Starter failed.
1996 Dodge Ram transmission complaints
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Received recall notice (397v084000). Called dealer & set appointment. Supposedly did the recall, but transmission was damaged. Owner noticed oil on ground after recall repairs was done. Had a cracked transmission case. Dealer does not know when it will be replaced.
While driving vehicle in cold wheater the transmission locks up and will not shift in a higher gear. This happens when going about 30mph. Dealer says that they have no idea what the problem is on this vehicle.
Automatic transmission makes noise while in reverse gear.
Transmission failed.
Had received the recall notice (#97v084000) in mail. Called in to make appointment with dealer. Took the vehicle to dealer. They kept it over a week. They did not repair the recall problem. Did not explain why they could not do it.
Transmission quick cooler line connect recall work not completed due to scheduling problem.
Transmission failure resulted in fire prior to recall.
Overdrive unit broke, causing sudden acceleration.
Vehicle experienced a transmission overheating problem. Also, vehicle pulled to the left upon braking/front end misalignment pulled vehicle to the right.
Transmission failed times.
Drive shaft center support came loose from its mounting bracket.
Vacume hoses sucks oil through vacuum lines.
Transmission failed.
Rear axle seal failed.
Replaced rear wheel cylinder.
Torque converter locks up while towing near capacity loads up hill.
Rear axle seal leaks fluid onto brakes.
Differential noise.
Windshield prisms reflect in eyes at night.
Drive shaft failed.
Was driving and the ABS and brake light came on, brake pedal went to the floor, took to dealer once and replaced the master cylinder, now the truck is at dealer for rear seal repair.
Suspension failure, the rear axle broke while driving, causing loss of control.
Put the vehicle in park, got out of vehicle and it slipped into reverse and ran over me. Took vehicle to repair shop and the dealer said the linkage was off about 1 inch.
While traveling 70 MPH, driveshaft seperated from the back axle. Dealership indicated have not seen this before. Driveshaft, universal joint and collar straps on rear are being worked on. Please describe details.
Transfer case and universal joint broke.
Transmission slips in/out of third gear.
Routing of transfer hoses cause hoses to burn/melt on exhaust/4 wheel drive to fail.
Truck was in park, driver got out truck, truck jumped into reverse, ran over driver's leg. Leg was lost. Has happened twice since then.
Consumer was driving and the steering came apart. *ak consumer states the upper universal joint dropped off the steering shaft, causing no steering control, the steering shaft and universal joint were not assembled properly at the factory, upper universal joint was barely stuck onto the end of the steering shaft, the universal joint was stuck onto the shaft only up to the area of the upper universal joint.
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