58 of the 496 complaints about the 1999 Dodge RAM are about the transmission — 12% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 68,413 miles.
58
Complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
POWER TRAIN
1999 DODGE RAM ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A POND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS RELEASED FROM PARK.*MR THE CONSUMER 2 YEAR OLD SON RELEASED THE VEHICLE FROM PARK WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. THE TRANSAXLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO.
NHTSA complaint #10134546 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM ENGINE. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER.
NHTSA complaint #10113847 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE TRANSMISSION PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND ALL PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB COMMON PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10096591 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. IN TRAFFIC DECIDES TO DOWN SHIFT BY ITSELF.
NHTSA complaint #10068874 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
IT'S BEEN DRIVING WITHOUT PROBLEMS, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP. COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC TOLD A PROBLEM ON TRANSMISSION/SPEED CHECKING SENSOR. UPON FURTHER CHECK AT THE REPAIR SHOP, THEY FOUND A LOT OF SMALL METAL DEBRIS AROUND THE SPEED CHECKING SENSOR INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. NOW TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10069023 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION: DODGES COMPUTER CONTROLS THE TORQUE CONVERTER FOR EMISSIONS AND FOR GAS MILEAGE. AFTER FOLLOWING DODGES SPECTS ON SERVICE FOR THE TRUCK AND NO ABUSE TO THE TRUCK WE STILL LOSS THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH THAN DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. STEERING: AT 30000 MILES THE SEALS IN THE STEERING GEAR BOX WENT OUT. AT 81000 AFTER REPAIR EARLIER THE SHAFT AND SEAL WENT OUT AND THE GEAR BOX HAD TO BE REPLACED. BOTH PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ARE PROBLEM DODGE WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR BUT HAPPEN WITH MOST OF THIS MODELS TRUCKS.
NHTSA complaint #10069316 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
FUEL PUMP QUIT WORKING.HAD TO PUT A NEW INJECTOR PUMP ON. TRANSMISSION HAS A CRACKED TAIL SHAFT ADAPTOR. THESE ARE BOTH UNUSUAL THINGS TO NORMALLY HAPPEN. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY THIS TIME, I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE FAULT OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS MOST LIKELY A DEFECT FROM THE BEGINNING. A HAIRLINE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED AT A PLACE WHERE IT COULD NOT HAVE NORMALLY BEEN DAMAGED.
NHTSA complaint #10070380 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
REPAIRED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM AND CHARGED ME PART OF THAT WHICH I ASSUMED WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SEAT BELT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED THEY SAY IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM BUT ACCORDING TO NHTSA, BELTS ARE MANUFACTURER?S PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION: WE WERE IN TRAFFIC IN MARCH IN HOUSTON TX WHEN TRANSMISSION DECIDED NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. DOWNSHIFTING IN TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT .THE DODGE PLACE SAID IT WAS THE VALVE BODY WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME THE BAND NEEDED ADJUSTING WHICH COST $87.00 AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST 1300.00 TO FIX I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND IT DID IT AGAIN 7 MONTHS LATER IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO TRIED TO REMEDY PROBLEM & OURSELF COULD NOT DO. CALLED DODGE CORP. AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US FINANCIALLY FIX THIS. WE DID THEY SAID THEY WOULD EXCEPT $200. I SAID OK FIX THE PROBLEM THEN THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID SINCE SOMEBODY ELSE HAD PUT PARTS ON IT THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT. I TOLD THEM THAT BEFORE THEY STARTED. SO GO FIGURE. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE JUST BECAUSE OF IT DOWN SHIFTING IN TRAFFIC ALONE BUT TO NO AVAIL
NHTSA complaint #10070662 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
THIS 1999 DODGE RAM WAS SOLD TO ME BY OZARK DODGE IN OZARK, MO. THIS VEHICLE IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A 2001 THAT WAS A MECHANICAL DISASTER. I HAD ASKED WHEN I DECIDED TO ACCEPT THEIR OFFER ON THE 1999 THAT THEY WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING: CHANGE ALL FLUIDS, ALIGNMENT,AND THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH THIS TRUCK. 3 MOS AFTER THE INITIAL PURCHASE I BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP AND HUNT FOR GEARS. I TOOK IT TO AURORA DODGE IN AURORA, MO. FOR THE WARRANTY REPAIRS AND THEY TOLD ME ALL REPAIRS HAD BEEN COMPLETED. THERE WAS ALSO A NOTE ON THE SERVICE ORDER THAT THE FLUID HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY POORLY SERVICED. WHICH TELLS ME THAT OZARK DODGE DIDN'T DO A DAM THING TO THIS TRUCK BEFORE THEY GAVE IT TO ME TO DRIVE AWAY!! I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER (8 DAYS) IT BEGAN SLIPPING AND HUNTING FOR GEARS AGAIN. I HAVE IT IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AGAIN THIS WILL BE IT'S 2ND VISIT TO THE SHOP FOR THIS.!! I CANNOT FIND ANYONE TO HELP ME TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER, I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OTHER NUMBERS THAT THEY HAD GIVEN ME AND TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS THE 2ND PIECE OF CHRYSLER ?!@#$% THEY HAVE GIVEN ME. THIS HAS TO END NOW!!! I AM REQUESTING THAT IF THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPAIRED THAT THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD IT TO ME (OZARK DODGE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORDERING ME A BRAND NEW TRUCK WITH THE SAME OPTIONS ON IT WITH A STANDARD TRANSMISSION INSTEAD OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANS. I HAVE ALL PAPERWORK DATING BACK TO THE PURCHASE OF THE 2001 THAT THEY SOLD ME KNOWING THAT IT WAS NOT ROAD READY AND A HAZARD TO WHOM EVER DROVE IT!!!
