Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 08/01/2012 | 85020 | 1 | |
| I have a 1996 dodge ram 1500 4x4. my mileage is at 85,020. i have taken real good care of this truck and i use it to drive in the snow when i need the 4 wheel drive. i was doing a oil change and i noticed the passinger side trailing arms and coil spring bracket welds are pulling away from the axle. i looked over to driver's side and the trailing arm welds on the front axle are cracked. i have a dana 3.5 axle ratio. the tag under the hood numbers are 3850 front axle dana 4. i purchased this truck thinking the frame and axles would last the life time of the truck. i'am a navy veteran and a mechanic and i can repair mechanical equipment. i feel that this should not of happen and i would like dodge to help out in this matter. i also what to make other dodge people awear of this problem. i'm just glad that i noticed this before winter and i was not driving at the time. if the welds would have separated from the axle and trailing arms it could of beem fatal. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2012 | 85020 | ||
| I have a 1996 dodge ram 1500 4x4. my mileage is at 85,020. i have taken real good care of this truck and i use it to drive in the snow when i need the 4 wheel drive. i was doing a oil change and i noticed the passinger side trailing arms and coil spring bracket welds are pulling away from the axle. i looked over to driver's side and the trailing arm welds on the front axle are cracked. i have a dana 3.5 axle ratio. the tag under the hood numbers are 3850 front axle dana 4. i purchased this truck thinking the frame and axles would last the life time of the truck. i'am a navy veteran and a mechanic and i can repair mechanical equipment. i feel that this should not of happen and i would like dodge to help out in this matter. i also what to make other dodge people awear of this problem. i'm just glad that i noticed this before winter and i was not driving at the time. if the welds would have separated from the axle and trailing arms it could of beem fatal. | |||
| When driving at 45mph the vehicle shimmies, making it uncontrolable. dealer says the tires need to be replaced. goodyear says its the vehicle. *ak | |||
| 7 | 02/09/1996 | ||
| Vehicle is continuously out of alignment. tires were replaced at 12,000 miles due to abnormal, excessive and extreme wear on the outer edges of front tires. again at 17,500. | |||
| 7 | 02/09/1996 | ||
| Tires wear excessively because vehicle cannot hold an alignment. | |||
| 7 | 02/09/1996 | ||
| Continuous out of alignment, inability to hold alignment. | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 02/02/1999 | 1 | 03/16/1998 | |
| Vehicle experienced excessive clunking and looseness noise in front end of vehicle due to excessively worn front end components. *yc | |||
| 7 | 02/09/1996 | ||
| Continuous out of alignment; inability to hold alignment. front tires wear excessively on outer edges. | |||
| 7 | 02/09/1996 | ||
| Vehicle continuously out of alignment. excessive wear to front tires that causes vehicle to drift to the right with steering wheel held straight. | |||
| 2 | 08/25/1996 | ||
| Vehicle misaligned/pulling to right. | |||
| SUSPENSION - MULTIPLE AXLE | |||
| 1 | 01/01/1996 | ||
| Rear wheel bearing gaskets failed. | |||