2005 DODGE RAM Complaints

I HAVE AN 05 DODGE 1500 WITH THE 5.7 HEMI. IT HAS ALWAYS IDLED LOW BUT DEALER SAYS OTHERWISE. IT STARTS OUT AS A ENGINE SPUTTER THEN IT DIES LEAVING NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH BOTH LANES TURNING LEFT. VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH MY CHILDREN AND WIFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND PAID 300 FOR A SENSOR. DROVE FINE FOR A DAY THEN STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM. *JB

ENGINE STALLS OR ROUGH IDLES WHILES COMING TO BRIEF STOPS, IE STOP SIGNS OR RED LIGHTS. IT IS USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS WHEN I HAVE RUN THE CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE DAY WITHIN ABOUT 5 MILES OR LESS, AND SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPS ARE LOW. *NM UPDATED 04/19/07. *JB

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 P/U TRUCK BOUGHT NEW IN 12/2005...BROUGHT TO DEALER @ 5,655 MILES WITH WARPED ROTORS, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE WHEN BRAKING. BRAKE ROTORS WERE CUT...PROBLEM TEMPORARILY SOLVED. RETURNED TO DEALER @ 9,712 MILES....FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED...BUT THE ORIGINAL BRAKE PADS WERE RE-INSTALLED. AT 17,000 MILES....TRUCKS BEGINS TO SHAKE AGAIN WHILE BRAKING... RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALER @ 20,727 MILES...THEY SAID THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN...THOUGH IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER I EXPRESSED UNHAPPINESS WITH THEIR ANSWER, THEY DID TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THEY SAID THE FRONT SEEMED TO BE OK....AND NOW THE REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED, THOUGH OF COURSE IT IS NOT COVERED ANY LONGER BY THE FACTORY WARRANTY. AT THIS POINT, THE TRUCK IS 15 MONTHS OLD...HAS SLIGHTLY OVER 20,000 MILES AND IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE...WITH NO HELP FROM DODGE. *JB

CUSTOMER HAS A VOQ (10170663) AND WANTS A RESPONSE LETTER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT HAVING TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE TRUCK**CC THE CONSUMER STATED HE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, OPENED THE TAILGATE AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THE CONSUMER STATED ADDING AN ALARM DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON AND OFF FOR 2 YEARS. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING OUR 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP THIS LAST WEEKEND, AS WE ACCELERATED IN TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK ENGINE CHOKED AND THEN BEGAN TO STALL. WE HAD JUST TURNED ON TO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE POWER BEGAN TO FAIL FOR THE FIFTH TIME. WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY ON COMING TRAFFIC DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE . *JB

FRONT END SHUTTERS DURING BRAKE APPLICATION. FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPED. REPLACED THE ORIGINAL AT 7600 MILES, SECOND SET AT 12200 MILES AND NOW AT 17800 MILES THEY ARE WARPED AGAIN. *JB

POWER STEERING RACK AT 4000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 30,000. MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IS HARD TO STEER. COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY . *NM

(2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES AND ARE THAT WE ARE PURCHASING A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER UNION CHRYSLER DODGE IN UNION, SC FOR SERVICE DUE TO THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING.....IT HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE MECHANIC CANNOT SEEM TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM.....IT WAS A NEAR CALL THE OTHER WEEK WHEN THE TRUCK CUT OFF AS CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK---WHAT WOULD THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH IT CUTTING OFF ON THE TRACK-----LOST OF LIFE AND LIMB.......*JB

I HAVE A 2005 RAM 1500, 4.7 LITER ENGINE. SINGLE CAB. VEHICLE ENGINE CUTS OFF WHEN MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES LAST SUMMER. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY TIME. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN HOT OUTSIDE AND HUMIDITY IS HIGH. *JB