1999 Dodge RAM

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM. THE CONTACT NOTICED FINE LINE FRACTURES IN THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WENT TO LIGHTLY WIPE DOWN THE DASHBOARD AND A HUGE CHUNK OF IT CAME APART. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND REFERRED HER TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $90 TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TRUCK SHOOK FOR NO REAL REASON REPLACED TRACKING BAR THAN SHOCK STABLISER . IT WOULD SHAKE AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER AND STOP TO MAKE IT GO AWAY .REPLACED TIRES FRONT AND IT WENT AWAY FOR 10,000 MILES THAN INTERMITTENTLY WOULD RETURN IT SHOWED UP ONE DAY ON A ROAD I TRAVELED ALL THE TIME PULLED OVER STOPPED THAN STARTED UP AGAIN NEXT DAY WENT OVER THE SAME SPOT NO SHAKE VERY ODD TRUCK ILL NEVER OWN A DODGE TRUCK AGAIN SOLD TRUCK FOR THE BANK PAY OFF . TOOK A LOSS ON THIS TRUCK TOLD THE GENTLEMAN WHO BOUGHT IT OF THE PROBLEM HOPE HE HAS BETTER LUCK THAN I DID WITH IT .

REPAIRED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM AND CHARGED ME PART OF THAT WHICH I ASSUMED WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SEAT BELT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED THEY SAY IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM BUT ACCORDING TO NHTSA, BELTS ARE MANUFACTURER?S PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION: WE WERE IN TRAFFIC IN MARCH IN HOUSTON TX WHEN TRANSMISSION DECIDED NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. DOWNSHIFTING IN TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT .THE DODGE PLACE SAID IT WAS THE VALVE BODY WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME THE BAND NEEDED ADJUSTING WHICH COST $87.00 AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST 1300.00 TO FIX I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND IT DID IT AGAIN 7 MONTHS LATER IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO TRIED TO REMEDY PROBLEM & OURSELF COULD NOT DO. CALLED DODGE CORP. AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US FINANCIALLY FIX THIS. WE DID THEY SAID THEY WOULD EXCEPT $200. I SAID OK FIX THE PROBLEM THEN THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID SINCE SOMEBODY ELSE HAD PUT PARTS ON IT THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT. I TOLD THEM THAT BEFORE THEY STARTED. SO GO FIGURE. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE JUST BECAUSE OF IT DOWN SHIFTING IN TRAFFIC ALONE BUT TO NO AVAIL

I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO COOLANT LOSS AND ODOR IN CAB. THEY SAID, ON AT LEAST TWO OF THE OCCASIONS, THAT THEY DO NOT SEE A PROBLEM. ON ONE OCCASION THEY DID REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SERVICE DEPT SAYS ITS THE "INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET". I ASKED IF IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD NO. I ASKED IF THE LOSS OF COOLANT WAS DUE TO THIS GASKET FAILURE THEY STATED THAT THE GASKET HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM.? I ASKED A FRIEND OF MINE IF THE GASKET DEFECT COULD BE THE REASON FOR THE COOLANT LOSS AND HE ADVISED ME, MOST DEFINITLY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I NEEDED THE TRUCK FIXED, SO I PAID FOR THE REPAIR. LOW AND BEHOLD I'M STILL LOSING COOLANT.*AK

TRANSMISSION: FAILED " FIXED" AT LUTHER MOTORS BISHOP CA. (BY ADDIND OIL???) FAILED AGAIN 40 MILES LATER. BROUGHT BACK TO LUTHER MOTOTR AGANST OUR WISHES, WAS THERE FOR 6 MORE DAYS. PROBLEM UN RESOLVED. WAS TOWED TO VACAVILLE DODGE CA. RECIEVED MAJOR JOB. PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUED (STILL RAN BUT SLIPPED AND DESTABILIZED UP HILLS, TURNES ,AND GOING IN PARKING. APP. 5000 MILES LATER THE ENGUNE" CHECK LIGHT STAYED ON. WAS TOWED TO LITHIA DODGE IN CONCORD CA FOR REPAIRS. SOME TRANSMISSION BROBLEMS STILL EXISTS.*AK