2002 Dodge RAM 1500

PRIOR TO TAKING DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES OF SERVICE FOR HEADLIGHT FAILURES, WON'T JUMP START, REPLACED BATTERY, 7 MO. LATER. AFTER SEVERAL OTHER ATTEMPTS WAS INFORMED OF NEED WIRING HARNESS DUE TO AFTER MARKET REPLACEMENT OF HEADLAMP. REPLACED HEADLAMPS TO FACTORY AND 3RD DEAD BATTERY. I HAVE INVESTED $1100 SINCE THE SECOND DEAD BATTERY. DEALER SAYS BATTERY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS???? MOST OCCURANCES DURING EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD. *AK

MY COMPUTER SYSTEM WENT OUT IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. I SPOKE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED CHRIS ON 9/15/04 REF#12633025. THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT TAKE ANY STEPS TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THERE AREN'T ANY RECALLS ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN THESE TRUCKS. IT'S GOING TO COST ME $600.00 TO GET THIS PROBLEM WITH MY LEMON FIXED.*AK

I OWN A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CONDENSER FAN INOPERABLE DUE TO OPEN FUSE. THE SERVICE MGR TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON DEFECT BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE SHROUD THAT ALLOWS WATER TO COLLECT IN THE TROUGH. IT ALSO FREEZES IN THE WINTER PREVENTING THE FAN FROM TURNING. THIS IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT IS DESIGN DEFECT. THIS IS QUITE COSTLY TO HAVE THIS FIXED. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CASES OF THIS. *LA

SINCE DECEMBER OF 2001 VERIZON HAS HAD (6) DODGE FULL SIZE VANS INVOLVING 1998-2001 B VANS. ALL (6) FIRES APPEAR TO HAVE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. ALL (6) VANS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE KELSEY HAYES EBC 325 ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS. THREE OF THE FIRES OCCURRED IN THE ABS CONTROLLER AREA OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITHOUT THE ENTIRE TRUCK GOING UP IN FLAMES BECAUSE THE DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE FIRES EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THE FIRES GOT A REAL GOOD START. THREE OF THE FIRES HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLES WERE UNATTENDED AND THE VEHICLES WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. ON SEPT. 4TH, 2003 A 2002 DODGE VAN WAS REPORTED BY THE DRIVER TO HAVE THE ABS PUMP RUNNING CONTINUALY FOR OVER 2 HOURS. THE ABS PUMP WAS EXTREMELY HOT. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO SHUT THE PUMP OFF. WHEN THIS VAN WAS BROUGHT INTO THE VERIZON GARAGE THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE ABS PUMP WAS RUNNING CONTINUALLY. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO ROTHROCK DODGE IN ALLENTOWN, PA.,ON 9-5-03 AND LEFT WITH DANNY DAVID FOR DIAGNOSIS. WHEN THE SCAN TOOL WAS CONNECTED TO THE ABS SYSTEM THEY FOUND (2) CODES, MAIN RELAY OPEN AND PUMP MOTOR CIRCUIT OPEN. AT THIS TIME NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE UNTIL CHRYSLER AND A VERIZON FLEET TECH. SUPPORT SPECIALIST CAN LOOK INTO THIS CASE. CONTACT PERSONS AT VERIZON ARE AS FOLLOWS; TOM SPEZIO 732-493-9902 BOB PRINCE 410-760-8836 FRED PLETSCHER 610-264-0685. *AK