1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

COMBINATION SEAT/LAP BELT ON DRIVER'S SEAT WILL NOT STAY SNUG AS DIRECTED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL ON PAGE 22 WARNING SECTION, COLUMN 1, ITEM 2. HILLER CO. DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED VERY HARD TO FIND AN ANSWER TO POSSIBLE SOLUTION; DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE; CUSTOMER'S PROPOSED SOLUTION IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED. *AK

VEHICLE WANDERS SINCE APRIL 14, 1999. DODGE MANUFACTURER RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM AND SAYS THAT IT'S NORMAL. *AK

ALTHOUGH STEERING DID NOT FAIL. IT IS HORRIBLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE STEERING HAS A CONSTANT BINDING YOU MUST OVERCOME WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION. YOU END UP OVER COMPENSATING AND ARE IN A CONSTANT ZIG-ZAG ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH RAM 2500'S SO MY DEALER TELLS ME. CHRYSLER SAYS IT IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN ANYTHING THAT STEERS AS BAD AS THIS IN MY WHOLE LIFE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A TREE. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WERE HARD AND DIDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, ENGINE SOPPED/ NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG UPON IMPACT. *AK

THE LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION THAT THE VEHICLE MAKES WHEN TURNING LEFT AND GOING OVER BUMPS, CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. YH

VEHICLE PARKED IN 1ST GEAR WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, BOTH FAILED RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH CAR AND GARAGE WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED.