1999 Dodge RAM 1500

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 EXPERIENCE ENGINE NOISE DEFECTIVE MANIFOLD GASKET SET. *BF THE CONSUMER VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. INITIALLY THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED BUT WHEN THE NOISE RESURFACED THE DEALER REPLACED THE INTAKE GASKET. OVER TIME THE CONSUMER HAD TO ALSO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, CRANKSHAFT SEAL AND RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PERFORM POORLY. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT HE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER DECIDED TO DO THE REPAIRS HIMSELF. WHILE PERFORMING THE GASKET REPAIRS THE CONS NOTICED THAT THE OLD GASKET WAS BENT . HE DETERMINED THAT THE DEALER HAD INSTALLED THE INCORRECT GASKET FOR THE VEHICLE. *NM

I HAD JUST PURCHASED MY DODGE RAM 1500 @56000 MI USED AND 2 MONTHS LATER THE ABS-LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON I HAVE TAKEN IT TO BE DIAGNOSED AND IT CAME UP A 72I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED THE CAB MODULE SENSOR REPLACED SO WE CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER WHO SAYS SUCH PART IS ABOUT $315 SO OF COURSE IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT BUT THE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE LIGHTS SAID HE HAD SEEN 2 OR 3 SAME YEAR TRUCKS WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON ALSO ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T THERE TO GET THAT PROBLEM FIXED HE HAD NOTICED THAT ALSO SO I WAS WONDERING BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN IF THIS IS A RECALL SITUATION OR IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I'VE HAD ,,,THANK YOU. *NM

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SITUATION SINCE ABOUT 35000 MILES. UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY THE DEALER REPLACED ALL MOST ALL OF THE FRONT END PARTS ON MY 99 RAM 1500 4WD. MOST RECENTLY THIS TRUCK FAILED THE NEW YOUR STATE INSPECTION FOR WOBBLE IN THE STEERING BOX OUTPUT SHAFT. THIS STEERING BOX WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER ABOUT 9600 MILES BEFORE. THE TRUCK HAD A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING AND THE WHEEL WAS AT ABOUT 1:30 INSTEAD OF 12:00. THREE MECHANICS AND MYSELF SAW THE PLAY. THIS GARAGE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AS IT WOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. I DID THIS AND HAD TO LEAVE THE TRUCK FOR THEM TO CHECK.I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THERE WAS NO PLAY AND NO REPAIRS WERE NEEDED.THE TRUCK WHEEL WAS NOW AT12: 00 AND IT WAS HARD TO STEER WITH NO RETURN TO CENTER. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID THAT THERE WERE NO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE STEERING BOX AND THAT THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT TO THE ALLIGNMENT WAS TOE IN SO HE SAID THAT MY TRUCK HAD DERVELOPED MEMORY STEERING AND THAT THE STEERING WAS REALLY TIGHT AND THAT I SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN. NOT SATISFIED AS I HAD SEEN THE PLAY MYSELF I REPLACED THE STEERING BOX AND LO AND BEHOLD THE STEERING WAS LIKE NEW. EASY RETURNS TO CENTER AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS CENTERED. WHAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DEFFECTIVE STEERING BOX WAS THAT THE OVER CENTER ADJUSTMENT WAS 1 TURN TOO TIGHT AND THAT THE WORM SHAFT PRELOAD WAS TOO TIGHT AND THE PITMAN ARM SEALS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW SEALS AND THEY USED CHASSIS LUBE WHICH WAS NEW AND CLEAN.ALL THIS WHILE SAYING THAT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS NEEDED OR DONE. THE PITMAN SHAFT BEARING WAS WORN BETWEEN .045 AND.057 THE NEW SEALS TOOK UP THE PLAY. MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF NEMER DODGE SERVICE DOES THIS KIND OF REPAIR AND SAYS THAT THEY DID NOTHING TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO PAY FOR WARRANTY WORK WHAT ELSE ARE THEY DOING. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MY SON ,AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER AS HE IS JUST NOW GETTING HIS LISCENCE, COULD NOT KEEP THIS TRUCK ON THE ROAD. HE NEEDED TO USE TWO LANES TO DRIVE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED LOST OF STEERING AND BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT SPEEDOMETER GAUGE CLUSTER SHORTED OUT. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE FOUR ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, IT WAS FINALLY DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE PCM MODULE. *SC THE CONSUMER KNOW LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. *JB