2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

OFFSET ACCIDENT AT APPROX 30 MPH. HIT PARKED CAR. DAMAGE TO FENDER. PASSENGER WHEEL BROKE OFF. ALSO BRAKE LINES SEVERED. RESULT IS LOSS OF CONTROL AND ABILITY TO STOP. TRUCK IS AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. SHOULD A WHEEL BREAK OFF SO EASILY. WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS. I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST ONE OTHER TRUCK WITH THE SAME DAMAGE. *JB

05/DODGE TRUCK RAM 1500/QUAD 140WB 4X2 TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ALL THE TIME IN OVER DRIVE . IT DOESN'T SHIFT IN TOW/ HAUL LIKE THAT. AFTER FOUR TIMES IN SHOP THEY SAY THIS NORMAL TO DO THIS. 1,400 MILES LATER THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING. SEAL#52070340-AB. THEY JUST CHANGE THE SEAL AND ADD LUBRICANT#4874469. IN PASSING A CAR IT WILL RUN UP TOO 5800 RPMS,THEN GO TO 2500 RPMS THEN 1800 RPMS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN 2005 DODGE RAM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF AND WENT UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP , AND THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE DID NOT BUY IT THERE. THE CONTACT PAID TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE HE PURCHASED IT. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. HE FOUND A BROKEN AXLE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE SEPARATION. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. THEREFORE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE . THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD, AND THERE WERE NO POT HOLES WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE HAS PICTURES OF THE LOCATION WHERE THE TIRE CAME OFF. *AK

STALLING ISSUE WITH 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 EXT CAB. APPROX 2500 MILES. TRUCK STALLS INTERMITENTLY WHILE IN REVERSE OR SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD. THE ISSUE HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS INVESTIGATED TWO OR THREE TIMES. INITIAL INVESTIGATION DETERMINED POSSIBLE CAUSE AS CONTACT ISSUES WITH IGNITIION SWITH MODULE AND IT WAS REPLACED. SINCE THEN THE TRUCK HAS STALLED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES AND IS AGAIN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ROOT CAUSE. THE DEALER IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME DETERMINING THE ISSUE SINCE THE STALLING IS INTERMITTENT AND CANNOT BE EASILY REPEATED. OVERALL THE DEALER HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THE ISSUE BUT HAS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED A PERMANENT FIX. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES AFTER PARKING VEHICLE SHE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT A LATER TIME THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. HOWEVER, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW 2005 DODGE MAGNUM 1500 RAM LONG BED FROM THE DEALER IN NOVEMBER 2005. AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED THE TRUCK VIBRATED A LOT AT AROUND 65 MPH. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED AT THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT TIRES NEEDED NO BALANCING AND THE SHAKING WAS FIXED. THE NEXT DAY GOING TO WORK THE SHAKING STARTED AT AROUND 63 MPH AND I RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND TEST DROVE WITH MECHANIC AND THEY BALANCED THE TIRES. THIS TIME ONE TIRE WAS FOUND UNBALANCED AND WAS TOLD THAT THESE TRUCK SHAKE AT THOSE SPEEDS AND WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN 300 POUNDS ON THE BED. I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT SO THAT THEY COULD DO MORE TESTS AND TEST DRIVE. SAME THING WAS SAID. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND THAT I NEED TO PUT 300 PLUS POUNDS ON THE BED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE 1-800 CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD ME TO GO AND MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. I WENT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANY FURTHER APPOINTMENT AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE AS THOSE LONG BEDS AND MODEL SHAKE THAT WAY WITH LESS THAN 300 POUND ON THE BED. I COULD NOT GET ANOTHER APPOINTMENT OR GO ON A TEST DRIVE. AT THIS POINT I THINK THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO GO ON A LONG TRIP, AND MOST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATE HAVE SPEEDS OF 60 AND ABOVE, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THE MIRRORS TO MERGE INTO LANES OR SEE OTHER CARS IF THE TRUCK IS SHAKING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING TO WORK AND THE PASSENGER PUTS A DRINK IN THE CUP HOLDER, AND YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND IF THE DRINK SPILLS BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING WOULD THAT CAUSE A SHORTAGE AND /OR DISTRACTION. IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE TO HAVE TO LOAD AND UNLOAD THE 300 PLUS POUNDS OF WHATEVER FROM THE BED WHEN YOU HAVE TO LOAD PLYWOOD OR ANYTHING THAT REQUIRE THE DIMENSION OF THE BED. *JB

DT: WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THEREFORE, THE REASON FOR THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK

2005 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 / 5.7L HEMI 1) INTERMITTENTLY STALLS AT LOW RPM. AFTER MULTIPLE TIMES REPORTING THE ISSUE. NO INTERVENTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. 2) DRIVERS SEAT SHIMMIES BACK AND FORTH WHEN BRAKING OR STARTING OUT. ALSO REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES. ONE TIME PART OF THE SEAT FRAME WAS REPLACED BUT HAD NO EFFECT ON CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. ALSO REPORTED DIRECTLY TO CHRYSLER UNDER THEIR CASE NUMBER KMM3191569V95411L0KM. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAN 1500 SLT. WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, OR WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING INDICATIONS. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED DIRECTLY AFTER THIS HAPPENED . THE DRIVING DISTANCE OF THE VEHICLE HAS NO IMPACT ON WHEN VEHICLE WILL STALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TIMES SINCE THE PURCHASING DATE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO TOW THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY AFTER IT STALLED, AND DIRECTED HER TO NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE. DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TRADE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS THE VEHICLE AND WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. SHE TOLD THE DEALER THAT SHE WOULD NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *AK UPDATED 11/16/2005. *NM

MY 2005 DODGE TRUCK STARTED HAVING A VIBRATION IN IT AT 300 MILES. HAVE HAD IT IN 5 TIMES IN 4 MONTH TO BE FIX. DODGE SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. TOLD DEALER I WANTED TO PUT IT UNDER WYO LEMON LAW. DEALER SAY IT IS BETWEEN MY AND DODGE. DODGE SAYS IT IS BETWEEN ME AND MY DEALER I JUST WANT A NEW TRUCK. *NM