1997 DODGE RAM 2500 Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

6 NHTSA complaints on file

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Engine And Engine Coolingengine Issues in the 1997 DODGE RAM 2500

6 engine and engine coolingengine complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1997 DODGE RAM 2500. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Engine And Engine Coolingengine Complaints

#10142873 | November 16, 2005

MY DODGE 1997 RAM 2500 TRUCK WITH 8.0L V-10 ENGINE SUFFERED SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE SEIZURE ON 13 AUGUST 2005. THE TRUCK HAD 74254 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE OIL LEVEL IN THE ENGINE WAS NORMAL (FULL) AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. AFTER THE ENGINE FAILURE, THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DODGE TRUCK DEALER IN BOZEMAN, MONTANA. I WAS ADVISED BY THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER THAT HE HAD SEEN SEVERAL DODGE TRUCK V-10??S WITH SEIZED ENGINES DUE TO OIL PUMP FAILURES BUT HE KNEW OF NO FACTORY PROGRAM TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE DEALER PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE OF $9461 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH A MOPAR REBUILT ENGINE AND PROVIDE A 3-YEAR WARRANTY ON THE WORK. GIVEN THE RELATIVELY HIGH REPAIR COST QUOTED BY THE DEALER, AND AN APPARENT LACK OF...

#10050390 | December 11, 2003

WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD A FAULTY CRACK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR, THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS TOO HIGH IN THE PRESSURE RESERVE TANK AND THE CYLINDER HEADS WERE REPLACED. *JB *NM

#10043925 | October 28, 2003 Fire

1997 DODGE RAM 2500 EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS.*MR CONSUMER BACKED OUT THE DRIVEWAY AND AS THE VEHICLE REACHED THE STREET, THE ENGINE DIED. CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE, AT FIRST IT SEEMED TO HAVE CHOKED THEN WENT ON FINE. THE CONSUMER DECIDED TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS ACTING SLUGGISH. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED TO THE DIP SHE SMELLED FUMES. IT WASN'T GAS BUT AN OILY SMELL, IT LASTED A FEW SECONDS. CONSUMER WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS HER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HERS HAD A SMOKING TAILPIPE. THE CONSUMER DECIDED TO PULLED OVER AND PHONED A WRECKER. BEFORE SHE COULD PULL OVER OTHER DRIVERS AND BY-STANDERS WERE INFORMING HER OF SMOKE. SHE DIDN'T SMELL OR SEE ANY SMOKE. WITHIN SECONDS THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND OPENED THE DOOR. FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AS WELL....

#10040342 | September 23, 2003

INTERMITTENTLY, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK WHEN PLACED INTO GEAR AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR TO RELEASE IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT RELEASES SUDDENLY IN A WAY WHICH CAUSED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK THE DEALER COMPLETED THE RECALL WORK ON THE VEHICLE IN FALL 2002 AFTER WHICH THE PROBLEM SURFACED. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE A/C WAS ON. (STALLED CONTINUALLY) *SCC *JB

#8023934 | December 9, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INTAKE GASKETS BLEW WHILE DRIVING CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL. CONSUMER NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION. TS

#846449 | September 2, 1999

WHEN DRIVING AT HWY SPEED THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE DUE TO ENGINE ROD COMPLETELY MALFUNCTIONING. *AK

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