1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

FROM THE FIRST 6000 MILES-3 INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS, NEW TIRES, BLOW OUT & DAMAGED TRUCK, BRAKES ,CALIPERS AND ROTORS BAD,TRANSMISSION NOT RIGHT, STEERING NOT RIGHT TWO REAR AXLE SEALS BLOWN, NEW ENGINE AT 63,000. IT IS NOW BLOWN (WE BELIEVE, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM & TORQUE CONVERTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOR THE START). WE HAVE ALL OUR PAPERWORK DEALERSHIP DOES NOT!!!!!!!! WARRANTY COMPANY DOES. WE MAINTAINED THIS TRUCK EXTREMELY WELL!!!!! WE BOUGHT A TOTAL PIECE OF JUNK. *NM

DT: BLOCK #53 ON THE 1999 DODGE 2500 RAM HAS A CRACK. FIRST NOTICED LAST YEAR, AND CRACK IS LARGER NOW AND ANTIFREEZE POURS OUT.*AK

ALL THE BRAKE COMPONENTS EXCEPT THE MASTER CYLINDER WERE REPLACED 7 TIMES STARTING AT 7,000 MILES BECAUSE THEY EITHER LOCKED UP OR DIDN'T FUNCTION AT TIMES. AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO THIS FAILURE. ALSO, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED/REBUILT 8 TIMES BECAUSE IT BLEW OUT, SLIPPED, OR DROPPED DOWN FROM O/D TO REGULAR GEAR, WHICH STARTED AT 5,000/20,000 MILES FINALLY, THE ENGINE HEAD WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE IT CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH STARTED AT 77,000-90,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATES THE OIL INTAKE WAS CLOGGED, WHICH CAUSED LOW OIL PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB *TC

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL. THIS STALLING OCCURRED SIX TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL, AND ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONSUMER KEPT HEARING A PINGING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, AND THE TRANSFER CASE WAS STILL LEAKING. THERE HAD BEEN A MYRIAD OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP MORE THAN IT WAS IN HER POSSESSION. *AK THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: AIRFLOW NOISE/SUCKED AIR DUE TO A POSSIBLE VACUUM LEAK, THE PASSENGER MIRROR VIBRATION DUE TO THE BUG SHIELDS, ENGINE TICKING, UNDERSHIELD RUSTED ALONG WITH THE DRIVESHAFT, U-JOINTS, AND THE BUMPER, THERE WAS RUST ON THE REAR BOX PANELS, ENGINE PING/NOISE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON TWO TIMES, REAR WINDOW LEAKAGE, TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT...

THE VEHICLE STALLED.*JG *JB

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CAN NOT FIX PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 7-8 TIMES. CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE REAR DRUMS WERE OUT OF ROUND, ALSO THE ENGING LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL, DEALER REPLACED THE O-RINGS.*JB

ENGINE #1(3884 MILES) WE HAD ONLY HAD THE TRUCK FOR TWO MONTHS, HAD NOT EVEN MADE THE SECOND PAYMENT. WE WERE 75 MILES FROM HOME PULLING OUR 21 FOOT BOAT WHEN THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED. IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE HAD USED THE TRUCK TO PULL--WHICH IS WHY WE BOUGHT THE V10 . A PIECE OF THE BLOCK CAME OFF AND LOCKED UP THE OIL PUMP. WE WERE WITHOUT OUR TRUCK FOR THREE WEEKS WHILE THE DEALERSHIP TORE DOWN THE ENGINE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND WAIT FOR CHRYSLER TO DECIDE THE BEST REMEDY WHICH WAS A BRAND NEW 1999 ENGINE. CHRYSLER WANTED TO SHIP A 2000 ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT BOLT UP. OUR SUMMER WAS RUINED & WE DID NOT PULL ANYTHING AGAIN UNTIL THIS YEAR. ENGINE #2(16,397 MILES ON TRUCK BUT ONLY 12,513 MILES ON THIS ENGINE). ON JUNE 11, 2000, THE SECOND TIME TO...