Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 05/16/2004 | 79000 | 2 | 09/01/2003 |
| While merging onto the highway, the vehicle would onlu go into first gear. following this, the consumer immediately pulled over to the median. the consumer put the vehicle in park, and let it idle for a few seconds before merging back onto the highway. the vehicle hesitated before it accelerated to the second gear. the dealership indicated that this problem could have been caused by the transmission failure, but they will need to inspect the vehicle to confirm this. *ak the transmission totally failed. the vehicle refused to go into reverse on the second occasion. *sc | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 07/13/2004 | 56181 | 1 | 05/15/2001 |
| Transmission failed to go into park, even though the column shifter selector was indicating that the transmission was in park. transmission was in reverse, while the column indicated park. *jb | |||
| 08/04/2004 | |||
| Consumer complained that while driving at 45 mph automatic transmission locked up in the third gear, took vehicle to an independent repair shop, and technician determined that overdrive bearing was put in backward. *ak | |||
| 06/01/2001 | |||
| When pulling a trailer and going uphill transmission shifts down. dealer replaced transmission under warranty, did not remedy the problem.*ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - COLUMN SHIFT | |||
| 08/27/2004 | 33096 | 1 | 02/27/2004 |
| Consumer was able to start the vehicle and shift the gear without applying the brakes. dealer was notified. dealer informed consumer that was the normal characteristic of that vehicle. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 08/28/2004 | 1 | ||
| My daughter lost her left arm when it went through the driver's side window during a vehicle crash. she was driving a 2001 dodge ram 3500 dually. the airbags did not deploy and the front axle came off. i suspect a vehicle defect in the axle and airbags. i want to know why vehicles don't have safety glass in the side windows; how many people have lost limbs in this manner; and, how many 3500 dodge ram vehicles have been involved in rollovers similar to this. *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | |||
| 12/07/2003 | 17500 | 1 | 08/31/2000 |
| 2001 w3500 dodge 4-wheel drive front driver axle lockup. had input shaft failure occur during snow storm which caused the pinion and ring gear to lock together. when this happened the front end would not turn. luckily happened at low speed without loss of control or collision. truck has ~17500 miles on it and chrysler would not cover it under warrantee. i have digital photos of the failed parts if you can provide email address i can submit them. *ak | |||