2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. STALLS WHEN STOPPING AND TURNING. ENGINE REVS. TRUCK WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST 10 SEPERATE DATES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO OBSERVED SEVERE CORROSION OF THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE FUEL TANK BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNABLE TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,489. UPDATED 08/14/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/17/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE AT 10 MPH, IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE SHORTLY AFTER THE FAILURE. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 63,000.

CONTINUING ISSUE WITH EGR VALVE, AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF RESEARCH I CAN SEE THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. ALSO, AFTER DISCUSSING WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS THIS IS A NOT A VALVE THAT SHOULD GO OUT IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS. TRUCK IDLES ROUGH AND STALLS AT SLOW SPEEDS, VALVE IS EVIDENTLY FAULTY OR OTHER PIECE OF SYSTEM, WHETHER THAT'S SOLENOID, FUSE, ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, SENSOR IS FAULTY. CANNOT BELIEVE AFTER REVIEWING THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS VALVE. ALSO, VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND PARTICULAR PART IN-STOCK AT ANY PARTS STORES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CONSISTENTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, WHEN FUEL IS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE, THE GAS TANK OVERFLOWS BEFORE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY FILLED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RESURFACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,620 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,919.

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCKS. THEY CONTAIN A FAULTY EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) VALVE. THE SENSOR CAUSES TRUCKS TO STALL OUT WHEN DRIVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS UNDER 40 MPH. WITH LOSS OF POWER LOOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WOULD ALSO IMAGINE AFFECTS EXHAUST EMISSIONS AS GAS MILEAGE SEVERELY DROPS WHEN EGR VALVE IS GOING OUT. TRUCKS ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT USUALLY COMES ON. IF YOU GO TO DEALERSHIP WILL CHARGE YOU $175 TO TELL YOU WHY INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. IF YOU TURN THE KEY ON-ACCESSORY, ON-ACCESSORY, ON-ACCESSORY AND FINALLY ON RAPIDLY, WILL SHOW YOU ERROR CODE ON ODOMETER FOR FREE. USUALLY WILL GET A P0404, P0405 OR P0406 CODE WHICH IS THE EGR VALVE OUT OR ON ITS WAY OUT. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET YOU WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF POSTINGS WITH ONES REGARDING VEHICLES STALLING OUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOME UNLUCKY PERSON IS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. *TR

TURNING A CORNER WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE COLLAPSED RESULTING IN THE TRUCK MAKING IMPACT WITH A CURB AT APPROX. 20 MPH. THERE WERE NO PHYSICAL SIGNS OF ANY FAILURE LEADING UP TO THIS POINT. REPORTED INCIDENT TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY REPORTED IS WAS AN UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE. TRUCK IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AND OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL BROKE OFF AT LOW SPEED. SEEMS THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM (AXLE) JUST SNAPPED IN TWO. NO OTHER VEHICLES WHERE INVOLVED, POT HOLES OR CURB. THE WHEEL BROKE OFF PULLING EVERYTHING APART INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKE LINE. THE TRUCK LANDED ON TOP OF THE WHEEL PREVENTING IT FROM FLIPPING OVER. I SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER DODGE AND ALL THOUGH ADMITTING THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM SHOULD NEVER BREAK SAID THAT IT WASN'T A DEFECTED PART BECAUSE I HADN'T HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP . THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR ONLY DOING 15MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY AND POSSIBLE DEATH. DODGE HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FAULTY BALL JOINTS BUT DON'T SEEM TO CARE ALL THOUGH THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A PRELIMINARY PROBLEM LEADING UP TO THE AXLE BREAKING IN TWO. *TR

WHEN HEADING TO WORK, WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I LOOKED IN SIDEVIEW MIRROR AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. AT THAT SAME TIME, I HEARD A LOUD ROARING NOISE FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN MY DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL CAME OFF. THE WHEEL CROSSED OVER INTO THE EAST-BOUND LANE OF THE INTERSTATE (I WAS HEADING WEST), AND THE BRAKE CALIPERS BROKE OFF. EVEN THOUGH MY BRAKES AND TIRE WERE GONE, I WAS ABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT CAUSING INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. ALL THIS ALSO CAUSED BODY DAMAGE TO THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL OF MY TRUCK, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I RETRIEVED MY TIRE AND HAD A TOW TRUCK TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. THEY ADVISED ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE. I'VE NOW BEEN INFORMED THE REPAIRS CONSIST OF REPLACING THE HUB, SPINDLE, BRAKE CALIPER, ROTOR, BRAKE LINE, BRAKE PADS, AND A NEW TIRE (THE OTHER TIRE BLEW OUT) AT A COST OF $2000. I HAVE REQUESTED THE OLD PARTS BE GIVEN TO ME IN CASE THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO PROCEED WITH AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH THAT REVEALED THE 2006 DODGE RAM TRUCKS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM (WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLIES NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH LUBRICATION AT THE FACTORY CAUSING THEM TO LOCK UP AND CAUSE CRASHES). BUT SINCE MY VEHICLE IS A 2005, DODGE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

WHEN MAKING A TURN AT SLOWER SPEED <35MPH, THE ENGINE MAY STALL. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF NORMAL ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ENGINE STALLS, POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND YOU ARE LEFT POWERLESS IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR