10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
14,750 miles

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problem #4

Mar 152003

Ram 3500

  • Automatic transmission
  • 59,000 miles

- Traverse City, AL, USA

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problem #3

Jun 152000

Ram 3500

  • miles
What I really want to know if these people sold me a lemon! now I went to get a smog check and they tell me with a grin in their faces that my truck doesn't pass the smog test. I was very embarrased because my truck is only 4 years old. What can I do?

- East Palo Alto, CA, USA

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problem #2

Aug 271997

Ram 3500

  • miles
While warming the vehicle up odors from exhaust system is getting into the vehicle. Also, when sitting in the vehicle consumer can smell the fumes getting into the vehicle. When driving the exhaust smells do not get in the vehicle.

- Jackson, MI, USA

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problem #1

Aug 041997

Ram 3500

  • miles
The defective pad around the firewall and the engine caught on fire in the back of the vehicle and burnt the pad around the exhaust system.

- Lehi, UT, USA

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