2002 Dodge RAM Quad Cab

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB HAS A SURGING PROBLEM AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND IT IS READ AS TRANSMISSION FLUID PRESSURE SENSOR. THIS WAS REPLACED WITH A FACTORY SENSOR AND WITHIN 2 WEEKS IT DID IT AGAIN. AFTER 200 MILES THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE SURGING STOPPED ONLY TO START AND STOP REPEATEDLY UP TO THIS DATE, 8/23/2010. HOW CAN A SENSOR REPAIR ITSELF? IMPOSSIBLE! MILEAGE AT FIRST CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LESS THAN 100,000. ALSO DASH IS CRACKED TO A COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL FOR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE AND MILEAGE ON DASH AT 138,000 WITH CARE TAKEN TO KEEP IT CLEAN AND CONDITIONED. CRACKS BEGAN AT 85,000 MILES. WIPERS WHEN OPERATING ON HIGH WILL LOWER SPEED AND WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE FROM HIGH TO LOW INTERMITTENTLY UNLESS THEY ARE TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES. DO NOT CONSIDER THIS SAFE IN ANY WAY. INTERMITTENT WIPER USE WITH DELAY FEATURE SEEMS TO BE COMPLETELY OKAY. AIR CONDITIONER WILL ONLY BLOW COLD AIR ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND BLOWS WARM AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE. AFTER 45 MINUTES OF A/C USE, ROARING SOUND ISSUES FROM THE VENTS AND A GRADUAL DECREASE IN ALL AIR BEGINS UNTIL ONLY WISPS OF AIR ESCAPES FROM DRIVER SIDE VENTS.

STARTED IN 2005 WITH A BLOWN LIFTER AT 37000 MILES. IN 2008 THE LIFTERS,VALVES ON ONE SIDE BLEW AS DID THE HEAD. DODGE CLAIMED I WASN'T CHANGING OIL PROPERLY AS IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. THE OIL PUMP AND SUMP CLOGGED RESULTING IN ALL THE DAMAGE. $3800.00 TO REPAIR. IN MARCH 2009 LIFTERS BLEW AGAIN. COST $600.00 TO REPAIR. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. I CHANGED THE OIL AND IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. I HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE OIL EVERY 1500 MILES SINCE MARCH 2009 USING RINSOLINE TO TRY AND CLEAN MOTOR. IT STILL TAKES S 6-10 SECONDS AFTER START TO GET OIL PRESSURE TO MOTOR. LIFTERS ARE TAPPING AGAIN AND I AM SURE THEY ARE READY TO GO. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL USING CASTROL SYNTEC 5-30 EVERY 3000-4000 MILES SINCE I BOUGHT TRUCK NEW IN 10/2001. I BELIEVE THE SLUDGE ISSUE IS DUE TO A FAULTY ENGINE DESIGN ON THE 4.7 L V8 DODGE USED. I KNOW FIND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THE NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7L 2WD QUAD CAB. ON OCTOBER 30TH, MY VEHICLE DECIDED IT WAS GANNA LET GO OF THREE SENSORS ALL AT ONCE. AN IGNITION, TIMING, AND ??HYAC?? , COST ME ALMOST 750$ IN PARTS AND LABOR AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. ONE (1) WEEK LATER MY TRUCK BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THE RADIATOR FILL RESERVOIR STEM. I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM. AFTER THAT WAS FIXED AND THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING MY RADIATOR EXPLODED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURES. AFTER THE RADIATOR AND THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED AND I HAD THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CIRCULATION OF THE FLUIDS AND OUT OF THE SUDDEN STRING OF EVENTS IT STARTED TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE AND I WAS RUNNING OUT OF RADIATOR FLUID ALL DUE TO A RUPTURED HEAD GASKET. AFTER REPLACING ALL OF THE TOP END ENGINE GASKETS AND THE CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS, I STARTED UP MY TRUCK AGAIN AND IT RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT TWO (2) MINUTES AND GRINDED, CHOKED, TINGED, PANGED, BANGED AND FINALLY SPUTTERED TO A STOP. I STARTED FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE,...AGAIN....AND FOUND THAT MY CAM SHAFT GEAR HAD SPUN ON THE CAMSHAFT AND SHEARED THE CAM LOBE THAT IS SUPPOSE TO LOCK IT INTO PLACE. I HAVENT TOUCHED IT SINCE AND ALL TOGETHER MY FAMILY HAS PAYED 1700$ JUST TO HAVE A BROKEN VEHICLE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. *CN

