pgoelz says:
I bought a 95 1/2 ton short bed because of my heavy offroad use. I am fairly pleased with my rig with the exception of the braking system. My brakes don't howl as yours, but they have a severe tendency to pull to the right. I have taken it in to the dealer 6 times for repair, however it still pulls to the right. I would say 80% of the time it's not too bad, but 20% of the time it about takes me off the road! Not good. The dealer stated that a lot of the trucks are experiencing this same problem.

TMorris358 says:
Jim, I am sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience with your New Dodge Ram. I am about to buy a used 1994 and I would like to know if this is a recurring thing or if yours was a fluke, because I sure don't want to spent the money if that is what's going to happen. Please E mail me back at: CPHD29XXXXXXX.com and let me know what you think I should do. Thanks, Tyson Morris

cuddles says:
We have had similar problems to yours both with our 95 Dodge and the = dealer. We are very interested to know of other problems you have had = and if you know of any recalls or other bulletins that have been = released. Like you we spent 30,000 on a new truck and have had no end = of problems. Thank you for any information you can give us.

Orhbutch says:
Just read your message about Dodge Ram 4X4 brake problems and it "hit a nerve." I have a 94 Ram 2500 4X4 and have experienced excessive brake wear and noisy (i.e. squealing) brakes. I believe it may be associated with poor design of the caliper and or piston on the front brakes. You mentioned that you have or saw a technical bulletin on the problem. I would really appreciate the number and a short gist of the bulletin if you would be so kind as to send it to me.

dweis19 says:
I Have only had my ram a couple of days.175 miles on it.just spent 6 hours,and the 100 miles to get my viser instalded .came back to complain about other things.was called a liar by the dealer and don't have what I payed for.I want to complain to someone. this is my 1ST try. I WILL GO INTO DETAIL AND SHOW THE BAD DEALER'S NAME WHEN I FIND THE BEST WAY TO DO SO.

jason says:
I'm very interested in the problems you have encountered with your truck. I don't have a Dodge Ram yet but I have one on order. The latest estimate is that it will be here sometime between August and October as a 1997 model ( I ordered it in the first week of March ). I ordered the Ram 1500 4x4 Club Cab with the short bed. I'm interested in what made you decide to have the frame checked and what that kind of thing costs.

Racing29 says:
i am thinking about buying a dodge truck. Please give me any information u could about buying the truck. Please list all of the problems u have had thanks

JDAUGHER says:
Really like your column on the Dodge. Sorry you had so much trouble. Can you please advise me if such a column exists for the Dodge Caravan. I just bought a piece of crap. After 150 miles, 3 days, no odometer, no speedometer, and no gear indicator. What a piece of shit!!!!!!!! Good luck John

buddy says:
It isn't just Dodge Rams ... apparently it is Dodge products in general .. I'm particularly fond of the utility of the mini-vans ... I've owned several and have had some significant problem with each one of them ... I guess I should have learned by now, but the dealers always promised that the big problem from last year was fixed ... they were not telling the truth ... the last two vans have had serious transmission problems .. I've been fighting the systemn for a while now at the dealer level and I'm tired of it ... any suggestions on who to go to next

cfisher says:
My husband purchased a new Dodge in January 1994, when they were first out. No problems until last spring when Stew Hansen Dodge in Des Moines had the truck for 37 days out of a 45 day period. The truck pulled to one side or the other. Stew Hansen was very good about giving us a van to drive. Then in August they advised us that Dodge was buying us out of the truck and what did we want. So we ordered a new Dodge Truck V-10 this time in the same color and same accessories. Then we were advised that the truck would be delayed because they had run out of green paint for the 1996. So on Veterans Day of 1995 we were the proud owners of the NEW truck with NO problems. Within 300 hundred miles there was a noice in the brakes. At 1,106 miles the truck started pulling to the right when trying to stop. Repeat, Repeat. They have now replaced the brakes, rotors, and calibers and now the truck pulls to the left. This truck has about 3,000 miles now and as of 5/14/96 we have not had the truck into the shop for repairs again. It doesn't pull all the time and we are waiting for it to be more consistent. There should be some place we could call to get these problems taken care of. The Factory man has driven this new truck as well as he did the old one and they advise me that occassionally they have had this problem but not consistently. Now don't you think that it is rather strange we have the same problem with both trucks?

electro says:
I haven't had any trouble with my 1500 4x4, but was just curios has if you have had much of a negative response.

Dern says:
I have had my 1996 Dodge Ram 15004x4 Sport for almost two months now. It's been in the shop a total of 8 days and everything still isn't right. The first problem was with the passenger side door frame towards the front of the truck. It was badly bent and twisted from the factory. They fixed it at their bodyshop under warranty. After I had gotten the truck back there was this annoying noise coming from the door they had just fixed. Plus the truck was very dirty from the bodyshop. I was so disgusted I cleaned it myself. Now as far as the door squeak goes. I took it in to the Dodge dealer down the road from my house(not were I bought it from). This dealer is closer by 20 minutes from were I had bought the truck. The service guy said the doors were out of alignment. OK that worked for two days. The squeak came back. Took it in again and they found a piece of tape missing from the top of the door. Squeak Finally cured. Also all along this time I had complained of a rough idle. I never drove a truck before! The dealer said that this truck does it because the engine runs so lean. Ok fine I can live with that. But then the engine starts to get rpm flairs of 200-400 bursts of rpm. This really is pissing me off. When the truck is in drive you can see the tach move a little bit but when its in park and at idle it goes nuts. The first time I took it to the dealer the truck didn't even do it for them. The minute I got home of course it started doing it. The reason the truck was doing this said the service guy is that the truck needs about 6000 miles for its computer to adapt to the fuel mixture and "find itself". That's bullshit. The minute you start the truck it should find itself. The service guy said if it happened again bring it right in and he will look at it. So I took it in early part of last week and he finally saw the truck do it. So he put a fax into Chrysler to see if there were any service notes on this particular problem. Two days later I got a call back from him saying Chrysler couldn't find anything. So now I take it in tomorrow and they can have the truck to take readings off the engine when this problem occurs and send those readings into Chrysler for an answer. By the way the engine is 5.9L V8 360 evrything is still stock on it. Accept I added a tonnoue cover and had the windows tinted. The truck has 2500miles on it and I get 14.5-15.0 mpg a lot better than what the sticker says.

103330 says: (air head)
The problem you have is accepting the fact that you got the one in a million truck that has a bent frame. If you would think you could probably figure out that the shaking of the mirrors and the honking brake pedal probably both had something to do with the bent frame. If alot of dodge were like yours they wouldn't be selling so well. Why dont you stop giving dodge trucks a bad name and write a letter to dodge and they will probably order you a new truck and give you a hellacious discount. Dodge trucks out-tow chevy and ford, and any other truck. They have gobs of power to spare, so quit whining and take my advice. You should quit giving everybody the wrong idea about dodge.


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