1.5

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
113,850 miles

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problem #2

Mar 132004

Ram 1500 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 131,700 miles
Somthing under the truck rattles/ stalls in reverse, will not shift out of 2nd gear, acts like it is locked in 4WD all the time.

- Hueytown, AL, USA

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problem #1

Jan 012004

Ram 1500 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 96,000 miles
S, bar link, replaced twice within 3 weeks, no good.transmission failure took to transmission shop, replaced pressure sol, governor, gov switch, switchand seleriond, still acting the same.left controlarmandboltkit, also say needs right side.will not alligne.light under hood comes on when driving, and horn does not work no one can fig out why..?Dodge should cover all tranny and frount sup on these trucks, found out after purchaced all the things that go wrong with this yr of tk.96 Dodge Ram 4X4 1500 also the 4X4 is hard to shift into and take out and sometimes doesn not come out, even when light indcates it is out of four wheel.never again Dodge!! numerous dates of work to this vehicle.

- Boyers, PA, USA

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