2002 Dodge RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SCRAPING HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

FOUND METAL PIECES (BROKEN C CLIP) AND DAMAGE TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X2. THE WHOLE REAR END HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED KNOWN PROBLEM BASED ON HUNDREDS OF FORUM THREADS UNDER "C-CLIP", "RETAINER CLIP" AND/OR "CLUTCH PACK RETAINER" PROBLEMS. PAID OUT OF POCKET TO FIX AS WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR

WHEN THE TRUCK WAS A STOP AND I WOULD BEGIN TO DRIVE I WOULD HEAR A CLANKING NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THIS WENT ON FOR A MONTH I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING IN THE BED MOVING AROUND. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ONE NIGHT, I HEARD A CRUNCH NOISE THAT THEN RESULTED IN THE REAR TIRES LOCKING UP AND CAUSING ME TO START SKIDDING, I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND STOP IT SAFELY. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE TRUCK HOME THIS TIME, AT 15 TO 20 MPH. IF I WENT ANY FASTER IT WOULD LOCK AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE REAR IN THIS TRUCK HAS FAILED ME, THE FIRST TIME I WAS CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE REAR LOCKED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AS WELL AS THE SHAFT. THE FIRST REPAIR COST ME $2500.00 AND I'M BEING QUOTED $1500.00 FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS, CHRYSLER WON'T STEP UP AND TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY THEY JUST TELL ME THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DESPITE THE FACT THAT I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE TRUCKS THAT WERE RECALLED. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE TRUCK! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUP POP AS SMOKE BEGAN ESCAPING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD EXPLODED, CAUSING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR INDEPENDENTLY MOVED FROM PARK AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PLACE THE VEHICLE BACK IN PARK. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY START WHEN IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V555000 -POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT) BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 124,000.

AFTER CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK A CLICKING NOISE BECAME EVIDENT FROM REAR OF 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. I CHECKED U JOINTS THEN WENT TO WHEEL BEARINGS, THEY SEEMED SLIGHTLY LOOSE SO I BEGAN CHANGING. AFTER PULLING DIFFERENTIAL COVER I FOUND CURVED CHUNKS OF METAL IN BOTTOM OF DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. I TOOK OUT 4 BOLTS AND CAPS THAT HOLD DIFFERENTIAL IN, I FOUND MAJOR WEAR IN ALUMINIUM HOUSING RIGHT WHERE BOLTS SCREW IN ON PASSENGER SIDE. I COMPARED TO DRIVERS SIDE OF DIFFERENTIAL AND FOUND A HALF MOON SHAPED CUP THAT APPEARS TO BE A DIPPER TO COLLECT OIL IT JUST SLIDES IN AND OUT AND THE CUP ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE MUST HAVE SLID OUT AND GROUND ON THE HOUSING UNTIL IT CAME OUT. I FEEL THIS COULD CASE A MAJOR ACCIDENT AS EVENTUALLY THE WHOLE REAR END COULD COME OUT OR LET AXLES COME OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR INTO PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, PLACED IT BACK INTO PARK, AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND HE NO LONGER DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 35,000.

2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE POWER STEERING QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I WAS IN A CURVE AND ALMOST WRECKED. I HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I THOUGHT SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE. BUT I GUESS THIS WILL NOT BE A RECALL UNTIL SOME ONE FROM YOUR OFFICE OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS KILLED IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. I HAVE READ THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAN OF THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED OR HAVE STRUCK A ROADSIDE OBJECT TRYING TO STOP. COME ON PEOPLE LETS FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR