK THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: AIRFLOW NOISE/SUCKED AIR DUE TO A POSSIBLE VACUUM LEAK, THE PASSENGER MIRROR VIBRATION DUE TO THE BUG SHIELDS, ENGINE TICKING, UNDERSHIELD RUSTED ALONG WITH THE DRIVESHAFT, U-JOINTS, AND THE BUMPER, THERE WAS RUST ON THE REAR BOX PANELS, ENGINE PING/NOISE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON TWO TIMES, REAR WINDOW LEAKAGE, TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY/TRANSFER CASE LEAKED, HARD JUMPING WHEN IN REVERSE, REVVS OUT MORE RPM'S THAN NORMAL, ENGINE PING HAD GOTTEN LOUDER, AND THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHEN THE ENGINE DIED. *SCC