10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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1997 Dodge Ram Van 1500 accessories - interior problems

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1997 Dodge Ram Van 1500 Owner Comments

problem #3

Aug 152000

Ram Van 1500 4WD

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Outside seat back bracket of driver seat failed in rear end collision resulting in driver being moved into back seat. Seat back bracket failed above the recliner ratchet adjsuter. Truck moving 5mph, rearended by vehicle approx at 30mph or faster (excessive speed, 283' skid marks, dry pavement, 96 Honda Accord)

- Elk Grove, CA, USA

problem #2

May 061997

Ram Van 1500

  • miles
Passenger's seat leather repaired, however consumer claims interior leather trim is still coming apart, work was unsatisfactory.

- Hawthorne, CA, USA

problem #1

Oct 011998

Ram Van 1500 4WD

  • miles
The metal plate inside the seat closest to the driver's door that allows the back of the seat to pivot forward protrudes through the seat fabric exposing a sharp point that has ripped 6 pairs of my pants on the left rear pocket (and cut into a leather wallet) when sitting down in the seat. The reason I had so many pairs of pants ripped is that it took several months for me to realize exactly "what" was causing the rips. Had it not been for having my wallet in my left pocket I would have surely sustained a laceration on my left buttock. I currently have about 12 layers of duct tape covering the hole that the point protrudes through. Would like to have the manufacturer replace the seat and $300 worth of pants.

- Fort Mill, SC, USA

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