2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

BOUGHT A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 LARAMIE QUAD CAB USED WITH 38000 MI. WITH NEW BRAKES & TIRES. AT 42000MI A HEAVY VIBRATION OCCURRED, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE WARPED ROTORS. SINCE IT WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY, I REPLACED ALL ROTORS & BRAKES (I AM MAINTENANCE IN THE ARMY). THEN, AT 51500MI THE ROTORS WARPED AGAIN. I HAVE READ OF MANY, MANY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I LIVE A BLOCK FROM MY JOB AND DON'T DRIVE VERY MUCH. I ALSO DON'T TOW EITHER, NOR DO I "SLAM" THE BRAKES. I DRIVE VERY SLOW & CAUTIOUS, SO THERE IS NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAPPEN. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED & DODGE NEEDS TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR "TOUGH TRUCK". *TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON ICY AND SNOWPACK HIGHWAY. ONCOMING CAR SPUN INTO MY LANE. BRAKED HARD, MOVED RIGHT, ONCOMING CAR SPUN BACK TOWARDS THEIR LANE, CONTINUED PAST CAR. WATCHED THE CAR AND IT DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. I ACCELERATED BUT HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. ENGINE HAD DIED. THE ENGINE HAS NEVER DONE THIS. PUT IN NEUTRAL, STARTED ENGINE, PUT IN DRIVE, ACCELERATED AND DROVE FINE. I WAS GOING 55 TO 60 MPH. IN DRIVE AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED. THE PICKUP HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I THINK IT WAS IN LOCKUP AND WHEN I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES THE LOCK UP CONVERTER DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DISENGAGE WHEN THE TIRES STOPPED WHEN I BRAKED. THE PICKUP DOES NOT HAVE ALL WHEEL ANTI LOCK BRAKES. IT DOES HAVE REAR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. THE TIRES ARE STUDDED SNOW TIRES. I THINK THE ROADS WERE SLICK ENOUGH TO STOP THE WHEELS WHEN BRAKING HARD. WITH ALL 4 WHEELS STOPPED, THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN LOCK UP IT WOULD ACT LIKE A STANDARD TRANSMISSION AND KILL THE ENGINE. THE ONLY WAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM IS IF I HAD TO GO IN THE DITCH TO AVOID THE ONCOMING CAR. IN THAT SITUATION, DEEP SNOW IN THE DITCH PLUS THE PLOW BERM, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO ACCELERATE TO GET THROUGH IT AND KEEP THE PICKUP FROM GOING SIDE WAYS AND POSSIBLY ROLLING. HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL. THANKS, *TR

ENGINE STALLING: INITIALLY IT STARTED OFF AS A SHUTTER WHEN THE VEHICLE TURNED. THIS WAS REPORTED BUT CONSEQUENTLY NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BECAUSE THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FEEL IT FOR HIMSELF. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS LATER, THE MECHANIC FINALLY FELT IT AND ORDERED A PART(THROTTLE BODY). THAT WAS DONE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINED. A LITTLE AFTER THE PART WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE STARTED TO STALL WHEN WE WOULD TURN. REPORTED THAT TO THE DEALER BUT AGAIN, NOTHING WAS DONE BECAUSE THE MECHANIC SAID THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. NOW, THEY ORDERED A POWER STEERING PUMP THAT WAS FINALLY REPLACED AFTER GOING IN SEVERAL TIMES AND IT COMING IN DEFECTIVE (TIME ENDED UP BEING SEVERAL MONTHS). THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED BUT THE ENGINE IS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING (TAKES ABOUT 5-6 ATTEMPTS) AND IS STALLING NOW MORE THAN EVER. IT STALLS AFTER WE TURN WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED NO MORE THAN 20MPH. NOW OUR WARRANTY IS OVER AS A CONSEQUENCE AND DODGE IS NOT WANTING TO FIX THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH WE REPORTED THIS PRIOR TO OUR WARRANTY EXPIRING. *TR

MY TRUCKS ENGINE STALLS OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THIS OCCURRED YESTERDAY AND NEARLY CAUSED ME TO CRASH. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND BOTH TIMES THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. *TR

REAR AXLE LOCKED UP BROKE OUTPUT SHAFT OF TRANSFER CASE, TWISTED THE PINION GEAR IN HALF WHILE DRIVING, IN TOWN THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A WRECK, AND POSSIBLE DEATH. *TR

