2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE HAD (2)TWO CLOSE CALLS FROM A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURES. (1) THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED DURING A SNOWSTORM AND SKIDDED ME OFF THE ROAD. (2) RECENTLY WITH JUST 44,000 MILES ON THE RAM THE WHEELBEARINGS SEIZED AND THE DRIVERSIDE TIRE BLOWOUT SENDING ME AGAIN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A SMALL CULVERT. EVEN THOUGH UNDER WARRANTY DODGE IS DELAYING FIXING IT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THESE EQUIPMENT FAILURES. I'VE NOTICED MANY COMPLAINTS AND EVEN LIMITED RECALLS REGARDING DODGE WHEELBEARINGS BEING DEFECTIVE. IF YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH EITHER OF THESE EQUIPMENT FAILURES YOU'D KNOW HOW CATASTROPHIC IT COULD BE. *TR

BOLT ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD BROKE CAUSING EXHAUST LEAK. BOLT HAD TO BE DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED ALONG WITH THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. REPAIR SHOP SAID THIS IS COMMON ON DODGE VEHICLES. BOLT RECEIVES TOO MUCH VIBRATION AND HEAT. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. CODE SHOWS PROBLEM TO BE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *TR

WHEEL BEARING HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND FALL INWARD AS VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. WHEEL BEARING HUB WAS FOUND TO HAVE FALLEN APART AND SHOWED LACK OF GREASE. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 (2005) INVOLVED IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT WITH A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA (HIT SIDE OF JETTA). TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND HIT BRAKES LATE AS JETTA TURNED IN FRONT OF TRUCK. NEITHER FRONT AIRBAGS ON THE TRUCK DEPLOYED. SIX AIRBAGS IN JETTA DEPLOYED. *TR

ENGINE STALLS WHEN BRAKING. HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN TURNING CORNERS, DUE TO SLOWING. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. NOW TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ALWAYS RESPOND OR SHIFTS HARD. I HAVE EVEN HAD TO SHIFT ON THE COLUMN. *TR

KEPT HEARING A NOISE IN THE DASH OF MY TRUCK AFTER INVESTIGATING THE NOISE I FOUND THAT THE WINDSHIELD HAD BECOME UNGLUED AND WAS COMPLETELY LOOSE. *TR

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 (4.7). MY VEHICLE WILL STOP RUNNING AND AN INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON. AFTER EVALUATING THE PROBLEM AT A LOCAL PARTS STORE IT WAS DETERMINED THE EGR VALVE IS BAD. THE VEHICLE HAS 43,500 MILES ON IRT. *TR

2005 DODGE RAM FREQUENTLY STALLS AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND RPM'S. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING OFTEN AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL AT LOWER RPMS. IT HAS HAPPENED AT SPEEDS OF 20 MPH AND LOWER, WHILE TAKING TURNS, APPROACHING STOP SIGNS AND AT THE CREST OF HILLS WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS. VERY DANGEROUS AND RESULTED IN RUNNING OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH IN ONE CASE. THE DEALER WAS NOT HELPFUL ON BOTH OCCASIONS WHEN THEY KEPT THE TRUCK FOR REPAIR PURPOSES. IN BOTH CASES THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE THE COMPUTER DID NOT REGISTER A SPECIFIC FAILURE. I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE LOW RPM'S AND THAT IT WAS NOT A "SENSOR" ISSUE. THEY REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AS THEY FELT THIS WOULD BE CHASING THE PROBLEM "BLIND". *TR

I STARTED NOTICING MY TRUCK WANTING TO LOSE POWER WHEN GETTING TO A LOW CRUISING SPEED; APPROXIMATELY 25 - 30MPH'S. THE TRUCK WOULD START TO REV UP AND DOWN, BOUNCING THE RPM'S FROM 900 TO ABOUT 1600 AS IF YOU WERE TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL. THEN THE NEXT OCCASION WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING, I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE TRUCK COMPLETELY DIED/SHUT OFF. NOW ITS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AND NOW WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF FROM A DEAD STOP, I HAVE TO REALLY GET ON THE PEDAL TO MAKE IT TAKE OFF. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEY REPORTED A 406 ERROR READING: THE EGR VALUE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. I WENT TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM ALOT WITH THE VEHICLES COMING BACK...COME TO FIND OUT, THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY. *TR