Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Dodge Ram Wagon. 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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The bracket that holds the bolt to secure seat to rails it slides on is snapped clean in two with the bolt hole on the outside of bracket. This is the bolt on rear right side of driver’s seat.
VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT NOTICE, QUITS IN TRAFFIC, ON THE HIGHWAY AND ONCE WHILE TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC. AFTER VEHICLE SETS FOR ABOUT 45 MIN IT WILL START AGAIN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP AND THEY REPLACED A COMPONENT THEY SAID WAS BAD, 600.00 AND FOUR DAYS LATER WE PICKED UP VEHICLE AND TO A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE IT QUIT AGAIN AND LEFT US STRANDED IN THE BACK COUNTRY OF COLORADO. AFTER ABOUT A HOUR OR SO IT STARTED AND WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP THAT DONE THE WORK AND THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER A WEEK AND HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR AND JUMP WHILE IN REVERSE. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. UPDATED 03/03/06. *JB
VAN IS HAS RATTLE FROM UNDERSIDE SINCE LATE 2003. VAN BEGAN BACKFIRING 12/2005. WE RECEIVED LETTER ON RECALL FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER UP TO 8 YRS AND 80,000 MILE. WE WERE INFORMED BY DEALER THAT OUR ENGINE SIZE IS THE ONLY ONE NOT GIVEN AN EXTENSION TO 10 YR 100,000. THE CONVERTERS ARE FAILING ON THE 5.9 L ALSO. THESE ARE BIG VEHICLES DESIGNED TO BE USED. WE PAID EXTRA FOR THE LARGER ENGINE SIZE BUT ARE BEING CHEATED DURING THE RECALL. *NM
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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