2003 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

MY 2003 DODGE RAM 3500 DIESEL HAS BEEN JUMPING INTO REVERSE FROM PARK. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. I PARKED AT MINI MART AT 6AM TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. IT WAS COLD SO I LEFT THE ENGNE IDLING TO WARM UP. I CAME OUT TO FIND MY VEHICLE GONE. I LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET AND FOUND IT SMASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE TRUCK HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE, BUT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BUILDING. I THOUGHT MAYBE I MISTAKINLY PUT THE LEVER IN REVERSE AT FIRST, BUT BUT YOU CANT GET OUT OF THE DOOR WITHOUT THE VEHILE TAKING OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE IT IN REVERSE, IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE IT TAKES OFF. THIS HAPENED AGAIN IN MID MARCH. I LEFT THE VEHICLE TO CHECK A FIELD, I HERD A KLUNK AND TURNED AROUND TO FIND MY PICKUP BACKING DOWN THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT I HAD THE DEALER CHECK THE TRANSMISSON. THE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. IN MID I JUNE WAS CHECKING RICE BOXES ON A CANAL BANK WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE PICKUP WENT INTO THE CANAL AND FILLED 1/4 FULL OF WATER, AS WILL AS BODY DAMAGE. I AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY HAD A REPRESENATIVE FROM DIAMLER-CHRYSLER COME OUT AND CHECK THE VEHICLE. HE DID A WHOLE SERIES OF TESTS. THEY LATER SENT ME A LETTER STATING MY CLAIM HAD BEEN DENIED. THEY ARE DOING NOTHING! THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE. I DONT KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.*AK

THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD IN EVERY GEAR EXCEPT IN NEUTRAL WHEN DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE TRANSMISSION WAS HARD TO SHIFT, THE CLUTCH CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE SLAVE CYLINDER BLEEDING BACK INTO THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LURCH UNEXPECTEDLY. *SC

DUE TO VALVE STEM SEPARATION THE TIRES CONTINUED TO GO FLAT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRES BACK TO GOODYEAR. *AK *JB

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN IT REACHES 20 MPH IN GEAR OR NOT IN GEAR. IT VIBRATES SO HARD THAT THE MIRRORS ON THE EXTERIOR SHAKE LIKE THEY ARE COMING OFF.*AK

THE HUB ON THE LEFT FRONT BROKE IN HALF WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO TOLD HIM THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *AK

THE TIRES HAD AN ONGOING FAILURE WITH DEEP TORQUE CRACKS AROUND THE SIDEWALL. THIS COULD RESULT IN A BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES, THE SECOND REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE AT 20,0000 MILES. CURRENTLY, THIRD REPLACEMENT INVOLVED ALL TIRES FOR THE SAME FAILURE.*AK

2003 DODGE 3500 FOUR DOOR PICKUP 4X4 FRONT WHEELS SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN TRAVELING OVER ROUGH PATCHES OF INTERSTATE. EVERYTHING SHAKES, FEELS LIKE THE TRUCK IS COMING APART. WITNESSES SAY THE FRONT WHEELS ARE STEERING LEFT TO RIGHT RAPIDLY, HOWEVER IT FEELS LIKE THE TIRES ARE BOUNCING OFF OF THE PAVEMENT. THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 65MPH. WHEN I SLOW TO 40 MPH THE SHAKING STOPS. IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT IS SHAKING.*AK

AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW THE REAR END MAKES A WINNING SOUND. DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A BURNING ODOR WAS COMING INSIDE OF THE VENTS. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT GASKET, FAN, AND OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND WERE REPLACED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET WAS BROKE. . *NM THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM