Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
CONSUMER WAS CHANGING THE ALTERANTER AND HAEARD A SQUEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHILCE. CONSUMER LOOKED DOWN AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A CRACKED FRAME ABOVE THE COIL SPRING HOUSING. CONSUMER CONTACED THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION. HOWEVER, CONSMER WAS TOLD THAT THERY WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH A CUP OF HOT COFFEE SPILLED FROM THE CUP HOLDER, SCALDING THE CONSUMER'S LEG. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE CUP HOLDER WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HOLD SECURELY. *AK
HOOD BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, NO INJURIES.*AK
BED HAS COMPLETELY CRACKED IN WIDTH OF VEHICLE. THIS CONDITION MAKES VEHICLE UNSTABLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE ARE ALSO CRACKS AT EDGES NEAR TAIL GATE. TAILGATE HINGES BROKE. HANDLES ON WINDOW BROKE, CAUSING WINDOW TO OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.
SPRING ON HOOD CORRODED, CAUSING HOOD NOT REMAIN IN THE DOWN POSITION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WELDS ON FRAME BROKE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING MOTOR TO DROP ON SUSPENSION. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL TO RIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
FRAME SEPARATED BECAUSE OF IMPROPER WELDING, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION BOLTS TO SEPARATE.*AK
TAILGATE SIDE OF THE BED FELL APART. THE PART WAS LOOSENED FROM THE ORIGINAL WELDING PART. *AK
ENGINE COMPLETELY FELL APART AND WAS REPLACED BY NORTHE STAR DODGE IN SAN ANTONIO. AIR CONDITIONER HAS RELAY PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION FOUND TO HAVE CLUTCH PIECES IN IT BY INDEPENDANT USED CAR TESTER. ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS HAVE AIR LEAKS AND RAIN LEAKS. VEHICLE LEAKS WATER UP THROUGHT HE FLOOR BOARD WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN. VEHICLE ALSO SHUDDERS DRAMATICALLY WHEN GOING OVER 40 MPH. CARBERATOR HAS CHOKE PROBLEMS AND IS HARD TO START. MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED TO DODGE WITHIN 10,000 MILES OF PURCHASE BUT DUE TO STALLING TECHICHES BY FIESTA DODGE NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN REMEDIED.
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE ISN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY. ALSO, FLOORBOARD IS GETTING HOT, AND THERE IS SOME TYPE OF NOISE COMING FROM THE FLOORBOARD. *AK
SPENT $1200 TO REBUILD ENTIRE FRONT END OF CAR DUE TO EXCESSIVE CLUNKING AND LOOSENESS AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES OF LITE STREET USE. FACTORY INSTALLED COMPONANTS OBVOIUSLY INFERIOR QUALITY OR DEFECTIVE. DAILMER CHRYSLER WAS WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE COSTS OF THE REPAIR UNTIL THE BILLS CAME IN. DAIMLER CHRYSLER WALKED AWAY FROM THE ISSUE. REAR WINDOW WATER LEAK - SUGGEST OTHER OWNERS TO LOOK ON PASSENGER SIDE FOR WATER PONDING ADJACENT TO SILL PLATE AT REAR OF SEAT. REAR FACTORY SLIDING WINDOW DEFECTIVE. MUST REPLACE WITH ALTERNATE SELECTION. HEADLINER WILL NOT FIT PROPERLY ON ALTERNATE SELECTION - BEWARE. DODGE RAM OWNERS BEWARE. THIS OWNER JUMPING SHIP FROM DODGE/CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. ONLY OWNED THIS VEHICAL FOR 11 MONTHS.
FRONT OF THE ENGINE FRAME IS BROKEN ,AND THAT THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO FALL ON THE GROUND. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
REAR OF VEHICLE SAGGING DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SUPPORT CAUSING CAB TO SEPARATE FROM THE MOTORHOME BODY.
WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD POPPED OPEN, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
PREMATURE WEAR AND FAILURE OF REAR BRAKE SHOES. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REPAIRED; PROBLEM STILL EXIST.
LOWER FRONT BUMPER VALANCE FAILED.
THE DOOR STRIKER FAILED, CAUSING THE PASSENGER DOOR NOT TO CLOSE PROPERLY.
VEHICLE HAS RUST SPOTS ON THE SIDE PANELS OF THE BODY.
OWNER STATES THAT WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE AFTER IT RAINS HIS FLOOR IS WET, OWNER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY LEAD TO HIS FLOOR FALLING THROUGH WHILE DRIVING, ALSO NOTES THAT DEALER FOUND LEAK AROUND BACK GLASS AND FIXED IT BUT VEHICLE STILL LEAKS. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL; ALSO, FRONT BRAKE PADS/ CALIPERS/POWER LOCKS/GAS GAUGE SENDER FAILED. *AK
VEHICLE LEANED TO ONE SIDE, TOOK TO DEALER AND HE SAID IT WAS OUT OF ROUND . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
BOX HAS SEPARATED AND CAUSED TAILGATE TO FALL FROM THE TRUCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT HAS A DEFECT POPS OPEN. TT
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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