1999 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS RATES OF SPEED AND UPON HITTING A BUMP FRONT WHEELS VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, VIBRATING ERRATICALLY. ONCE SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING VEHICLE BECAME OPERABLE AGAIN. UPON STARTING AGAIN THE VIBRATION STARTED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, AN ANIMAL JUMPED INTO THE ROAD AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SWERVED OFF THE ROAD ONTO SANDY LAND TO AVOID HITTING THE ANIMAL. CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT FRONT AXLE BROKE AND THE FRAME BENT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK *LA

VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK GEAR WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING WHEN IT POPPED OUT OF THE PARK INTO DRIVE BY ITSELF. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE WENT THROUGH TWO STREETS AND A DITCH BEFORE STOPPING WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A TREE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER DIDN'T LOCK IN THE PARK POSITION. *AK

LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE, AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT DUE TO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, THEY CLAIMED SINCE NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IT WOULD COST $3000.00 TO REPAIR IT.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BASE. THE VAN WAS EQUIPPED WITH HANDICAPPED EQUIPMENT. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.... *JB

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS HAVE CRACKS IN THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE DOOR UNTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT DOORS DO NOT CLOSE AND HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

NIGHT TIME DRIVING WHEN SWITCHING FROM HI BEAM TO LOW BEAM, ALL HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AND THE HI BEAM HAD TO BE PUT BACK ON USING THE COLUMN SWITCH. THIS HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES TO GET BACK TO THE LOW BEAMS THEY FINALLY TURNED ON. TIIME PERIODS BEFORE THE LOW BEAMS STARTED TO WORK VARIED FROM SECONDS TO FIVE OR TEN MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE 99" DODGE 3500 TRUCK IN SEPT 2000. *AK

DEFECTIVE LIFT PUMP IN MOTOR - SHOULD BE AT 12% AND DODGE LOWERED THE STANDARD TO 7% BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM! THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS FAULTY, CAUSING TOTAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION

WE OWN A DODGE RAM 3500 DIESEL TRUCK. THE TRANSFER PUMP HAS QUIT WORKING TWICE NOW. THIS TIME IT DIES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A NEAR FATAL EXPERIENCE. TWO SEMI ALMOST HIT US, WE COULDN'T GET IT TO RESTART. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. *JB