2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

RACK AND PINION LEAKING WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP, WHICH USES THE SAME FLUID AS THE RACK AND PINION--BOTH HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AND REPLACED. THE TIE RODS ARE BROKEN AND CONNECTED TO THE RACK AND PINION FLUID, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE TIERODS BREAKING DUE TO FLUID LEAKAGE. WE ARE ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, NOT SHIFTING INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE--OUR PRIOR VEHICLE WAS ALSO A DODGE RAM 1500, IN WHICH WE HAD TIE ROD ISSUES AND MAJOR AUTOMATIC POWER TRANSMISSION AND POWER STEERING FLUID ISSUES. TRUCK JUST PURCHASED AND CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP PENDING REPLACEMENT TIE RODS, POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACEMENT AND ANY OTHER FLUID ISSUES THEY FIND TO GET THE COMPONENTS WORKING IN SYNERGY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL OVERFLOWS FROM THE FILLER NECK WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING FILLED UP WITH FUEL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND HE WAS INFORM THAT THERE IS NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES ON THIS FAILURE, AND THE REPAIR WOULD BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

OCCASIONAL USE OF VEHICLE. NOTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT HOW OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS USED. WHEN FILLING TRUCK WITH FUEL, THE PUMP WILL SHUT OFF AFTER VERY LITTLE TIME AND FUEL SPRAYS OUT OF THE FILLER NECK AND ONTO THE GROUND AND/OR PERSON FILLING THE TANK. IF THE FUEL IS PUMPED EXTREMELY SLOW, THE PUMP WILL STILL SHUT OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS AND FUEL WILL STILL SPRAY OUT OF THE FILLER NECK. THE PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME I PUT FUEL IN THE TRUCK, NO MATTER WHAT GAS STATION I USE. MY INTERNET RESEARCH HAS SHOWN A RECALL FOR DODGE DURANGOS OF THE SAME ERA. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. FUEL SPILLAGE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS WELL AS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. *TR

I HAVE TWO 2005 DODGE RAM TRUCKS AND BOTH HAVE STARTED LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID IN COLD WEATHER. LOOKED ON LINE AT DIFFERENT FORUMS AND FOUND THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM OR DEFECT. WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS A WIDESPREAD DEFECT, THEN WHY HAS NOT DODGE BEEN REQUIRED TO FIX? *TR

I WAS NEARLY KILLED BY SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN MY RAM 1500. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO TAKE THE INCIDENT SERIOUSLY. HERE IS THE STORY WITH GRAPHICS: HTTP://IMIMPULSIVE.BLOGSPOT.COM/2010/01/STUCK-THROTTLE-ACCELERATOR-THAT-ALMOST.HTML AND HERE'S THE AFTERMATH: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RXBJ6P4NAMA IT MAKES ME NERVOUS KNOWING THERE ARE THESE TIME BOMBS OUT THERE, NOT JUST FOR THE DRIVERS LIKE ME, BUT OTHER DRIVERS TOO AND PEDESTRIANS (I ENDED UP ON THE SIDEWALK). *TR

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED IN 2007 UNDER WARRANTY. DODGE STATES IT IS BAD AGAIN. TRUCK NOW HAS 64000 MILES ON IT. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BEARING AND SPINDLE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN 2009 BECAUSE OF A THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE 2006 MODEL DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION AT FACTORY. *TR

I CLOSED THE DOOR ON 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 TO GO AROUND THE TRUCK TO GET ME GRAND DAUGHTER OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE REAR DOOR. WHILE WALKING AROUND THE TRUCK THE DOORS LOCKED ON THERE OWN AND KEPT LOCKING AS I TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR WITH A KEY. ALL WHILE MY GRAND DAUGHTER WAS LOCKED IN THE TRUCK. I FINALLY TIMED THE KEY TURN AND WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK AND GET MY GRAND DAUGHTER. I DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, BUT IT JUST HAPPENED\ AGAIN. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND DIDN'T KNOW IF IT HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE. *TR

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK. ROUGH ENGINE NOISE AND STALL. ENGINE UNDER 70,000 MILES AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT NECESSARY. TALKED TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, INCLUDING DODGE, AND THE HEMI 7 ENGINE HAS LEAKAGE ISSUES. IT RUINS THE ENGINE. DODGE REFUSES TO COVER THE DAMAGE. IT HAS COST ME OVER $6,000 INCLUDING TOWING. *TR

2005 DODGE RAM DEVELOPED SEVERE FRONT END WOBBLE AT ALL SPEEDS KNOWN AS DEATH WOBBLE. TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED AND BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. THEY TOLD ME SHOCKS WERE BAD AND I REPLACED THEM AT MY OWN COST AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO GET WORSE EVERY MILE MORE. *TR

IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT DRIVERS INTERVENTION AND TRUCK STALLS OUT IN THE ROAD. ABS LIGHT COMES ON FOR A SHORT TIME THEN GOES OUT. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN A ROW AND THEN ALL WAS FINE. 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. TWO WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK. *TR