1999 Dodge RAM

THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN PULLING TO EITHER THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT WHEN STOPPING. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS BUT IS ALWAYS WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS OR WHEN LOADED. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE PADS THREE TIMES, ROTERS TWICE AND HAVE ALIGNED THE REAR WHEELS, AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO BE THE SAME. THE BRAKES ARE SLUGGISH AND WHEN STOPPING QUICKLY CAUSES SEVERE PULLING AND SEEMS TO NOT STOP AS QUICKLY AS COULD BE.

WHEN NEW THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION LOST ALL LIGHTS. EVEYTHING WENT OUT. DEALER REPLACED ALL BULBS. IN A FEW DAYS THE LIGHTS ALL FLICKERED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR . THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. IN FLORIDA ANOTHER DEALER COUD NOT FIND A PROBLEM TOOK IT TO ANOTHE DEALER THEY REPLACED SOME MORE PARTS A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM HAS REHATCHED AGAIN LIGHTS FLICKER THIS IS A SAFETY RECURRING PROBLEM

TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT APPARENTLY DUE TO SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL SHORT. TRUCK WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS AS WELL AS EVERYTHING AROUND IT. CHRYSLER SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PERMIT THEM TO ASSOCIATE THE FIRE WITH A MANUFACTURING OR ASSEMBLY ERROR, AND THAT THEY ARE SURE THAT WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT FIRES OF THIS NATURE DO OCCUR FOR REASONS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS! WELL, PLEASE TELL ME WHY THEY HAVE HAD SO MANY FIRES OF THEIR VEHICLES AND ALOT OF THEM SEEM TO BE WITH THE WIRING, AND YET THEY ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE. MY MOTHER AND MY SON COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED IN THIS FIRE, SO I AM JUST TO ASSUME THAT CHRYSLER IS GOING TO DO NOTHING UNTIL THEY HAVE ALOT OF DEAD BODIES ON THEIR HANDS, AS WITH FORD? I HAVE ALOT OF TROUBLE WITH THIS PICTURE! *AK

THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT AT TIMES AND YOU CAN NOT WEAR IT. I HAVE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIRS A NUMBER OF TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT GET IT FIXED. I EVEN WENT TO ARBITRATION AND WON THE CASE BUT THEIR AWARD IS NOT FAIR . I AM JUST TRIEING TO GET THE TRUCK FIXED AND HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES , IN OVER 6 MONTHS NO ONE HAS CALLED ME BACK.

ALL FOUR REAR WHEELS ARE BENT. THE ONLY PEOPLE UNTIL NOW TO TOUCH THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN DODGE DEALERSHIPS(SANDOVAL IN NM. THEY ALSO EVENTUALLY FIXED THE SPEED CONTROL WHICH WOULD ADD 5 TO 20 MPH TO A SETTING AT ANY TIME. VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE TRIED TO GET T A DODGE DEALERSHIP HERE (LARAMIE, WY)TO LOOK AT MY RIMS AND THEY GIVE ME THE RUNAROUND.

WE CONTACTED YOU ON JUNE 21, 2000. SENT BACK THE FORM YOU SENT US. REFER TO TSB 19-03-99. WE HAVE BEEN TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND THEY CLAIM THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DODGE. TSB 19-03-99 TELLS THEM HOW TO FIX IT AND IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THE INDEPENTANT VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT STATES:"THE STEERING WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER AFTER AN IN TOWN NINETY (90) DEGREE TURN. FINDINGS: DURING THE TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE CONSISTENTLY WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE NEUTRAL (CENTER) STEERING POSITION. USUALLY THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE TURNED BY HAND THE LAST SEVENTY (70) TO EIGHTY (80) DEGREES BACK TO THE CENTER THE TWO(2) SAMPLE DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 DIESEL UNITS I DROVE RETURNED CLOSER TO THE CENTER THAN GEORGE DUFFY'S DID. THE TEST/SAMPLE VEHICLES RETURNED TO THE CENTER WITHIN TEN (10) TO FIFTEEN (15) DEGREES OF CENTER. COULD THE CONDITION BE VERIFIED? (PLEASE CIRCLE ONE) YES OR NO. 'YES', WAS CIRCLED. IF 'YES' IS CIRCLED, (PLEASE CIRCLE ONE) NORMAL OR ABNORMAL [ABNORMAL] IS CIRCLED. IF YOU WISH, WE WILL BE GLAD TO SEND COPIES OF ALL PAPERS AND CORRESPONDANCE THAT WE HAVE. WE FEEL, AND SO DID THE INDEPENDANT VEHICLE INSPECTOR, THAT HIS SITUATION IS DANGEROUS! WHEN I TOLD HIM OF NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD ( ON CA "89") IN HAT CREEK COUNTRY, AND RUNNING INTO THE SHOULDER. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE SHOULDER WAS DRY. HE (VEHICLE INSPECTOR) SAID "YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE TO TELL THE STORY IF HAD NOT BEEN DRY!"