2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN, PARKED, AND THEN RESTARTED, THE TRANSMISSION FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS DRAGGING. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRED EVERY MONTH AND A HALF. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM, BUT REPLACED THE SOLENOID IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 DAYTONA EDITION QUADCAB SWB, VIN [XXX], IS EQUIPPED WITH THE 5.7 LITER HEMI ENGINE AND STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN AT IDLE AND/OR LOW SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTS AS IF NO PROBLEM OCCURRED. NHTSA CHOICES FOR MODEL DO NOT INCLUDE QUADCAB SWB DODGE RAMS. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 REGULAR CAB TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED ON THIS VEHICLE. THE TRUCK WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT FRONT AREA, THE BUMPER WAS KNOCKED UP INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS SLAMMED AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DRIVERS DOOR IN THIS COLLISION. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS, SO NO REPAIRS WERE DONE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED IN YOUR DESCRIPTION. *NM

WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON--USUALLY AT NIGHT--DASH LIGHTS WILL DIM AND INTENSIFY INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DOME LIGHT HAS COME ON OCCASIONALLY. I APPRECIATED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO EDUCATE ME ON MY VEHICLE THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT I AM FULLY AWARE OF HOW THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WORKS. 2. TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT FUNCTION SAFELY. INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK WHEN ENGAGED. AFTER TRYING A MULTITUDE OF TIMES TO ENGAGE, SIGNAL COMES ON, BUT DOES NOT STAY ON CONSTANTLY. SIGNAL WILL BLINK, STOP AND START RANDOMLY. SOMETIMES, THE OPPOSITE SIGNAL WILL BLINK. 3. WHEN HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS WERE ON, FOG LIGHTS AND/OR HEADLIGHTS HAVE CUT OUT. THIS WAS NOT A RESULT OF SWITCHING TO HIGH BEAM. *NM

INVOLVED IN LOW SPEED CRASH. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. LAP/SHOULDER HARNESS DIDN'T RESTRAIN ME. SUFFERED FRACTURE NOSE..HEMATOMA OF EYE...TRUCK SUFFERED A LOT OF FRONT END DAMAGE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SAFETY RESTRAINT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES INVOLVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT CONCERNING BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE DEALER HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE REAR AXLE, REAR BRAKES, REAR BRAKE DRUM, REAR BRAKE PADS, BRAKE SHOES, LININGS AND ALSO THE REAR SPRING. THE DEALER STATED NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS COULD BE COMPLETED UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER RELEASED OTHER TSB'S. THE POLICE FILED A REPORT AT THE SCENE.

TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB PICK-UP TRUCK WITH ONLY 3656 MILES ON IT IS MAKING A WHINING SOUND WHEN IT IS WARMED UP, THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND LOOKED AT BY ONE OF THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED A TORQUE CONVERTER AND A FRONT PUMP. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONTACTED AND THE PARTS WHICH WERE REQUESTED BY THE DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY WERE DENIED BY THE MANUFACTURER, SO AT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DIRECTOR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT AND WAS SENT HOME WITH THE TRANSMISSION STILL WHINING AS IT WAS WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN, THIS CONDITION TO ME IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND IT IS UNSAFE.*JB

BRAKE ROTOR WARPING, FRONT AND REAR-FRONT REPLACED AT APPROX 15000 MILES AND BOTH FRONT AND REAR REPLACED AT 29000 MILES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND WENT BACKWARD INTO A GARAGE. THE VEHICLE AND GARAGE WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

DURING COLD WEATHER, YOU CAN PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL, TO GET IT TO MOVE YOU HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE BACK IN PARK AND THEN IN REVERSE AND SORT OF WIGGLE THE SHIFTING LEVER. ALSO DURING IN COLD WEATHER THE VEHICLE WHEN IN DRIVE WANTS TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF AND YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN HARD TO KEEP IT FROM TAKING OFF INTO TRAFFIC. *JB