1998 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND GO TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. BEEN TO DLR 6 TIMES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SPEED CONTROL (CRUISE CONTROL) WAS ENGAGED WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN GOING UPHILL, WOULD MAINTAIN SPEED. WAS CRESTING THE HILL WHEN IT PICKED UP SPEED. *AK

CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE; INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED CRUISE VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY UP TO 15 MPH. WHEN TURNING OFF CRUISE CONTROL, IT WILL UNEXPECTEDLY TURN ON . DEALER READJUSTED THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK *ML

SWAY BAR BOLTS THAT HOLD SWAY BAR FELL OUT, AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WENT TO DEALER AND GOT IT FIXED. BUT THEN ALL FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE SWAY BAR FELL OUT AGAIN, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, WORN GEAR IN THE STEERING BOX CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

IN CUMMIN DIESEL VEHICLES, THE BRAKE BOOSTER WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THAT WHEN TRAVELING AT A 17 DEGREE DECLINE THE ENGINE STARTED TO LEAK OIL OUT OF THE BREATHER TUBE BECAUSE OF THE TILT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, NORMAL ROAD CONDITION; CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND APPROACHING A BLIND CURVE WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT CAUSED CONSUMER TO APPLY BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCEY SITUATION. REAR ABS FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP ON THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT REAR OF FRONT VEHICLE. DRIVER SUSTAINED A NECK INJURY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50-55MPH THE VEHICLE HAD DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER STATED " IT DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT." *AK *ML

HORN DESIGN MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TO FIND THE HORN AND PRESS IT HARD ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE WITHOUT TAKING HANDS OR EYES OFF THE ROAD.

DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND WAS GETTING OFF ON AN EXIT RAMP AND THE ENGINE DIED OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP HAD BROKEN. *AK