1996 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINING OF BRAKE LINING WEARING OUT TOO SOON AT 10,000 MILES. CONSUMER BELIEVES CONDITION IS NOT NORMAL FOR THIS SITUATION. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP FOR MORE THEN THREE TIMES AND CONDITION STILL OCCURS. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING PITMAN ARM THAT CONNECTS THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP CAME OFF. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND SIDE SWIPED TWO PARKED CARS. THE STEERING ARM HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FRONT BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT FOR THE FIFTH TIME WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY ON WET AND DRY PAVEMENTS. THE BRAKES GO DOWN TO THE PEDAL. SEVERAL DEALERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT A BULLETIN WAS PUT OUT 28-MAR-97, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. IN ADDITION, BACK BRAKES ARE INOPERATIVE BECAUSE WHEEL CYLINDERS ON BACK ARE TOO SMALL. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LINES FAILED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO TURBO CHARGER CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKE SHOES PADS. HAS REPLACED THE PADS AND SHOES EVERY 7,000 MILES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SHOES AND PADS, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION AND INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILURE; INCLUDING FUEL, OIL, AND TEMPERATURE GUAGE.

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING THE FRONT BRAKES TO OVERHEAT. WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES OVERHEAT THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE STEERED TO LEFT OR RIGHT. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD START TO SHAKE, WOULD NOT STOP. NEEDED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP. DEALER SHIPS HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP 6 TIMES, REPLACED PADS/ROTORS AND DID AN ALIGNMENT. THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK *NLM

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL SEVERELY PULL TO THE RIGHT. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE FIVE TIMES THE VEHICLE NOW PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND THE CALIPERS WITH NO REMEDY. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN 2 TIMES MORE AND STILL PROBLEM EXISTS. VEHICLE HAS AN INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, RESULTING IN RED LINING THE MOTOR AND SEVERE JERKING IN TRAFFIC. *SLC