Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
1999 DODGE RAM ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A POND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS RELEASED FROM PARK.*MR THE CONSUMER 2 YEAR OLD SON RELEASED THE VEHICLE FROM PARK WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. THE TRANSAXLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE TRANSMISSION PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND ALL PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB COMMON PROBLEM. *SC
THE DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT AT 134 MILES AND AGAIN AT 28,000 MILES, I WAS ON A THIRD DIFFERENTIAL. AT 46,000 MILES THE TRUCK IS WHING AND HOWLING AGAIN AND READY FOR A FOURTH DIFFERENTIAL. AT 28,000 MILE THE WINDSHIELD WAS FIXED FOR A THIRD TIME TO FINALLY STOP IT FROM LEAKING. THE WINDSHIELD REPAIR STARTED AT 24 MILES.
THIS 1999 DODGE RAM WAS SOLD TO ME BY OZARK DODGE IN OZARK, MO. THIS VEHICLE IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A 2001 THAT WAS A MECHANICAL DISASTER. I HAD ASKED WHEN I DECIDED TO ACCEPT THEIR OFFER ON THE 1999 THAT THEY WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING: CHANGE ALL FLUIDS, ALIGNMENT,AND THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH THIS TRUCK. 3 MOS AFTER THE INITIAL PURCHASE I BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP AND HUNT FOR GEARS. I TOOK IT TO AURORA DODGE IN AURORA, MO. FOR THE WARRANTY REPAIRS AND THEY TOLD ME ALL REPAIRS HAD BEEN COMPLETED. THERE WAS ALSO A NOTE ON THE SERVICE ORDER THAT THE FLUID HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY POORLY SERVICED. WHICH TELLS ME THAT OZARK DODGE DIDN'T DO A DAM THING TO THIS TRUCK BEFORE THEY GAVE IT TO ME TO DRIVE AWAY!! I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER (8 DAYS) IT BEGAN SLIPPING AND HUNTING FOR GEARS AGAIN. I HAVE IT IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AGAIN THIS WILL BE IT'S 2ND VISIT TO THE SHOP FOR THIS.!! I CANNOT FIND ANYONE TO HELP ME TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER, I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OTHER NUMBERS THAT THEY HAD GIVEN ME AND TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS THE 2ND PIECE OF CHRYSLER ?!@#$% THEY HAVE GIVEN ME. THIS HAS TO END NOW!!! I AM REQUESTING THAT IF THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPAIRED THAT THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD IT TO ME (OZARK DODGE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORDERING ME A BRAND NEW TRUCK WITH THE SAME OPTIONS ON IT WITH A STANDARD TRANSMISSION INSTEAD OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANS. I HAVE ALL PAPERWORK DATING BACK TO THE PURCHASE OF THE 2001 THAT THEY SOLD ME KNOWING THAT IT WAS NOT ROAD READY AND A HAZARD TO WHOM EVER DROVE IT!!! *TR
REPAIRED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM AND CHARGED ME PART OF THAT WHICH I ASSUMED WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SEAT BELT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED THEY SAY IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM BUT ACCORDING TO NHTSA, BELTS ARE MANUFACTURER?S PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION: WE WERE IN TRAFFIC IN MARCH IN HOUSTON TX WHEN TRANSMISSION DECIDED NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. DOWNSHIFTING IN TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT .THE DODGE PLACE SAID IT WAS THE VALVE BODY WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME THE BAND NEEDED ADJUSTING WHICH COST $87.00 AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST 1300.00 TO FIX I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND IT DID IT AGAIN 7 MONTHS LATER IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO TRIED TO REMEDY PROBLEM & OURSELF COULD NOT DO. CALLED DODGE CORP. AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US FINANCIALLY FIX THIS. WE DID THEY SAID THEY WOULD EXCEPT $200. I SAID OK FIX THE PROBLEM THEN THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID SINCE SOMEBODY ELSE HAD PUT PARTS ON IT THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT. I TOLD THEM THAT BEFORE THEY STARTED. SO GO FIGURE. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE JUST BECAUSE OF IT DOWN SHIFTING IN TRAFFIC ALONE BUT TO NO AVAIL
FUEL PUMP QUIT WORKING.HAD TO PUT A NEW INJECTOR PUMP ON. TRANSMISSION HAS A CRACKED TAIL SHAFT ADAPTOR. THESE ARE BOTH UNUSUAL THINGS TO NORMALLY HAPPEN. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY THIS TIME, I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE FAULT OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS MOST LIKELY A DEFECT FROM THE BEGINNING. A HAIRLINE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED AT A PLACE WHERE IT COULD NOT HAVE NORMALLY BEEN DAMAGED.
