Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||
| 11/27/2008 | 140000 | 1 | |
| Dodge truck died,wouldn't start, when trying to start gas was leaking all over the engine, towed to aamco, fuel filter housing was leaking, mopar part was discontinued because chrysler was aware of the problem, new part cost $1606 to replace,..this should have been a recall because of the safety hazard...chrysler said it wasn't an issue and refused to reimburse the cost of the part....aamco said that chrysler had a lot of problems with this part so why wasn't it recalled...all it would have taken was a spark to set the truck on fire. *tr | |||
| 10/08/2007 | 66102 | 1 | 07/16/1999 |
| Without warning truck stopped running. engine would crank, but not restart. had to be towed. analysis indicated fuel lift pump failure, which in turn caused fuel injector pump to fail. a new lift pump and rebuilt injector pump installed. total cost for parts, labor, tax = $2533.75. refer to complaint numbers 10145520, 10146914, 10159741 for other fuel injector failures on this truck model. truck mileage at stoppage - 66,102. an after market gauge is available to monitor fuel lift pressure. a diesel engine should not fail at 66,000 miles. a fuel pressure warning system should have been built in to prevent this expensive repair. repair shop indicated that they repair this failure quite often. *tr | |||
| 06/08/2006 | 115000 | 5 | 04/10/2001 |
| Lift or transfer pump has failed 5 times and bosch injector pump twice. at this time dodge will no longer replace the transfer pump but is requiring the consumer to purchase an expensive conversion kit which replaces the original equipment. *jb | |||
| 08/10/2005 | 51273 | 2 | 09/12/1999 |
| 1999 dodge ram 3500 cummins vp44 failure in the middle of traffic no brakes or steering truck has 60000 miles. *jb | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY - FUEL PUMP | |||
| 06/05/2004 | 110000 | 1 | |
| Fuel pump malfunctioned. consumer contacted the dealer and manufacturer, they claimed since no one complained about it there was nothing they could do. it would cost $3000.00 to repair it.*ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - DELIVERY - FUEL PUMP | |||
| 12/15/2005 | 124957 | 1 | 08/15/2003 |
| Was driving west on i-44 and the engine began to stall and lose power. i was at a half tank of fuel and decided to hit the next exit and get some diesel fuel and some additive. i thought it might be the fuel gelling up because it was pretty cold out. i shut the truck down to fill with fuel and when i went to start the truck it wouldn't start. i had the vehicle towed to a dodge dealership to be fixed and found out that the vp 44 fuel injector pump was bad. the dealership wanted1500 dollars for a new one and another 160 dollars to do the labor. i went on the internet and found a new one for 1046 dollars and ordered it. it will be sent to the dodge dealer so they can install it. the old pump will have to be sent in to get the 500 dollars refunded for the core charge. *nm | |||