WE HAD A TUNE-UP AND PLUG CHANGE 6/27/08, A MONTH LATER 7/21/08 THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A TAPPING NOISE. PULLED OVER, LIFTED HOOD AND FOUND AN OIL FILL CONE STUCK IN THE OIL FILL AND THE OIL CAP STUCK UP UNDER THE SIDE WALL. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT THE ROCKER ARM HAD COME OFF, REINSTALLED THE ROCKER ARM AND DID AN OIL CHANGE AT NO CHARGE TO US. 4/23/09 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CODE P0300 AND WE PAID TO REPLACE THE #6 ROCKER ARM. 7/13/09 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN P0300. DEALERSHIP ADDED TREATMENT AND DECARBONED THE ENGINE. ON 8/2/09 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN P0300. TRIED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 8/3/09 AND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED OFF TO ZERO. WE CALLED DEALERSHIP & ADVISED OF PROBLEM, THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT IN AND WOULD HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ON 8/5/09. DEALERSHIP DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE TRUCK UNTIL 8/10/09. THEY REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET, DID A VALVE JOB, REPLACED THE OIL SWITCH, THERMOSTAT AND WATER PUMP. THE TRUCK WAS PICKED UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP ON 8/18/09. ON 8/22/09 WHEN STARTED THE TRUCK MADE THE TAPPING NOISE AGAIN. ON 8/24/09, I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP OF THE NOISE AND WAS TOLD TO IT SHOULD RESOLVE ITSELF AND BRING IT IN ONLY IF IT MAKES THE NOISE AGAIN. ON 8/31/09 THE TRUCK MADE THE TAPPING NOISE AGAIN ON START UP. VEHICLE TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP ON 9/1, TOLD 9/3 THAT ANOTHER ROCKER ARM WAS GOING BAD. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WOULD FIX BUT WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS CAUSING THE ROCKER ARMS TO KEEP COMING OFF WAS DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. SINCE I COULD NOT DOCUMENT EVERY SINGLE OIL CHANGE (AT LEAST HALF DONE BY OWNER) THE DEALERSHIP COULD ATTEST TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7 ENGINE. I HAVE 3 COMPLAINTS. THE FIRST IS THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING TO 0. I UNDERSTAND FROM LOOKING AT COMPLAINT SITES A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. MANY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINES. MY OTHER PROBLEM IS COSMETIC. THE DASH IN MY TRUCK IS CRACKED IN ABOUT 8 PLACES. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THE THIRD COMPLAINT IS THE RADIATOR FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT HAD PLASTIC TANKS WHICH CRACKED. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD MAKE THESE PROBLEMS RIGHT. *TR

PURCHASED 2002 DODGE RAM USED. AT FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL, RACK AND PINION BOOTS WERE LEAKING, MAIN SEAL WAS SHOT. ALSO HAD MANIFOLD LEAK, ALONG WITH A STEERING PROBLEM THAT CAUSES SHAKING AT 40 MPH. STEERING PROBLEM STILL REMAINS, AND THERE IS A LOUD RATTLE THAT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE, MOST RECENTLY, MY FUEL PUMP DECIDED TO QUIT WORKING. ALSO, THE INTERIOR TRIM, NAMELY THE HAND GRIPS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES, DUE TO THE CHEAP PLASTIC THAT IS USED AS A HOLDING RING. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT HEADACHES WITH THE TRUCK, FROM THE SIMPLE THINGS, TO THE EXPENSIVE THINGS...WAS JUST TOLD THAT MY HEAD GASKETS ARE SHOT AS WELL, HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ON THIS TRUCK, WITH NO RETURNS, DO NOT GET THIS YEAR/MODEL OF RAM 1500. *JB

I'M A MECHANIC I CHANGE THE OIL REGULARLY WITH VALVOLINE AND THE ENGINE SLUDGES UP . THIS WEEKEND WENT OUT OF TOWN AND THE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE CAUSING IT TO BLOW UP RESULTING IN MY FAMILY GETTING STRANDED 400 MILES FROM HOME. IT TOOK FOUR DAYS AND A 1000.00 TO GET IT BACK HOME AND NOW IT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR A NEW ENGINE . 2002 DODGE RAM 4.7L . *NM