Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 18 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Dodge Ram. 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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PULLEY CAME OFF ALTERNATOR WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP DEAD. ALTERNATOR PULLEY WAS PRESSED ON, NOT BOLTED. THIS WAS DONE BY OZARKS AUTOMOTIVES LOCATED IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.*AK
THE TIRE WAS MOUNTED IN THE SPIRE TIRE HOLDER IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLUE UP DAMAGING THE IN SIDE OF THE VEHICLE( DOT NUMBER: B3DD565455 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
THIS PAST FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 1999 I HAD A MAJOR FIRE BREAK OUT IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK IT DESTORYED EVERYTHING THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSED IT MELTED MY LADDERS AND POWER TOOLS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN
TRANSMISSION POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND NOISE FROM REAR END.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE RECALL, THE DRIVER'S LATCHING MECHANISM BECAME INOPERATIVE. DEALER REFUSES TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. DEALER: KEN PTHORM CHRYSLER. *AK
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # 655 FOR SEAT BELT ON 14-OCT-96, CALLED LOCAL DEALER, NO PARTS/WILL CALL BACK WHEN IN, JANUARY 1997 CALLED MANUFACTURER WHO HAD ALL CONSUMER INFORMATION, NO PARTS, WILL CALL WHEN IN, NO RESPONSE. *AK
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE OCT.14-96, CALLED LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, CALLED WHEN THEY WOULD BE IN, NO RESPONSE. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY HAD ALL CONSUMERS INFORMATION, CHRYSLER INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL WHEN PARTS CAME IN, NO RESPONSE. SERVICE RECALL NOTIFICATION # 655. *AK
HEAT SHIELDS HAVE NEVER BEEN CORRECTED.
FRONT ENGINE CROSSMEMBER HAD A-ARM MOUNTING PAD PULLED OUT OF WHERE A-ARM IS CONNECTED, CRACKING ORIGINAL WELDS, CREATING NOISE WHEN TURNING.
FAILURE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, FRAME RAIL CRACKED CAUSING THE STEEL TO PULL WAY FROM THE SEAT PE90-031C. *AK
IGINITION WIRING FAILURE. *SD
SEAT BELT BRCKLE RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO DEALERSHIP NOT HAVING PAPERWORK ON RECALL.
FRONT SEAT TRACK ANCHORS ARE LOOSE DUE TO BOLTS CONTINUE TO COME OUT. TT
SEAT BELTS FAIL/LOCK, MIDDLE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK AT ALL.
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT, AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. TT
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE. TT
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO FASTEN PROPERLY, ALSO BUCKLE UNSNAPS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPY ROADS. *SKD
VEHICLE JACK PROBLEMS, PARALEGAL FOR CLIENT. *TW
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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