2001 DODGE RAM VAN Recalls, Complaints & Safety

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS DETECTED COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT UNPLUGGED THE BATTERY AND THE NOISE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM SOUTHWEST (7980 W TUFTS AVE, LITTLETON, CO 80123, (303-578-6099) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE TOOLS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,683.

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2001 DODGE RAM VAN 1500 HAS MAJOR FRAME ROT ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FRAME GOING TO BUMPER. TO REPAIR IT WOULD BE COSTLY AND WE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE AND A MECHANIC TOLD ME IF IT BREAKS WE WILL LOSE STEERING CONTROL. I HAVE SEEN THE SAME ON OTHER RAM VANS ALSO. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL OR FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE VAN HAS 169,000 MILES AND IS A CONVERSION VAN.

I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE RECALLS ON THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, YEAR THAT ADDRESS ISSUES ALL AFFECTING MY VEHICLE YET THEY DO NOT SHOW ON A VIN SEARCH OF OPEN RECALLS. MOST OF THESE RECALLS AFFECT BRAKES BOTH IN INCREASED LONGEVITY IN STOPPING AND LEAKING AT THE REAR AXLE, HEADLIGHTS IN TERMS OF FEDERAL STANDARDS ON LUMINOSITY, TIRE SIZE CONCERNING LOAD SIZE ( HAVE HAD MORE THEN SIX BLOWOUTS IN 15,000 MILES), AIR BAGS DISABLING DUE TO SOUND DAMPENER AND THE CORRESPONDING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIGHTING INEFFECTUALLY DUE TO THESE ISSUES.

DIFFICULT TO GET THE GEARSHIFT OUT OF PARK. A RECALL HAS BEEN DONE ON THE IGNITION/PARKSHIFT INTERLOCK FOR AN ISSUE "THE IGNITION/PARK SHIFT INTERLOCK SYSTEM MAY BECOME INOPERATIVE.". THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THE PART THAT HAS FAILED IS NOT THE SAME AS THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL AND WANTS OVER $2,000 FOR A NEW STEERING COLUMN OR OVER $1,000 FOR A JUNKYARD STEERING COLUMN. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AGREES WITH THE DEALERSHIP BUT NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE IGNITION/PARK SHIFT INTERLOCK IS NOT RELATED TO THE IGNITION/PARK SHIFT INTERLOCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ABRUPT ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

WHILE DRIVING VAN, HEARD A LOUD BANG IN FRONT END. NOTICED THAT FRONT SWAY BAR BRACKETS BROKE OFF FRAME DO TO FRAME ROT. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, UPPER A FRAME BRACKETS ARE SEPARATING FROM FRAME MOUNTS DUE TO FRAME ROT. ALSO, FRAME CONNECTING FRONT BUMPER AND RADIATOR SO RUSTED THAT I CAN PUSH A SCREWDRIVER THROUGH FRAME. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN B1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE STEERING COLUMN FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 184,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN B350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE NONOPERATIONAL. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATE, SIMILAR TO THE FAILURE DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V153000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

CHRYSLER RECALL G28 ON MY VAN WAS NEVER DONE. DEALER SAYS IT WAS COMPLETED ON 02/20/2008 WHICH COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED SINCE VEHICLE IS OFF ROAD BETWEEN DEC. & APRIL 01, EVERY YEAR SINCE I PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 03/31/2001. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE THIS SERVICE DONE WITHOUT CHARGE BUT DEALER WON'T DO IT. FURTHER MORE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED REPAIRED WHEN I KNOW I NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE OR HAD IT REPAIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT BECAME "UNHINGED" FROM THE BRACKETS THAT HELD IT IN PLACE, MAKING THE SEAT UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE IGNITION. THE PART WAS REPAIRED. HE STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL NO LONGER LOCKED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 138,300.

THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUED SAFETY RECALL D20 IN 2004 TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERIZON HAS HAD 29 INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION. *TR

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THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VAN WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT A JOBSITE WHERE HE WAS WORKING. HE POURED WATER & SODA ON THE FIRE TO EXTINGUISH IT. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUED SAFETY RECALL D20 IN 2004 TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERIZON HAS HAD 29 INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION. *TR

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THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. A CUSTOMER NOTIFIED THE DRIVER THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VAN WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT A JOBSITE WHERE HE WAS WORKING. HE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE USING THE CUSTOMER'S FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUED SAFETY RECALL D20 IN 2004 TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERIZON HAS HAD 29 INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION. *TR

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, THE CONTACT TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL QUICKLY TO THE LEFT AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A RAILROAD GATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V555000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT). HE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000. UPDATED 01/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 01/29/08 *TR

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THE PROBLEM I HAVE HAD IS THAT THE ABS CONTROLS AND VALVES ARE MOUNTED UNDER THE BATTERY AND ACID HAS EATEN THE BRAKE LINES AND ABS VALVES. LUCKILY IT FAILED IN THE PARKING LOT AND NOT ON THE ROAD MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY SCENARIO! *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LATCH ON THE SLIDING DOOR OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAME UNLATCHED ANY TIME THE INSIDE HANDLE WAS RETURNED TO A NEUTRAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE LOCKING MODULE HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - *NM

I HAVE A DODGE VAN 1500 WITH 22000 MILES. THE TIE ROD ENDS FAILED, AND THE BALL JOINTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING. I REPLACED THE TIE ROD ENDS AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS SOON. *JB

2001 DODGE CONVERSION VAN DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THERE WAS A NOISE AND UPON PULLING OVER AND TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. *SC

