At 45mph the vehicle will vibrate heavily. Cause unknown. Dealer notified. Component:suspension.
1998 Dodge RAM 2500 suspension complaints
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This vehicle has a dana 70 rear end. Manufacturer failed to shim when originally built. This caused rear end to shift and elongate mounting section thus destroying entire rear end. Manufacturer claims no liability due to passing 100,000 mile limit of warranty. My concern is that anyone pulling heavy trailers could experience a total failure of the rear end while moving. This would almost certainly cause the trailer to jacknife and could lead to injury or at least considerable damage. We haul show horses that are valued in excess of $150,000 and we just wanted to alert the federal safety agency and the general public in what we see is a potentially dangerous problem. Perhaps ours is the only occurance or perhaps there are others waiting to happen.
Excessive loss of engine coolant, but no sign of leakages. Vehicle been in / out of dealer shop on four occasions, and still unable to locate problem. *ak the consumer indicated that the manufacturer interntionally with held the possible problem with v-10 engine to avoid recall. Accorcing to the information obtained from internet, the manufacturer had indicated that the v-10 heads and crankshaft could experience hair line cracks causing internal coolant leakage. Spark plugs failed. Front brake pads faied. Left lower ball joint failed.
The passenger side seat belt locked up, the dealer found that the seat belt solenoid shorted out.
Brakes experience hang up and pulling continually, replacement of the brakes did not rectify pulling problems. Mjs
Brake master cylinder leaks. Yh
My truck brakes pull severely to the right when braking. This problem exists in all ram 2500 4x4 trucks I have encountered. The dealer has replaced rotors; calipers;alignment; etc. I have had the truck in 9 times (I have documentation) on the same problem with no relief. Dealer now refuses to look further into this problem. Brakes pull to right hard enough to slide truck sideways on wet pavement. Brake pads wear out faster on right front - there has been evidence of the right rotor getting hot (brakes dragging). This is a serious safety issue in a large tall and heavy truck! All dodge ram 2500 4x4 owners I have talked to report periodic or continuous similar problems with their brakes.
Sway bar bolts that hold sway bar fell out, and almost caused an accident. Went to dealer and got it fixed. But then all four bolts that hold the sway bar fell out again, causing an accident. Also, worn gear in the steering box caused a loss of steering. Dealer cannot determine the problem. Problem still exists. *ak
Consumer complaintng while driving vehicle the back end go out of control whenever the vehicle go over a bumps or pot hole. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop more then twice,condition still occur. Dealer can find or locate the problems.
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