2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

HAVE 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB WITH FACTORY INSTALLED 20" CHROME WHEELS. BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT TWICE IN 23,000 MILES, AT 13,000 AND NOW AGAIN AT 23,000. DEALER REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB LWB. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AUTOMATICALLY TO 20 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED IT IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED SIX FEET AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 13,194.

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL AND TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED ON THE TIRE. THESE WERE COOPER DISCOVERER S/T LT265/70 R17 MADE IN UTAH 02/05. THE SIDE WALL REMAINED ON THE RIM AS WELL AS THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE TIRE, IT WAS WIDE OPEN BETWEEN THE TREAD AND THE SIDEWALL ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE. NOT A "BLOWOUT" THE TIRE CAME APART. IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED I WOULDN'T BE WRITING THIS. *TR

VEHICLE ENGINE STALLS WHEN SLOWING TO MAKE TURN OR JUST SLOWING TO SPEEDS BELOW 25MPH. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I WAS BACKING UP IN DRIVEWAY AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED, BEGAN MOVING, AND THEN STALLED. THAT SAME AFTERNOON I WAS LEAVING WORK AND THE SAME IDENTICAL THING HAPPENED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY STATED THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND TO BRING IT IN. I TOOK IT TO DEALER, AND THEY DID AN UPDATE OR SOMETHING. RECENTLY IT STARTED HESITATING WHEN PUT IN GEAR AND HAS STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EITHER WHEN BEING PLACED IN GEAR OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT ACTED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO, THEN LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BINDING, AND JUST BEFORE STALLING IT LUNGED FORWARD OR BACKWARDS, DEPENDING ON DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, BEFORE STALLING.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB LWB. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR GREATER, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES ROUGHLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE STEMS FROM THE VEHICLE'S TIRES. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER REBALANCED THE TIRES, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE DEALER SENT THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT TIRE SHOP WHO WAS ALSO UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE TIRES ARE AT FAULT, HOWEVER THE TIRE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEIR IS FAILURE WITHIN THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND RIMS WERE TESTED SEPARATELY, THEY DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY FAILURES. THE TIRE INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE, HOWEVER ALL BUT ONE OF THE TIRES SHARE THE SAME DOT NUMBER. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR ORDERS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB LWB. WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 55 MPH THE CONTACT ACCELERATED AND THE GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD BEGAN FLUCTUATING OUT OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT OFF AND THE GAUGES REMAINED STAGNANT. THE ENGINE LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY SLUDGE BUILD-UP. THE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECEIVE ROUTINE OIL CHANGES. THE CONTACT INSISTED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES. CURRENTLY, HE MUST PAY $10,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 44,200.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS THE 2005 DODGE RAM PICKUP 1500 SERIES. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. OCCASIONALLY WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. OTHERWISE, IT TOOK 3-5 MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS PRESENT WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED . THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE DEALER WAS UABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,800. *AK

ON MY 2005 DODGE RAM WITH THE 5.7 HEMI AT TIMES WILL STALL AT LIGHTS I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RECREATE THE CONCERN IN 2 DAYS. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND DUPLICATED THE CONCERN WITHIN 10 MILES. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW AND ADDED FLUID. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR A DAY AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND STALLED. I HAVE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM DCX AND THEY WANTED TO FLASH THE PCM. I LET THEM KNOW THE PCM WAS REPLACED A WEEK EARLIER FOR A CHARGING SYSTEM CONCERN I HAD. I BELIEVE THE PCM SHOULD HAVE COME WITH THE LATEST SOFTWARE. *JB

SINCE BUYING MY 2005 DODGE CREWCAB 1500 PICKUP I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BAD HEADACHES. I WENT TO A NUMBER OF DOCTORS AND UNDERWENT A NUMBER OF TESTS. NO CAUSE FOR MY ONGOING HEADACHES COULD BE FOUND. LAST WEEKEND MY OLDEST SON AND I WENT ON A SEVERAL HOUR TRIP IN THE TRUCK AND WE BOTH BECAME SICK. ON A HUNCH I STOPPED AND PURCHASED A CARBON MONOXIDE TESTER AND WHEN PLACED IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK IT SOUNDED AN ALARM. IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS I TRIED THE ALARM MANY TIMES AND ON ALL OCCASIONS IT SOUNDED AN ALARM. I FEEL THAT THERE IS SOME FAULT WITH THIS TRUCK THAT IS ALLOWING, OR CAUSING, CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *NM