Dt:the contact stated the driver's side and passenger's side seat belts are not large enough to accommodate the driver or passenger . The seat belts are too confining, and fit too tightly around the occupants of the vehicle. While wearing the seat belts they do not allow proper movement to drive the vehicle safely. The vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer to determine if there was a problem with the seat belts or if it was the design of the seat belts. The dealer was contacted, and they suggested installing a seat belt extender. She did not have the seat belt extender installed due to the cost of the equipment. The manufacturer confirmed that the contact would have to cover the cost of the added equipment. She noticed the problem with the seat belts directly after she acquired the vehicle.
The worst 1996 Dodge Pickup problems
Ranked by number of owner complaints. Mileage and cost come from what owners wrote.
- Brakes6
- Fuel system5
- Engine3
- Steering3
- Suspension3
Problems by type
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- Brakes6
- Fuel system5
- Engine3
- Steering3
- Suspension3
- Transmission3
- Acceleration2
- Electrical2
- Seats2
- Tires2
- Airbags1
- Body1
- Seat belts1
- Visibility1
Recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1996 Dodge Pickup owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
While driving in rainy weather, intermittently the front windshield wiper would fail. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Please provide more information.
Intermittently while driving and brakes are applied the ABS warning lights start flashing and the brakes don't hold. The dealership cannot fix problem, cause it cannot be duplicated. Model b2200. Ts consumer found tsb regarding leaking vacuum hose at speed control servo located under battery and this seemed to remedy the problem.
While driving the seat hinges on the drivers side broke causing the seatback to collapse on driver's side, driver temporarily lost control of vehicle. Consumer feels this is very unsafe.*ak the seat hinge on the drivers side broke, dealer replaced broken hinge at owners expense.
Complete tread separation. Occurred previously with goodyear wranger a/t.*ak (dot number: pj11cblv20 tiresize: 245/75r16)
The consumer received recall on throttle cable and linkages. While the vehicle was in dealers shop for recall fixing, the fuel pump broke, the dealer said the consumer is responsible for the fuel pump breaking that it was brought into the dealership that way.
Traveling at 75 MPH, hit a bump. This caused a violent shimmy in the front end. The only way to keep control was to brake aburtly. A bulletin was sent to dealerships but no one contacted the buyers.
Lock opens even after locking the door. These are not power locks, after locking the door from inside, if you pull the handle, the door unlocks by itself by pulling the handle and opens the door. This is very dangerous as my jeans got stuck in the handle opened the door accidentally (passenger) but we were going slow, so no injuries.
The failure and near fatalities involved the installation of napa brake pads by a local dodge dealer. I was supposed to have had dodge brake pads installed but napa pads were substituted without my knowledge. The failure involved the inside brake pad. Somehow, the inside brake pad separated from the metal pad plate. Then at the most inopportune time, when I needed to apply the brakes, the brake pad slipped out of the caliper housing. I was on an interstate highway, traveling about 60 MPH in a 4-wheel drive pickup in fairly heavy traffic when brake lights started to go off. When I suddenly hit my brakes, they went all the way to the floor. I was horrified. I had no braking power. Absolutely nothing. I was forced to begin defensive maneuvers to avoid crashing into other vehicles, nearly rolled over several times and finally made it to the shoulder of the highway. Throughout all of this, I was desperately pumping my brakes. After what seemed like an eternity, but most likely 4 or 5 pumps of the brakes before braking power finally reappeared and I was able to stop. I got out of the truck to look for brake fluid but could see nothing, so decided to head home. Id had had enough, as I had nearly killed my daughter, others and myself. Because of the holidays, the dealer who had earlier installed these brakes and several other shops that I had called were unable to do the job right away. I reluctantly decided to do it myself. The brake pads, when removed, had about 20,000 miles on them but from a wear standpoint seemed to show very little wear. Upon disassembly, I discovered that the inside brake pad on the right side of the truck had separated from the metal pad plate and had somehow worked its way out of the caliper housing. Im not an expert, but I think it may have been the gap created by the missing brake pad that caused the braking system failure that I experienced. Again, Im not sure but I think that this gap must be hydraulically eliminated fi
Smoke came from up under the dashboard near the light switch. Removed dash panel to inspect the switch and found that the switch to the bottom left fire wall was burned. Contacted dodge dealer. *mr *nlm *dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*739168
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Is the 1996 Dodge Pickup reliable?
Owners have filed 26 complaints about the 1996 Dodge Pickup, 8.7 times a typical Pickup model year.
What is the most common problem with the 1996 Dodge Pickup?
Brakes, with 6 complaints. Next is fuel system (5).
How many recalls does the 1996 Dodge Pickup have?
No recalls on record.
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