1997 Dodge RAM

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  STRONG GAS SMELL; CALLED ONE DEALER WHO WAS BOOKED SOLID, (BYRD DODGE, SALTLICK, KY.) HE SAID "FUEL LEAKS ON THE 97 DODGE RAM 5.2 ARE NOT COMMON"; FUEL RAIL ORDERED FROM DETROIT BECAUSE NOT STOCKED BY ANY LOCAL DEALERS; MANN DODGE SAID NOT TO DRIVE--FUEL DRIPPING ONTO MANIFOLD; FR PART SUPERSEDED AND REQUIRED ADAPTER; OWNER-CUSTOMER SUSPECTS THE PART WAS FLAWED AT MANUFACTURER. *AK

• 12/31/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN BRAKING THE LEFT REAR BRAKES LOCK WITH LIGHT PEDAL PRESSURE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT.

• 12/30/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL TANK ATTACHMENTS BROKE OFF AND THE TANK DROPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS FIXED VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/30/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES ARE SOFT AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. WHEN SLOWING DOWN THE PEDAL WILL SLOWLY GO TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES FOR A WHILE, AND CAN'T DETEMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *AK

• 12/30/1998· POWER TRAIN

  AT SPEED ABOVE 50MPH, TRANSMISSION/ENGINE SURGES UP APPROXIMATELY 150 RPM. THIS GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN LOAD IS PLACED ON ENGINE, AS IN GOING UP A LONG SHALLOW GRADE. DEALER SAYS IT IS JUST THE WAY THE TRUCK DRIVES, BUT IT IS BEYOND THAT. THE TRANNY IS A FOUR SPEED AUTOMATIC, AND LIMITING IT TO 3RD GEAR DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HELP.

• 12/29/2012· STRUCTURE

  THE ENTIRE DASH PANEL HAS CRACKED AND SHATTERED. THE ENTIRE TOP PORTION OF THE DASH PANEL IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE GAUGES AND WIRES. THE BEZEL AROUND THE GAUGES AND CUP HOLDER IS CRACKED. THE REMAINING PART OF THE DASH PANEL IS LOOSE AND VIBRATES, MAKING NOISES DURING TRAVEL. DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK AND FALL APART DURING TRAVEL. *TR

• 12/29/2009· EXTERIOR LIGHTINGFire

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT THE WIRES IN THE HOUSING HAD MELTED. AFTER HE PURCHASED THE PARTS FROM THE DEALER, HE PERFORMED THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

• 12/29/2000· STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,PARKING BRAKE

  POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME WHILE DRIVING, NO ACCIDENT. TRIED TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE , DID NOT WORK EITHER. CONSUMER USED GEARS TO STOP VEHICLE. REPAIRED, DODGE WILL NOT REIMBURSE BECAUSE REPAIR NOT DONE AT DODGE DEALER. *AK DEALER REPLACED STEERING PUMP AND HET ASSEMBLY FOR EMERGENCY BRAKE. *SLC

• 12/27/2000· POWER TRAIN

  REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS VEHICLE DUE TO WHINING NOISE FROM COLD TRANSMISSION WHEN IN REVERSE. SYMPTOMS AND REPAIRS PERTAIN TO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS 21-08-99 AND 21-11-97 REV. A. REPAIR SHOP IS DOING QUITE A NUMBER OF THESE REPAIRS. REPAIR COST $500 AND 4 DAYS OF DOWN TIME.*AK

• 12/27/2000· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  INOPERABLE SAFETY LATCH WAS INOPERABLE, AND HAS BEEN. HOOD FLEW OPEN TO 90 DEGREES, AND CAUSED LOSS OF ROAD VISION. I HAD JUST CHECKED FLUID LEVELS AND CLOSED HOOD AT HOME. I DROVE TO A LOCAL MARKET, AND WAS RETURNING ON A SURFACE STREET NEAR MY HOME, WHEN THE HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY OPENED. I NOTICED THAT WHEN I PERFORM MY PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, AND I RELEASE THE HOOD, I CAN OPEN HOOD WITHOUT RELEASING THE SECONDARY LATCH. NOW I KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS, BUT LUCKILY I WASN'T INJURED. BUT, MY INSURANCE COMPANY MUST PICK UP THE TAB AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL POLICY HOLDERS. *AK

• 12/24/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN DRIVING OR SOMETIMES FLICKERS ON/OFF WHEN DRIVING, TRACED WIRING AND NOTICED THAT WIRING WAS BURNT AT PIG TAIL CONNECTOR WHICH IS THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH AT THE PART CALLED BEZEL... NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH IT UNTIL THIS YEAR AND COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WIRE BURNT, THE PLASTIC/BEZEL MELTED FIRST RATHER THAN FUSE TRIPPING. THIS OCCURS WHEN DRIVING ANYWHERE BUT IT OCCURRED FIRST WHEN I WAS HEADED TO WORK AT 3AM IN HIGHWAY 74 WHICH IS MOUNTAINOUS AND VERY CURVY ROAD... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND IS SAFETY RISK.

