2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB Complaints

BRAKE ROTORS BEGAN TO WARP AND WERE TURNED BY DEALER IN SEPTEMBER. PROBLEM BEGAN TO DEVELOP AGAIN AND VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER 1/23/2004. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD IN ADVERSE WEATHER... WILL NOT REPAIR THEM AGAIN AS THIS IS A DEFINITE DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE ROTORS EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS, BLOW MOTOR, ELECTRIC REAR DOOR LOCKS WON'T WORK, TURN SIGNALS AND PAINT ON THE HOOD. *PH THE GAUGES ON THE DASH PANEL FAILED. THE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED THE LEFT SIGNAL FLASHED, SOMETIMES BOTH SIGNAL ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PAINT ON THE HOOD AND FRONT PANEL BEGAN TO CHIP. *NM

WHEN GOING SLOW THIS VEHICLE WILL AT TIMES SHUT OFF WHICH CAUSES YOU TO LOOSE THE BRAKES AND STEERING. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED I WAS ON A 360 DEGREE TURN EXIT RAMP AND WAS ABLE TO POP THE CLUTCH AND GET IT GOING AGAIN. THAT TIME THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DIFFERENTAL. IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN REPEATEDLY CAUSING ME TO ALMOST RUN THROUGH A BAR ONE TIME WITH MY SON IN THE TRUCK. THE NEXT TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTOR AND THAT DODGE WAS WORKEING TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 8 MONTHS LATER THEY HAVE JUST COME OUT WITH THE PROGRAM AND I WAS JUST IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE TRUCK SHUTTING OFF AND MY NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND HAVING NO BRAKES OR STEERING. IT IS IN THE SHOP TODAY HOPEFULLY BEING FIXED YET AGAIN

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CABBRAKE ROTOR WARPPING, EXTREME SHUTTERING UNDER HIWAY BRAKING VERY DANGEROUS IN THE RAIN WITH ASSOCIATED BRAKE GRAB, AND DARTING OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURE HAS REPAIRED TWICE, BUT NOW REFUSES TO CORRECT PROBLEM OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY

WHILE TRAVELING ON WET ROAD CAME UPON HIGH WATER AND A VEHICLE SPUN OUT HALF ON THE SHOULDER, HALF IN MY LANE. APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH LOCKED UP. SLID INTO SPUN VEHICLE HITTING HEAD ON AT 40-45MPH. NEITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. FRONT END WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING UNDER 30 MILES AN HOUR IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM QUAD TRUCK WHEN SOMETHING SNAPPED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE RESULTING INTO CRASHING INTO A TRUCK WAITING TO PULL OUT INTO THE STREET. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 17,000 MILES AND WE ONLY HAVE HAD IT 22 MONTHS, BOUGHT NEW. THE STEERING ARM WAS OFF AT BOTH ENDS, THE WHEEL CAME OFF AND ALL DAMAGE WAS ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL, THE OTHER WHEEL WAS TURNED STRAIGHT. WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED THE TRUCK VEERED TO THE LEFT OUT OF CONTROL. THE AIRBAG NEVER CAME OUT. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS OF 2002 DODGE TRUCKS HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS? CHRYSLER FINALLY SENT A PERSON TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS WANTING TO PUT AFTER MARKET PARTS ON OUR NEW TRUCK, WHICH WILL LIMIT OUR WARRANTY WITH CHRYSLER SINCE THEY'RE NOT DODGE PARTS. THE POINT IS: IF WE WERE ON INTERSTATE OR ANY ROAD GOING FASTER SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT MUCH WORSE OR KILLED, SINCE THE AIRBAG DIDN'T WORK EITHER. CAST ALUMINUM IS WHAT THE PARTS THAT CAME APART WERE MADE OF. WITH THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED TO THE WHEEL AND BOTH ENDS OF THE STEERING ARM WAS OFF AFTER THE WRECK, IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW IT HAPPENED. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE OFFICIAL WORD FROM CHRYSLER YET. CAUTION OWNERS OF 2002 DODGE TRUCKS OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS, PLEASE. *LA

UNEVEN WEAR OF FRONT TIRES. TIRES WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF TREAD. THIS HAS OCCURED SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES BALANCE/ROATATED AND ALIGNED EVERY 10 TO 15,000 MILES WITH THE SAME TREAD WEAR RESULTS EACH TIME. DODGE WILL NOT HELP ME TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. I FEEL MY TRUCK IS DEFECTIVE AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!! *LA

COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, I WAS GOING 75 MPH IT WAS SOMEWHERE NEAR STOPPED TO 30 MPH, I RAN INTO THE REAR OF OTHER VEHICLE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHAT THE HELL DO I PAY FOR THEM FOR. I HAVE EXTENSIVE PICTURES OF THE TRUCK I WAS DRIVING TO PROVE MY CASE. *LA

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN A TRUCK RAN HIS STOP SIGN AND STOPPED IN THE INTERSECTION (IT IS NOT A 4 STOP). IT WAS LIGHTLY RAINING. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES THE ABS DIDN'T WORK AND I THEN LOST CONTROL SLAMMING INTO THE DITCH EMBANKMENT. MISSING THE TRUCK. I WAS GOING ABOUT 35-40 MPH WHEN I HIT. I HIT HEAD ON INTO THE EMBANKMENT. WHEN I HIT MY AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE. *LA

THREE OF THE FOUR STANDARD 17" PAINTED STEEL WHEELS ARE CHIPPING PAINT. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED TWO AND A THIRD IS ON ORDER AND WILL BE REPLACED UPON ARRIVAL. NO HARSH CHEMICALS - SIMPLE GREEN ONLY - HAS BEEN USED TO CLEAN THE STEEL WHEELS. *LA