1999 Dodge RAM 2500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING; HOWEVER, THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NUMEROUS GAUGES WOULD NOT WORK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKING ISSUE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, BUT THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000. UPDATED 05/05/09. *LJ

BEFORE ANY ENGINE PERFORMANCE UP GRADE, RECOGNIZED AFTER TBS 18-019-01 INSTALLED IN THE ECM/PCM OF MY 1999 DODGE DIESEL 2500 24V COOLANT NOT CIRCULATING THROUGH ENGINE. TEMP FIX WITH NEW ECM AND TSB UPGRADE 10-040-02. NO CODE OR SERIOUS OVER HEAT ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS. BUT DOES RUN 190 DEGREES OR MORE UP HILL- WINTER MONTHS. SCALDING SIGNS INSIDE ENGINE AT THERMOSTAT CHANGE. MECHANIC CLUELESS UPON VISUAL OVER PRESSURE OF TOP RADIATOR HOSE AFTER ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMPS. SOFTWARE SEEM TO GO INTO DEFAULT OR HACKED CAL MODE. WITH THIS DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE IS SUDDENLY MILEAGE DECREASE, POWER AND SHIFTING ERRATIC SUDDENLY. OTHER SYMPTOMS NOT OBVIOUS EITHER. AGAIN EVERYTHING SEEM FINE AFTER LAST SOFTWARE BOOT BUT AFTER 100 MILES OR SO RETURNING HOME FROM OUT OF TOWN DEALERSHIP, TRUCK RUNNING LOOSELY AFTER OVER NIGHT SIT. *TR

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILED JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE FREEWAY, WAS TOWING STOCK TRAILER WHEN I LOST ALL POWER. HAD TO HAVE THE 1999 DODGE 2500 DIESEL TOWED ALONG WITH THE STOCK TRAILER, THE COST IS $3150.00 FOR THE FUEL INJECTOR AND $124.00 FOR TOWING. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND NOT ONLY ON THE 1999 MODEL, SO I CALLED DODGE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED, THE ANSWER WAS NO! I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOSE ALL POWER, WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE HAD NOT ENTERED THE FREEWAY YET WE WERE STILL ON THE ON-RAMP AND IT WAS NOT SAFE WITH THE 18-WHEELERS AND OTHER VEHICLES INCREASING THEIR SPEED TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST NOT ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES ARE STUCK IN A RETRACTED POSITION. THE RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND WILL NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. HE NOTIFIED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL# 01V119000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR). A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED; THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 152,000.