NHTSA complaint #10070678 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
THE DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT AT 134 MILES AND AGAIN AT 28,000 MILES, I WAS ON A THIRD DIFFERENTIAL. AT 46,000 MILES THE TRUCK IS WHING AND HOWLING AGAIN AND READY FOR A FOURTH DIFFERENTIAL. AT 28,000 MILE THE WINDSHIELD WAS FIXED FOR A THIRD TIME TO FINALLY STOP IT FROM LEAKING. THE WINDSHIELD REPAIR STARTED AT 24 MILES.
NHTSA complaint #10071194 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR UNTIL VEHICLE REACHED 25 MPH - 30 MPH INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.
NHTSA complaint #10034133 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE.
NHTSA complaint #10027247 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIPPING . THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
NHTSA complaint #8021308 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES RETURNED VAN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION BUT IS STILL EXPERIENCING DRAGGING WHEN AT A STOP WITH COOLING FAN ENGAGED.
NHTSA complaint #567230 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING OIL CONSUMER CALLED DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY WAS 1000 MILES OVER , THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE HIM FOR IT. IT SEEMED THAT TRANSMISSION MOUNT WAS WORN OUT.
NHTSA complaint #8011247 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE CRACKED AND FLUID SEEPED OUT. CONSUMER IS WONDERING IF THE SAME HEAT FROM EXHAUST MIGHT CAUSE SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN.
NHTSA complaint #785879 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND REPAIRED, BUT SAME PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE ADD VIN.
NHTSA complaint #8009614 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE CRACKED AND FLUID SEEPED OUT. CONSUMER IS WONDERING IF THE SAME HEAT FROM EXHAUST MIGHT CAUSE SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN.
NHTSA complaint #785879 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TRANSMISSION HAS BECOME REAL HARD TO CHANGE AND PUT INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #8002292 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRUCK WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT WITHOUT PUSHING ACCELERATOR ABOUT HALF WAY TO THE FLOOR. PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR THAT FAR DOWN COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER SAID THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK
NHTSA complaint #8002074 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH AND GOING OVER A BUMP TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF DRIVE GEAR INTO THE NEUTRAL GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.
NHTSA complaint #8001087 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAD STOPPED AT A BOAT RAMP TO LAUNCH BOAT. I TIED END OF ROPE TO BUMBER OF TRUCK AND THE OTHER END TO THE BOAT. I THEN WAS GOING TO BACK DOWN TO WATER UNTIL BOAT FLOATED OFF TRAILER AND THEN PULL AHEAD, STOP AND GET ROPE AND TIE BOAT TO DOCK. THE ROPE SNAGGED ON THE BUMBER OF TRUCK SO I PULLED UP, STOPPED, GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND WALKED TO BACK OF TRUCK. I GOT ROPE OFF OF BUMBER AND WAS COILING IT ON THE FRONT OF THE BOAT WHEN THE TRUCK JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ALMOST INJURED ME TWICE. ONCE WHEN IT ALMOST BACKED OVER ME AND ONCE WHEN I TRIED TO GET INTO IT TO PUT INTO GEAR, BUT WAS TOO LATE AND TRUCK ENTERED WATER AND SUNK. EVERYONE SAYS THAT I LEFT GEAR IN REVERSE, BUT HOW DID I GET OUT AND WALK TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK BEFORE IT STARTED TO MOVE?? I THINK TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS.
