2001 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

PART OF THE INTERIOR BREAKS OFF AND BLOCKS THE EXHAUST WHICH CAUSES A LOSS OF POWER - HAS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS USED RIGHT AFTER START UP ENGINE WILL JERK, AND NOT OPERATE SMOOTHLY. IF ENGINE IS WARMED UP, THIS EVENT WILL NOT OCCUR. *AK DEALER STATED THAT FACTORY IS WORKING ON PROBLEM, HOWEVER THERE IS NO FIX AVAILABLE AT PRESENT TIME. *SLC

VEHICLE WANDERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE, AND CLAIMS VEHICLE IS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS.*AK CONSUMER STATES IT TAKES TOO MUCH MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEPT HE VEHICLE ON COURSE. *SLC

I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THIS ABOUT MY TRUCK , THE STEERING WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER OWNERS THAT THEIRS DOES TO. I HAVE CARRIED IT TO THE DEALER ONE TIME AND THEY ADJUSTED THE STEERING WHEEL BUT IT HAS STARTED BACK AGAIN.

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT TIGHTEN UP DURING AN ACCIDENT AND I BOUNCED OFF THE STEERING WHEEL A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE SEAT BELT HAD NOT TIGHTEN UP AFTER REACHING FOR THE RADIO CONTROLS OR A DRINK, HUNG OUT THE DOOR WHEN SHUTTING IT, BUT WOULD ALWAYS TIGHTEN UP ONCE JANKED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES. NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT WORK DURING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ENGINE CRANK VENT SYSTEM DISCHARGES A LARGE AMOUNT OF VAPOR & HYDRO CARBON. WHEN THE HEAT IS ON IT SEEPS THROUGH DUCTS AND BURNS THE EYES. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. BUT, PROBLEM WILL COME BACK EACH TIME OIL IS CHANGED.*AK DEALER PERFORMED TSB 09-02-00, HOWEVER FUMES WERE EVIDENT FOR UP TO 700 MILES. *SLC

WHEN TOWING VEHICLE HAS JUMPED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, CHANGING LANES, WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. HAS BEEN TO DEALER TWICE. DEALER REPLACED FRONT END AND POWER STEERING. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK IT IS HARD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT BUT THE CAUSE WAS NOT STILL FOUND. *YH

VEHICLE HAS A WANDERING PROBLEM. 1ST TRIP TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STEERING GEAR BOX. THAT DID NOT HELP. 2ND TRIP TO THE DEALER THEY REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR BOX. IT NOT TURNS EASIER BUT STILL WANDERS AND ALSO HAS A GROWLING SOUND FROM STEERING GEAR WHEN TURNING. I WILL BE VISITING DEALER AGAIN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. I BELEAVE THIS IS NOT A SMALL PROBLEM. IT COMPROMISES MY AND MY FAMILYS SAFETY. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM PLEASE SEE HTTP://WWW.TURBODIESELREGISTER.COM/UBB//FORUM17/HTML/000822.HTML AND YOU WILL SEE AN ADDITION 115+ PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. I DO HOPE TO SEE A RECALL ON THIS STERRING WANDER/PLAY/LACK OF RESPONCE PROBLEM. THANK YOU.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TOO FAR DOWN AND IT IS POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING AN INTERFERENCE. *AK

FROM THE DAY THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN OFF THE LOT, STEERING ACTION WAS NOTICEABLY "LOOSE". EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING IS APPROXIMATELY 5" BEFORE THE TRUCK WOULD START TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THIS CREATES WANDERING ON THE HIGHWAY REQUIRING CONSISTANT CORRECTION IN STEERING. ACCORDING TO SOME OTHER OWNERS ON INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS, THE WANDERING PROBLEM IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH POSSIBLY THE GEAR BOX. IT IS SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE TRUCK TO DRIFT INTO THE ADJACENT LANE OR SHOULDER.*AK