• 12/23/2003· POWER TRAIN

  EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILIER. 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT. MILEAGE: 62823. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DEALERSHIP REQUESTED TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK UP AND METAL IN FLUID PAN WAS DIAGNOSIS.

• 12/23/1996· STEERING,SUSPENSION

  WHEN DRIVING ALONG THE VEHICLE WANDERS ON THE ROAD ; ALSO, THERE SEEMS TO BE TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING. *AK

• 12/22/2012· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE DASH IN 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS ACROSS IT. THE CRACKS ARE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AS TIME GOES ALONG. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS I FEAR THE DASH WILL BRAKE APART IN NUMEROUS SHARP PIECES IF A CRASH OCCURS.

• 12/22/2005· STRUCTURE

  I OWN A 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 EXTENDED CAB. MY DASH BOARD IS CRACKED IN THE CENTER FROM TOP OF RADIO TO THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD. DON'T KNOW WHY IT CRACKED IT JUST APPERED. *NM

• 12/22/2005· STRUCTURE

  I HAVE THREE CRACKS IN THE UPPER PART OF MY DASH IN MY 1997 DODGE RAM 1500. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1994-2001 DODGE RAM TRUCKS. *NM

• 12/22/2003· SUSPENSION

  HAD TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS ON MY DODGE RAM1500 AT 50,000 MILES, NEW PROGRAMS HAVE INDICATED DODGE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BALL JOINTS. I ASKED DOGE CUSTOMER SERVICE IF THIS IS NORMAL WEAR, THEY ONLY SAID THERE ARE NO MAJOR COMPAINTS WITH BALL JOINTS. IT APPEARS THIS MAYBE A VERY WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH DODGE. *AK

• 12/22/1998· STEERING

  THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING COLUMN. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN TWICE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STEERS, IT MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/22/1998· STEERING

  WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN TO MAKE A POPPING SOUND AND THE WHOLE THING JUST FELL IN CONSUMER'S LAP. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/21/2016· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED APPROX IN 2007 BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICE ON RECALLS. THERE WAS SOMETHING ONE TIME I TOOK INTO FEAR LET ABOUT WINDOW I THINK. RECENTLY I WAS TALKING WITH PREVIOUS OWNER AND FOUND OUT THEY WERE STILL GETTING INFO ON TRUCK OCCASIONAL BUT THREW AWAY AS THEY'D SOLD AND ASSUME I WAS GETTING SAME RECALL NOTICES. I'VE HAD REPLACE TRANSMISSION CAUSE BURN OUT ON LONG TRIP FROM FAIRBANKS APPROX 1 1/2 YEAR AGO LOST MOST FLUID JUST AS I PULL IN TO WASILLA. PAINT HAS PEAKED IN AREA OR TWO AND MY HEADLIGHTS STARTED WORKING INTERMITTENT YESTERDAY. HAD ISSUES WITH POWER BOAST AS WELL IN PAST ALONG WITH LACK OF HEAT IN WINTER. REPLACED INJECTORS SAME YEAR I PURCHASED

• 12/21/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTINGFire

  THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS CUT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT TO THE STORE A MOTORIST FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS AT ME WHILE I WAS AT A LIGHT.. CHECKED ALL FUSES AND HAD MECHANIC LOOK IT OVER. THEY NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE STEERING COLUMN IT WILL BE 400$ TO FIX. THE WIRE HARNESS PIN PLUG HAD OVERHEATED AND MELTED. ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE. I HAD SMELLED BURNING ELECTRIC SMELL. WAS ONLY ABLE TO HOLD HI BEAM LEVER TO KEEP HI BEAMS ENGAGED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE WITH LIGHTS TILL PROBLEM IS FIXED.

• 12/21/2005· STRUCTURE

  CRACKED DASH ON 97 DODGE RAM 1500,TOLD THAT IT COULD CAUSE AIRBAG DAMAGE--STARTED CRACKING AFTER A YEAR OR SO AND JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE. *NM

• 12/21/1999· POWER TRAIN,EQUIPMENT

  TRANSMISSION HAD GRINDING NOISE ON REVERSE,THE AIR CONDITIONER BLEW WARM AIR AND MADE A WEIRD NOISE BEHIND DASH. HORRENDOUS NOISE IN REAR ,TURNED OUT TO BE THE REAREND (MECHANIC STATED IT HAD FROZE AND EXPLODED) NO EXTENDED WARRANTY, AM HAVING IT WORKED ON NOW. *AK

• 12/21/1997· SEATS

  PASSENGER SITTING IN REAR OF VEHICLE HIT HEAD ON WINDOW WHEN VEHICLE WAS STOPPED SUDDENLY. THERE IS NO HEADREST.