NHTSA complaint #754319 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
SAFETY ISSUE MY TWO CHILDREN CAN NOT BE IN THE TRUCK IF IT IS RUNNING BECAUSE IT WITH SHIFT INTO DRIVE BY PULLING THE LEVER. SAFETY INTERLOCK IS COMPLETLY BROKEN.
NHTSA complaint #751562 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I LEASED THIS VEHICLE NEW , AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, EVERY 10,000 MILES APPROXIMATELY, I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRACKER BAR REPLACED, TIE ROD ENDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED. THE FRONT END STILL SHIMMIES TERRIBLE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT TIMES. I ALSO HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION TROUBLE, AND ENGINE SKIPPING CONSTANTLY. I AM VERY UPSET WITH THE WAY I AM TREATED AT THE DEALER ALSO. THEY WERE VERY NICE TO ME WHEN THEY WANTED TO SELL THE VEHICLE BUT EVERY TIME I BRING IT IN TO THEM AND ASK WHY THEY CAN'T FIX IT, THEY GET HUFFY AND TRY TO PUT THE BLAME ON ME. NOW I COULD SEE IF THE VEHICLE WERE OLD, BUT IT HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT IT! I WAITED ALONG TIME TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A DODGE PICKUP, AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED, I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A CHEVY. I TRIED TO TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT LEMON LAWING IT BUT THEY WON'T TALK TO ME .
NHTSA complaint #749241 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED TRANSMISSION LIGHT WENT OFF. AFTER DRIVING A LITTLE WAYS TRANSMISSION MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, WHICH DETERMINED THAT TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED, AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED, MELTING VARIOUS PARTS WITHIN TRANSMISSION.TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT 12, 000 MILES/40, 000 MILES, AND NOW AT 46, 000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
NHTSA complaint #892473 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VERY BAD ENGINEER FLAWS, DESIGN, HARD TO KEEP GOING STRAIGHT, TRANS. VIBRATES/SHAKES TRUCK,STEERING COLUMN FEELS LOOSE,NO HELP FROM HOTLINE OR DEALER,ENGINE SPARK KNOCKS REAL BAD UNDER A LOAD, REAR BRAKES LOCK UP CONSTANTLY, CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF PROBLEMS CAN'T FIX AND MEET EPA EMISSION LAW.
NHTSA complaint #745918 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
AT 14000 MILES THE REAR END WAS MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS, DEALER REPLASED BERINGS,SHIMS AND SEALS WITH A FLUSH JOB. NOW AT 56000 THE REAR END IS DOING THE SAME, THE NOW TELL ME THAT THE SIDE AND PINION BERINGS SEALS AND SHIMS ARE BAD. THIS IS NOT RIGHT THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. I HAVE NOT TOED OR HAVE HAD ANY EXTRA HEAVY LOAD IN THE TRUCK. AT MY MILAGE THE TRUCK IS HARDLY BROKEN IN, I DROVE MY CHEVROLET AND FORD TRUCK BOTH 1/2 TONS WELL OVER 200K MILES AND NEVER A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR END. THIS ONE THE DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL IN LESS THEN 60K THE REAR END GOES TWO TIMES. THE OTHER PROBLEMS I HAD I DID NOT MAKE A BIG STINK ABOUT THEM I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. SO I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT, BUT THIS REAR END PROBLEM IS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK. I WORK FOR A LIVING I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO THROW IN THE WIND, THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF THE MANUFACTURER, THEY ARE THE ONE THAT SHOULD PAY FOR CRAPY MANUFACTURING. I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A FORD I KNOW THEY WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT ME WITH THE BILL.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )
NHTSA complaint #744240 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORST OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER YEAR VEHICLES TO CHRYSLER OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I WAS LUCKY AND IN MY CASE THE TRANSMISSION WNET OUT WHILE IN REVERSE IN A PARKING AREA AND I WAS ABLE TO RECRUIT HELP TO PUSH IT OUT OF TRAFFIC.
NHTSA complaint #743490 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISISION SERVICED, WITHIN 30 DAYS THE VEHICLE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, COUNSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS 3 QUARTS LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID. CONSUMER IS HAVING TROUBLE OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT A RECALL (NO SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE RECALL PROVIDED BY CONSUMER). NLM
NHTSA complaint #558552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN PAVEMENT VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
NHTSA complaint #881313 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.