Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Dodge Ram 3500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 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 1995 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS SERVICING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED CRACKS AND CORROSION IN THE COIL SPRING TOWER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 196,000.
WHILE DRIVING A 1995 DODGE 3500 TRUCK AROUND A SLIGHT LEFT TURN AND RUNNING OVER A POTHOLE, THE TRUCK'S FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE SYMPTOMS MATCHED THAT OF THE "DEATH WOBBLE". *KB
1995 RAM 3500 DODGE DEATH WOBBLE, OR SHAKE! EVEN AFTER NEW SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPER, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS. ETC DODGE DEALER JUST THREW UP THERE HANDS ! THIS HAS GONE ON AT MY EXPENSE SINCE 1999 - 2011. PLEASE DO SOMETHING !!! *KB
BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS CRACKED. DEALER STATED NO WARRANTY, AND COULDN'T FIX IT. *AK
THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BOUNCED WHEN IT WENT OVER THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD. THERE'S A TSB ON THIS ISSUE. *AK
THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE.*JB
WHEN HITTINNG A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD VEHICLE SHIMMIES. CONSUMER HAS TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE FOR SHAKING TO STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
HAD RECEIVED A RECALL. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER FOR REPAIRS OF FRONT COIL SPRINGS. AT THAT TIME VEHICLE WAS WORKING OKAY. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE FAILED TO PASS 25MPH WITHOUT SHIMMYING & SHAKING. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
SPRING/SHOCK TOWER HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS, RECALL (99V214000), SEEMS TO COVER THIS HOWEVER DEALERSHIP CLAIMS OTHERWISE. DAMAGE IS OBVIOUS HOWEVER DATES AS WELL AS VIN. NUMBER DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH RECALL AS NOTED BY DEALERSHIP. AREA OF CONCERN IS THE SAME AREA THAT THE RECALL ADDRESSES. *AK
WHENEVER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 40 OR MORE AND HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE, IT CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO SHIMMY VIOLENTLY, AND VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. VEHICLE MUST COME DOWN TO A SLOW SPEED TO REGAIN CONTROL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
HAS A VERY BAD SHAKE AT 40 45 MPH,HAVE TRIED TO HAVE FIXED NUMBERUS TIMES. *AK
TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR WHEN HITTING ANY PART OF A BUMP WITH NO LOAD IN TRUCK. VEHICLE GOES OUT OF CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER FIVE TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CHRYSLER CORPORTION IS UNABLE TO CORRECT VEHICLE'S SEVERE VIBRATION PROBLEM.
FRONT END SUSPENSION SYSTEM CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING VIBRATION AND PULLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE TIRES, UNABLE TO CORRECT SUSPENSION DEFECT.
AT 35,000 MILES THE FRONT BALL JOINT WEAR OUT , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
FRONT END MISALIGNMENT. *AK
VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE WHEN DRIVING ON BUMPY ROADS. TT
WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS THE VEHICLE WILL SHIMMY. TT
THE FRONT STABILIZER FAILED 4 TIMES. *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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