2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR TEN MILES AND THEN PARKING, IT BEGAN TO LEAK A LARGE AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, HOWEVER SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

2005 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REAR AXLE PINION NUT AND DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICES REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE REPAIRS. *SMD

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY FAMILY ENROUTE TO SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN I STARTED HEARING A NOISE AND FELT A LITTLE VIBRATION ON THE PEDAL AT FIRST I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE RAN OVER SOMETHING. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUST HEARD A BOOM AND THE TRUCK JUST STARTED FISH TAILIN. LUCKILY THERE WERENT ANY VEHICLES AROUND ME AT THE TIME, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE SHOULDER. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD COME COMPLETELY OUT AND THERE WAS SMOKE AND OIL LEAKING. WHEN WE GOT THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP AND THEY LOOKED IT OVER THE PINION HAD COME COMPLETELY A LOOSE THE SEAL WAS SHOT AND CHUNKS OF THE GEARS INSIDE WAS MANGLED, THE TRANSFER CASE WAS CRACKED FROM THE IMPACT OF WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT CAME APART. I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE TRUCK HAD A RECALL ON IT FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK TOWED BACK TO NY TO MY MECHANIC SHOP. WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET DODGE TO DO SOMETHING ENREGARD TO THE REPAIRS. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WAS THAT THE RECALL DOESNT INCLUDE MY MONTH! MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL BUT NOT MY MONTH. YET I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS WHAT IS STATED IN THE RECALL.

2005 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DRIVE SHAFT PROBLEMS AND PINION NUT RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IN APRIL 2013, THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK LOCKED UP AND THE CONSUMER ENDED UP IN A DITCH, DAMAGING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE DRIVE SHAFT NEXT TO THE VEHICLE, HALF ON THE PAVEMENT AND HALF IN THE DITCH. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY FIXED. IN MARCH 2015, HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE HEARD A BANGING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED, HE LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE DRIVE SHAFT ON THE PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE CONSUMER THEN LEARNED OF THE RECALL FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED TWICE. ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER, SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED IN 2013, IT NO LONGER QUALIFIES FOR THE RECALL. *JB

THE FRAME ON MY DODGE RAM HAS BROKEN WELDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS MOUNT TO THE FRAME. THEY HAVE FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS DURING THE WELDING PROCESS. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED, DRIVEN OFF ROAD, OR DONE ANY TOWING. DODGE REFUSES ANY ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING THE FRAME BECAUSE IT HAS AGED OUT OF THEIR WARRANTY. THE TRUCK HAS 74,138 MILES ON IT AND IS NOT DRIVABLE WITHOUT A NEW FRAME. I HAD THE TRUCK IN TWICE UNDER WARRANTY SERVICE FOR DRIVABILITY ISSUES UNDER BRAKING AND STEERING OVER BUMPS. NEITHER TIME WERE THE CRACKS IN THE FRAME FOUND OR ADDRESSED. EVERY TIME THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I FOUND THE DAMAGE WHILE CHANGING THE OIL AND WAS ABOUT TO REPLACE THE FRT HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SINCE THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD ALREADY FAILED AND HAD BEEN REPLACED EARLIER. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK HAD AGED OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THAT TAKING IT TO A DEALER THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT MAY COVER IT. I GOOGLED TSB'S AND FOUND ONE ON THE 2006 DODGE RAM FRAMES FOR THE EXACT SAME AREA AFFECTED ON MY TRUCK, BUT DODGE STILL WON'T ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR OVER SIX MONTHS AND WANT MY TRUCK FIXED OR REPLACED.

MY 2005 DODGE RAM SRT-10 VIPER TRUCK ENGINE STALLS/SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, NO CODES, NO ERRORLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING...I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK STALLING OUT WHEN PARKING OR GOING THROUGH SLOW TURNS. IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION'WHILE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING, IT DIED AND I SLOWLY DRIFTED OVER TO AN ADJACENT CURVE.. THE MOST RECENT WAS ON 11/06/15, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES OVER THE PAST 5 MONTHS. ALL LIGHTS AND THE RADIO REMAIN ON AND IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP, HOWEVER MY STEERING AND BRAKES LOCK UP WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED MY RPMS DROP DRAMATICALLY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TRUCK WANTS TO STALL. STARTED SURGING AND STALLING SO IN IT WENT IN AGAIN, THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE IAC MODULE ...AND THEN THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL PUMP'SO THEY TESTED THE FUEL RAIL AND CLAIM THAT IT WAS LOSING 5% OF ITS TORQUE'BUT NOT TO BE CONCERNED'THEN THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE MAP SENSOR'BUT NO !...AGAIN WITH NO INDICATION, NO ERROR LIGHTS; AND NO CODES' ' AND THE DEALERSHIP MECHANICS STILL CAN NOT GET IT TO RUN WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF ONCE YOU STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR IT DIES' TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP. COULD NOT AND CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. AND THEY CHARGED ME $967.00 WHY CAN'T FIAT-CHRYSLER SAVE FACE WHEN THEY KNOW A PART PROBLEM EXISTS AND JUST FIX IT RIGHT WITHOUT RIPPING OFF CUSTOMERS ? THE MOPAR MECHANICS HAVE HAD MY TRUCK SINCE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2015 , (OVER TWO MONTHS ) AND STILL CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT'.. 'THEY WANT ME TO PAY MORE MONEY WHILE THEY EXPLORE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THEY CLAIM THAT THE FIAT-CHRYSLER COPRPORATION ENGINEERS WANT THEM TO TRY' 'REALLY..SS YOU ARE ASKING THE CONSUMER/CUSTOMER TO FUND THE EDUCATION OF YOUR MECHANICS'FIAT-CHRYSLER REALLY ????? PLEASE RECALL THESE TRUCKS BEFORE SOME-ONE OR SOME-FAMILY GETS KILLED PLEASE..PLEASE !!

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO EXIT A ROADWAY, THE DRIVELINE FRACTURED, THE WHEELS SEIZED IN THE REAR, AND THE VEHICLE SWAYED TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE WHILE IN A TWO LANE ROADWAY AND WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING ON THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE WHERE TO TOW THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICES BY MAIL FOR REAR AXLE PINION NUT (P77 / NHTSA 14V-796) AND DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR (R25 / NHTSA 15V-313.) I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER IN JULY / AUGUST OF 2015 TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS. A WEEK LATER THE DEALER CALLED BACK TO POSTPONE THE REPAIRS BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL BACK TO RESCHEDULE THE REPAIRS WHEN THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE DEALER. THE REPAIRS HAVE STILL NOT BEEN MADE. THE DEALER HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THESE DEFECTS IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL PINION SEAL LEAKED UPON INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL PINION SEAL LEAKED. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.