2001 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

STEERING WHEEL HAS A LOT OF PLAY IN IT AND MAKES THE STEERING VERY DIFFICULT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. *AK *JB 8NM

2001 DODGE RAM LIFT PUMP FAILURE. KNOWN ISSUE. DEALER TRIED TO GET OUT OF WARRANTY COVERAGE. THEY FINALLY FIXED IT BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK. *LA

DRIVER STATED THAT BRAKES FAILED ON VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT INTERSECTION RESULTING IN CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER BUT IT WOULD NOT RESTART. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP FAILED. *AK *NLM

DEALER REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES THE LEFT WHEEL BEARING, AND AT 40,000 MILES THE RIGHT WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED NORMALLY WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED AT 85,000 MILES. DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK LEFT WHEEL BEARING FAILURE OCCURED AT 20,000 MILES. DODGE REFUSED TO TALK TO CONSUMER'S WIFE ABOUT THE WHEEL BEARING FAILURE. FINALLY DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARING AT THE COST OF $100.00. CONSUMER FEELS THAT IT IS PREMATURE FOR THE WHEEL BEARING TO HAVE FAILED FOR A FRONT END TRUCK THAT IS FEMALE DRIVEN.*MR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUP IS CRACKED FROM THE PASSENGER AIR BAG TO THE NUT SHOWING AT THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD(WINDSHIELD). THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE WIDTH OF THE DASHBOARD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING BOLT BECAME LOOSE. THE STEERING WHEEL JUMPED AROUND WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *NLM

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION IT CATCHES AND SOMETHING POPS IN THE STEERING COLUMN. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

THE STEERING IN THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN HORRIBLE SINCE THE DRIVE HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP . IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS TRUCK IN YOUR LANE, IT WANDERS AND GOES WHERE IT [XXX] WELL PLEASES. I'VE HAD THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP FOR THE STEERING PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED STEERING LINKAGE AND THE BALL JOINTS. THIS DID NOT HELP ONE BIT. WITH ONLY 28,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK (95% FREEWAY MILES) THE TIRES SHOW SIGNIFICANT WEAR. A SERVICE MANAGER AT ONE OF THE LOCAL DEALERSHIPS SAID THIS IS THE LARGEST COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. *PH INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR