1999 Dodge RAM 2500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 35000. WHILE DRIVING 25MPH, THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, IT HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE CRASH. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CRASH. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED REFERENCE # 16187860 FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FIRST HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AT 36,000 MILES. PERIODICALLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED, AND FELT A VERY HARD PULSATING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 42,000 MILES HE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AT THE DEALERS PRODDING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES. AT 44,000 MILES HE REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC MODULE AFTER BEING TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TAKING THE CAR IN APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES RECURRED AND NEVER DID WORK PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR, AND THAT HE WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE TIMES THAT HE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT, THERE WAS A BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM THE RADIO, THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS REPLACED. THE AC BLEW WARM AIR. UPDATED 04/05/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING FROM VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS FIRST TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THERE WERE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE FRAME ON THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE INSPECTED BY A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO BE DRIVEN. UPDATED 12/18/06. *JB

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FRONT SEAT BEAT RETRACTORS HAVE STUCK NOT ALLOWING DRIVER OR PASSENGER TO USE THEM. THEY WILL DO THIS ON EVERY SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN WILL ACT NORMAL FOR A PERIOD. DEALER STATED THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH HEAVY BRAKING AND THAT THE TWO SEAT BELTS OPERATE INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER, BUT WHEN ONE LOCKS THE OTHER IS ALSO LOCKED. WE ARE OF COURSE A SEAT BELT LAW STATE AND HATE BEING IN VIOLATION OF SC LAW. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME A RECALL WAS ISSUED BUT UNABLE TO VERIFY THAT FACT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE WORKING ON THE BRAKE LINES, PRESSURE WAS PUT ON THE SHIFTER PLATE CAUSING THE SHIFTER BOLTS TO FRACTURE AND THE SHIFTER PLATE TO FALL OFF. THE CONTACT HAD THE PLATE REDRILLED AND THE BOLTS REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED.

VEHICLE PARKED. STARTED VEHICLE, TOOK IT OUT OF PARK AND IT LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, PARK BENCH AND TRUCK STRUCK A TREE. CAUSED DAMAGE TO TIE ROD, BROKEN PITMAN ARM, FRONT BUMPER, HEADLIGHT, POSSIBLE FRAME DAMAGE AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. THIS HAPPENED ON ONE PREVIOUS OCCASION, ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE. VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHILE BRAKING FOR A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AM/FM RADIO VOLUME CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO, WHEN RAINING HARD, THERE WAS A LEAK INSIDE THE TRUCK THAT STEMMED FROM THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. THIRD, THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS RUSTED. FOURTH, THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT HEARD A LEAK NOISE AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN AN IDLE POSITION AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED, FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THE HARD BRAKE LINE ON MY TRUCK RUSTED THROUGH JUST BEHIND THE FUEL TANK CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE DRIVING. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM ON MOST OR ALL 1996 AND NEWER DODGE TRUCKS. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB I FOUND THOUSANDS OF OTHER DODGE TRUCK OWNERS WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. IS THERE A RECALL TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND CORRECT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM? MY TRUCK HAS NO OTHER RUST AND HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE NEW. THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM BLEED. *NM