10.0

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

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1996 Dodge Ram 3500 drivetrain problems

drivetrain problem

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1996 Dodge Ram 3500 Owner Comments

problem #4

Feb 231998

Ram 3500

  • miles

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

Universal joint and drive shaft failed, causing vibration.

- Sardinia, NY, USA

problem #3

Feb 261996

Ram 3500

  • miles
Front universal joint drained to proper level and cleaned.

- Cooperstown, NY, USA

problem #2

Aug 021996

Ram 3500 4WD

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
Transfer case and universal joint broke.

- Littleton, CO, USA

problem #1

May 181996

Ram 3500 Diesel

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer was driving and the steering came apart. Consumer states the upper universal joint dropped off the steering shaft, causing no steering control, the steering shaft and universal joint were not assembled properly at the factory, upper universal joint was barely stuck onto the end of the steering shaft, the universal joint was stuck onto the shaft only up to the area of the upper universal joint.

- Trenton, MO, USA

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