Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/16/2010 | 142000 | ||
| Went to turn on my left directional and had a loss of directionals, windshiled wipers, windshield washer and four way flasher. checked problem thoroughly and found it to be a faulty multifunction switch installed behind steering wheel. i | |||
| 07/16/2006 | 28150 | 1 | |
| For 2 years my truck has had issues with the lights on the dashboard turning on and off for no reason. now the lamp out, abs and brake light are on all the time. leaving my left turn signal unable to work. when the dashboard dies, nothing will work. this includes the lights, windshield wipers, speedometer, and all other gauges on the dashboard. i have brought it in on a few occasions to be fixed and was told they could not fix the problem because they do not know what's causing it. if driving the truck at night or on a rainy day, this could be very dangerous for obvious reasons. i have read other complaints on this website for the same thing. something needs to be done before someone gets killed! *tr | |||
| 11/01/2004 | 5000 | 5 | 02/04/2003 |
| Stalling when going from idle such as accellerating out of a turn, turning from a stop sign, pulling into or out of a parking stall. | |||
| 06/26/2004 | 32500 | 2 | 09/15/2003 |
| I own a 2003 dodge ram 1500 4x4 quad cab slt vin 1d7-hu18n53s-188168 assembly point, warren, michigan. the truck stalled while in traffic making a 10-15 mph right turn. the second occurence was july15, 2004. very close call here. i was in the smokey mountains camping. the six hour drive home towing my popup was nerve racking to say the least. especially, since my 13, 6 and 3 year old were in the truck. i mentioned that the truck runs extremely rough intermittently to the dealer morgan dodge durham north carolina on at least two occasions. i am also experiencing an intermittent shudder that seems to be coming from the transmission, also mentioned to the dealer on at least two occasions. the dealer simply said that they could not reproduce the shudder or stall. i also had a severe brake pulsation. they did replace front pads and calipers and cut rotors. they were supposed to follow up with me regarding the shudder and stall but as of this date, 7/18/2004 i have not yet receive a call back. | |||
| 12/16/2003 | 500 | 8 | 10/03/2002 |
| When going from reverse to drive, at times engine idles rough and rpm's drop to about 350-400 rpm. approximately 75% of the time it happens the engine quits. the other 25% of the time it happens the rpm's increase after a short period of time (20seconds to 1 minute) and if still in gear the truck will lurch forward when rpms increase. pressing the accelerator to increase rpm's does not affect rpm's when engine is stumbling and truck will not move. dealer has been notified, known problem with engine programming. problem has existed since truck was new.*ak | |||
| 09/14/2003 | 1200 | 7 | 04/30/2003 |
| I have taken my 2003 ram 1500 quad cab slt with the hemi (magnum 5.7l smpl v8 back to allen samuels dodge in katy,texas at least 3 or 4 times for a loud clunking noise when putting it in drive or reverse,plus at least 3 times i have told them that for no reason at all i can put my truck in gear and it starts to shutter and wont go over 15 to 20 miles per hour.they put a co-pilot in my truck on june 23,2003 my truck did not do the shuttering thing but one time and i pushed the button as told.the dealership listed it as transmission concern(intermitient) on august 26,2003 i was called and asked to bring back the co-pilot cause they needed it for another car.i did and last noght i went to the store and when i came out and started my truck put it in reverse it started shuttering,put it in drive and around 2000rpms in tried to go,i stopped put it in park turn the truck off ,waited 2 minutes and started it up again,got 2 blocks down the street and it shuttered and everything just died,i almost got rear ended.put in park again and started it again,made it to the red light and when i started to turn on aldine-westfield it did the samething again,got into the parking lot and put it in park and started it again,got 2 blocks from my street it did it again.finally i got on my street and had my husband on the phone telling what was happening and he said floor it and see what happens,i did and it ran normal.when i returned the co-pilot i was told by two service writers that it is a computer software problem and there is no fix for it.to me this is serious cause not only am i in danger so are the other people around me and others who also own a truck like mine.a friend of mine who also has the same truck said between 5000 and 6000 miles it will just die and leave me stranded where ever i am at that time.can i make dodge put a new computer in now and keep on getting an new computer until the software problem is fixed? | |||
| 08/13/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving at any speed, intermittently steering wheel locked up/ brakes failed, and turn signal was not working. dealer had inspected vehicle 3 times; firs t time battery cable, second time dealer kept vehicle 1 day and could not duplicate the problem, and third time installed a monitor for ten days, and still couldn't correct the problem. (dealer stated this wa san electric issue. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 07/11/2005 | 34100 | 4 | 07/01/2005 |
| This issue occurs intermittenly, while pulling forward into my parking place, i shifted the truck into reverse and it stalled. i restarted the vehicle in park and shifted to reverse then again ahifting into drive and the engine stalled again. this happened three times in one week. each time was after driving at least 15 miles so the vehicle was heated up. this could be a major issue especially while backing down my jet skis into the water. i have taken the vehicle into dodge for warranty repair and after 2 days, they said they have yet to reproduce or diagnose the issue. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 03/22/2004 | 3 | 10/07/2003 | |
| When coming to a stop at red light vehicle would die. took pick up to dealer, an was told they counldn't get pickup to repeat problem. picked up pickup from dealer an within thirty minutes pickup died at red light. took pickup to dealer on 3/29 an 3/30 dealer still couldn't find problem. on 3/31 took pickup for drive with dealer mech. an drove pickup for fortyfive mintues, when pickup died at redlight. was called by dealer an said they could find any codes. would keep pickup for two more days. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 07/30/2006 | 2 | ||
| On july 30, 2006 my cabin controls (a/c, defrost, vent and window wipers) would not work. i took the vehicle to my local mechanic who identified the problem in the wiring harness in the steering column. my local mechanic made an attempt to fix the problem but when he contacted dodge for a replacement part they refused to sell it to them due to a recall on the model year before mine (2002). i had to take my vehicle to dave croft motors in collinsville, il for repair costing me approx 2x's more than my local shop. dave croft said the wiring harness and ignition switch was bad due to the faulty part. when i question dodge about this harness and the recall they would not provide me any information. dave croft fixed the problem as of this date however, i am still waiting to hear from dodge if they will cover this repair. (recalled part in 2002 dodge is the same part in my 2003). *jb | |||