1999 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB 3500 DASH STARTED CRACKING ON PASSENGER SIDE AND LARGE PIECE WITH SHARP EDGE FELL INTO DASH. DASH BEGAN SPLITTING IN OTHER PLACES SOON AFTERWARD. REPAIRED WITH A MOLDED DASH COVER THAT DOESN'T FIT REALLY WELL.*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 3500. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF, SMOKE ENGULFED THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. HE NOTICED A SMALL ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE OCCURRED THE SECOND TIME. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL FACILITY, AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR COST APPROXIMATELY $1,000. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 230,000. UPDATED 12/18/09 *CN THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH LINE FAILED TWICE. THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECALL. THE CLUTCH LINE FAILED A SECOND TIME BECAUSE A PLASTIC PRESSURE LINE WAS USED. UPDATED 12/22/09 UPDATED 02/1710 *BF THE HYDRAULIC LINE FROM THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER TO THE CLUTCH SLAVE DEVELOPED A HOLE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FLAMMABLE LIQUID LEAKING ONTO THE FIREWALL AND EXHAUST. THE CONSUMER LEARNED THAT A STEEL LINE WAS NOW BEING USED WITH A HEATED SHIELD. UPDATED 02/19/10

DASH BOARD FALLING APART ON DODGE 3500 1999 DIESEL TRUCK THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TRYING TO FIND AFTER MARKET SO FAR NO LUCK WAS TOLD ONE FROM DODGE IS HIGH SINCE STARTED FALLING APART SINCE TWO YEARS AFTER IT WAS NEW DODGE SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS IT HAS FELL APART SO BAD I HAVE TO FIND ONE BECAUSE OF SAFETY NOW ALL ELECTRICAL WIRES EXPOSED AIR CONDITIONER WIRES SHOWING AIR CONDITIONER SWITCH WILL NO LONGER WORK AND IT IS AWFUL TO LOOK AT IT IS A DISGRACE THAT DODGE WOULD PRODUCE A PRODUCT THIS BAD AND NOT WARRANTY IT I WILL NEVER BY A DODGE AGAIN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE FAILURE WOULD PREVENT OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE FROM BEING PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V119000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR) AND THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN THE CONTACT ENTERED HER VIN ON THE MANUFACTURER'S WEBSITE, THE OUTPUT STATED THAT HER VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 64,000. UPDATED 5/5/09 *CN THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DID NOT EXTEND OVER THE PASSENGER. THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WAS FROZEN SO THE BELT CAN'T BE RELEASED. UPDATED 05/06/09.*JB

DODGE TRUCK DIED,WOULDN'T START, WHEN TRYING TO START GAS WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE, TOWED TO AAMCO, FUEL FILTER HOUSING WAS LEAKING, MOPAR PART WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, NEW PART COST $1606 TO REPLACE,..THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY HAZARD...CHRYSLER SAID IT WASN'T AN ISSUE AND REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE PART....AAMCO SAID THAT CHRYSLER HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART SO WHY WASN'T IT RECALLED...ALL IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN WAS A SPARK TO SET THE TRUCK ON FIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 3500. THE VEHICLE HAS YOKOHAMA ALL SEASON RADIAL TIRES, SIZE 215/85/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING PULLED THREE INCHES BACK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL TIRE REPAIR SHOP AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES WERE INSPECTED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATED AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $400. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE CONTACT WOULD NOT BE COMPENSATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP HAS "SPIDERWEB" CRACKED INTO MANY SHARP PIECES. THIS STARTED OCCURRING A WEEK GO, AND HAS NOW SPREAD TO MOST OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH. IN THE EVENT OF A PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE DASH WILL DISINTEGRATE INTO MANY MORE SMALL CHUNKS OF SHRAPNEL FLYING IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

CONTINUOUS AT SPEEDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH, AUTO TRANS SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS HIGH/LOW, HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED THAT THEY SAID WAS THE PROBLEM IE: $2,400.00, DID NOT FIX IT, STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ITS WELL KNOWN IN THE TRANSMISSION AND DEALER SHOPS THAT ITS A ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE FROM THE PUMPS OR ALTERNATOR THAT INTERRUPTS THE SHIFTING SIGNAL TO THE COMPUTER, YET THEY CHARGE US TO FIX A DESIGN PROBLEM ! *TR

THE TOP DASH COVER IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART INTO TRIANGLE SHAPED PIECES. IN FRONTAL COLLISION, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE PIECES POSING A DANGER TO THE PASSENGERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 35000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF THEN ILLUMINATE AFTER TWO SECONDS. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH, BULBS AND WIRES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 292,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 292,492.