TRANSMISSION: DODGES COMPUTER CONTROLS THE TORQUE CONVERTER FOR EMISSIONS AND FOR GAS MILEAGE. AFTER FOLLOWING DODGES SPECTS ON SERVICE FOR THE TRUCK AND NO ABUSE TO THE TRUCK WE STILL LOSS THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH THAN DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. STEERING: AT 30000 MILES THE SEALS IN THE STEERING GEAR BOX WENT OUT. AT 81000 AFTER REPAIR EARLIER THE SHAFT AND SEAL WENT OUT AND THE GEAR BOX HAD TO BE REPLACED. BOTH PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ARE PROBLEM DODGE WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR BUT HAPPEN WITH MOST OF THIS MODELS TRUCKS.
IT'S BEEN DRIVING WITHOUT PROBLEMS, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP. COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC TOLD A PROBLEM ON TRANSMISSION/SPEED CHECKING SENSOR. UPON FURTHER CHECK AT THE REPAIR SHOP, THEY FOUND A LOT OF SMALL METAL DEBRIS AROUND THE SPEED CHECKING SENSOR INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. NOW TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. IN TRAFFIC DECIDES TO DOWN SHIFT BY ITSELF.
AT 14000 MILES THE REAR END WAS MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS, DEALER REPLASED BERINGS,SHIMS AND SEALS WITH A FLUSH JOB. NOW AT 56000 THE REAR END IS DOING THE SAME, THE NOW TELL ME THAT THE SIDE AND PINION BERINGS SEALS AND SHIMS ARE BAD. THIS IS NOT RIGHT THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. I HAVE NOT TOED OR HAVE HAD ANY EXTRA HEAVY LOAD IN THE TRUCK. AT MY MILAGE THE TRUCK IS HARDLY BROKEN IN, I DROVE MY CHEVROLET AND FORD TRUCK BOTH 1/2 TONS WELL OVER 200K MILES AND NEVER A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR END. THIS ONE THE DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL IN LESS THEN 60K THE REAR END GOES TWO TIMES. THE OTHER PROBLEMS I HAD I DID NOT MAKE A BIG STINK ABOUT THEM I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. SO I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT, BUT THIS REAR END PROBLEM IS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK. I WORK FOR A LIVING I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO THROW IN THE WIND, THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF THE MANUFACTURER, THEY ARE THE ONE THAT SHOULD PAY FOR CRAPY MANUFACTURING. I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A FORD I KNOW THEY WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT ME WITH THE BILL.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )
TIRES, THOUGH WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT OR TREADS PEELING OFF, THE TIRES ARE WEARING MUCH QUICKER THAN THEY SHOULD. WITH ONLY 12,000 MILE ON THE VEHICLE, THE TIRES LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN DRIVEN 50,000 MILES. MID OCTOBER WE CALLED CHRSYLER IN AUBURN HILLS, TO LET THEM KNOW HOW UNSAFE WE FEEL DRIVING THIS TRUCK. WE HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER ELEVEN TIMES FOR WARRANTY WORK, EIGHT OF WHICH WERE FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M32KERHX TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)
TRANSFER CASE ASSEMBLY DRIVESHAFT GEARS BROKE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
SLIGHT VIBRATION WILL OCCUR WHEN VEHICLE IS HEATING UP, GRADUALLY IT WILL INCREASE POSSIBLY DUE TO DRIVELINE/REAR AXLE. *AK
RALPHS DODGE REPLACED THE REAR END WITH ANY PROBLEMS. NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE AS OF 11/ 12/1999 AND STILL WE ARE WITHOUT A TRUCK AND IT DOESN'T LOOK THEY PLAN ON FIXING IT ANYTIME SOON.
THE BACK HUBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 3600 MILES, AND THEN THE FRONT PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
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