Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Dodge Ram 3500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
RUNS OUT OF FUEL AT 1/4 TANK,BREAKS ACT LIKE FRONT BREAKS OR ON ICE WHEN COMING TO STOP DRY ROAD , CRUSE CONTROL DONT WORK WITH VACUUM LEAK
DODGE TRUCK DIED,WOULDN'T START, WHEN TRYING TO START GAS WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE, TOWED TO AAMCO, FUEL FILTER HOUSING WAS LEAKING, MOPAR PART WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, NEW PART COST $1606 TO REPLACE,..THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY HAZARD...CHRYSLER SAID IT WASN'T AN ISSUE AND REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE PART....AAMCO SAID THAT CHRYSLER HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART SO WHY WASN'T IT RECALLED...ALL IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN WAS A SPARK TO SET THE TRUCK ON FIRE. *TR
WITHOUT WARNING TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING. ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT NOT RESTART. HAD TO BE TOWED. ANALYSIS INDICATED FUEL LIFT PUMP FAILURE, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED FUEL INJECTOR PUMP TO FAIL. A NEW LIFT PUMP AND REBUILT INJECTOR PUMP INSTALLED. TOTAL COST FOR PARTS, LABOR, TAX = $2533.75. REFER TO COMPLAINT NUMBERS 10145520, 10146914, 10159741 FOR OTHER FUEL INJECTOR FAILURES ON THIS TRUCK MODEL. TRUCK MILEAGE AT STOPPAGE - 66,102. AN AFTER MARKET GAUGE IS AVAILABLE TO MONITOR FUEL LIFT PRESSURE. A DIESEL ENGINE SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 66,000 MILES. A FUEL PRESSURE WARNING SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT IN TO PREVENT THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR. REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THEY REPAIR THIS FAILURE QUITE OFTEN. *TR
LIFT OR TRANSFER PUMP HAS FAILED 5 TIMES AND BOSCH INJECTOR PUMP TWICE. AT THIS TIME DODGE WILL NO LONGER REPLACE THE TRANSFER PUMP BUT IS REQUIRING THE CONSUMER TO PURCHASE AN EXPENSIVE CONVERSION KIT WHICH REPLACES THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED MOSTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR WHEN TURNING. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AUTOMATICALLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TRANSFER PUMP AND INJECTOR PUMP NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO RESTORE PROPER FUEL DELIVERY. *AK
1999 DODGE RAM 3500 CUMMINS VP44 FAILURE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC NO BRAKES OR STEERING TRUCK HAS 60000 MILES. *JB
WAS DRIVING WEST ON I-44 AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO STALL AND LOSE POWER. I WAS AT A HALF TANK OF FUEL AND DECIDED TO HIT THE NEXT EXIT AND GET SOME DIESEL FUEL AND SOME ADDITIVE. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL GELLING UP BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY COLD OUT. I SHUT THE TRUCK DOWN TO FILL WITH FUEL AND WHEN I WENT TO START THE TRUCK IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE VP 44 FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WAS BAD. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED1500 DOLLARS FOR A NEW ONE AND ANOTHER 160 DOLLARS TO DO THE LABOR. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A NEW ONE FOR 1046 DOLLARS AND ORDERED IT. IT WILL BE SENT TO THE DODGE DEALER SO THEY CAN INSTALL IT. THE OLD PUMP WILL HAVE TO BE SENT IN TO GET THE 500 DOLLARS REFUNDED FOR THE CORE CHARGE. *NM
TWO PRIMARY SAFETY RELATED ISSUES AND MANY LESS IMPORTANT QUALITY ISSUES HAVE PLAGUED THIS VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS BEGAN TO MOUNT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WARRANTY LAPSED. THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUE HAS BEEN THE CORROSION AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINE THAT SUPPLIES THE PRESSURE NEEDED FOR THE REAR BRAKES TO OPERATE. THIS ISSUE RENDERED THE REAR BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE USELESS. DODGE CORPORATE AND TWO LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIPS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, EXCEPT BY OFFERING TO SELL A REPLACEMENT BRAKE LINE. THE FAILURE OF THE METAL AFTER ONLY 5 YEARS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE SECOND MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE NIPPLES ON THE ORIGINAL FUEL SENDING UNIT WERE MADE OF METAL AND CORRODED THROUGH AND BEGAN TO SPRAY FUEL ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IS VERY POOR MILEAGE AND A POTENTIALLY FATAL FUEL LEAK. BETWEEN THESE TWO SAFETY ISSUES AND THE BLATANT DISMISSAL OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DODGE CORPORATION I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I HAVE CORRECTED THE ISSUE ON MY VEHICLE, BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE WAS TOWING A LARGE TRAILER WITH A SIMILAR VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES FAILED? PEOPLE COULD BE KILLED. ADDITIONALLY THE FUEL LEAK DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD EVER HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THAT IN SYSTEMS AS CRITICAL AS FUEL AND BRAKES THE MATERIAL SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO LAST LONGER THAN 4 OR 5 YEARS REGARDLESS OF THE WARRANTY. WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT THIS, ITS A SIMPLE MATERIAL CHOICE ISSUE. THE BRAKES AND FUEL LINES COULD HAVE EASILY AND INEXPENSIVELY BEEN MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL OR BRASS OR ANY NUMBER OF OTHER NON CORROSIVE MATERIALS. *JB
FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, THEY CLAIMED SINCE NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IT WOULD COST $3000.00 TO REPAIR IT.*AK
WE OWN A DODGE RAM 3500 DIESEL TRUCK. THE TRANSFER PUMP HAS QUIT WORKING TWICE NOW. THIS TIME IT DIES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A NEAR FATAL EXPERIENCE. TWO SEMI ALMOST HIT US, WE COULDN'T GET IT TO RESTART. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. *JB
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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