1999 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP AND UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE LEFT SIDE POPPED OUT. IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE. FRONT TIRE WAS OUT AT BOTTOM AND TOP TOWARD THE CENTER OF VEHICLE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WENT TO A 25 DEGREE TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT IN ROAD. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED TO RIGHT SIDE. FIRST TIME DEALER FIXED IT. BUT, CONSUMER DID NOT WANT THEM TO REPAIR IT AGAIN BECAUSE PROBLEM WAS NOT BEING RECTIFIED. CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH ARBITRATION. *AK THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, CONSUMER FILED ARBITRATION AND IT WAS RULED THAT CHRYSLER BUY BACK THE VEHICLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH KEEPER RING BROKE. SHAFT THAT GOES THROUGH BRAKE AND CLUTCH PEDALS CAME OUT. THIS CAUSED BRAKES TO LOCK UP, CLUTCH ENGAGED AS WELL.*AK *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY BRAKES LOCK UP WHITH LIGHT PRESSURE. ONE DEALER HAS DUPLICATED PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT REPAIR IT. *AK THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS FOUND LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE FRONT BRAKES WILL LOCK AND THE REAR BRAKES WILL ROLL FREE, SOMETIMES IT IS THE OPPOSITE THAT OCCURS, WHEN THE ABS GRABS, IT LETS GO TOO LONG BEFORE IT GRABS AGAIN, DEALER REFUSES TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX IT, DODGE CUSTOMER HOT LINE LEFT A MESSAGE FOR CONSUMER STATING NOT TO CALL THEM ANYMORE. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS TALKING ON CELL PHONE. HE DROPPED IT, AND WHEN HE LIFTED HIS BODY BACK UP, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WENT THROUGH A DITCH , AND HIT A TREE. VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. CONSUMER DIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING FM DT OF PURCHASE. REQUESTED TRANS.INSPECTION AUG 3,2000, DEALER DID. SEPT 27 2000, TRANS FAILURE, DEALER REBUILT. NOV 3,2000, LESS THAN 2000 MILES AFTER REBUILD, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.TOOK TO DEALER,THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS INCONCLUSIVE. NOV. 27 2000,TRANS FAILURE , TRANS REPLACED FOR SECOND TIME. JAN 2001, TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER,TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, FAILING TO REACH NEXT GEAR, TOOK TO DEALER, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG,FEB 2001 (CURRENT) VIBRATION, PLAN TO TAKE BACK TO DEALER.FOR 5TH TIME. *AK

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED IN 5 GEAR. CONSUMER HAS TO STAY AT 55 MPH, THIS WAS 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENED.*AK WHEN TRANSMISSION WENT OUT FOR 4TH TIME CAUSING CLUTCH TO GO OUT ALSO. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AND FELL ASLEEP AT WHEEL, AND VEHICLE RAN OFF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING WHEN HE WOKE UP, AND HOOD CAME OFF AND TORE OFF PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS CAME OFF, AND PASSENGER'S FRONT WAS BANGED UP AND TORE OFF. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS ON TRAILER HITCH, FOUND OUT THAT HITCH WAS CRACKING. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FRONT WHEELS TO DROP WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE MAKE A TURN AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE LOST ALL BRAKE POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDR FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK