Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / RAM 1500 / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999029065 Incident Date: Dec, 16 1999
Consumer's City: SAN DIEGO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: RAM 1500 Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3B78C13Y1TG Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 03 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 1997
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission failed after making knocking noise which got progressively louder over a period of several months. a new transmission was installed and now that transmission is making the same noise after only a few days. i believe that this model of transmission may be defective as it failed after only 58,000 miles and now the new one is making the same noise that the old one started out making. *ak