1996 Dodge RAM 3500 brakes problems

Filed Sep 16, 2010 · Brakes · 65,000 miles · OH

Brake failure, due to brake line to rear wheels rusted out in frame clip behind fuel tank.

Filed Jul 21, 2008 · Brakes · 103,753 miles · OH

Tl*the contact owns a 1996 dodge ram 3500. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle slowed down after several attempts. The brake warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was driven onto the side of the road and towed to the contact's residence. The failure was related to rust in the brake line system. The failure occurred on two separate occasions. The vehicle has not been repaired; however,the contact will perform the repair himself. The failure mileage was 103,753 and current mileage was 104,000.

Filed Aug 9, 2007 · Brakes · 211,000 miles · MO

Tl*the contact owns a 1996 dodge 3500. The contact stated that the ABS adaptive brake control unit (part number 56029032ab) has been discontinued by the manufacturer. He stated that the part was needed to repair his vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 211,000.

Filed Jul 25, 2007 · Brakes, Fuel system · 115,000 miles · PA · crash

Brake line failure due to corrosion also corrosion of transmission and fuel lines 1996 dodge ram 3500 pickup 4wd ext cab.

Filed Jun 5, 2007 · Acceleration, Body · 85,000 miles · GA

I purchased this truck in 2003 and the dash was cracked. It shakes and rattles whenever I hit any bumps in the road. Dodge will do nothing but try to sell me another dash at a sky high rate. I'm afraid the dash will completely fall apart while my wife or I am driving down the road. I am now experiencing a vacuum problem with some lines under the dash caused by this since the dash moves so much. My ABS light is on, my cruise control doesn't work and the airconditioning only blows out of the defrost vent.

Filed Aug 29, 2003 · Brakes · WA

While parked with the engine on and emergency brake engaged vehicle rolled. However, driver was able to avoid a collision.

Filed Jun 15, 2003 · Acceleration, Brakes · AZ

Brakes pull to right, calibers and pads have been replaced. Rear brakes don't seem to work well antilock allows you to roll to far. Steering column goes bad after warranty is up ( 100,000 miles ). Fuel pump shut down solenoid and relay have also gone out on both of my trucks. Automatic transmission failures have occurred on both trucks at the 70000-75000 miles .

Filed Sep 16, 2002 · Brakes · OK

Dealership only replaced rubber boots, and not vacuum lines, resulting in oil pumping into vacuum lines.

Filed Aug 15, 2002 · Brakes · IL

Hydraulic brake line leaking fluid, making it hard for consumer to stop. Dealer notified.

Filed Nov 13, 2001 · Brakes · WY

When this problem first happened in 1998, we took it to the dodge dealer here in cheyenne, wy and they said the calibrater was bad and fixed the right side only. When it started pulling on the left side, it was worse. My wife was driving home on the frontage road when a car stopped short in front of her to make a turn and she had to slam on the brakes hard and it jerked her into the lane of oncoming traffic and there was almost a head on collision. We took it to our master mechanic at another dealership and he told us this is an on going problem with these trucks. He also said you can't only fix on side. The fact that my wife could have been killed because of this problem and that chrysler refused to do anything about it is very upsetting. The cost to fix this was $500.00 and that was only because my wife works at the dealership where it was fixed. Our mechanic had come from the dodge dealership as a master technician and also drives a dodge. This needs to be addressed with chrysler and they need to held responsible and fix the problem. We don't need to lose our loved ones because chrysler does'nt feel this is a problem.