2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

REAR PINION NUT, DRIVE SHAFT RECALL. IN NOVEMBE WHILE DRIVING THE REAR PINION NUT CAME A LOOSE SENDING THE DRIVE SHAFT INTO THE TRANSFER CASE COMPLETELY BREAKING THE WHOLE THING RIPPED THE REAR GEARS AND LOCKING UP WHEELS.AFTER 2 MOS. OF TRYING FINALLY GOT A CHRYSLER DODGE DEALER TO ACCEPT MY TRUCK UNDER THE RECALL. AFTER ALMOST A MOS. IN SHOP $1100 WORTH OF REPAIRS THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR THAT WERENT THERE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, I GOT MY TRUCK BACK 2 WEEKS LATER IT HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS JUST THE TRANSFER CASE THAT WAS DAMAGED. TOWED IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, THIS TIME I HAD TO PAY $400 BECAUSE 4X4 SENSOR WAS BAD AND BECAUSE OF THE YEAR OF MY TRUCK ITS SOLD WITH 2 OTHER SWITCHES AND THEY WERENT GOING TO WARRANTY THE WORK IF I DIDNT PAY TO HAVE SWITCHES CHANGED BY THEM. MIND YOU THE LIGHT WASNT ON PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING THE 2ND TIME. I CALLED CHRYLER CORP EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND THEY DONT GET INVOLVED WITH THERE DEALERSHIPS. NOW HERE I AM 2 WEEKS LATER TOOK A ROAD TRIP TO GEORGIA AND BOOM IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE IM DRIVING I JUST SEE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER MY TRUCK, I MANAGE TO PULL OVER AND THE TRANSFER CASE EXPLODES AGAIN. I GET IT TO DODGE DEALERSHIP IN GWINNETTE THEY FIND OUT THE DRIVE SHAFT IS BENT AND WAS NEVER REPLACED FROM WHEN IT EXPLODED THE FIRST TIME. IT TOOK CHRYSLER A WEEK TO RESPOND TO THE DEALERSHIP IN GWINNETTE ON HOW TO PROCEDE. ITS BEEN 3 WEEKS HAVENT GOTTEN A RETURN CALL FROM CHRYSLER. NO ACCOMMADATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ME. IM STRANDED WITH NO VEHICLE WASTED MY WHOLE ENTIRE VACATION. VEHICLE STILL NOT REPAIRED.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIRS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE MANUFACTURER WOULD SUPPLY THE PART FOR THE RECALL FOR YEARS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SUPPLY THE PARTS TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPEWED FROM THE FILLER NECK EVEN THOUGH THE FUEL TANK LEVEL WAS NOT FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 08/17/16*LJ

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE TRUCK IS FALLING APART. THE WELDS ARE COMING APART & THE WHOLE BODY IS ROTTING FASTER THAN I CAN FIX IT. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER INSPECTION STICKER. I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE, WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT & PULLEYS, REAR DRIVE SHAFT, UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS, TYRODS AND THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE TRUCK NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* TAKATA RECALL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAG), 14V796000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HOWEVER, NO TROUBLE CODES WERE DETECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

THE SPARE TIRE HOIST CAN BECOME INOPERABLE, NOT ALLOWING YOU TO RAISE NOR LOWER THE SPARE TIRE. HOWEVER, OVER TIME, THE CABLE BEGINS TO SLOWLY LOWER THE SPARE TO WHICH THE SPARE BEGINS TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH. EVENTUALLY, THE CABLE GIVES WAY AND BREAKS, ALLOWING THE TIRE TO FALL OFF. IN MY CASE, I HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO RAISE OR LOWER MY SPARE TIRE, NOR HAD THE DODGE DEALERSHIP OR ANY ALTERNATE PLACES THAT REPLACE TIRES. IT WAS ALMOST 9 YEARS WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE HAD LOWERED AND WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, HOWEVER, THE HOIST WAS STILL INOPERABLE, AND THE TIRE HAD NOT LOWERED ENOUGH TO ACCESS THE MOUNTING BOLTS FOR THE HOIST NOR TO CUT THE CABLE. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN I NOTICED ALL THE CARS BEHIND ME SWERVING EVERY WHICH DIRECTION.....AND THEN I NOTICED A TIRE BOUNCING ON THE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF THEM. I HAD MY SUSPICION SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO CHECK ON MY SPARE JUST TO FIND THAT IT AND PART OF MY HOIST WERE MISSING. LUCKILY, NOBODY GOT HURT AS RUSH HOUR WAS JUST UNDER WAY SO THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROAD WAS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN NORMAL. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE OWNED THIS TRUCK, I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO USE MY SPARE (AND I'VE HAD A FAIR SHARE OF FLATS BUT HAVE LUCKILY BEEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO FRIENDS OR FAMILY THAT COULD HELP). ON EVERY INSTANCE WHERE I CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THEY MERELY TOLD ME I COULD PAY THEM TO FIX IT. WHY SHOULD I PAY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT NEVER WORKED FROM THE MOMENT THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED?

MY DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A KNOWN RECALL P77 ON THE REAR PINION NUT THAT THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID WAS FAULTY ON MY VEHICLE AND THAT PARTS WOULD BE ORDERED TO RESOLVE THE DEFECT. I WAS LATER NOTIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE PARTS WERE NOW AVAILABLE AND TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPAIR HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THEY WOULD NOT DO THE REPAIR AS THE TECHNICIAN HAD TOLD ME WAS NEEDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECALL. THIS A MATTER OF A DEALERSHIP NOT FIXING A KNOWN PROBLEM NOT A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING RECALL THAT IS NOT BEING HONORED.