2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

(1) ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANY SPEED. (2) ENGINE STALL. BRAKES AND STEARING IN-OPERABLE, TOTAL CONTROL FAILURE OF VEHICLE. (3) FLASH UPDATE OF THE TRUCKS COMPUTER CHIP, MANY TRIPS INTO THE DEALER, LATEST ADVICE FROM THE DEALER IS THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE EXCEPT TO NOTE MY COMPLAINT IN THE SERVICE FILE...

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT INSPECTION WAS DONE ON VEHICLE AND THE HOOD WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. RUSTING ACTIVITY WAS PRESENT AT TIME OF PURCHASE. THERE WAS AN EXHAUST PIPE LEAK MID-POINT UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO POSSIBLE INTRUSION INTO CAB AREA WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, EXHAUST SYSTEM MUFFLER,CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND PIPE SHOWED SIGNS OF EXTREME OVERHEATING. HEAVY DEPOSITS OF DRY FLUFFY CARBON WAS EVIDENT INSIDE THE TAIL PIPE. INDICATION OF RICH FUEL MIXTURE THAT WILL CAUSE OVERHEATING WITH POSSIBILITY OF FIRE. SUPPOSE TO BE NEW 2005 4X2 RAM SINGLE CAB.*AK *NM

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, RUSTED COMPONENTS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, LOOSE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING, SPEEDOMETER INACCURATE, AND PROBLEMS WITH THE BODY PAINT. *MR THE RIDE HEIGHT WAS LOW IN THE FRONT, THERE WAS STIFF SUSPENSION, THERE WAS A LOOSE STRIP RUBBER ABOVE THE LEFT DOOR, THE SUSPENSION BAR MAY HAVE BEEN CRACKED, THERE WAS ABNORMAL SCALLOPING ON THE FRONT TIRE OUTSIDE TREAD, THERE WAS AN EXHAUST PIPE LEAK, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RIGHT SIDE STEERING KNUCKLE SHOWED A VISIBLE LINE THAT COULD POSSIBLY CRACK. THE ENGINE IDLING WAS HARSH WHEN MOVING THE SHIFT INTO REVERSE. *SC *JB