Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE MANEUVER THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
ALERT: DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM --- ON JULY 11, 2014, WHILE DRIVING ON U.S. ROUTE 77 IN NORTH CAROLINA I PASSED AN 18 WHEELER AT 70 MPH AND PULLED BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WHEN, WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER, THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. THE TRUCK I HAD JUST PASSED NEARLY JACKKNIFED AS THE TRUCKER APPLIED HIS BRAKES IN A PANIC MANEUVER TO AVOID ROLLING OVER ME FROM BEHIND. LUCKILY, HE MAINTAINED CONTROL, GOT AROUND ME, AND CONTINUED ON HIS WAY. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD CRANK, IT WOULD NOT START. I WAS FORCED TO WAIT AND THEN, AFTER A TIME, TRIED STARTING IT AGAIN. IT DID. I SLOWLY DROVE TO THE NEXT EXIT BUT NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER GOING ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS THE TRUCK BUCKED, HESITATED AND STOPPED AGAIN. AGAIN, I WAITED. THIS SCENARIO REPEATED ITSELF UNTIL I GOT TO SAFETY. COINCIDENT WITH THE ENGINE STOPPING THE POWER STEERING FAILED, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, IT APPEARED THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE AND ALL THE GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING. EVENTUALLY, MY TRUCK WAS TOWED TO LAKE NORMAN DODGE. THERE, THE VERY HELPFUL ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER, TERRY, EVALUATED THE PROBLEM SAYING EITHER THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE OR THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS THE PROBLEM BUT HIS EXPERIENCE LED HIM TO TRY REPLACING THE COMPUTER FIRST. REPLACING THE PCM FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER RESUMED WORKING. AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. ON SEPTEMBER 16 2014, ON A LOCAL TRIP, THE TRUCK JUST STOPPED AGAIN. I WAS STRANDED ON A STATE ROAD. I USED MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH WAITING, STARTING, DRIVING A LITTLE WAY AND HAVING THE ENGINE STOP AGAIN TO LIMP INTO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. EVENTUALLY, THEY TOWED IT TO SHELOR DODGE IN CHRISTIANSBURG, VA. WHERE IT CURRENTLY REMAINS, ... INOPERABLE. *TR
WHEN I ADJUSTED THE STEERING WHEEL TO A DIFFERENT POSITION AN APPARENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES RENDERING THE TRUCK ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE AT THAT SPEED. THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WAS REPLICATED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND WHILE STATIONARY. APPARENTLY ANY MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETE POWER TO THE ENGINE AND CAUSE A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER TO THE VEHICLE. *TR
DASH IN MY 2000 DODGE 2500 IS CRACKING AND FALLING IN WHICH COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL ISSUES BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE TO THE SUN. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING ON LINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE HUGH PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PUTTING SUCH A POOR QUALITY PRODUCT ON THE ROAD, THE WAY THE DASH IS CAVING IN COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY IN A ACCIDENT. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND SOME PIECES HAVE DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD BY A DODGE DEALER WITH THE CRACKED DASHBOARD. THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 101,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
TWICE WHILE DRIVING THE 2000 DODGE 2500 CLUB CAB THE ENGINE STALLED SUDDENLY. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. ONCE THE CONSUMER WAS BALE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HE DROVE TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AGAIN, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER TO EXPECT IT TO FAIL AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE STARTER HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH SLUGGISH SHIFTING. *JB *NM
2000 DODGE 2500 RAM VAN. AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR 12 VOLT CLUTCH, WHICH DRAWS 4.5 AMPS MEASURED IS FUSED AT 20 AMPS , THE POWER TO THIS FUSE ONLY GOES TO ONE PLACE THE CLUTCH. THE WIRE APPEARS TO BE #24 GAUGE WHICH MAY BE OK FOR THE 5 AMPS OR SO BUT NOT FOR 10AMPS OR MORE SO WHY THE INVITATION TO A WIRING HARNESS FIRE BY POWERING THAT LINE WITH A 20 AMP FUSE? I NOTED THIS CONDITION AFTER I HAD AN AIRCONDITIONING CLUTCH PROBLEM. AND FOUND WIRES IN THE HARNESS BURNT AND MELTED TOGATHER IN THE HARNESS.
CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE SINCE 3 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING IT. VEHICLE WILL START UP, BUT CUTS OFF WHEN IN REVERSE. DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FIXING IT. THEY SAID FUEL WAS BAD DURING WINTER. COMPUTER IN ENGINE WILL NOT ALLOW ENOUGH FUEL TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING.*AK THE DEALER TRIED TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER, BUT WHEN THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE, HE PUT BACK IN THE ORIGINAL COMPUTER. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES ARE LIFE THREATNING IF THE VEHCILE STOPS RUNING SUDDENLY. *YH
INTERMITTENTLY ENGINE STALLS AND DIES WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK
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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