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1996 Dodge Ram Pickup Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 28, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 8, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Dodge Ram Pickup. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Brakes
Filed Jun 28, 2005

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO METAL LINE TUBE BREAKING AND RELEASED ALL BRAKE FLUID FROM MASTER CYLINDER.

NHTSA ID
10126925
Incident
Jun 27, 2005
Mileage
10,500 mi
Driver assistance
Filed May 4, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported1 death reported

GAS PEDAL STICKING ON 1996 DODGE RAM PICKUP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE. PEDAL HAD TO BE MANUALLY PULLED "UP" TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. *JB

NHTSA ID
10016995
Incident
Jan 27, 2000
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 7, 2002

CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR RECALL REPAIR 01V-040 OF THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH. NLM

NHTSA ID
563614
Steering
Filed Mar 26, 2001

STEERING WHEEL JERKED, AND STEERING WHEEL WILL TURN COMPLETELY AROUND AND AROUND.*AK

NHTSA ID
884133
Incident
Mar 23, 2001
Brakes
Filed Oct 24, 2000

FRONT ROTORS FAILED.*ET

NHTSA ID
556387
Incident
Sep 27, 2000
Steering
Filed Jan 8, 1997

STEERING FAILURE, COUPLING ASSEMBLY HAS A UNIVERSAL JOINT AND BETWEEN THE ASSEMBLY THERE IS SLIDING SHAFT THAT HAS MOVEMENT WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE NOT TO STEER CORRECTLY AND PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHILE DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ID
807300
Incident
Dec 31, 1996

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.

Data sources

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