2003 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB Complaints

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD VEHICLE VIOLENTLY STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. DROVE TRUCK OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD TO GET STOPPED. REPLACED TIRE WITH A SPARE AND DROVE HOME. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO DRIVERS SIDE 350 MILES LATER AND PASSENGERS SIDE REAR 250 MILES AFTER THAT. THE FINAL TIME IT HAPPENED WAS THIS WEEK ON 4/8/08 APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES LATER. *TR

MY 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB HAS A DEFECT IN THE UNDER DASH CONTROL UNIT ATTACHED TO THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEFECT HAS CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT THAT HAS CAUSED SEVERAL WIRES TO BURN. THE DEFECT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ISSUE 03V078000 (RECALL FOR DODGE RAM 2002). THIS RESULTS IN 1. FAN INOPERABLE 2. FAN TURNS ON AFTER THE KEY IS REMOVED AND CONTINUES TO RUN DRAINING THE BATTERY 3. THE WIRES BURNING IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD 4. TILTING THE WHEEL RESULTS IN SPARKING OF THE WIRING ASSEMBLY. MY VEHICLE HAS MANUFACTURED IN THE US AND SOME OF THE PARTS ARE ONLY LISTED FOR 2002 MODELS. WHEN I PURCHASED 2003 ROTORS, THEY DID NOT FIT BUT THE 2002 ROTORS WHERE AN EXACT MATCH. I BELIEVE MY 2003 DODGE TRUCK IS A 2002 IN DISGUISE. I CALLED DODGE TO GET ANSWERS AND THEY HAVE NOT CALLED ME BACK. *TR

MY 2003 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB, LARAMIE DASH STARTED CRACKING AND NOW HAS 3 CRACKS. I THOUGHT I WAS ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM UNTIL TODAY. ONE SIGHT ALONE HAD 103 REPORTS OF THE SAME CRACKS WHERE THEY STARTED AND IN THE SAME ORDER AS HOW MINE STARTED. DODGE RECOGNIZES THIS AS A DEFECT BUT ARE NOT WILLING TO RECALL. AT THIS POINT IT IS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ISSUE AS WELL AS SAFETY ISSUE. WITH THE AIRBAGS INSTALLED IN THE DASH, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CRACKS CONTINUE AND CAUSE AN AIRBAG TO DEPLOY WITHOUT A CRASH. IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE THE COMPANY RECOGNIZES THEY NEED TO RECALL SUCH AS FORD DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH THE DEFECTIVE TIRES, THEY WAITED UNTIL PEOPLE DIED, I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A COMPANY WOULD REPRESENT THEMSELVES FALSELY, DODGE PROMOTES THEIR PRODUCTS AS QUALITY AND TOP OF THE LINE. I BEG TO DIFFER, ANY ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER WILL HELP THOSE FAMILIES DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THESE UNSAFE VEHICLES. *TR

2003 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 POWER STEERING RACK BEGAN LEAKING AT 35MONTHS/31,000 MILES. REPLACED BY DEALER, PART NOT AVAIL. NO NOTICEABLE EFFECT AS FLUID WAS KEPT UP. BEGAN LEAKING AGAIN AT 47MONTHS/36,000MILES. REPLACED AGAIN, PART NOT AVAIL. NO NOTICEABLE EFFECT AS FLUID WAS KEPT UP BEGAN LEAKING AGAIN AT 56 MONTHS/44,000 MILES. DEALER ISN'T HELPING. *TR

CRACK IN PASSENGER SIDE DASH, 7" LONG, WINDSHIELD TOWARD SEAT, IN THE LOW SPOT ON TOP OF DASH AND SPREADING. SENT DEALER AN EMAIL ASKING ABOUT ANY RECALLS, OF COURSE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2003 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB 1500 IN JANUARY 2007 WITH ABOUT 38,000 MILES ON IT. AT THE TIME THE PAINT JOB ON THE TRUCK WAS FINE BUT STARTING AROUND APRIL OR MAY THE CLEAR COAT ON THE TRUCK STARTED TO DELAMINATE. I CALLED UP DODGE AND EVEN WENT BY MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PAINT JOB BUT I WAS TOLD BECAUSE I'M NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THAT THE TRUCKS 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT NO ONE WILL FIX MY TRUCK. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER THAT IT IS A FACTORY PROBLEM WITH MY PAINT BUT I'M OUT OF LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO DODGE REPAINTING MY TRUCK. *TR

WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THIS TRUCK I HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS RESURFACED TWICE AND WITHIN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED. DEALER DENIED WARRANTY COMPLETELY (NOT COVERED) CALLED CHRYSLER SOMEONE NAMED MIKE SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT WAS PROBABLY THE WAY I DRIVE. *TR

THE REAR END IN MY 2003 DODGE RAM BURNED UP. I FIRST NOTICED A BURNING SMELL LIKE PROPANE GAS WHICH STARTED TO MAKE ME AND THE FAMILY SICK. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOUND NOTHING. THEN AFTER DRIVING 20 MINUTES LONGER THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. NEXT I OBSERVED ORANGE SPARKS COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. PULLED OVER AGAIN AND CLIMBED UNDER TRUCK AND BURNT MY ARM INSTANTLY WHEN TOUCHING THE REAR PUMPKIN. SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 3 HOURS TO LET COOL DOWN. THEN DROVE TO THE DEALER 30 MILES AWAY. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SPEEDOMETER GAUGE WAS JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. TRUCK WAS ALSO SHIFTING IMPROPERLY. DEALER SAID THE REAR GOT SO HOT THAT IT MELTED THE REAR ABS SENSOR AND THE SPEEDOMETER SENSOR. *JB

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 2003 RAM QUAD CAB WAS CRACKED AFTER I GOT IN IT TO HEAD HOME FROM WORK. THE TRUCK HAS 31000 MILES, AND HAS BEEN BABIED FROM DAY ONE BY ME. CRACK IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN FLAW, AND WAS NOT CAUSED BY SUN OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.*AK

I BOUGHT THE 04 NISSAN MAXIMA IN DECEMBER 2004, AND IN SEPTEMBER . 2005 I TOOK THE CAR TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED. I WAS INFORMED BY THE LOCAL GOODYEAR TIRE DEALER THAT TWO OF THE TIRES HAD CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALLS. BECAUSE THE CAR HAD ONLY 10,000 MILES GOODYEAR REPLACED THESE TWO TIRES UNDER THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY. NOW, IN 2007 WITH 40,000 MILES ON THE CAR THE OTHER TWO ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE SIDEWALL CRACKS. OF COURSE GOODYEAR WILL ONLY GIVE ME CREDIT FOR THE WEAR LEFT ON THE TIRES , AND A NEW TIRE COST $300. WE HAVE DECIDED FOR SAFETY REASONS WE WERE NOT GOING TO REPLACE THESE TIRES WITH THE GOODYEAR EAGLE SIZE 245/45R18V. THIS SEEMED TO BE A SIMILAR PROBLEM AS FORD AND FIRESTONE HAD WITH THE EXPLORER SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WHY HAS THE PUBLIC NOT BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THE NISSAN/GOODYEAR TIRE PROBLEM. MY CONCLUSION WAS FEWER OF US OWN MISSING THAN FORDS. SO, IF THE TIRES CAUSE A COUPLE OF US TO HAVE WRECKS THAT WAS JUST THE PRICE OF DOING BIG BUSINESS. *AK