2001 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE 40 AMP FUSE IN THE TRAVEL TRAILER POWERS TOO MAY PINS IN THE SEVEN WIRE TRAILER RECEPTACLE. WHEN THIS FUSE BLOWS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS ARE LOST: 1) TRAILER MARKER AND TAIL LIGHTS 2) 12 VOLT 3) ELECTRIC BRAKE. *MR *NLM

WHEN DRIVING, THE FRONT END WOULD SHAKE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE A JERKING MOTION. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MR JG *JB

WHEN PULLING A TRAILER AND GOING UPHILL TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

SIDEWALL CRACKING ON ALL SIX TIRES. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER AT 23585R16. DOT # MDOR DOWV 299. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *TT

THERE'S A BOLT THAT KEEPS BACKING OUT OF ENGINE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS VEHICLE OVERHEATS, AND HEAD GASKETS ARE BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRAILOR HITCH IS BEING REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO CRACKING OF FORMAT FROM FRAME. REPLACEMENT HITCH WAS A REVISED PART FROM MANUFATURER THAT REPEATED THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AKI

WHILE APPLYING ABS AT LOW SPEEDS, BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT SEALS OF MASTER CYLINDER/ FRONT DISC ROTORS, AND CALIPERS WERE RUINED. *AK THE CALIPERS WERE LEAKING FLUID ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE BRAKES WERE FINE SO CONSUMER DROVE ON. THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKES FALIED TO STOP VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT A SEMI TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKES, CALIPERS AND REAR SHOES WERE REPLACED. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACING. *JG

15 PASSENGER VAN WELDS ON FLOORBOARD FILLED UP WITH WATER BECAUSE SEAL WAS OMITTED FROM FACTORY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS WIRED TO PULL A FIFTH WHEEL, WHILE DRIVING, THE COMPUTER CHIP AND ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE WIRING SHORTED IT OUT, WIRE AND POWER CONTROL MODULE, APPEARS CAUSATION IS ELECTRIC BRAKE WIRE THAT WAS RUN ALONG FIREWALL COWL PLUGS FROM HITCH TO TRAILER, CLAIM 55-S270-703. *SLC

VEHICLE WANDERS LEFT AND RIGHT AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, REPLACED STEERING BOX AND TIE ROD END, DID WHEEL ALIGNMENT. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK *TT