5.0
fairly significantTypical Repair Cost:
$47.00
Average Mileage:
121,100 miles
Total Complaints:
10 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (5 reports)
- replaced the rear differential speed sensor (5 reports)
brakes problem
Helpful Websites About 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 brake & ABS lights are on
2006Dec 23
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT 318
- Automatic transmission
- 80,000 miles
Everything OK when pulled into gararge.. Next morning , ABS and Brake light was on and speedometer would not work under 28 MPH.. Have not fixed.. Tried new sensor for speedometer did not fix .. Went bad sitting???
2008Apr 01
Ram 1500 LXS 5.2L
- Manual transmission
- 124,000 miles
I have a 99 Dodge Rams that the brake and ABS light goes on when it feels like it. I replaced the speed sensor, and bleed the equliver warning switch block along with the brake calipers. I did rebuild the brake calipers about 3 months before the light started coming on but the 2 don't seem to be related. Sometimes the lights come on when I shift into 2nd (manual) and other times it is when I hit a bump or step on the brakes after driving for a long time. Nothing makes since as far as the symptoms. When the lights start to come on they will reset when I restart the truck and then the lights come on again. I actually drive down the highway restarting the truck. Sometimes the lights don't come on for days and I think it fixed itself but no...just when I start to like my truck it does it again. I took it to the dealership and it didn't do anything for them. I did reset the code history but that didn't do anything either.
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2008Apr 05
Ram 1500 5.2L V8 (318)
- Automatic transmission
- 101,000 miles
The problem started with the ABS & brake lights on the dash coming on. The ABS system failed and the speedometer would only work after a speed of about 30 MPH. It eventually failed totally and as a result the cruse control and odometer no longer worked. At first I replaced the vehicle speed sensor on the Transmission housing. No luck with that. I then found this sight on the internet and saw the same symptoms displayed here. Bought the ABS speed sensor at a local parts house and replaced it. Wala! Problem solved. Only found at NAPA autoparts and Dealer.
2008Aug 01
Ram 1500 SLT 5.2litre/318
- Automatic transmission
- 186,000 miles
A.B.S. light and brake light on. Speedometer not working.
Fix= $39.22 for A.B.S. speed sensor at dealer, 14m.m. socket, 9/16" wrench, and about a 1/2 hour off my time. The local auto parts store kept trying to tell me it was the sensor in the transmission; they were wrong. I also needed to give my vin.# to the dealer; seems they made 2 different parts for that year.
Some part stores and dealers call this part by different names. It was the sensor on the rear differential that I replaced.
2007Sep 10
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT 4x4 5.2L
- Manual transmission
- 110,000 miles
My ABS & Brake Light come on about ~30 MPH and don't go off until you restart the truck. I also noticed that my cruise control light comes on but the cruise doesn't work. can anyone help me with that?
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2006Jul 14
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT
- 210,000 miles
Parked the truck overnight and when I started it up the next morning the brake light was on and now it won't go off.
2005Nov 07
(reported on)Ram 1500
- 100,000 miles
Replaced the speed sensor on top of the rear differential. About an hr of work and my speedometer was working. The added side effect was that my ABS and Brake lights went off.
2005Oct 06
(reported on)Ram 1500
- 145,000 miles
Drove the truck and it was fine. Parked it for a couple of hours and when I started it again I noticed the Brake light and the ABS light stayed on. When I started driving I noticed that the speedometer does not work. Also, the cruise control light will come on when you turn it on but when you try to set the cruise control it won't work.
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2009May 28
Ram 1500 SLT 5.9L 360
Autozone has code scanners for the check engine light. No one has a code scanner for the brakes. Dealer wants $65.00 to check the code or you can buy one for about $300.00 What a crock !! You should be able to download a program from the vehicle maker to your lap top and via USB connect to your OBD port for codes. Just another way the man get's to sock it to you. You get free updates from Microsoft, why not Ford, Dodge, Chevy........................
ddillon
Fairview Hgts, Illinois, USA
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