2000 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CONSUMER HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER, CLAIM 37-3254-339. *SLC

STEERING BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN WHEN BACKING OR MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY. IT HAPPENS IN COOL TO COLD WEATHER. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT FACTORY SAYS THIS IS NORMAL CONDITION. THIS CAN CREATE A HAZARD WHEN TURNING A CORNER AND STEERING WON'T TURN.*AK

THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE DANA AXLES IN WHICH CROSS CASTER ADJUSTMENTS CANNOT BE MADE. I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL ALIGNMENT SHOPS TRY TO ADJUST THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ECCENTRICS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, THEREBY TWISTING THE AXLE TO FORCE THE CROSS CASTER ANGLE. FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT (SEE HTTP://DODGERAM.ORG/TECH/SPECS/00_STEER_SPECS.HTML) THIS FORCEING OF THE LOWER ECCENTRICS IS NOT THE WAY TO ACHIEVE CROSS CASTER ADJUSTMENTS. THE LOWER ECCENTRICS ARE FOR CASTER ONLY AFTER THE CROSS CASTER IS SET. I RECENTLY FOUND RECALL #861ON THESE AXLES. MINE MISSED IT BY 6 DAYS. I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER IF A RUSH TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND STILL MEET DEMAND MAY HAVE LED TO SOME BEING BUILT OUT OF SPECS. NEVER THE LESS, THIS TWISTING AND FORCEING CANNOT BE GOOD ON THE VERY AREA THAT THE RECALL WAS ABOUT, THE RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET. MY PRIVATE ALIGNMENT SHOP COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WILL GET IT BACK NEXT WEEK FOR THE THIRD TIME. I HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM AND I AM ORDERING AN AFTERMARKET PART TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO ADJUST THE CROSS CASTER. THIS WILL NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. OUT OF MY POCKET, A GAMBLE WITH THE WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE I CAN HOLD ON THE ROAD. NOTE: THEY ARE ALSO ORDERING A NEW STEERING BOX. I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS REALLY BAD, OR AFTER DAYS OF TRYING TO FORCE AN ALIGNMENT THEY FIGURED TRY THIS. WHEN READING ABOUT THE STEERING BOX, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PREVIOUS SHOP COULD NOT ALIGN THE VEHICLE CROSS CASTER. THIS COULD NOT BE RESOLVED. I REALLY WANT TO STRESS THE TWISTING THAT IS BEING DONE TO POTENTIALLY ALL THESE AXLES. PLEASE CHECK THE WEB SITE I SITED.

EXTERIOR MIRRORS VIBRATE SEVERELY WHEN DRIVING OVER 60-65MPH, DRIVER WOULD EXPERIENCE A DISTORTED IMAGE OF OTHER VEHICLES IN MIRROR, HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINEERS WERE WORKING ON PROBLEM OF DISTORTION.*AK *YD

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 55 MPH ANOTHER CAR WAS COMING HEAD-ON AND THEY HAD A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, PASSENGER'S SIDE HAS AN ON AND OFF SWITCH, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF. SOME INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

STEERING PROBLEMS PULLS RIGHT AFTER PURCHASE, COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PINGING AND REVING SOON AFTER BUYING, HAD STEERING COMPONETS REPLACED, TRUCK HAS JUST TURNED OFF SEVERAL TIMES NO RESTART, HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM 3 MOS AFTER BOUGHT THEY FINALLY FIXED ONCE IT WENT TOTALLY, 45 DAYS LATER ITS AGAIN ALMOST GONE AGAIN,I CONTINEULY COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PING AND TRUCK DRAGGING THEY KEPT SAYING NOTHING WRONG UNTIL IT FINALLY WENT THE ENGINE AND TRANNIE IS RELATED BAD TRANIE WAS MAKIN ENGINE DRAG AND PING. *AK

PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS OFF AND ON, SWITCH CAN BE TURNED ON WITH A COIN OR A SMALL TOY BY A CHILD. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THAT AIRBAG WAS ON. DEALER COULD NOT TELL CONSUMER IF AIRBAG WAS ACTUALLY ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. DODGE SAID THAT WAS HOW IT WORKED IN ALL THEIR VEHICLES, BUT REFUSED TO TEST SWITCH. *AK THE AIR BAG SWITCH SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE AND COULD CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH TO CHILDREN RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. *YH

STEERING WANDERS ALWAYS FIGHTING TODRIVE,THE SPEED CONTROL NEVER KEEPS AN EVEN SPEED TRANSMISION IS ALWAYS SHIFTING AND MOST TIMES WILL NOT SHIFT BACK TO 4TH GEAR AFTER CLIMBBING AHILL,THE TRANSFER CASE MAKES A WHINING NOISE AT ANY SPEED OR GEAR ALL TOGETHER THIS TRUCK GETS 5.5MPG HWY AND HAS NO POWER IT IS RATED FOR 8,000 POUNDS TRAILERING AND I CANT TOW TWO SNOWMOBIELS REPORTED TO ATTNY. GEN . FOLLOWING UP ON LEMMON LAW PROCEEDINGS . JUST WANTED MY FINDINGS NOTED SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. BECOUSE CHRYSLER SAIS THEY ARE NOT...BUT FUNNY HOW I FOUND THREE OTHER PEOPLE W/SAME PROBLEMS AND HAVE ALREADY HAD THER TRUCKS BOUGHT BACK BY CHRYSLER. IN MY AREA ALONE!MAKES YA THINK.... I HOPE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, THE ROOF VIBRATES UP AND DOWN, CONSUMER STATES THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROOF DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORTS. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH BRAKE MAKING LOUD BUMPING NOISE, AND GRABBING FROM REAR WHEELS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS HIGH ALUMINUM ACCORDING TO SAMPLE ANALYSIS, THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO THIS. REAR AXLE ALSO HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF IRON AND CHROME IN FLUID ACCORDING TO THE SAMPLE ANALYSIS. *SLC