• 12/20/1997· STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKE FAILURE.

• 12/19/2014· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEN ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL, CERTAIN FUNCTIONS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THE SPECIFICS ON THE FUNCTIONS THAT FAILED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 225,000.

• 12/19/2006· VISIBILITY

  AIR CONDITIONING VENT ALWAYS SWITCHES TO THE DEFROSTER AND BACK TO THE AC VENT. WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW AND ICE THE HEATER WAS ON, THE DEFROSTER VENT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES TO THE VENT ON THE FLOOR AND THE AC VENT CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO ICE UP CAUSING NO VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDOW. DID RUN OFF THE ROAD. IT'S BEEN DOING THIS EVER SINCE THAT DAY. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE THAT THE GARAGE ATTENDANT SAID. HAVE DEALT WITH THIS FOR ALONG TIME. TRUCK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. SHARP!! THE REASON I AM REPORTING THIS TIME IS THAT I NEARLY ESCAPED FROM HITTING A TREE THIS LAST ICE STORM. DON'T WANT TO BE A STATISTIC. *NM

• 12/19/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION, THE STEEL LINE SEPARATED NEAR THE GAS TANK. THE GAS TANK WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE DROPPED TO VERIFY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE. *AK

• 12/18/2002· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH BOTH OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, HAS BEEN REPLACED 7 TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS *TR

• 12/18/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ALL THREE HAVE BEEN IN TO THE DEALER REGARDING THE SAME EXACT CONCERN. DIFFERENT DRIVERS OPERATE EACH OF THESE VEHICLES. THIS WILL BEE THE SECOND TIME THIS VEHICLE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME REPAIR. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL LIKE VEHICLES HAVING THE SAME CONCERN. WITH THE REAR BRAKES GETTING SEVERELY OUT OF ADJUSTMENT LIKE THEY DO WITH THESE VEHICLES IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT A CRASH OCCURS DURING A PANIC STOP DUE TO THE VEHICLE SWERVING. *AK

• 12/18/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT (6) TIMES SINCE PURCHASING VEHCILE ON DEC. 7, 1996. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP (3) TIMES FOR PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

• 12/17/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN MY TRUCK GOES INTO OVERDRIVE, THERE IS A GRINDING, VIBERATING NOISE THAT SEEMS TO COME FROM THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE TRANNY FLUID WARMS UP THERES A SLIGHT NOISE ACCOMPANIED WITH A REAL BAD LOSS OF FOWARD SPEED. I HAVE TO MAKE IT DOWNSHIFT TO GO JUST A LITTLE FASTER WHILE IN OVERDRIVE

• 12/16/1999· POWER TRAIN

  THE OIL TRANSMISSION LINES CAUSING ALL THE FLUID TO LEAK OVER THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/15/2004· TIRES

  WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT TIRE LOST ITS SHAPE. CONSUMER STOPPED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. LATER, THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS REPLACED. CURRENTLY,THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR TIRES WERE SHOWING THE SAME DEFECT. *AK THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAD BROKEN BELTS. THE TIRES HAD 18000 MILES ON THEM AND THE TREAD WAS AT 55-60%. *NM

• 12/15/2004· SUSPENSION

  JUST HAD TO REPLACE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON MY 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING POPPING NOISED FOR OVER A YEAR I JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I WROTE BECAUSE I HEARD OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS GOING OUT ON THE DURANGO AND DAKOTA. ANYWAY, I AM OUT & $750.00.*AK

• 12/14/2010· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND CHANGING LANES WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE WITHIN THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, WHICH WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,700.

