Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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 STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 80,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK POWER SHUT DOWN, AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER/MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT IN ORDER TO REPAIR VEHICLE IT WOULD COST HER FROM $3000.00 TO $5000.00. *AK
THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK THAT ALMOST GOT ME KILLED, THE FIRST WAS A 1999. NO SAFERTY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
TRUCK WAS ATTACHED TO BOAT SITTING ON PIER DECK ON TOP OF RAMP. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, AND CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE WATER, CONSUMER JUMPED IN TRUCK TO STOP IT BUT FELL FROM THE TRUCK, THIS IS WHEN THE VEHICLE DRAGGED CONSUMER DOWN RAMP AND ROLLED OVER HER ARM CAUSING DAMAGE TO RIGHT ARM/ELDOW, BROKE MIDDLE FINGER AND HAD ROAD BURN UP AND DOWN BODY . DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS DONE MECHANIC NOTICED FRONT ROTORS WERE WORN DOWN TO NOTHING, METAL TO METAL. REPLACED ROTORS AND FRONT DISC PADS. AT THIS TIME, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK BALL JOINTS AND TIRES WERE REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR BUT DID NOT SPECIFY, ALSO DID NOT SPECIFY TYPES OF TIRES. VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. INTAKE GASKET REPLACED. NEW CARPET IN THE CAB WAS INSTALLED. NEW BUMPER AND GRILL WAS INSTALLED. CONSUMER ALSO STATES PROBLEM WITH THE ABS ALONG WITH THE ROTORS AND DISC PADS. *SLC
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT PROPERLY SHIFT INTO DIFFERENT GEARS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS OF BALL JOINTS, POWER STEERING AND THE TRANSMISSION. *YH
AFTER WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON INSTRUMENT PANEL THE OWNER TOOK TO DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . LAST TIME A SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS DRIVING WHEN TRANSMISSION FLUID ERUPTED OUT OF THE DIP STICK AND FILL TUBE TO BE IGNITED ON THE HOT CATALYIC CONVERTER. THIS IS PRESENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY CHRYSLER EVEN THOUGH AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO DETAILS.*AK
TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
HAD A SHORT BLOCK PLACED ON ENGINE DUE TO MAKING A PECKING NOISE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE A WHINNING SOUND WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THIS HAPPENS ANYTIME WHEN EITHER STOPPING OR STARTING OFF.*AK AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER ARE INOPERABLE. VIBRATION IS FELT AT 48-60 MPH. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE, HOWEVER PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO USE 30 WEIGHT OIL, CONSUMER WANTS DEALER TO BUY BACK VEHICLE, HE FEELS HE HAS A LEMON. *SLC
REPORTING A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM EXPRESS WAY DODGE EXPERIENCED A FIRE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55-60 MPH. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY EITHER THE FUEL PUMP OR A TRANSMISSION LEAK. *SLC
VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY ROUGH. WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED IN GEAR A LOUD NOISE IS HEARD. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE PULLS TO ONE SIDE, DRIVER'S SIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN IN PARK POSITION, CONSUMER CAN SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WIHTOUT HAVING TO APPLY BRAKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS AN EVERY DAY SITUATION. *SLC
WHEN TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTED VEHICLE JERKS BACKWARD AND FORWARD ON COLD STARTS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE, AND IT STILL JERKS.*AK ALSO THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE IDLING AND DURING FORWARD OR REVERSE DRIVING. *YH
CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. DEALER NOTICED TRANSMISSION SENDING UNIT CABLE GOT LOOSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES MOST COMMON SCENARIO IS CRUISE CONTROL BEING SET AT SPEED, THEN BEING CANCELLED BY CONSUMER EITHER BY CANCEL BUTTON OR BY BRAKING, CRUISE WILL THEN REENGAGE AT SET SPEED. *SLC
CUSTOMER STATES CLUNK NOISE HEARD AT IDLE IN PARK - NOISE COMING FROM DRIVERS SIDE FLOORBOARD. DEALER VERIFIED CONCERN - SHIFT LINKAGE VIBRATION TRANSFER THROUGH COLUMN AND FLOORBOARD. NORMAL CONDITION AT THIS TIME. NO MANF. FIX FOR PROBLEM.
MY THREE YEAR OLD PUT MY TRUCK IN GEAR IF I WAS NOT THERE TO STOP IT HE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT . SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ,I AM NOT THE ONLY MOTHER THAT DRIVES A TRUCK THAT HAS CHILDREN, I KNOW THAT IT IS MANDATORY FOR LIGHT TRUCKS ,BUT WHY NOT THESE? SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HURT SERIOUSLY FROM THIS.
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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