1994 DODGE RAM Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

PREMATURE WEAR OF FUEL RETURN LINE CAUSING A VIBRATION, AND RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT HIS GAS TANK WAS HANGINF LOW. AFTER CHECKING, HE FOUND THE REAR STRAP HAD ROTTED OUT AND FAILED. THE LOW END OF THE TANK WAS BEING HELD BY THE FILLER HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS JUST SERVICED AND CONSUMER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE STRAP FELL INTO MANY PIECES AS CONSUMER REMOVED IT TO REPLACE IT. *JG *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, THE FUEL LINE THAT IS CONNECTED TO DIESEL FUEL WILL LEAK DIESEL FUEL UNDER THE FLOOR. IT SPILLS ONTO OTHER PARTS OF VEHICLE.*AK THE METAL OVERFLOW FUEL LINE FROM THE INJECTOR PUMP TO THE MAIN FUEL TANK IS JOINED MID WAY BYA A 5/16 INCH RUBBER HOSE, THIS HOSE HAS FAILED 4 TIMES AND CONSUMER FEELS IT IS A FIRE HAZARD. *JB

WHEN FILLING VEHICLE UP WITH FUEL, FUEL IS SPILLING OUT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE ENTERING TURNPIKE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. A PRIVATE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FUEL PUMP HAD GIVEN OUT, NO CAUSE OF DEFECT WAS GIVEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FUEL GAUGE FAILED. *SLC

FUEL LINE LEAKED. *SLC

THE INTAKE/OUTAKE EXHAUST VALVES WERE REPLACED AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *SLC

STRAP THAT HOLDS LOW PRESSURE FUEL LINE, IS BEHIND THE WATER THAT SEPARATES THE DIESEL ENGINE, HAS RUBBED INTO THE SOFT FUEL LINE. THIS HAS CAUSED DIESEL FUEL TO LEAK OUT. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL DEALERS & MECHANIC HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

THROTLE ROD WITH THREADED ENDS HAVING BALL SOCKETS SCREWED ON, LOACATED DRIVER SIDE IN CENTER OF MOTER, TOP, HOOKS FOOT PEDDLE CABLE TO THROTTLE BODY LINKAGE AT INJECTION PUMP, BREAKS NEAR WHERE THREADING STOPS IN CENTER OF ROD, PURCHASE OF NEW ROD ALL WAYS GETS "NEW IMPROVED VERSION, PLEASE PAY AT FRONT COUNTER" WE PULL TRAILORS IN CITY TRAFFIC 90+% OF THE TIME AND LOSS OF THROTTLE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AT ON RAMP OR INTERSECTION IS NOT A GOOD EXPERINCE! SPEED CONTROL AND LOSS OF HVAC DUCT CONTROLS TO VENTS LOST DUE TO VACUME LINE SPLITING BEHIND DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT NEAR METAL "CAN" FUEL LINE SPLITS OR HOLES IN FRONT OF DRIVER SIDE, ABOVE TRANSMISSION, BELOW FUEL FILTER, FUEL LEAKS ALL OVER. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OCURRING SINCE VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER AND MECHANIC, WE NOW KEEP SPARE VACUME AND FUEL LINE AND THROTTLE LINKAGE IN TOOL BOX FOR ON SITE REPAIR, (IN INTERSECTION FOR ONE EXAMPLE) HEADLIGHT PROBLEM NEW BUT GETTING NO RESPONSE FROM DEALER ON FREE FIX, BUT I SEE ON THIS WEB SITE AND OTHERS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WHAT TO DO???? NONE OF THESE PARTS ARE MOVING PARTS AND SO WHY THE ONGOING PROBLEMS, EXCEPT FOR HEADLIGHT SWITCH, BUT WEB PAGES INDICATE WIRING PROBLEMS IN COLUMN OR LACK OF RELAY AND OVERLOAD DUE TO TRAILOR LIGHTS. THANKS AND PLASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS. ROBERT ALEXANDER H 405-377-8120 W 405-377-8922 M 405-743-8822 FAX 405-377-9002

RECALL REPAIR (97V-199) WAS COMPLETED, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO WORK. *MJS

FUEL LINE WAS ROUTED ALONG WIRING HARNESS NEAR TRANSMISSION. HOT SPLIT WIRES CAUSED A SPARK WHICH, IN TURN, CAUSED A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THE TIME. *AK