• 12/14/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TORQUE CONVERTER BURNED, TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *SLC

• 12/14/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION IN OVERDRIVE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE GOES INTO NEUTRAL BECAUSE NUT ON SHAFT THAT HOLDS 5TH GEAR IN PLACE,UNSCREWED/ FELL OFF DUE TO VIBRATION. DEALER CONTACTED AND REPAIR WAS MADE APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/13/2006· POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,EQUIPMENT

  MY FIANCE IS THE OWNER OF A 1997 DODGE 1500 4X4 PICKUP. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED/CHANGE 4 TIMES SINCE WE HAVE TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE IN 2002. I CHECK THE DEFECTS FOR THAT VEHICLE ON YOUR "DEFECT INFORMATION" & SURE ENOUGH THERE IT IS. WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. THE HOOD LATCH IS ALWAYS LOOSE & FINALLY CAUSE THE HOOD TO FLY UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH ME & MY 2 CHILDREN. THE TAIL GATE HAS FALLEN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE DRIVERS DOOR HAS BEEN REPLACE BECAUSE THE IT SAGS. AND FINALLY, THE BUMPER HAS JUST ABOUT COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY SINCE WE'VE OWNED IT. I FEEL WE GOT THE BIGGEST LEMON. I EMAILED DODGE DIRECTLY WITH THIS SAME ISSUE & RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. HOPEFULLY, YOUR AGENCY CAN HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANGELA SAYRE. *NM

• 12/13/2004· SUSPENSION,EQUIPMENT

  WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY GOING OUT. OWN THE TRUCK FOR SINCE 91,000 MILES AND HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT RT HUB ASSEMBLY 4 TIMES. IT SEAMS TO BE GOING OUT AROUND 10,000 TO 12,000 MILES. PRIOR TO THIS ONE LAST ONE WAS DONE ON 2/04 ,6/03 & 10/02 MILEAGE NOW 141,000 W/ NEW ENGINE THAT ALSO WENT .SPUN A BEARING. I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE MANY OF THESE HUB ASSEMBLYS GOING BAD ON 1997 RAMS 5.9 ENGINE. *AK

• 12/13/2000· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISON, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES. *AK

• 12/12/2001· STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE BRAKES DONE AND A GEAR BOX PUT ON, AND CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT FORNT COIL SPRINGS WERE BUSTED DUE TO DEFECTIVE STEEL. *AK

• 12/12/2001· STRUCTURE

  FRONT BUMPER FELL OFF VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. PART ON PASSENGER SIDE IS LOOSE. BOLTS FELL OUT OF BUMPER MOUNTING BRACKETS. CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO CALL NHTSA. *AK *JB

• 12/11/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  WHILE DRIVING HOME LATE ONE EVENING IN LATE NOVEMBER 2004, THE LIGHTS ON MY DODGE RAM 2500 WENT COMPLETELY OUT. WITH THIS LOSS OF LIGHTING I WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE. THE FAULT WAS THE MAIN LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE (SHORTING OUT) CREATING A SHORT AND SMALL FIRE IN THE DASH. THIS IS THE THIRD SWITCH I HAVE REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE. *JB I RESEARCHED THIS TYPE OF FAILURE AND HAVE FOUND THAT IS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE RAM TRUCKS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WHICH CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THIS A SAFER VEHICLE TO OPERATE. *JB

• 12/11/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE METAL TANKS STRAPS WERE WARP CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO FALL TO THE GROUND. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

• 12/10/2003· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE PROCEEDING TO LEAVE THE MALL PARKING LOT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *NM

• 12/10/2001· SEAT BELTS

  2 OUTER SEATBELTS ON BENCH IN REAR WILL NOT BUCKLE UP. SEAT BELTS HAD NEVER BEEN USED. CONSUMER JUST NOTICED IT RECENTLY.*AK

• 12/10/1998· SUSPENSION

  2500 WHILE CHANGING GEARS WITH A 5-SPEED MANUAL TRAN. YOU COULD HEAR A POPING SOUND COMMING FROM THE DANA 80 REAR AXLE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP. AND THE PROBLEM WAS THE (2) SPIDER GEARS IN THE REAR AXLE WERE MADE TO LARGE AND WHERE LOOSE AND MAKING A POPING SOUNDS WHEN ENGAGED. ALSO I HAVE A PROPLEM WITH THE INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPENSION. THE TRUCK WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT IN FRONT AND IT WEARS OUT THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES 3 TIMES AND HAD THE TRUCKS 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE 2 TIMES AND IT STILL IS EATING MY TIRES UP WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AFTER I PUT NEW TIRES ON THE FRONT . THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS WAS A VERY BIG PROBLEM WITH THE 2500 AND 3500 4 X 4 CLUB-CAB TRUCKS WITH THE CUMMINS DIESEL MOTOR. *MJS

• 12/10/1998· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT TIRES NOT BEING ALIGNED. PROPERLY. CONSUMER HAD REPLACED FRONT TIRES WITHIN FIRT 26,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

• 12/09/2007· STRUCTURE

  DASH BOARD CRACKING ALL UP AND FALLING APART MAKING SHARP EXPOSED PLASTIC PIECES EASILY TO GET CUT ON . *TR