THE TRUCK JUST STALLS OUT OCCASIONALLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING AROUND A CORNER IN CITY TRAFFIC (AROUND 15MPH). THE TRUCK LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ITS REALLY HARD TO STEER A VEHICLE THAT BIG WITHOUT WHEN IT STALLS OUT AND MY WIFE WAS LUCKY TO NOT GET HIT FROM BEHIND OR CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE EGR VALVE TWICE AND REPLACED THE ECM, ONCE IN 2007 AND THEN THIS YEAR. HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL FIX THE ISSUE PERMANENTLY, BUT I HAVE MY DOUBTS. *TR

ON SEPT. 4, 2008 AT A BOUT 2:30 AM. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, I WAS RUN OFF OF THE ROAD. MY 2005 RAM 1500 MADE A FRONT END CONTACT AT ABOUT 40 MPH AN D PUSHED THE BUMPER ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF BACK AND UNDER THE TRUCK. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. AS A RESULT I HAVE A BROKEN NOSE, A BROKEN FINGER AND VERY BRUISED RIBS. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT DON'T FEEL SAFE IN IT AFTER THIS WRECK. SINCERELY, ERIC S. MCGEE *TR

I AM HAVING A FEW PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK FOR THE PAST YEAR. 1) MY TRUCK WILL STALL OUT OR HAVE A DIP IN THE RPM'S WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. 2) THE BIG PROBLEM I HAVE HAPPENS ONCE EVERY 1-2 MONTHS. I WILL BE DRIVING MY TRUCK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL FLASH AND THE TRUCK HAS NO POWER AT ALL. THE GAS PEDAL WILL BE ON THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK WILL HAVE NO RESPONSE. THE THING THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT IS IF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY AND I GET INTO A BIG CAR ACCIDENT. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO 2 DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERSHIPS AND THEY BOTH SAID THE SAME THING. "WHATEVER IS HAPPENING ISN'T BEING COPIED TO THE COMPUTER AND WHILE OUR MECHANICS TOOK IT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE THE PROBLEM DIDN'T HAPPEN." THEY SAID THE ONLY WAY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM IS IF IT HAPPENED WHILE THEY DROVE IT. SO THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT 4X4 5.7L V-8 HEMI. THIS TRUCK AND STALLING OUT HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS. WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OWNING THE TRUCK I NOTICE THAT WHENEVER I WOULD COLD START THE TRUCK AND PUT IT INTO GEAR THE RPMS WOULD DROP AND THE TRUCK WOULD STALL. SIMILARLY IT WOULD STALL OUT WHENEVER I WAS COMING OUT OF REVERSE AND INTO DRIVE (AFTER BACKING UP). I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY CRIMP IN THE SPIN UP TRANSMISSION FILTER. THEY REPLACED THE FILTER AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE TRUCK STARTED DYING ON ME AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF AT RANDOM INTERVALS (NOT SEEMINGLY RELATED TO THE TRUCK DYING). I TOOK IT IN AND THIS TIME THEY DIAGNOSED A FAULTY EGR VALVE. APPARENTLY IS WAS STICKING OPEN AND CAUSING THE TRUCK TO RUN LEAN AND STALL OUT. THEY REPLACED IT AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW...ABOUT A YEAR LATER (YESTERDAY) I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHUDDERING AND DYING AND HAD NO POWER UNDER ACCELERATION...THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW HERE IT SITS IN THE SHOP...AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THREE TIMES THIS TRUCK HAS ACTUALLY PUT MY SAFETY IN JEOPARDY BY DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (THE SECOND TIME WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AND I NEARLY AVOIDED A COLLISION). I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE EVEN FOUND PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE GOTTEN INTO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE STALLING. DODGE CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND BECAUSE THEY CANT/WONT INVESTIGATE HARD ENOUGH THEY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INTO ACCIDENTS OR DIE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT GETS ELEVATED TO HIGHER ATTENTION LEVELS? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. THIS TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW OF THE LOT AND HAS A STEERING ISSUE. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHILE TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS LIKE PARKING AND WHATNOT. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS AND AM TOLD THAT IT IS COMMON ON THE 2005 TRUCKS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT AND THEY COULD NOT GET AUTHORIZATION FROM CHRYSLER TO DO ANYTHING. THIS TRUCK IS UNDER FULL WARRANTY AND WITH THIS ISSUE I CAN'T SELL IT OR ANYTHING. THIS IS A $35,000 LEMON AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I ALSO OWN A 2003 RAM AND HAVE NO ISSUES WITH IT. ONE MORE THING THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS ISSUE IS DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE TIRES THAT ARE FACTORY INSTALLED. I HAVE TRIED TO CALL THERE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALL I GET IS SOME ONE IN INDIA THAT JUST CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. AND WILL NOT LET ME TALK TO SOME ONE HERE IN AMERICA. CAN YOU HELP ME BEFORE THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT? *TR