1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH (BOTH ON INSIDE AND OUTSIDE)ON 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 EXTENDED(QUAD) CAB REFUSES TO OPERATE AND OPEN REAR DOOR. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED ONE YEAR AND THREE WEEKS AGO. (13,000 MILES AGO)THIS IS A DESIGN OR MATERIAL DEFECT IF THE DEALER MADE MORE THAN INTERIM REPAIRS DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. *JB

NHTSA# 03-V-035-000 ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, SEAT BACK RECLINER BOLT BREAKAGE CAN OCCUR RESULTING IN THE SEAT BACK RECLINING UNEXPECTEDLY. THE CONSUMER VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SYMPTOMS OF HE RECALL HOWEVER THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *NLM

THE VEHICLE HAS A FUEL FILTER BUT IT HAS NO WATER SEPARATOR. THIS CAUSED WATER FROM FUEL TANK TO GET INTO THE PICKUP PUMP, ALLFUEL LINES, INJECTOR PUMP AND INJECTORS. *AK

UNDER PANIC BRAKING, THE BRAKING SYSTEM SEEMS TO FAIL ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THE ANTI-LOCK SHOULD BE KICKING IN. MASSIVE LOSS OF PRESSURE FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN SEVERAL SECONDS UNDER THE PANIC BRAKE CONDITIONS. LOAD AND SPEED DO NOT SEEM TO MATTER OR BE FACTORS.*JB

VEHICLE HAS PULLED TO RIGHT SINCE DRIVING IT OFF LOT. WAS TOLD BY SALESMAN THIS WAS DESIGNED INTO TRUCK FOR SAFETY REASONS. REGUIRES 1/4 TURN OF STEERING WHEEL TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT TRAVEL AND IF STEERING WHEEL RELEASED, DARTS SHARPLY TO RIGHT. I'VE HAD TWO ALIGNMENTS BY DODGE DEALER WITH NO IMPROVEMENT IN PULLING. HAS ALSO DEVELOPED SEVERE "SHIMMY" AT HIGHER SPEEDS WHEN ENCOUNTERING BUMPS OR HOLES.

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB TRUCK - WHEN A BUMP OR ROUGH PATCH IN THE ROAD IS HIT, THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. WHEEL HOP OCCURS AND THE VEHICLE MUST BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED COMPLETELY BEFORE THE STEERING RETURNS TO NORMAL - HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYTIME ON THE SAME BUMPS OR PATCHES ON THE SAME ROADS. THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD THE TRUCK IS BASICALLY UNDRIVABLE AND IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONCERN - ONLY 74,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE REPLACED MOST ALL THE FRONTEND PARTS AS WELL AS BRAKE ROTORS, ETC. STILL OCCURS. SEEMS DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I AM AWARE OF SERVERAL WRECKS DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS EVEN A WEBSITE THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES APPARENTLY MANY PPL ARE HAVING - HTTP://WWW.DODGETRUCKSTEERINGPROBLEMS.COM/ CHRYSLER HAS DONE NOTHING TO OFFER ASSISTANCE AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES WITHOUT HAVINGTO PAY THEM ALLOT OF MONEY AND STILL IT DOES NOT GET RESOLVED.

THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO PUMP THE BRAKES. *JB THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP WHEN THE WEATHER WAS DAMP, WHEN NOT IN USE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AND WHEN USING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ALL THE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP. THIS WOULD ONLY HAPPEN AT TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR COLDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED AT THE REAR OUTPUT SEAL EXTENSION HOUSING LEAKED AT THE CASE SPLIT SILICONE SEAL, THE REAR TRANSMISSION SEAL LEAKED ON THE EXTENDED HOUSING SEAL AT THE TRANSFER CASE, THE RADIO CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE WIPERS SHORTED OUT, AND THE FOG LIGHT SWITCH HAD GONE BAD. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION , AND NONE OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THIS RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.*JB

199 DOGE RAM EXT CAB 4X4, DIESEL - BALL JOINTS AND FRONT BUSHINGS WEARING OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 48,000 MILES ON VEHICLE

CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING FAILED AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP LOCKED UP AND BROKE THE SHAFT AND THE AIR PUMP FOR THE POWER STEERING. VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *TS *TT