1997 Dodge RAM 1500

I OWN A 1997 DODGE 1500 RAM P.U. I STARTED MY TRUCK UP TOWARM UP. I THEN BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVE. WHEN I PUT TRUCK IN DRIVE, IT STALLED. I STARTED IT BACK UP AND PUT IT IN DRIVE AGAIN. THE ENGINE WAS GOING FULL THROTTLE AND IT TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET. I CUT THE ENGING TO LOOK FOR A PROBLEM. EVERYTHING APPEARED OK SO I STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND PUT IT IN GEAR. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SO FAST THAT EVEN THOUGH I HELD THE BRAKE PEDDAL TO THE FLOOR THE ENGINE PULLED ME RIGHT THRU A STOP SIGN. I PLAYED WITH THE GAS PEDDAL AND IT BEGAN TO RUN NORMAL. I THEN TOOK IT TO MY SERVICE STATION AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY ADVISD ME THAT IT WAS A DEALER PROBLEM AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING. I THEN PROCEEDED TOWARDS TO THE FREEWAY WHEN IT SUDDENLD ACCELERATED AGAIN. I THEN BROUGHT THE TRUCK HOME AND AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I CALLED CHRYSLER CORP. TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND YET I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL SAME OR SIMULAR PROBLEMS LISTED ON YOUR SITE. I ALSO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IT SUDDENLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING, AND HASEN'T WORKED SINCE. AGAIN CHRYSLER CLAIME TO NOT BE AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. THE EXACT SAME THING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL HAPPENED ON MY 1998 PLYMOUTH VAN AND IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF UNDER RECALL. IT APPEARS THAT EITHER YOU ARE NOT RELAYING ALL THESE COMPLAINTS TO CHRYSLER CORP., OR THEY ARE LIVING IN A VACUUM.

I HAD THE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED.WHEN I RETURNED TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE FROM THE SHOP I WAS INFORMED THAT A DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS THE CAUSE OF A RATTLE AND THAT I SHOULD RETURN TO THE DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE CONVERTER IS UNDER WARRANTY TO 80K MILES. THAT EVENING I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL WHAT WORK HAD BEEN DONE TO THE SYSTEM. MY SHOP TOLD ME TO MAKE SURE I INFORMED THEM OF A WELD. DODGE CS SAID NO PROBLEM THAT THE CONVERTER WOULD BE COVERED.UPON TAKING THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE CONVERTER BECAUSE I HAD ALTERED THE SYSTEM BY REPLACING THE FACTORY EXHAUST."THE ALTERING THAT WAS DONE WAS THE FRONT CLAMP WHICH WAS RUSTED IN PLACE HAD TO BE CUT OFF THE SYSTEM AND REPLACED WITH A WELDED CONNECTER" WHEN I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE I SPOKE WITH A WOMAN NAMED BOBBI I INFORMED HER THAT THE ONLY REASON I REPLACED THE EXHAUST WAS IT SOUNDED LIKE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE MUFFLER SHE SAID "WHY DIDNT YOU TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IN THE FIRST PLACE"I RESPONED THAT THE DEALER CHARGED CLOSE TO $500 FOR THE SAME THING I HAD DONE AT AN EXHAUST REPAIR SHOP FOR $300 AND THAT IT WAS THE PREMATURE WEAR OF SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER IE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SHE SAID THAT I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND PAID FOR THE WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT IF THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS BAD THEY WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT ,IF IT WAS THE MUFFLER I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY THEM $77 FOR 1 HOUR OF DIAGNOSTIC REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS ONE. I PAID $300 FOR AN EXHAUST THAT I DIDNT NEED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON MY TRUCK THAT SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY TO 80K MILES.I NOW HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $250 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO BRING MY TRUCK BACK IN LINE WITH MY LOCAL EMISSIONS BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO HONOR THE WARRANTY BECAUSE ONE CLAMP WHICH WAS RUSTED IN PLACE WAS CUT OFF OF THE FACTORY PIECE WHEN I HAD IT REPLACED.

MY DASH IS CRACKING ALL OVER AROUND VIN NUMBER FROM THE DEFROST VENTS. I KEEP MY TRUCK IN THE GARAGE AND IN THE LAST 2 YEARS IT HAS CRACKED MORE AND MORE AND FOR TWO YRS I HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT MORE THAN 1 THOUSAND MILES CAUSE I AM NOT HOME TO DRIVE IT. ALSO THE COLUMN ON THE SIDES OF THE WINDSHIELD I CAN NOT SEE AROUND THEM I HAVE ALMOST HIT SEVERAL PEOPLE AND CARS THIS IS A BLIND SPOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE SEAT AND WEAR I SIT I THINK THIS COLUMN IS TO FAT AND OBSTRUCTS MY VIEW. *JB

PASSENGER SIDE EXTERIOR MIRROR IS DEFECTIVE. IT WILL NOT REMAIN STATIONARY AND MOVE AROUND IN THE WIND. WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP, A SMELL OF FUEL BECAME INCREASING STRONGER AND A WHINING SOUND UPON TAKEOFF BECAME LOUDER. I FOUND THE LEAK AT THE END OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE PLASTIC! FUEL RAIL NEXT TO THE FIRE WALL ABOVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THIS STARTED AFTER OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE REACHED 1 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT. FUEL FALLS DIRECTLY ONTO A REALLY HOT MOTOR. FOG LIGHTS, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN DOES NOT WORK. *LA