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 1995 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 38 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.
The 25 most recent of 38, in the owner's own words
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DRIVER HEARD A RATTLING SOUND. DRIVER PULLED OVER, GOT OUT, AND SMELLED FUMES. TO HIS SURPRISE THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE TRUCK AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE ROAD. MECHANIC WAS AMAZED THAT THE FUEL TANK DIDN'T BURST INTO FLAMES BECAUSE OF A FIST SIZED HOLE. THE STRAPS THAT SUPPORT THE FUEL TANK WERE NEVER FOUND, AND THE PART WAS NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED. *AK *TC
THE FUEL LINE HOSE ROTTED/CRACKED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STARTING PROBLEMS. *NLM *JB
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE VEHICLE IS PARKED THE FUEL PUMP IS STILL RUNNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR
A SHORT IN WIRING HARNESS, CAUSED THE FUEL GAUGE TO GO OUT ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANY WORK. *AK *SCC
THIS MODEL TRUCK HAD A HISTORY OF UNDER DASH ELECTRICAL FIRES, AND NTSB ORDERED A RECALL NO. 875 TO CORRECT THE DANGEROUS DEFECT. I HAD THIS RECALL PERFORMED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED. THE FIRE IN MY TRUCK WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE SAME CIRCUITS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL, AND IN ADDITION SPREAD TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHERE IT IGNITED A POOL OF FUEL WHICH HAD LEAKED FROM A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE. AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE SHUT DOWN BY THE KEY, AND FIREMEN HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERIES TO STOP IT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT. TRANSMISSION BLEWOUT WHICH WAS CAUSED BY PRESSURE CLIP ON LINE BLOWING OFF, ALL THE FUEL RAN OUT.*ALSO, THERE WERE 5 RECALLS, DEALER ONLY FIXED ONE, HOOD LATCH. AK
FUEL LINE TO INJECTION PUMP IS BREAKING FROM FUEL FILTER, AND IS SPRAYING FUEL OVER ENGINE. SENDING DEALER A LETTER. *AK *YH
FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT INDICATE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL, EVEN AFTER FILLING UP TANK. GAUGE WILL MOVE FROM FULL TO EMPTY INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE ELECTRIC GAUGE WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK IS A FIRE HAZARD. NLM
A FUEL ODOR IN PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. ALSO, VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO START, AND FUEL IS LEAKING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, OWNER NOTICED A FUEL LEAK ON THE RUBBER FUEL LINE BEHIND THE FUEL FILTER. VEHICLE IS A 3500 SERIES.*AK WHEN THE RUBBER HOSE FROM THE FUEL FILTER TO THE FUEL RETURN LINE WAS REMOVED, IT APPEARED TO BE ROTTED THROUGH ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK OUT ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE FRONT END DOWN, THE FUEL DRIPPED CONTINUOUSLY. *SLC
AFTER ELEC. INGNITION HARNESS REPLACED UNDER RECALL VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL RELATED FALIURES. HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED IN DASH 2X'S CAUSING SMOKE AND OR FIRE CONDITION. A/C FAILURE, NO POWER TO COMPRESSOR. BUCKING, MISSING, HESITATION AT IDLE AND ALL SPEEDS. BUCK, MISS, HESISTATION CAN NOT BE DIAGNOISED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS OR PRIVATE MECHANICS. HAVE SPENT OVER 1700.00 REPLACING PARTS (PCM, EGR SELONOID, EGR GASKET, TPS SENSOR, IAT MOTOR, O2 SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, FUEL REGULATOR) TO REMEDY PROBLEM. SO FAR NO HELP. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE FUEL LINE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE FAILED CAUSING GAS LEAKAGE. *MJS
GAS GAUGE HAS MALFUNCTIONED, MOVING UP AND DOWN, GOING FROM A FULL TANK OF FUEL TO HALF A TANK OF FUEL, WHICH PREVENTED DRIVER TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT FUEL READING. ALSO, HAVING OTHER PROBLEMS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK THIS VEHICLE HAD PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH. RADIO AND THE FAN MOTOR SPEEDING UP AND DOWN, THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER OCCASIONALY. THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF IRREGULARLY. *YH
95V056OOO/HOOD ASSEMBLY:LATCHES; 97V084000/TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE; 97V199 000/FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE, AND 00V135000/IGNITION SWTICH WIRING. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES SINCE MAR 1995, AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO GET DEALER TO HONOR THE RECALLS BECAUSE OF NO PARTS BEING AVAILABLE. DEALER WOULD CALL AND TELL CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN FOR A PART THAT WAS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER ARRIVED THE PART WAS ALREADY GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. ASKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SLUGGISH SHIFTING AS A RESULT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LOSS. NLM
NO SUMMARY
WHILE REFUELING AT SERVICE STATION NOTICED GAS GAUGE FAILED TO REGISTER. DEALER /MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
FUEL HAS FAILED TWICE, THE ORGINAL ONE AND THE DEALER'S REPLACEMENT. BOTH TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTIONS. ALCARO'S WAS NOT THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE PUMP, BEDARD'S IN CHESIRE, MA REPLACED IT.
DEISEL FUEL IS LEAKING DUE TO A RUPTURED FUEL LINE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY
THE LOW PRESSURE SUPPLY AND RETUN FUEL LINES ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE FRONT WHEEL CRACKED AND AS THEY WORSENED SPRYED DIESEL FUEL ON THE ENGINE AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CARRIED THE FUMES INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CAUSING NAUSEA , HEADACHES AND LUNG CONJESTION. THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS, GRADUALLY WORSENING UNTIL THE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT AND ACTION COULD BE TAKEN.
NOW MY AIR CONTIONER HAS A MUSTY SMELL AND DOES NOT BLOW OUT COLD AIR,
FUEL LINE FAILED CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUEL LEAK AND LOSS OF TRANSFER PUMP PRIME RESULTING IN FAILURE TO START ENGINE.
FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CAUSING STALLING.
BRAKES CONTINUE TO FAIL ALTHOUGH MANY COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED (VACUUM LINES,PUMP,BOOSTER,ROTORS,MASTER CYLINDER) RESULTING IN GRABBING, FADING, AND PULLING.
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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