NHTSA Complaint #10167285 — 2002 DODGE RAM CLUB CAB

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN PUTTING IN DRIVE. FEELS LIKE IT'S STARTING OFF IN THIRD GEAR OR SOMETHING. WORKS IF YOU PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR, OR SECOND, JUST NOT DRIVE. IT HAPPENED ALL AT ONCE FOR NO REASON. ALSO AIR CONDITIONING ONLY WORKS WHEN MOVING. IF YOU STOP IT DOESN'T WORK. I HAVE HAD THE FREON CHECKED AND IS OKAY. AND NOW JUST TODAY, IT DIED FOR NO REASON. I STOPPED AT THE BANK TO MAKE AN OVERNIGHT DEPOSIT, WHEN BACK TO MY TRUCK, AND TURNED THE KEY AND NOTHING. JUST LIKE THAT. I HAD TO WALK AT LEAST A 1/2 MILE TO THE NEAREST PHONE TO HAVE MY SON COME GET ME. WE JUMPED THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED. BUT THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WERE FLASHING. THAN JUST BEFORE I GOT HOME, THE CHECK GAUGES LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BATTERY GAUGE WAS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. ONE MORE THING, I HAVE HAD THE SHOCKS REPLACED 5 TIMES IN FRONT. AND MY BACK ONES ARE NOW BROKE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD IN THIS TRUCK, I DON'T "HOT ROD" IT, JUST NORMAL EVERYDAY CITY DRIVING. *NM