PROBLEM #1 ON 31 MARCH 1999, I VISITED MY GRANDSON IN CENTERVILLE, VA. I DROVE MY TRUCK THERE AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I LEFT TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE TRUCK, PLACED THE SHIFTER IN REVERSE AND LET IT ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN HIS SLOPED DRIVEWAY, BRAKING WHEN I GOT ON THE STREET. I PLACED THE SHIFTER IN DRIVE AND STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. IT CRAWLED FORWARD DOWN THE STREET. I PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR AND GOT NO RESPONSE. I STOPPED THE TRUCK, PLACED THE SHIFTER IN PARK, GOT OUT, AND THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY HAND. IT DID NOT HAVE ANY RESISTANCE. I OPENED THE HOOD AND LOOKED AT THE INJECTOR PUMP WITH MY FLASHLIGHT AND NOTICED A LINK HANGING DOWN FROM THE PUMP AND IT . THERE ALSO APPEARED THAT THERE WAS SLACK IN HE ACCELERATOR CABLE. I LET THE TRUCK IDLE BACK TO MY GRANDSON'S DRIVEWAY AND PULLED THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD. HE DROVE ME HOME IN HIS CAR AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY DEALER THE NEXT DAY, A DISTANCE OF OVER 50 MILES. THE SERVICE PEOPLE EXAMINED THE PROBLEM AND REPORTED THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE HAD SHREDDED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH A KIT THAT CHRYSLER PROVIDES. IT WAS NOT UNDER THE WARRANTY THEY SAID. THIS REPAIR COST ME $344.92. IT WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF THE POTENTIAL HAZAR IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING 65 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF AN INTERSTATE WHEN IT SNAPPED, REDUCING MY SPEED FROM 65 MPH TO IDLE. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHE INDICATED THAT THEY HAD HAD THE CONDITION OCCUR PREVIOUSLY AND THAT CHRYSLER HAD A KIT TO REPAIR IT. IT WAS NEVER A RECALL SO FAR AS ANYONE KNEW. THEY ALSO SAID THAT CHRYSLER HAS MODIFIED THE INSTALLATION ON LATER MODELS TO PREVENT REOCCURANCE. I FEEL THAT (1) CHRYSLER SHOULD REPUIRE AN EXAMINATION OF ALL EARLY MODEL DODGE RAM TRUCKS WITH DIESEL ENGINES AND, (2) PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY COSTS IN HAVING THIS PROBLEM .

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER AUGUST OF 1998 CONCERNING GAS TANK ASSEMBLY. 5 MONTHS AGO, CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS. DEALER CONTACTED AGAIN IN JANUARY 1999, AND THEY STILL ARE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE RECALL. *AK

DUE TO THE VIBRATION OF THE ENGINE, THE FUEL LINE AND THE FITTING ON THE ENGINE DON'T LINE UP. THE RUBBER FUEL LINE THAT CONNECTS TO THE ENGINE RUBBED THROUGH, CAUSING A HOLE WHICH RESULTED IN A FUEL LEAK. MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO HELP. *AK *ML

FUEL PUMP FAILED TO PUMP GAS TO THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER CONTACTED AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. DROPPED THE GAS TANK TO GET THE FUEL PUMP OUT, REPAIR WORK DONE. *AK

FUEL LINE ABOVE THE GAS TANK RUBBED THROUGH, CAUSING THE FUEL LEAK OUT. *AK

RECALL # 97V199000 CHRYSLER/FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE. OWNER DOES NOT BELIEVE WORK WAS PERFORMED BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTERWARDS. WHEN CHECKED BY A MECHANIC, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS NEVER DROPPED AS WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PERFORM RECALL. *AK

FUEL IS LEAKING AT THE FUEL CANISTER WHEN VEHICLE IS TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL.

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

FLEXIBLE FUEL RUBBER HOSE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS LEAKING FLUID AND SPRAYING DIESEL ON BACK OF ENGINE/TRANSMISSION AND ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

8 INCH CONNECTION TUBED THAT CONNECTS FUEL LINE WITH FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR IS THIN WALLED PLASTIC, CAUSING IN TO CRACK, RESULTING IN A LEAK. *AK

GAS TANK INCORRECTLY INSTALLED AT FACTORY, CAUSING TANK TO FALL OUT WHEN MAKING A TURN. *DH

W/DIESEL ENGINE, RETURN FUEL LINES RUPTURED REPEATEDLY. CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS HAPPENING W/SOME CONTACT TO REAR WHEELS. MFG., IS IN PROCESS TO BUY BACK TRUCK.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, GAS TANK FELL OUT OF VEHICLE ONTO ROAD; NO WARNING; BRACKET WAS NOT BOLTED IN; VERY LOW SPEED, WAS TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE, CHRYSLER USED A RUBBER HOSE INSTEAD OF STAINLESS STEEL HOSE. *AK

FUEL TANK LEAKS. *SD

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE TRUCK WAS TOTALED . TT

LOCATION OF PLASTIC TANK CAUSES HIGHWAY DEBRIS TO ENTER AND PUNCTURE THIRTY GALLON FUEL TANK. TT

THE FUEL LINE USED TOO MUCH GAS CAUSE THE TRUCK TO CATCH ON FIRE TRUCK WAS TOTALED . TT

CONSUMER RECEIVE THREE RECALL 95V088000,95V005000 AND 94V113000 MAKE APPT TAKE TRUCK INTO DEALER THERE IS NO PART . TT

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WHENT OUT. *AK

CANISTER UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR THAT GAS LEAKS OUT OF IF TANK IS FULL. TT

GAS SPILLAGE FROM THE GAS TANK. TT

LEAK ON THE OUTSIDE DRIVER SIDE GASOLINE IS LEAKING OUT FULL UP AND STARTS TO LEAK. TT