Table 1 shows eleven common service brakes related problems of the 1998 Dodge Ram 1500. The number one most common problem is related to the brake disc pads (eleven problems). The second most common problem is related to the brake electric antilock (ten problems).
I have just over 36,000 miles on the truck. I am on my third set of pads for the front and have replaced the shoes once. In addition, I've had the drums and rotors turned. The dealer responds by charging me to adjust the rear brakes. I have had this done but continue to eat up the front brakes. Read details...
I had a problem with the right brake ever since I bought the truck. I took it into the Dodge dealer in victorville who told me that I did not have a recall so it would cost me to chnage the rotors since it was damaged. Read details...
Rear brake line is well known to fail. Read details...