brakes problem
7.8
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$548.00
Average Mileage:
23,189 miles
Number of complaints:
9 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace front rotors (5 reports)
- not sure (2 reports)
- replace with slotted vented rotors (1 reports)
- turned rotors (1 reports)
Helpful Websites About 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 rotors warped prematurely
2007Mar 21
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT 5.7
- Automatic transmission
- 37,000 miles
2003 Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab 4x4 , 37,000 miles. 7 sets of front rotors and brakes !!!! Yes 7 sets , you think you have issues, Postal is not even close. I've been told the problems were fixed but yet they continue. Don't even count on customer service with Chrysler or your local dealer, they will give you the brush. I have little experience with auto mechanics but the so called experts have WHAT !!! Should of kept my 1976 Camero , easy to work on and built to last.
2003Dec 29
(reported on)Ram 1500
- 66,000 miles
frustrating part about this is that the dealer claims Dodge knows about the issue and does not have a fix for it yet.
2004Jul 16
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT Sport
- 14,200 miles
I had the same problem with my brakes as the rest of you. The service manager told me that Dodge issued a service bulletin which indicated that some trucks had the problem, but the dealers were to fix it only if the customer complained. It happened again at 8900 miles. All four rotors warped. The first time, they only replace the rotors. The second the replaces the rotors, calipers and pads in front and turn the rotors in back. I've start having the problem again on the back rotors.
Will probably be my last Dodge as well. I'm 50, and have been driving since I was 12. First Dodge...
2003Nov 22
(reported on)Ram 1500 1500 SLT
- 15,000 miles
Front brake rotors warped again. They were replaced at 5800 miles and now at 15000 miles. Dogde, what is going on?
2007Jan 23
(reported on)Ram 1500
- Automatic transmission
- 13,700 miles
This is my first Chrysler product AND my last. Any truck that has warped rotors at less than 14,000 miles is poorly engineered, to say the least. I mistakenly sold a perfectly good Ford truck to buy this poor excuse for a vehicle. I am going to trade it off, even though it only has 30K miles on it now. Unbelievably to me, at 13,700 miles I took the truck in for pedal pulsing and steering wheel shimmy. They replaced the rotors, calipers and pads. I ASSUMED that the new parts were superior to the replaced parts. Evidently, Dodge just put more poorly engineered parts on my truck to solve the problem. Now at 30,700 miles I have a repeat situation. My extended warranty, although the best that Chrysler corporation had to offer, will not cover "wear items". Now tell me how, in 30K miles, you can wear out brake rotors on a full size truck that NEVER tows anything and is driven by an adult? I now equate Chrysler products to perfect examples of poorly engineered, (unfortunately) American made, junk. I'm going back to Ford for my trucks.
2005Feb 22
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT
- 9,000 miles
The rotors warped the first time at 10k miles. The dealer replaced under warranty. I tow a 4500lb camper, but the vehicle has the supposed tow package. Should tow up to 7500lbs. without a problem. That's why I bought the damn thing anyway. The rotors warped again at 16k miles. The dealer then turned the rotors for a fee. The rotors warped again at 18k miles and Chrysler and the dealer refuse to do anything. The last two times that the rotors warped, I wasn't towing anything. Both times it happened when it was raining! The vibration is terrible now. I believe that the rear rotors are warped now as well. I am going to replace with a slotted vented rotor now. Cost is going to be over $600 to fix! New rotors and pads.
The total lack of interest in Chrysler's part, and especially the dealer, Harry Lane, will have me looking at other makes to replace my 2002 Explorer. My 2000 Expedition didn't have enough power to pull the camper, but it sure could haul it in!
There is obviously something wrong, and Chrysler is ignoring the problem.*@#$% to Damilier-Chrysler.
2004Jun 30
(reported on)Ram 1500 LX
- 6,000 miles
YOU BUY A NEW CAR OR TRUCK SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT MONEY IN YOUR OLD BUT THEY MAKE THESE NEW CAR SO CHEEP AFTER ONE YEAR YOU HAVE TO PUT MONEY IN THEM I HAD MY BRAKE DONE AT 6000 MILE NOW I HAVE 14000 MILE ON IT AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AT AORORA DODGE OHIO THEY SAID YOU OVER 2000 MILES ON WARR. MY WIFE CAR SAMETHING BRAKES ON HER 2001 I WIIL NOT BUY ANOTHER DODGE AGAIN
2003Nov 11
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT
- 5,800 miles
My front rotors were replace at 5800 miles and at 15000 miles. I know of 2 other Ram 1500's that has the same problem. Is this an engineering defect from Dodge? The service writer said that getting the brakes hot and running through water or a panic stop will possibly warp rotors. I don't buy this. I drive 90 miles a day and 95% is interstate or open highway traveling about 75 mph. No, I have not made a panic stop and yes, I drive on wet roads like all the other vehicles on the road.
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2007Mar 13
Ram 1500 SLT 5.7L Hemi
I'm not sure if it was really premature or not. I haul a lot of heavy stuff, so I run my brakes kind of hard.
Steve C.
Enterprise, AL, USA
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