2002 Dodge RAM Quad Cab

EXCESSIVE STOPLAMP FAILURES, REPLACED LAMPS DUE TO MELTING OF BASE REPEATEDLY,4TH TIME IN 8 MOS. NO SERVICE KIT OR UPGRADES AVAILABLE, CHECK CHEVY, SAME TAIL LIGHT BOARD SET-UP, SAME PROBLEMS, PERHAPS THEY HAVE A BULLETIN ON PROBLEM?*AK SEVERE SHAKING UNDER BRAKING, STARTED AT 15K MILES, SERVICER REFUSES TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY (12K WARRANTY), HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THESE ROTORS. SEVERE SHAKING ON SWEEPING RIGHT HAND FREEWAY TURNS, PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR SERVICE AT ANTIOCH/DELTA DODGE. ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLING, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM WHEN IN FOR SERVICE, NOT NOTED ON SERVICE TICKETS. INDEPENDENT FRONT END LEAKAGE, PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR SERVICE AT ANTIOCH/DELTA DODGE. THIS MY 3RD DODGE TRUCK SINCE 1996, 1ST ONE WAS GREAT, 2ND HAD REPEATED REAREND ISSUES, 3RD SEEMS TO BE HAVING EXCESSIVE ISSUES ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF COMPONENTS, I WOULD LIKE HELP IN RESOLVING THESE ISSUES, AS PRESENTLY I STILL VIEW DODGE AS THE LEADER IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.

PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT BROKE APART AT 50,000 MILES, WITH LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON GRAVEL ROAD AND WHILE BRAKING....REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE, NOW LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER, THE DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT SEEMS TO BE GOING...THIS TIME WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE WARNING THAN THE LAST TIME....HOPEFULLY, OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR TRUCK..PLEASE LET ME KNOW 2002 DODGE RAM 4X4 QUAD CAB 1500. *AK

I HAVE 2002 RAM 2 WHEEL DRIVE WITH A HIGH OUTPUT TURBO DIESEL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 23300 MILE, IT USED 14 GALLONS OF DIELS TO GO 56 MILES. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAYED THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WAS BAD AND IT WILL BE FIXED FREE UNDER WARRANTY. THE ONLY OTHER COMPLAINT IS THAT THE DOORS WHISLE AND IT IS BEING LOOKED AT BY CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO BE FIXED.*AK

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH THE REAREND OF MY TRUCK HOPS EXCESSIVELY AND CAUSES THE REAR TO SWAY TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING OVER AVERAGE ROAD SURFACES WITH MINOR BUMPS OR IRREGULARITIES IN THE SURFACE. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAVE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND AM VERY CONCERNED TO LEARN THAT OTHER 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *JB

CURRENTLY OWN A 2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK. I MYSELF HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION JERKING AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTTING OFF WHEN IDLING (AND NOT EVEN AT LONG PERIODS OF TIME). AT TIMES WHEN PUTTING INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL AND I HAVE TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF THE TRUCK AND RESTART IT TO GET IT TO MOVE. I HAVEN'T HAD IT REPORTED AT THE DEALER YET BECAUSE THEY WILL BE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. JUST NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH MY REAR TAILLIGHTS. AT DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT BULBS WOULD SEEM TO GO OUT CAUSING THE "LAMP OUT" INDICATOR LAMP TO ILLUMINATE. WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE THE BULB MYSELF (CAUSE BULBS ARE NOT WARRANTY), I FOUND THAT THE SOCKETS WERE CAUSING THE BULB HOUSING TO MELT INSIDE THE SOCKETS AS WELL AS ON THE BULBS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ONLY REPLACED ONE SIDE BECAUSE THE OTHER THEY DID NOT HAVE IN STOCK, YET THEY DID NOT EVEN BOTHER ORDERING THE OTHER SIDE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY RACK & PINION REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING AND ALSO HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY TCM AND PCM REPROGRAMED BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AS WELL AS MAKING MY AIR CONDITIONING INOPERATIVE. *AK

DISC BRAKE ROTOR FAILURE - REPEATED PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS FOR THIRD TIME AT 18798 MILES. PROBLEM IS BACK, ONLY 1700 MILES SINCE LAST PAD AND ROTOR CHANGE. NO TOWING, HAULING, OR OTHER HEAVY USE INVOLVED. VEHICLE SHAKES VERY HARD AS SOON AS BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PROBLEM GETS WORSE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLABLE IN STOPS. *LA

BRAKE ROTORS BEGAN TO WARP AND WERE TURNED BY DEALER IN SEPTEMBER. PROBLEM BEGAN TO DEVELOP AGAIN AND VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER 1/23/2004. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD IN ADVERSE WEATHER... WILL NOT REPAIR THEM AGAIN AS THIS IS A DEFINITE DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE ROTORS EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS, BLOW MOTOR, ELECTRIC REAR DOOR LOCKS WON'T WORK, TURN SIGNALS AND PAINT ON THE HOOD. *PH THE GAUGES ON THE DASH PANEL FAILED. THE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED THE LEFT SIGNAL FLASHED, SOMETIMES BOTH SIGNAL ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PAINT ON THE HOOD AND FRONT PANEL BEGAN TO CHIP. *NM