1999 Dodge RAM 2500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE FUEL PUMP FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. ALTHOUGH THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE INJECTOR FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER INFORMED MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. MECHANIC NOTIFIED THE CONSUMER THAT TWO INJECTOR FUEL PUMPS HAD BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT FOR THE THIRD PUMP CONSUMER HAS TO PAY BECAUSE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CORRODED, AND REPLACED IT. *AK THE ENGINE HAD SHAKEN HARSHLY WHEN IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER THE OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE CONSUMER FOUND A POSITIVE WIRE ON THE FUEL TRANSFER LIFT PUMP HAD CORRODED AND BROKEN OFF CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE WIRES FOR THE TRANSFER LIFT PUMP HAD NO PROTECTIVE COVER AND WERE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. CHRYSLER REDESIGNED THE FUEL PUMP. *SC

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE TRUCK WITH CUMMINS DIESEL. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A INCIDENT THAT PROMPTED A CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. AS I WAS ON VACATION WITH MY FAMILY, WE WERE TRAVELING TO ST. LOUIS FOR A WEEKEND RACE. WHILE TRAVELING UP A LONG HILL, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER. THIS GRADE WAS A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, THAT WAS MODERATELY CURVY. FUEL PRESSURE WAS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AS INDICATED BY MY ADDED GAUGE. UPON ARRIVAL TO OUR DESTINATION, I REPLACED THE FACTORY LIFT PUMP (FUEL TRANSFER PUMP) AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN POWER. HAD THE TRUCK ACTUALLY DIED DURING THIS INCIDENT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTART, THUS LEAVING A TWO LANE HIGHWAY BLOCKED ON A HILL IN CURVES. THIS CAUSED MAJOR CONCERN AS IT IS A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND MANY TRACTOR-TRAILERS USE THIS BUSY STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. THE MAIN CAUSE OF FAILURE FOR THESE PUMPS IS AN INCORRECT APPLICATION AS DESCRIBED BY THE PUMP MANUFACTURER. DIAMLER-CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THIS MATTER. *NLM

I HAVE A 199 DODGE QUAD-CAD 2500 CUMMINS DIESEL 4X4 TRUCK. ON 6-5-03 MY TRUCK DIE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. AT THE DODGE DEALER THEY TOLD ME MY FUEL LIFT PUMP WAS BAD (COST $255.00) THEY REPLACED IT THEN CALLED ME 3 DAYS LATER AND SAID MY FUEL INJECTION PUMP WAS BAD (COST $1700.00). WHEN THE FUEL LIFT PUMP GOES OUT IT CAUSES THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP TO GO OUT BECAUSE IT RUNS DRY OF FUEL WHICH CAUSES IT TO GO BAD. SO WHY DON'T DODGE CUMMINS PUT A RELAY IN THERE THAT SHUTS DOWN THE FUEL SYSTEM WHEN THE FUEL LIFT PUMPS STOPS WORKING. SO INSTEAD OF A $450 BILL NOW I HAVE $2400 BILL INSTEAD. *JB