Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 39 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Dodge Ram 2500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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10/19/2007 IN WASHINGTON DRIVING DOWN I 5 IN RAIN STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP MOVING . ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ROADWAY MOVED OFF TO SIDE AND WAITED FOR RAIN TO LET UP. PROCEEDED HOME AND REMOVED WIPER MOTOR TO FIND NYLON BUSHING CONNECTING MOTOR AND WIPER BLADE CRANK ARM HAD DISINTEGRATED ALLOWING THE CRANK TO FALL OFF. *JB
DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY/SECURELY. TRUCK DOOR DOES NOT SECURE PROPERLY AND CAN COME OPEN DURING DRIVING. PERMANENT REPAIR BEING SOUGHT BY CONSUMER. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 DODGE RAM 250. THE VEHICLE HAS B.F. GOODRICH TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE EXPLODED AND CAUSED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA POLICE REPORT # IS 4187538. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE DEFECT. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE FENDER CAME OFF OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 DODGE RAM 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE STARTS IN FULL THROTTLE. THIS FAILURE IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE NOTED IN RECALL # 93E034001 (FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). HE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE HIS VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS ISSUED A REFERENCE NUMBER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 129,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO TRAVEL AT FULL THROTTLE.
WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE, THE TRANSFER CASE LEVER STARTED VIBRATING, HEARD A SNAP, THEN THIS AWFUL GRINDING NOISE AND SHAKING OF VEHICLE. PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO SHOULDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CRAWLED UNDERNEATH THE PICKUP AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF BELL HOUSING AND SMELLED CLUTCH MATERIAL. TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO EXTREMELY HOT ! WAS TOWED HOME. DRAINED OIL FROM TRANSMISSION. VERY BLACK AND SMELLED BURNT. PULLED SIDE COVERS OFF TRANSMISSION AND NOTED THAT INPUT SHAFT GEAR AND THE GEAR BELOW IT WERE VERY BADLY DAMAGED. PULLED TRANSMISSION AND FOUND THAT THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING WAS DESTROYED. FIRST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 74,717 MILES. 11/01/99. REPLACED WITH A REMAN.TR. FOUGHT DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY. THEY FINALLY PAID FOR TRANSMISSION BUT MADE ME PAY LABOR CHARGES OF $713.00 TO GET IT OUT OF THE SHOP. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 108,399 MILES. THAT'S 33,000 MILES ON A FACTORY REMANUFACTURER TRANSMISSION. I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL BUY ANOTHER DODGE PRODUCT. *JB
GEAR SHIFT LEVER IN 1993 DODGE RAM 250 PU HAS BROKEN OF FOR THE SECOND TIME. VEHICLE HAS 135644 AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. WHY IS IT BREAKING OFF. NEVER HAD THIS BREAK IN A VEHICLE BEFORE. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE.*AK
WHILE TRYING TO OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR HINGE BROKE WHERE THE DOOR WAS MOUNTED TO VEHICLE.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED IN ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED DUE TO LEAKING SEALS. MJS
CONSUMER HAS 3 1993 D250 VEHICLES AND 1 1993 D350 VEHICLE. ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AT EVERY 60,000 MILES THE SLIP JOINT IN THE STEERING COLUMN WEARS OUT, CAUSING MORE SLACK IN THE STEERING SYSTEM WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE ALL THE VIN# AND MILEAGE. *AK
AT A SUDDEN STOP ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION. *AK
DODGE FAILED TO NOTIFY ME OF SAFETY AND EMISSION RECALLS
ELECTRICAL FEED WIRE TO FUEL HEATER ROUTED TOO CLOSE TO THROTTLE BRACKET, CAUSING WIRE TO PRESS AGAINST SHARP EDGES OF BRACKET. VIBRATION OF ENGINE OVER TIME ABRADES THROUGH THE WIRES INSULATION, RESULTING IN A SHORT CIRCUIT.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
UNKNOWN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL, SPEEDOMETER, AIR CONDITIONING, ALTERNATOR INDICATOR AND OVERDRIVE TO FAIL. MJS
THE RIGHT SIDE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE RED RELEASE BUTTON BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT NOT TO LATCH INTO BUCKLE. *AK
FUSE BOX WIRING MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ANTILOCK BRAKES TO FAIL AND LOSS OF CONTROL .
EMERGENCY BRAKES: PARKED VEHICLE ON DOWNHILL, LEFT ENGINE RUNNING, PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, HEARD A CLICK AND VEHICLE WAS ROLLING DOWNHILL, RETAINER CLIP ALLOWED CABLE TO COME OUT OF ARM. CLIP DID NOT BREAK, JUST CAME OUT. *AK
WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT NORMALSPEED HEARD A NOISE AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. TOOK TO DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM . *AK
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THIS HAPPENS IN COLD WEATHER MOSTLY. *AK
THE CAPTAIN'S SEAT HINGE BROKE, TOOK CONSUMER'S CALL, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT VEHILE IS OUT OF WARRANTY . *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE WOULD GO 20 TO 30 FEET BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD ACTUALLY KICK IN AND AT ANY SPEED WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP. *AK
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP. *AK
REAR ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
STEERING GEAR (FRAME TO GEAR REINFORCEMENT BRACKET) BROKE DUE TO RUST.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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