HEATER CORE LEAKS,AND SMOKE COMES OUT OF THE VENT ON THE DASHBOARD. THE ANTI-FREEZE POURS OUT ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING BURNED. ANTI-FREEZE FILM COVERS THE WINDOWS.*AK

DESIGN FLAW COMPLAINT ON DODGE RAM VAN 1500 SAFETY BELTS NEVER WORK PROPERLY. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT HANGS DOWN AND GETS STUCK BEHIND AND BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. *JB

VEHICLE DOESN'T DEFROST. ALL WINDOWS STEAM UP AND THEN ICE UP. INCLUDING FRONT WINDOW LEAVING ALMOST ZERO VISIBILITY. TOOK TO LAKE DODGE, IN (FEB. 2004) AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RECIRCULATION DOORS RS THAT WERE STICKING AND NEEDED TO BE LUBED UP. SEEMED TO HELP UNTIL DEC. 2004. WINDOWS STEAMED UP AND ICED UP AGAIN. WAS TOLD BY LAKE DODGE, IN THAT THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO TAKE MY ENTIRE DASH APART TO REACH THESE RECIRCULATION DOORS TO LUBE THEM UP EVERY YEAR. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND HOW TO LUBE THEM LET ALONE TAKE MY ENTIRE DASH APART WITHOUT BREAKING ANYTHING! CALLED CHRYLSER AND JENNIFER SAID SHE WOULD HAVE SO LAKE DODGE TAKE CARE OF IT THIS TIME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE! I HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW CLOSE CALLS. MY CHILDREN AND I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY THE NEXT TIME! *JB

THE VERIZON VEHICLE HAD AN UNDERHOOD FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A VERIZON PARKING LOCATION. THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. THE ABS MODULE AND WIRING CONNECTOR, TRUCK BATTERY, AND VARIOUS OTHER UNDER HOOD COMPONENTS WERE BURNT. VERIZON HAS HAD SIMILAR FIRES IN THIS MODEL VAN AND FEELS THAT THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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THE VERIZON VEHICLE HAD AN UNDERHOOD FIRE WHILE BEING DRIVEN WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. THE ABS MODULE AND WIRING CONNECTOR, TRUCK BATTERY, AND OTHER UNDER HOOD COMPONENTS WERE BURNT. VERIZON HAS HAD SIMILAR FIRES IN THIS MODEL VAN AND FEELS THAT THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILED ON MY 2001 DODGE FULL SIZE RAM VAN. *AK

VEHICLE DOESN'T DEFROST. WINDOWS STEAM UP AND ICE UP, CREATING ZERO VISIBILIT OUT ALL OF THE SIDE WINDOWS AND WRAPS AROUND THE FRONT WINDOWS.. THIS WAS BROUGHT IN TO SOUTH OAK DODGE, IN ILLINOIS WHILE STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, THEY DEODORIZED THE EVAPORATOR COIL AND SAID I WAS FIXED. WENT BACK A WEEK LATER WITH SAME PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CALLED CHRYSLER AND SANDY SAID THIS IS RETARDED" AND SHE CALLED THE DEALER, ONLY TO TELL ME, SORRY WE CAN'T HELP YOU. I CANT SEE OUT MY WINDOWS. YOU CANT BACK A VAN UP WITHOUT MIRRORS. THIS IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF THIS ISN'T FIXED. VERY VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

VEHICLE DOESN'T DEFROST. WINDOWS STEAM UP, IF COLD ENOUGH ICE UP. NO VISIBILITY OUT ALL SIDE WINDOWS. BROUGHT IN WHILE STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT. WENT BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER AND WAS TOLD IT IS A "CHARACTERISTIC" OF THIS VEHICLE, "PUT SOME CARDBOARD IN FRONT OF THE RADIATOR". I TRIED IT AND IT DIDN'T WORK. THIS IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF THIS ISN'T FIXED.*AK

I HAVE A 15 PASSENGER VAN AND THE BACK BENCH IS SUPPOSE TO HOLD 4 PEOPLE ,BUT THE TWO MIDDLE SEATBELTS DO NOT RESTRAIN PROPERLY. THE MALE AND FEMALE BELTS ARE ATTACHT TO THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FLOOR FOR THE RIGHT PASSENGER AND THE MALE AND FEMALE BELTS FOR THE LEFT PASSENGER ARE ATTACHED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FLOOR MAKING IT SO THE BELTS FORM A KIND OF A NOOSE AROUND THE TWO MIDDLE PASSENGERS. IN OTHER WORDS ALL THE SEAT BELTS ARE CONECTED TO THE OUSIDE EDGES OF THE VAN FLOOR IN THE BACK ROW MAKING IT SO THE TWO MIDDLE BACK RIDERS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE RESRAIND FROM BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE HIPS.*AK

FUEL TANKS MOVE AROUND, WHEN BRAKING FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS BEING STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

INTERLOCK SHIFT IS NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY AND THAT CONSUMER'S 15 MONTH OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

B3500 MODEL VEHICLE. TIRE'S VALVE STEM IS SEPARATING FROM RUBBER AND METAL, CAUSING TIRES TO DEFLATE. VALVE STEM IS MANUFACTURED BY SCHRADER PART # TR-600HP. *AK *TT

B3500 MODEL VEHICLE.TIRE'S VALVE STEM IS SEPARATING FROM RUBBER AND METAL, CAUSING TIRES TO DEFLATE. VALVE STEM IS MANUFACTURED BY SCHRADER PART # TR-600HP. *AK *TT