2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

MY VEHICLE IS A SWB QUAD CAB 4X4 1500 6 FT BED. I WAS TRAVELING AT 30 -35- MPH GOING THROUGH A SLIGHT RIGHT CURVE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND I LOST ALL POWER IN THE VEHICLE (IN TRAFFIC) I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK AT ABOUT 20 - 25 MPH AND CONTINUED ON. THE TRUCKED HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 20 MIN BEFORE IT HAPPENED. THE SECOND TIME I WAS LEAVING WORK AND PULLED UP TO THE AUTOMATIC GATE AND STOPPED TO WAIT FOR IT TO OPEN AND THE TRUCK JUST DIED. IT HAD ONLY BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 2-3 MIN. *JB

TRUCK SWERVED TO MISS A DEAR IN THE ROAD, WHEN TURNING BACK, LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF TRUCK, SPINDLE SHAFT BROKE AT BEARING, CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL OVER, TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND DRIVER INJURED, A COUPLE SMALL CONTUSIONS, HIT HEAD AND BRUISED ELBOW. TRUCK HAD 12000 MILES ON IT. NO CORRECTION TAKEN, TRUCK IS TOTALED. WHEN WHEEL CAME OFF TRUCK, TRUCK WAS STARTING TO SKID, WHEEL DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH ANYTHING BUT THE PAVED SURFACE, WAS NOT STRUCK BY ANYTHING. I BELIEVE THE SPINDLE SHAFT FAILED, WITCH SHOULD NOT FAIL UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS, I AM A CERTIFIED FORD TECHNICIAN. IT SHOULD TAKE A VERY HARD IMPACT FOR THE SPINDLE TO FAIL IF AT ALL. *NM

RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION, BUMPER QUARTER PANEL. USAA INSURANCE COMPANY PAID FOR REPAIR. HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH DAIMLER/CHRYSLER TO REIMBURSE FOR REPAIR. HAVE NO RESPONSE. *NM

FRONT ROTORS REQUIRING REFACING AT 17,000 MILES. ROTORS REQUIRING REFACING AT 22,000 MILES. ROTORS REQUIRING REFACING/REPLACEMENT AT 33,000 MILES. *NM

TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW WITH 42 MILES AND AT 9K THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. AGAIN AT 14K MILES THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THIS TIME THE DEALER REFUSED TO PAY. THE ROTORS ONLY HAD 5K MILES AND 3 MONTHS. I SPOKE WITH CHRYLSER, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE THAT ROTORS WERE WEARING OUT SO QUICKLY. I HAVE MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED. I AM COMTEMPLATING THE NEXT STEP IN THE REPAIR PROCESS. HOPEFULLY, THE NHTSA CAN BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4,I WENT TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE,THE TRUCK WENT INTO PASSING GEAR, AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO LIFT IT WITH MY FOOT AND ONLY THE PLASTIC PORTION OF THE PEDAL CAME UP, THE TRUCK WAS STILL GOING AT FULL FOOT PEDAL. I LOOKED AT SPEEDOMETER AND WAS GOING OVER 100 + MILES AND HOUR, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK TO DO WAS TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, BUT AT THAT RPM THE MOTOR WOULD SURELY BLOW. I STOOD ON THE BRAKES, UNTIL I WAS SLOWING A BIT AND THEN PUT IN NEUTRAL,AT WHICH TIME THE MOTOR WAS FREE REVVING AT REDLINE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP, ALL THE WHILE THE MOTOR WAS RED LINING, AND THEN SHUT THE KEY OFF. THANK GOODNESS THE BRAKES HELD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGH , THERE WAS SMOKE ROLLING OFF THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER, WHO RECOMMENDED THAT I CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAVE IT TOWED IN ,HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER , AND WAS SORRY FOR THIS HAPPENING, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE HAD NO PORTER TO COME AND PICK ME UP, COULD I STAY WITH THE TRUCK UNTIL TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK ASSISTANCE AND WAITED FOR THEM TO ARRIVE , THE MAN INFORMED ME THAT WHEN THE KEY IS SHUT OFF, IT RESETS ITSELF, HE STARTED THE TRUCK AND DROVE IT UP ON THE FLAT BED. I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT SOMETIME. LAST WEEK MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE SAME VEHICLE AND HAD A MINOR INCIDENT WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, WITNESSES STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS GOING FAST. LAST WEEK I LIKE ANY MOTHER THOUGHT IT WAS HER DRIVING SKILLS,AFTER TODAY , IT'S REALLY MADE ME THINK ABOUT HER INCIDENT. AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WAS HER DRIVING? I SAW MY LIFE PASS BY ME TODAY LITERALLY. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. WHAT SHOULD I DO. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK 10 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AND THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONTAL DAMAGE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT ALERTED.

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT DIES WHEN SLOWING TO 10 - 20 MPH. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. NO STEERING OR POWER. MUST STOP THEN RESTART VEHICLE. DEALER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM, SO FAR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHILE LETTING GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED QUICKLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL AND THE NOISE WAS MORE PRONOUNCED WHILE DRIVING ACROSS ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO, WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD VIBRATION FROM THE DRIVESHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR THE STEERING AND DRIVESHAFT. THE DEALER PERFORMED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE STEERING PROBLEM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. *AK

WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF ON THE PUMP WORKS CORRECTLY BUT THE TANK WILL BUBBLE UP FUEL CAUSING A SPILL. I NEVER TOP-OFF THE TANK! THE DEALER HAS WORKED ON THIS TWICE AND IS SCHEDULING A THIRD APPOINTMENT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. *JB