Three problems related to hood hinge have been reported for the 1996 Dodge Ram 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
While driving south on the new jersey turnpike on 0/22/08, the hood on my Dodge Ram 1500 opened crashing my windshield completely and damaging the hood itself. I was able to drive all the way to my destination in texas. While in texas, I was trying to find a replacement hood but was never successful until I decided to look for information online about my truck and came to the carfact website where I found the was a recall on the secondary hood latch on it. When I contacted the Chrysler company about the recall the decided not to replaced the damaged hood and re-imburse me for the damaged windshield.
: the contact stated while driving 45mph, the hood safety latch failed allowing the hood to fly upward into the air. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the latch was replaced under a recall, however the dealer would not replace the hinges or hood. The NHTSA recall campaign id# is not available.
Damaged hood,windshield,hood hinges,wiper arms.