2001 Dodge RAM 2500

I WAS TAKING A ROAD TRIP HAULING MY BOAT THAT WAS AROUND 300 MILES OR SO AND GOT THROUGH THE FIRST 100 + FINE. DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE TRUCKS DIES ON THE INTERSTATE AND HAS NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO CONTROL AND COME TO A STOP. AFTER FINALLY AND LUCKILY COMING TO A STOP AND HEART RATE STARTED TO DROP, I HAD TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN, I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK TO RESTART AFTER BLEEDING THE FUEL THROUGH THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING AND HAVING TO BUMP THE KEY A FEW TIMES. I TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME GOING VERY VERY SLOW AND BEING O SO CAREFUL. COME TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM IS THE LIFT PUMP AND IS EXTREMELY TO COMMON. THIS SHOULD ALERT ANYONE THAT DEALS WITH SAFETY AND SHOULD PROMPT A INVESTIGATION. *TR

LOSS OF POWER WHILE ENTERING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, CAUSING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. FAILURE OF TRANSFER PUMP CAUSING FAILURE OF INJECTION PUMP ON NUMBEROUS OCCASIONS, THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AT THE TIME OF THE LAST REPAIR THEIR WAS NO REPLACEMENT FOR TRANSFER PUMP AVAILABLE, SO AN AFTER MARKET ELECTRIC PUMP WITH PROPER FLOW RATE AMD PRESSURE WAS INSTALLED AND HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR OVER 1 YEAR. THE INJECTION PUMP STILL FLAGS AS BAD AND HAS LOSS OF POWER UNTIL ENGINE IS AT FULL RUNNING TEMPERTURE AND WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 INJECTION AND TRANSFER PUMP WAS REPLACED. *TS AT THE TIME OF REPAIR THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT INSTALL THE RETROFIT TRANSFER PUMP, INSTEAD HE PUT IN A CHEAPER PUMP. AT THE TIME THE MILEAGE WAS 47810. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER THE LED LIGHT FOR THE FUEL PRESSURE ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSFER PUMP HAD FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WARRANTY AND THE PART WARRANTY BOTH HAD EXPIRED THEREFORE THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL ENGINE. THE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. IF THE TEMPERATURE RANGE WAS OVER 100 DEGREES THEN THIS WAS WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 190-195 DEGREES THAT DID NOT GO UP. THE VEHICLE STALLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THREE YEARS, AND CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HA 93,000 MILES ON IT. ALSO, HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH RAN OUT THE JULY 19, 2005. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE FOUR TO FIVE TIMES FOUR OF THOSE TIMES IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM, AND EACH TIME THEY THOUGHT THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO. ON AUGUST 4, 2005 CONSUMER WENT TO A DEALERSHIP, NOT A DODGE DEALERSHIP, TWO VEHICLES THERE HAD SAME PROBLEM AS CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. MECHANIC CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR, AND THE FUEL PUMP, AND THAT STILL HAD NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK *JB

WITH APROX. 89,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK I EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS. REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL FILTER FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS BAD FUEL. AS IT TURNED OUT IT WAS MY TRANSFER PUMP GETTING WEAK. THIS INTURN, DUE TO LOW JUEL PRESSURE, CAUSED MY FUEL INJECTION PUMP TO EVENTULY FAIL. I HAD TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED IN MAY OF 2005. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THIS IS AN INHERIT PROBLEM WITH THE CUMMINGS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER CUMMINGS DIESEL OWNERS AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. DODGE MOST BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR, $2100 BETWEEN THE TWO PUMPS AND THAT IS WITH ME REPLACING THE TRANSFER PUMP MYSELF. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOW FUEL PRESSURE INTICATOR INSTALL IN THESE TRUCKS AT THE FACTORY. THEY ARE AVALIBLE IN THE AFTERMARKET. I HAVE ALSO HAD FRONT BALL JOINT PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK. THESE JOINTS ARE MAINTANCE FREE JIONTS THAT FAIL, I BELIEVE DUE TO THE ADDED WEIGHT OF THE CUMMINGS MOTOR. THIS IS ALSO AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR BECAUSE YOU MOST REPLACE THE ENTIRE CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLE, NOT JUST TE BALL JOINT.