GVWR: Class 2F: 7,001 - 8,000 lb (3,175 - 3,629 kg)
Make: DODGE
Manufacturer: FCA CANADA INC.
Manufacturer Id: 995
Model: Ram Van
Model Year: 2000
Other Restraint System Info: Passenger Deactivate/Cutoff
Plant City: Windsor
Plant Company Name: Pillette Road Assembly
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series2: L Series
Trim: 2500
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
SUSPENSION
THIS DISCRIPTION IS FOR THE UNDERCARRIGE: THE VAN KEEPS SQUEEKING WHEN YOU GO OVER BUMPS, THE DEALER SAIDS THAT THE RUBBER GOUMENTS BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE BODY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WEIGHT OF THE VAN AND THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE PASSENGERS. I'M A SINGLE PARENT WITH KIDS AND I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE ALL THE RUBBER GROUMENTS BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE BODY THAT THE REPAIR SHOP SUGGEST I DO OR I CAN JUST KEEP PAYING THEM TO LUBE THEM. AS FOR THE TRANSMISSION THATS ANOTHER STORY APPARENTLY ALL MY INTERNAL SEALS ARE LEAKING AND IT IS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP. FOR A BRAND NEW 2000 DODGE VAN THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THEY WANT BETWEEN $3500 AND $5000 TO REPLACE. I'VE E MAILED DODGE CONCERNING THESE PROBLEMS AND OF COURSE NO RESPONSE FROM THEM. LIKE IT GOES IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER TO SAY. THIS WILL DEFINTLY BE THE LAST DODGE I WILL EVER LOOK AT AGAIN BECAUSE FOR THIS BEING MY EVER FIRST NEW CAR I'VE EVER OWN I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THEM. AND I'VE TALKED TO OTHER DODGE OWNERS AND THEY SAY THE SAME THING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS RUBBER SEALS AND LIGHTS.
2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA WHILE PARKED. A NEIGHBOR NOTICED THE FIRE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VAN IS DECLARED A "TOTAL LOSS". THE VAN THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO IT RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE BUT WAS REPAIRED. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUED SAFETY RECALL D20 IN 2004 TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERIZON HAS HAD 29 UNDER HOOD FIRE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION. *TR