Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 04/02/2004 | 86000 | 1 | 03/28/2004 |
| I own a 1999 dodge ram 1500 club cab when making right turns the steering either has play or clicks i just had the vehicle serviced and nothing was reported wrong. *jb | |||
| 02/20/1999 | |||
| While driving down the road whether it is 20 or 60mph, when loosening up on the steering wheel it will pull extremely hard to the right. when driving long distance, driver has to fight the steering wheel in order to hold it. it has been in the shop eight times. they have replaced front brakes, and shocks. *ak | |||
| While driving vehicle it steers hard to the left, but has no problem to the right. dealer has been contacted.*ak | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | |||
| 03/04/2003 | 45000 | 4 | 07/10/1999 |
| I recently took my 1999 dodge ram 1500 pick up to my alignment shop and had to put a new tracker bar on it. which i replaced about 8 months ago at about 40 thousand miles.. and now i have to replace my steering box and my truck has just over 54,100 miles on it and i think that is a little ridiculous. ever since i bought my truck new in 1999 i have had to have the front end aligned in the first year, the second year, in the year 2002 and now on march 3 rd 2003 i had to have it again for the reasons i stated in the beginning. i had some electrical problems under the dash and in the steering column. my alignment shop says they have replaced a lot of steering boxes and the tracker bar even at 18,000 miles. i have called chrysler themselves and they won't do anything about it and i think they should because i believe that it is a result from a bad part from the factory. i have documented everything i have done to my truck. i have looked into the price of a new steering box and i have found that dodge wants over $600 and a parts house in my town can get the same dodge steering box for $205. i believe that i should not have to pay for the box what ever the price, because i believe it is new enough that they should be willing to have it fixed, to at least make a customer some what happy. i have never heard of a steering box going out at less then 100,000 miles. my father had a 1999 ram 1500 pick up and with less than 25,000 miles the motor lost 4 quarts of oil on our way to a old car show in montana but it never happened again so he did not worry about it and sold it and got a new 2002 ram pick up and he likes it so far, but a friend of mine has a 2002 ram and he is having a problem with his front end alignment. so i am wondering if there are other people having similar problems with their front ends on dodge vehicles. *jb | |||
| 08/12/1999 | 3 | 08/01/1999 | |
| Steering gear box failed making the steering of the truck loose, risky and tiresome. nlm | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - KNUCKLE - SPINDLE - ARM | |||
| 05/21/2004 | 1 | ||
| The left front tire came loose on the dodge ram 1500. the truck took a hard left turn into the concrete divider on the interstate approximate speed 65 mph. the impact broke the rear left wheel, and crushed the front left fender, as well as the entire front of truck. the air bags did not deploy. however, i hear of a potential lining recall that might have affected this. my brother thankfully only had minor injuries that we are aware off. *ak | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 09/05/1999 | 1 | 09/01/1999 | |
| On the day that we test drove the vehicle we noticed a clunking in the steering wheel and we informed the dealership. we were led to believe it was a small minor part , it wasn't untill after purchased the vehicle that we found out it was the steering column | |||