2000 Dodge RAM 2500: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed May 19, 2022 · Brakes · OK

In Muskogee County.By the grace of God, I finally gain control of my vehicle, after applying the brakes that failed on me, to avoid an accident, I pulled over to inspect my vehicle. I did a walk around inspection and noticed left rear side a puddle of oil on the ground, a oil leaks right next to the fuel tank inside the frame. After getting into my vehicle I noticed, my ABS light come on. So, I had it tow home. Prior to this I did not have an inspection to see it was safe to drive and I did not report this to the police.

Filed Dec 19, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 68,000 miles · VA

Alert: dodge ram 2500 diesel life threatening problem --- on july 11, 2014, while driving on u.s. Route 77 in north carolina I passed an 18 wheeler at 70 MPH and pulled back into the right lane in front of the truck when, without any warning whatsoever, the engine just stopped. The truck I had just passed nearly jackknifed as the trucker applied his brakes in a panic maneuver to avoid rolling over me from behind. Luckily, he maintained control, got around me, and continued on his way. I coasted to the side of the road and tried to restart the engine but, although it would crank, it would not start. I was forced to wait and then, after a time, tried starting it again. It did. I slowly drove to the next exit but not without incident. After going only a few hundred yards the truck bucked, hesitated and stopped again. Again, I waited. This scenario repeated itself until I got to safety. Coincident with the engine stopping the power steering failed, the ABS light came on, it appeared the airbag system was inoperative and all the gauges in the instrument cluster stopped working. Eventually, my truck was towed to lake norman dodge. There, the very helpful assistant service manager, terry, evaluated the problem saying either the powertrain control module or the instrument cluster was the problem but his experience LED him to try replacing the computer first. Replacing the PCM fixed the problem. The instrument cluster resumed working. At least temporarily. On september 16 2014, on a local trip, the truck just stopped again. I was stranded on a state road. I used my prior experience with waiting, starting, driving a little way and having the engine stop again to limp into a local repair shop. Eventually, they towed it to shelor dodge in christiansburg, va. Where it currently remains, ... Inoperable.

Filed Apr 25, 2003 · Acceleration, Brakes · VA

While driving the cruise control failed, and the ABS light illuminated, soon after the brakes were inoperative.

Filed Dec 14, 2002 · Brakes · 23,688 miles · WA · crash

Abs failure at speed of no more than 35 m.p.h. Stopping distance was sufficient for speed but, upon depressing the brake pedal, they immediately locked up, causing the truck to slide.

Filed Jun 20, 2002 · Brakes · OR · crash

Brakes were applied at 10 MPH, and ABS pulsed once. Then, front of vehicle started to slide, and rearended another vehicle. Brake pedal felt normal. This happened once before, no incident. Dealer stated ABS system was working as it should.

Filed Jul 28, 2000 · Brakes · TX

Under moderate braking, system failed to provide adequate stopping power, ABS would not engage even though the brake pedal was depressed to the floor. Incident happened while approaching a stop light, truck was not even carrying a load.