1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Problems

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Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Issues in the 1999 DODGE RAM 2500

3 engine and engine coolingcooling system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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#10328179 | April 30, 2010

I OWN A 1999 DODGE/CUMMINS DIESEL 2500 TRUCK WITH A #53 CUMMINS ENGINE BLOCK. THIS ENGINE BLOCK HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK AND IS LEAKING COOLANT. THIS ENGINE BLOCK HAS A KNOWN DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IN RESEARCH, IT WAS FOUND FROM SOURCES SUCH AS THE TURBO DIESEL REGISTER.COM AND A NATIONAL REPAIR COMPANY - LOCKNSTITCH.COM - THAT 1000S (THOUSANDS) OF THESE BLOCKS HAVE CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE NECESSITATING REPAIRS COSTING OWNERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THUS FAR. THE COST TO ME ALONE TO REPAIR THIS BLOCK WILL BE $3000.00 WITH NO GUARANTEE IT WILL NOT CRACK AGAIN! I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FILED HERE. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NOTHING DONE ABOUT THIS OBVIOUS AND VERY COSTLY DEFECT??? *TR

#10263074 | March 25, 2009

BEFORE ANY ENGINE PERFORMANCE UP GRADE, RECOGNIZED AFTER TBS 18-019-01 INSTALLED IN THE ECM/PCM OF MY 1999 DODGE DIESEL 2500 24V COOLANT NOT CIRCULATING THROUGH ENGINE. TEMP FIX WITH NEW ECM AND TSB UPGRADE 10-040-02. NO CODE OR SERIOUS OVER HEAT ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS. BUT DOES RUN 190 DEGREES OR MORE UP HILL- WINTER MONTHS. SCALDING SIGNS INSIDE ENGINE AT THERMOSTAT CHANGE. MECHANIC CLUELESS UPON VISUAL OVER PRESSURE OF TOP RADIATOR HOSE AFTER ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMPS. SOFTWARE SEEM TO GO INTO DEFAULT OR HACKED CAL MODE. WITH THIS DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE IS SUDDENLY MILEAGE DECREASE, POWER AND SHIFTING ERRATIC SUDDENLY. OTHER SYMPTOMS NOT OBVIOUS EITHER. AGAIN EVERYTHING SEEM FINE AFTER LAST SOFTWARE BOOT BUT AFTER 100 MILES OR SO RETURNING HOME FROM OUT OF TOWN DEALERSHIP, TRUCK RUNNING LOOSELY AFTER OVER NIGHT SIT. *TR

#10102597 | December 10, 2004

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 4 X 4 QUAD CAB WITH THE V-10 MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW IN MARCH 1999, I HAVE TWICE REPLACED THE RR TRACK BAR ($200 PART, NOT INCLUDING LABOR) AND THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ($89 PART, NOT INCLUDING LABOR). THIS TRUCK WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND A HEAVY CLUNK IS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER MECHANICS KEEP TELLING ME "THAT'S TYPICAL OF THIS VEHICLE," BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. WHY? I HAVE ALSO NOTICED AN ABUNDANCE OF COOLANT LOSS AT EACH OIL CHANGE SINCE ABOUT 10,000 MILES...UP TO 1 GALLON PER 3000 MILES. THE RADIATOR PRESSURE CHECKED OK. DEALER MECHANICS AND CHAT ROOMS HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS ANOTHER "TYPICAL" PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. APPARENTLY THE ANTIFREEZE BLOWS THROUGH THE HEADGASKET AND INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WHERE IT EVAPORATES. STILL NO RECALLS. WHY ARE AUTOMANUFACTURERS GETTING AWAY WITH...

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