Dodge Ram wagon Engine Problems
201 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 2 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2002. Best year: 2003.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
This vehicle had last been started and driven 7 hrs prior and exploded in the driveway, caught the house on fire and nearly killed my son who was near the inside wall of the house. The engine blew and then the front tires. Three explosio...
HELLO, I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY DODGE RAM THE FUEL LINE SYSTEM JUST CRACKED AND CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE AND BLOW UP WHILE MYSELF IN MY 7 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WAS IN THE VEHICLE MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE DAY ONE...
CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLES BACK CAB HYDROPLANED AND FISHTAILED OUT OF CONTROL AT LESS THEN 25MPH AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND DRIVER WAS HURT.
GAS PEDAL STUCK, AND CAUSED UNINTENDED ACCELERATING WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET. VEHICLE SPUN OUT WHILE MY HUSBAND TRIED TO GET THE PEDAL UNSTUCK THE TRUCK SPUN OUT MORE AND TURNED A 180 FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC BACK PASSE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM MODEL R35. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN SMOKE EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND FLAMES WERE VISIBLE FROM THE HOOD. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO DRIVE INTO A DITCH BUT THERE WAS NO CRASH. T...
I WAS IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT ON THE DATE ABOVE AND AFTER ROLLING THE TRUCK 6 TIMES THE FUEL DIDN'T SHUT OFF TO THE TRUCK AND IT WAS STILL RUNNING. I BELIEVE THAT THE INERTIA SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED AND DIDN'T SHUT OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE...
2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAD A LEAK IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND CAUGHT FIRE. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK, AND MELTED THE GAS TANK AND BED LINER. *JB
2003 DODGE RAM FUEL LINES ROTTED RESULTING IN A SEVERE LEAK. *KB ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER CANNOT OR WILL NOT PRODUCE A REPLACEMENT FUEL LINE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN IDLE, THE VEHICLE BE...
DT: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ELEVEN HOURS HE TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND HEARD A LOUD BACKFIRE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FILLED WITH SMOKE , AND HE EXITED THE VEHICLE. TH...
THE FACTORY UNDERCOATING WAS PUT SO HEAVY AND SLOPPY THAT WHEN THE ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM HEATS UP THE UNDERCOATING DRIPS ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND EXHAUST PIPE "FLASHING" CAUSING HAZARDOUS FUMES TO ENTER THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE THRU THE...
MY DASH ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM HAS BEEN FALLING APART AND DROPPING INTO MY VENTS. IT IS SO BAD I HAD TO PUT CARPET OVER IT. NOW I'M HAVING HEATER REPAIRS DONE ON IT. I CALLED DODGE AND THEY WON'T DO A THANG ABOUT IT. I HAVE KIDS AND BOTH O...
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW CAUSING ME TO ALMOST GET HIT IN TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE BLEW, HOWEVER THERE IS A TSB IN REGARDS TO THE OIL PRESSURE STATING THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE. THE ONLY WAY TO COR...