2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55 MPH ON EXPRESSWAY APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK STALLS. IT ALSO WILL STALL AT STOP SIGNS AND RED LIGHTS NO CODES COME UP AND TRUCK RESTARTS. LETTING OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL THE TRUCK WILL AVOID STALL VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT STRUCK A DEER AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK, NECK, AND SHOULDER, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 10/18/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN LATE JUNE 2016. UPDATED 10/19/16.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY GOING 55 MPH OR ABOVE, THE REAR WHEELS LOCK UP. THERE IS A CAMPAIGNE FOR THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF THIS TRUCK CAMPAIGNE NUMBER 06V341000.IVE SPOKEN WITH CHRYSLER ON THE PHONE AND THEY TOLD ME EVEN THOUGH MY TRUCK IS HAVING THE EXACT PROBLEM OF THIS CAMPAIGNE IT DOES NOT QUALIFY TO BE PART OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. IVE TALKED TO MY TRANSMISSION REPAIRMAN AND HE SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COUNTRY THE TRANSMISSION WAS MADE IN IT'S STILL THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION AS THE ONES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAMPAIGNE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY WHEELS LOCK UP AND SOMEONE GETS KILLED? THEY NEED TO OPEN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE CANADA TRUCKS ALSO

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED, WHILE HE DROVE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE AT THE REAR END AND THE VEHICLE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

I CONTACTED GULF CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP, INC. ON MCKENZIE BLVD. IN FOLEY, AL ON 09/11/15. TAMMY INFORMED ME SHE WOULD PLACE MY NAME ON A FIVE PAGE WAITING LIST AND CALL ME BACK FOR SCHEDULING. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL. I HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE RECALL MAILERS REGARDING THIS DRIVER AIRBAG DEFLATOR ISSUE SINCE THEN. PLEASE ADVISE!

FOR THE PAST WEEK MY ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT TO START. CRANKED FOR ABOUT 20 SECOND BEFORE STARTING. TODAY THE ENGINE CRANKED BUT FAILED TO START. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD AND CHECKING THE BATTERY I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE FUSE BOX, TIPM, WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BATTERY. I OPENED THE COVER TO THE TIPM AND NOTICED WHITE POWDER, ACID. THE NEGATIVE LEAD WHICH IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIPM HAD WHITE POWDER RESIDUE ON THE CONNECTOR. I TRIED ONCE AGAIN TO START THE VEHICLE BUT ONLY CRANKED. THEN SOME SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE TIPM. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND MADE SURE NOTHING WAS STILL BURNING. I READ ON LINE THAT TIPM FAILURE IS COMMON WITH MY VEHICLE AND OTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCTS BUT A RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED. THIS COULD HAVE TURNED INTO A SAFETY ISSUE IF MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO CATCH FIRE. I HAVE TO SPEND $100 IN TOWING COST AND ~$800 TO REPAIR.

ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGH SPEED I EXPERIENCE BOUNCING IN REAR END AND WHEN HITTING BUMPS AT HIGH SPEEDS REAR END BOUNCES SEVERELY AND CAUSES SWERVING.

I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH (NORMALLY 55 AS IT IS A DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR) DOWN A MAIN HIGHWAY IN MY AREA, WHERE THERE WAS ON-GOING ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND FELT A SLIGHT "SHIMMY" AND THEN A DRIFTING, SIMILAR TO HYDROPLANING. I EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY, ONTO MY PRE-PLANNED EXIT AND DROVE ANOTHER MILE OR SO. I WAS THEN GOING AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE (IN A BEARING CURVE TO THE LEFT), AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH, AND BEGAN TO FEEL A HARD "SHIMMY". WITHIN SECONDS, IT PROGRESSED TO A LURCHING AND SHAKING...AS I WATCHED MY REAR DRIVERS-SIDE WHEEL AND TIRE SPIN AROUND IN THE ROAD/TRAFFIC CIRCLE BEHIND ME. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE OF MY TRUCK WAS SITTING ON THE ROTOR. THE TIRE WAS APPROX 25-30 FEET BEHIND ME, AND ALL 5 LUGS WERE FOUND AT THE LOCATION THAT I ENTERED THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.