Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 09/13/2005 | 2 | 01/16/1999 | |
| Traveling at freeway speed vehicle engine began to surge 200 to 500 rpm. took to chrys garage and found intermit volt spikes in a.p.p. sensor sensor replaced. 10/20/03. on 9/13/05 same thing happened and the a.p.p. sensor was again replaced. vehicle ran fine after a.p.p. sensor replaced. *jb | |||
| 03/04/2003 | 50000 | 1 | 01/27/1999 |
| My vehicle failed by shifting erratically while pulling out onto the freeway in houston, tx during heavy traffic and if not handled in a quick responsive manner, there could have been a serious accident causing injuries or deaths to many people. this is a serious problem that needs to be adressed prompt and straight forward. naturally the warrant had just gone out on the vehicle and after researching this problem myself, this is a problem of widespread proportion and a poor design on the part of dodge motor company knowing these vehicles were mass produced with this problem and not caring.*ak | |||
| 09/02/1999 | 6 | 06/01/1999 | |
| The failure of these items occured on interstate highways at maximum legal speed and had i not been a skilled professional driver 8 to 10 people could have been killed. there are hundreds of other drivers with this problem many of us have been kept quiet by having our trucks repossesed and sued out of business. some of the other drivers were not as lucky as i and had nasty accidents. no safety defec tlisted. *ak | |||
| 09/27/2000 | 2 | 05/01/1999 | |
| Transmission slipping fm dt of purchase. requested trans.inspection aug 3,2000, dealer did. sept 27 2000, trans failure, dealer rebuilt. nov 3,2000, less than 2000 miles after rebuild, check engine light came on.took to dealer,their diagnosis was inconclusive. nov. 27 2000,trans failure , trans replaced for second time. jan 2001, took truck to dealer,transmission slipping, failing to reach next gear, took to dealer, they found nothing wrong,feb 2001 (current) vibration, plan to take back to dealer.for 5th time. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - COLUMN SHIFT | |||
| 09/14/1999 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle was in the park gear with the engine running when it popped out of the park into drive by itself. when this occurred vehicle went through two streets and a ditch before stopping when it collided with a tree. this failure occurred because the gear shift lever didn't lock in the park position. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 230000 | 2 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 1999 dodge ram 3500. when the ignition was turned off, smoke engulfed the front-end of the vehicle. he noticed a small engine compartment fire occurred the second time. he was able to extinguish the flames. the vehicle was towed to a local facility, and he was advised that the repair cost approximately $1,000. no repairs were made. the failure and current mileages were 230,000. updated 12/18/09 *cn the hydraulic clutch line failed twice. the consumer learned of a recall. the clutch line failed a second time because a plastic pressure line was used. updated 12/22/09 updated 02/1710 *bf the hydraulic line from the clutch master cylinder to the clutch slave developed a hole. the vehicle caught on fire due to flammable liquid leaking onto the firewall and exhaust. the consumer learned that a steel line was now being used with a heated shield. updated 02/19/10 | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 10/25/2007 | 182140 | 20 | 11/01/1998 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1999 dodge ram 3500. while driving 45 mph, the gear was shifted into fifth gear and the vehicle decelerated to 40 mph. there were no warning indicators present. the mechanic at the repair shop stated that a nut on the fifth gear failed. no repairs were made. the current mileage was 182,240 and failure mileage was 182,140. | |||
| 04/02/2005 | 122153 | 1 | 08/15/2003 |
| Was shifting gears on i-44 on ramp to get up to speed so i could merge with the flow of traffic. when i put the truck into fifth gear it felt as if i had shifted into neutral. was able to go to next exit driving in fourth gear so i could get the truck back home. couldn't go over 55 mph in fourth gear plus didn't know if driving the truck like this was going to cause more problems. called a few people i knew that had heard others say that the nut that goes onto the fifth gear shift rod would often back off. i took the truck to a mechanic and had them take the transmission apart to see if this is what happened. sure enough when he split the tail shaft off the nut was just hanging on the shift rod. i went to a local dodge dealership and purchased the new and improved lock nut that dodge came out with to fix the problem. this cost me about 65 dollars and another 530 dollars to pay for the labor involved. the old nut was left in the scrap metal pile at the mechanic's shop. *jb | |||
| 05/05/2003 | 1 | 12/01/1998 | |
| Dt: the consumer has had to replace the fifth gear twice since owning the vehicle. the first time it was replaced at around 30000 miles. the second time it was replaced around 60000 miles. the vehicle is mostly driven on the highway. there was no prior warning to the gear failure. the consumer was driving on the highway with the vehicle in fifth gear when it failed. the vehicle felt as if it were in neutral so the consumer had to down shift to fourth gear. all of the other gears worked except for the fifth gear. *nm | |||
| 02/10/2004 | 77425 | 1 | 06/12/2002 |
| 5th gear failed in my 1999 dodge model 3500.*ak | |||
| 10/17/2002 | |||
| While driving with vehicle in fifth gear. driver applied gas to the accelerator pedal. the vehicle did not accelerate,the engine just continue to ravv up. vehicle has a standard transmission. mr | |||
| 08/19/2002 | 1 | 07/03/2002 | |
| The weld in 6th gear broke causing 6th gear to be unusable. consumer stated that when the transmission was taken apart, the mechanic found that the weld was faulty. the power steering system had leaks. *yh | |||