1998 Dodge RAM 3500: fire, smoke or burning smell

5 of the 105 complaints about the 1998 Dodge RAM 3500 describe fire, smoke or burning smell.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 5%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year

2012
6
2011
2
2010
2
2009
1
2008
8
2007
7
2006
1
2005
4
2004
3
2003
1
2001
2
2000
2
1999
4
1998
5
1997
10
1996
1
1995
1
1994
5

What owners say

Filed Dec 21, 2005 · Electrical, Fuel system · 92,179 miles · WA · fire

Dt: the contact started vehicle in order to move it. Then, he turned the vehicle off. The starter kept running, causing the vehicle to catch on fire. The fire was extinguished. The vehicle was towed to a dealership to be inspected. They found the fuel shut off solenoid shorted out. The manufacturer was contacted.

Filed Sep 8, 2003 · Brakes, Electrical · 46,565 miles · MI · fire

1998-2001 b-van (dodge full size) bs control module is protected with a 40 amp fuse. A 10 ga. Wire comes out of the control module then the wire "y"'s out to two 14 ga. Wires. It appears as though the ABS pump or relay sticks on these vehicles. Then one of the 14 ga. Wires over heats and starts the wiring harness on fire. The 40 amp fuse does not blow. The fire continues until the entire van is fully enguled in flames.

Filed Feb 14, 2002 · Electrical · MI · fire

Consumer exited vehicle, and when he came back the interior of the vehicle was on fire which started in the left front dashboard area.*jb (ohio traffic report#10-90-733)

Filed Nov 24, 1999 · Electrical · TX · fire

These are 2 trucks of the same kind we owned that caught on fire in the same way.

Filed Jul 29, 1999 · Electrical · AR · fire

While driving vehicle caught on fire in the engine compartment due to a malfunction within the main fuse wiring harness. Please give any further details.