2001 Dodge RAM 1500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A SET OF TIRES AND RIMS WERE ORDERED FROM A MAGAZINE, AND WERE MOUNTED BEFORE SHIPPING. ONE OF THE TIRES WAS DAMAGED AT THE BEAD WHEN MOUNTED CAUSING A SLOW LEAK. ALTHOUGH THE TIRES WERE ROTATED REGULARLY, THE DAMAGED TIRE WILL NOT BALANCE PROPERLY CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE TIRE WAS A PRO COMP AT 315/75R16, NOT A LT315/75R16. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AT THE LOCAL DEALER, THE DEALER POINTED OUT CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD AND STATED IT WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS MADE. THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE # 10046877 REGARDING THE STRUCTURE. UPDATED 12/18/2006 - *NM

MY DODGE RAM 1500 SPORT 4X4 WENT FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE THE IGNITION WAS OFF. MY 3 YEAR OLD PULLED THE SHIFTER WHILE STANDING IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND CRASHED INTO TREES. CAUSING APPROX. $5000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT SHOULD NOT DO THIS BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. HAVE HEARD SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DODGE OWNERS ABOUT THIS SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES THIS TIME. BUT,THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED MAJOR INJURY OR DEATH TO MY CHILD. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, SHUTTERED AND MADE WHINNING NOISES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE HAS ALSO BEEN MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOR THE ENGINE PROBLEM. UPDATED 12/26/2006 - *NM

DODGE RAM 1500 CONTINUES TO STALL WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR BRAKING TO SLOW ON HIGHWAYS. THE LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES OCCUR UNTIL THE TRUCK CAN BE RE-STARTED. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE HEAT RELATED SINCE IT OCCURS MOST OFTEN WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS OVER 80 DEGREES AND THE CAR DRIVEN OVER 1-1/2 HRS IN DURATION. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE MANUFACTURE HAS MADE MANY REPAIRS BUT NONE THAT HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE CHANGES SENSORS, THROTTLE BODY AND THEN CLEANED SAME. CHANGED AIR FILTER BUT NOTHING HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. AS RECENTLY AS LAST MONTH THE DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FOR THREE WEEKS AND COULD NOT FIND A SINGLE THING WRONG. I CAN TELL FROM THE INTERNET I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT MOST BE FIXED OR LOSS OF LIFE WILL OCCUR. *NM

HAVE 2001 DODGE RAM PU UPON WHICH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC SUV 265-70X16 TIRES WERE MOUNTED DOT A3723JJ1103. TIRES HAD APPROX 29,000 MILES ON THEM (60,000 MILE WARRANTY) WHILE TRAVELING NB ON IH35, JUST SOUTH OF HILLSBORO ,TX, LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED, ABOUT 15 MINS AFTER STRANGE VIBRATION WAS FELT. TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL. ENTIRE TIRE WAS RECOVERED AND TAKEN TO DISCOUNT TIRE CO IN GRAND PRAIRIE ,TX. WAS INSPECTED BY MANAGER WHO ALSO INSPECTED REMAINING TIRES. MANAGER INSISTED UPON IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF ALL CONTINENTAL TIRES AFTER FINDING EVIDENCE OF IMPENDING TIRE SEPARATION ON REMAINING TIRES. LEFT REAR WAS SENT TO CONTINENTAL FOR INSPECTION WHO REPORTED THAT THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED PREVIOUSLY BY UNKNOWN IMPACT. FAILED TO REPORT ON REMAINING TIRES. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS IMPACT AND THERE WAS NO PUNCTURE PRIOR TO TIRE FAILING. CONTINENTAL REFUSES FURTHER COMMENT. *NM

UPON ENTRY INTO MY TRUCK ON SEPT. 30, 2006 MY SON SAID " DAD DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A LARGE CRACK IN YOUR DASH FROM PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST VENT TO ALMOST THE AIRBAG ?" I HAD JUST CLEANED THE INTERIOR A FEW DAYS EARLIER AND THE CRACK WAS NOT THERE THEN. SINCE THEN THE CRACKING IS GETTING WORSE AND I HAVE FOUND THIS A DEFECT PROBLEM THAT MANY DODGE RAM OWNERS HAVE. I FEAR THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST COSMETIC BUT COULD AFFECT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG'S DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLY MORE. REPLACEMENT COSTS $500.00-$800.00 AND NO WARRANTY. *NM