Seven problems related to front suspension have been reported for the 2000 Dodge Ram 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Hard left hand u-turn causes tire to rub on lower a frame, shredding tire. Dt.
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The accident occured August 23, 2001. The truck was brought to autoplex 2000 in beaumont, TX. The front passenger side of the truck was hit. The estimated damages came to be around $8,900. 00. When the truck was fixed and my husband was to go and pick it up, we recieved a call that the gate in the service department had hit my driver side door. Well in order for them to fix the door, they had to take off the heated mirror. Since that was done and we got the truck back, we could no longer use the heated mirrors,heater, or the airconditioning. We had to take the fuse out because the switch would stay on. The fuse would not blow out it would just stay on. Well, with the switch staying on the wiring in the dash would catch fire. So we had nothing. The problem with the front end is that the tires on the right, and left side are being cut into. This was not accuring before the accident. We put two sets of new tires on the truck in the process of trying to get the truck back in the shop to be fixed. We were told that we had put to big of a tire on the truck, that, that was the cause for the tires being cut. But we still had our window sticker from when we bought the truck and showed them that with the options package on the truck that size of tire is what came on the truck. Everything that is wrong with the truck now is still things that didn't get checked and fixed from the accident. They are saying it isn't accident related. I have a 5 year old and a 3 year old. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle. My husband and I went and bought another truck for that reason. Our only means of transportation and not feeling safe driving it was a problem. They say that they can't find anything wrong with the truck. But apparently there is for the tires to be getting cut. And with it being the same size tire that came on the truck. Thank you, melissa estes.
A conversion van; while driving at 45 mph + vehicle sways from side to side and vibrates, especially when driving behind a semi truck. Vehicle wanders all over highways. Please provide further information.
The front end is subject to failure and may cause a loss of control.
(1) tire pressure - unable to attain a service ticket (2) replace front tire - faulty side wall - unable to attain a service ticket (3) check alignment, steering wheel off center. Unknown as to what was done - did get a service ticket. For some reason they where looking for tire shimmy at about 30 mph. At a later date I was discussing this shimmy repair with service tech ron jacobs. He informed me that he did that service ticket, and he could not find a shimmy problem while road testing the truck, but did notice that the steering was off. (4) I called ron thomson (owner of thompson Dodge) to talk about what was going on and explained the problem in detail. I took the truck back in for service once again and picked it up later that evening. I spoke to ron jacobs about the repair and I was assured that the truck was thoroughly looked over and that an alignment was performed. While driving the truck home I immediately noticed that the problem was worse than before. I placed a call to your customer center the next day to see if I could take the vehicle to another dealer for service on this same problem, and I was informed that I could seek service at another dealer. (5)I made an appointment at timonium Dodge located at 10300 york rd, cockeysville, MD 21030. I dropped truck off in the morning and picked it up at noon. A front end alignment was performed and upon driving the truck home I did notice slight improvement. As time progressed the steering problem came back. (6) I took it to timonium Dodge again for the same problem and that the tires were starting to show unusual wear. Again, the truck was realigned. It was noted on service ticket that (toe out slightly road test - still pulls slightly - cross rotate front tires - road test. And of course, driving home with the same problem slightly improved at this time.
Consumer states he is having front end problems where the vehicle would pull to the right while traveling, consumer was informed that uneven tire wear was caused by not having the tires rotated, the tires were replaced and now the vehicle pulls to the left.