1999 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

MY VEHICLE FAILED BY SHIFTING ERRATICALLY WHILE PULLING OUT ONTO THE FREEWAY IN HOUSTON, TX DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IF NOT HANDLED IN A QUICK RESPONSIVE MANNER, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURIES OR DEATHS TO MANY PEOPLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADRESSED PROMPT AND STRAIGHT FORWARD. NATURALLY THE WARRANT HAD JUST GONE OUT ON THE VEHICLE AND AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM MYSELF, THIS IS A PROBLEM OF WIDESPREAD PROPORTION AND A POOR DESIGN ON THE PART OF DODGE MOTOR COMPANY KNOWING THESE VEHICLES WERE MASS PRODUCED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND NOT CARING.*AK

CONSUMER STATED AS A RESULT OF AN REAR ENDED COLLISION, DRIVER SEAT BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LAY BACKWARDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

THERE WAS A NUT IN THE BACK OF THE STANDARD TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE NUT FELL OFF INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FREE WHEEL IN FIFTH GEAR. *AK *CB *NLM

A PART ON THE AIR BAG IN STEERING WHEEL, WHICH I BELIEVE IS CALLED THE "CLOCK SPRING", HAS BEEN RECALLED ON THE 1998 DODGE RAM 3500, AS WELL AS, THE 2001. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I OWNED BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES AN DHAD THE RECALLS PERFORMED WHILE I OWNED THEM. I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 3500 AS WELL AND IT IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE THAT THE OTHER TWO DID, BEFORE RECALLS WERE PERFORMED, YET THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL. I HAVE ALSO OBSERVED SOME OTHER PROBLEMS WHICH I FEEL ARE RELATED THAT WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE A CRASH IN THE FUTURE. THE CRUISE CONTROL SPEEDS UP AFTER IT IS SET EVERY TIME GOING DOWN A HILL OR WHEN THERE IS LITTLE OR NO RESISTANCE AGAINST THE TRUCK. THE TURN SIGNAL ALSO BLINKS OCCASIONALLY (WHETHER CRUISE IS SET OR NOT). THE ABOVE RECALLS ON THE 1998 AND 2001 TRUCKS ARE NO LONGER LISTED HERE IN YOUR DATA, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE AT ONE TIME. I FEEL THE 1999 SHOULD BE A RECALL, SINCE THE OTHERS MADE THE SAME NOISE BEFORE THEY WERE REPAIRED. THE NOISE IN REFERENCE IS A SPRING BEING TWISTED OR STRETCHED SOUND. AHEM, "CLOCK SPRING".

WHILE DRIVING WITH VEHICLE IN FIFTH GEAR. DRIVER APPLIED GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE,THE ENGINE JUST CONTINUE TO RAVV UP. VEHICLE HAS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT RECIEVED A RECALL LETTER, MANUFACTURES RECALL NUMBER #978, TOOK TO DEALER AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER NOTICE WHILE GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE ANTI FREEZ SMELL CONSUMER LOOK UNDER VEHICLE AND NOTICE A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

THE WELD IN 6TH GEAR BROKE CAUSING 6TH GEAR TO BE UNUSABLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS TAKEN APART, THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE WELD WAS FAULTY. THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM HAD LEAKS. *YH

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKING. *AK BRAKE LINES WEAR ON THE FRAME UNTIL THEY RUPTURE, THERE IS NO WARNING, PART IS THE FEEDER LINE TO THE WHEEL CYLINDERS ON THE FRONT. *SLC

FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 11,000 MILES TO STOP THE SEVERE PULLING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED---"LOCKUP" STARTED THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKUP AND THE REARS ROLL FREE---MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED--PORPORTIONING VALVE WAS REPLACED--REAR DRUMS WERE TURNED & REAR SHOES WERE REPLACED