2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB Complaints

HEADLIGHTS, WIPERS, AND TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM PICKUP. HEADLIGHTS SWITCHED TO HIGH BEAM, WILL NOT SWITCH TO LOW BEAM AND VICE A VERSA. WIPERS WILL NOT GO TO STEADY WIPING, OR FAST WIPING SPORADICALLY. TURN SIGNALS WILL SIGNAL 'RIGHT TURN' WHEN I SWITCH THE LEVER FOR A 'LEFT TURN', AND VICE A VERSA, AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENTS YET, AND I HAVE REFRAINED FROM DRIVING AT NIGHT OR WHEN IT IS RAINING IF POSSIBLE. *TR

TOP OF DASH IS CRACKING IN NUMEROUS PLACES AROUND THE DEFROSTER OPENINGS. THIS LEAVES NUMEROUS SHARP EDGES ON TOP OF THE DASH. *TR

STARTED IN 2005 WITH A BLOWN LIFTER AT 37000 MILES. IN 2008 THE LIFTERS,VALVES ON ONE SIDE BLEW AS DID THE HEAD. DODGE CLAIMED I WASN'T CHANGING OIL PROPERLY AS IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. THE OIL PUMP AND SUMP CLOGGED RESULTING IN ALL THE DAMAGE. $3800.00 TO REPAIR. IN MARCH 2009 LIFTERS BLEW AGAIN. COST $600.00 TO REPAIR. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. I CHANGED THE OIL AND IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. I HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE OIL EVERY 1500 MILES SINCE MARCH 2009 USING RINSOLINE TO TRY AND CLEAN MOTOR. IT STILL TAKES S 6-10 SECONDS AFTER START TO GET OIL PRESSURE TO MOTOR. LIFTERS ARE TAPPING AGAIN AND I AM SURE THEY ARE READY TO GO. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL USING CASTROL SYNTEC 5-30 EVERY 3000-4000 MILES SINCE I BOUGHT TRUCK NEW IN 10/2001. I BELIEVE THE SLUDGE ISSUE IS DUE TO A FAULTY ENGINE DESIGN ON THE 4.7 L V8 DODGE USED. I KNOW FIND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THE NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7 ENGINE DEFECT DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEADS, LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ENGINE LOCK UP WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF ENGINE FAILURE THEY MOST OFTEN START WITH A CYLINDER MISFIRE AND GO FROM THEIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7L 2WD QUAD CAB. ON OCTOBER 30TH, MY VEHICLE DECIDED IT WAS GANNA LET GO OF THREE SENSORS ALL AT ONCE. AN IGNITION, TIMING, AND ??HYAC?? , COST ME ALMOST 750$ IN PARTS AND LABOR AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. ONE (1) WEEK LATER MY TRUCK BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THE RADIATOR FILL RESERVOIR STEM. I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM. AFTER THAT WAS FIXED AND THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING MY RADIATOR EXPLODED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURES. AFTER THE RADIATOR AND THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED AND I HAD THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CIRCULATION OF THE FLUIDS AND OUT OF THE SUDDEN STRING OF EVENTS IT STARTED TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE AND I WAS RUNNING OUT OF RADIATOR FLUID ALL DUE TO A RUPTURED HEAD GASKET. AFTER REPLACING ALL OF THE TOP END ENGINE GASKETS AND THE CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS, I STARTED UP MY TRUCK AGAIN AND IT RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT TWO (2) MINUTES AND GRINDED, CHOKED, TINGED, PANGED, BANGED AND FINALLY SPUTTERED TO A STOP. I STARTED FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE,...AGAIN....AND FOUND THAT MY CAM SHAFT GEAR HAD SPUN ON THE CAMSHAFT AND SHEARED THE CAM LOBE THAT IS SUPPOSE TO LOCK IT INTO PLACE. I HAVENT TOUCHED IT SINCE AND ALL TOGETHER MY FAMILY HAS PAYED 1700$ JUST TO HAVE A BROKEN VEHICLE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. *CN

DASH STARTED CRACKING AT 30,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP REFUSE TO REPAIR SAID IT WAS MY FAULT. TEXAS HEAT. THE DASH MATERIAL IS LITERALLY DISINTEGRATING. MATERIAL IS DEFECTIVE, HAVE OTHER DODGE VEHICLES THAT ARE OLDER AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM AND THEY ARE OLDER AND WERE NEVER KEPT IN GARAGE. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, DASHBOARD IS CRACKING FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON. CRACKS ARE NOT JUST SUPERFICIAL BUT RATHER COMPLETELY THROUGH THE DASHBOARD STRUCTURE AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS. PIECES OF THE DASH COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY STOP OR IF INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THERE IS NO SUBSTRUCTURE TO STOP PIECES OF THE DASH FROM FALLING INTO THE INTERIOR WORKINGS OF THE CAB AND PERHAPS CAUSING INSTRUMENT FAILURE, FIRES ETC. THIS DEFAULT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, DASHBOARD IS CRACKING FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON. CRACKS ARE NOT JUST SUPERFICIAL BUT RATHER COMPLETELY THROUGH THE DASHBOARD STRUCTURE AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS. PIECES OF THE DASH COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY STOP OR IF INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THERE IS NO SUBSTRUCTURE TO STOP PIECES OF THE DASH FROM FALLING INTO THE INTERIOR WORKINGS OF THE CAB AND PERHAPS CAUSING INSTRUMENT FAILURE, FIRES ETC. THIS DEFAULT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 20 MPH INTO HIS DRIVEWAY THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,100.

DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SNAPPED IN FOUR PIECES WHILE DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP. I SEARCHED FOR A DASHBOARD ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF DODGE VEHICLES, EVEN SOME 2006 MODELS. IT SEEMS THAT THE PLASTIC THAT THEY USED TO MAKE THIS DASHBOARDS ITS NOT DURABLE AT ALL. THOUGHT MAYBE THE SOUTH TEXAS HEAT HAD CAUSED THE DASH TO WEAKEN, BUT HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT ITS HAPPENING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ZIP CODES. THERE IS SOME VEHICLES THAT HAVE HOLES ON THE DASH THAT ARE IN 18IN IN DIAMETER, I HAVE BECOME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER WITH NO SUCCESS ON EVEN TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE, THEY ARE APPARENTLY NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK WITH A CRASH AND THESE DASHBOARDS BREAKING, THE PIECES ARE SHARP AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING IT CAN CAUSE A MUCH LARGER DAMAGE, ALSO WITH THE HOLES ON THE DASH IT EXPOSES THE WIRING AND ELECTRONIC PARTS TO THE INTENSE HEAT THE CAN CAUSE IT TO OVERHEAT ANT CATCH ON FIRE OR MALFUNCTION OF OTHER ELECTRONIC PARTS, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS WHEN ONE OF THESE VEHICLES PARTICIPATES ON A ACCIDENT, I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND MY PASSENGERS. *TR