2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DRIVING, AND JUST SHUT DOWN WOULD NOT START AGAIN, SEE THR RECALL ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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.

SWINGING KEYS IN IGNITION SHUT TRUCK OFF AT 60MPH, TROUBLE STEERING AND ALMOST PUT IT IN REVERSE AT SPEED WHILE SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL TO START ENGINE- SWERVED AND CAUSED HIGH SPEED SKID.

I WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN IT HAPPENED. I LEFT THE DRIVEWAY AND GOT ON THE ROAD AND ONCE I HIT ABOUT 35 OR SO MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SEIZE AND POPPED IN THE REAR. MY TRUCK THEN BEGAN TO BOUNCE IN THE BACK AND I HAD TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I WAS VERY CONFUSED. I STARTED TO DRIVE AND TURN BACK TO THE STREET AND IT STARTED VIOLENTLY BOUNCING AGAIN SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO THEN HELPED ME FIGURE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. WE TOOK IT APART AND FOUND CHUNKS OF METAL GEARS ALL OVER THE BOTTOM. I HAD TO HAVE IT REBUILT FOR $1800 TOTAL. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AND CONFUSED AS TO HOW A REAR DIFF. COULD JUST GIVE OUT SO I LOOKED IT UP AND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME YEAR OR CLOSE TO IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. SOME AT HIGHER, MORE DANGEROUS SPEEDS FOR SOMETHING THAT VITAL TO GIVE OUT. I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN ABOUT THIS MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND HAVING THE SAME SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS PART THAT I HAD AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FOR IT. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO BE INJURED OR WORSE FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE FIXED. THE TRUCK IS BARELY BROKEN IN AND I LOVE IT WHICH IS WHY I WAS HEARTBROKEN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WANT A RECALL DONE TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHERS AND TO HELP THOSE THAT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED TOO. I'M VERY UPSET THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. I'M GLAD I WASN'T GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LIKE SOME OTHERS THAT HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. I WANT THE WHOLE PROBLEM FIXED BECAUSE I HEARD IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DRIVELINE AS WELL AND IF THAT SHATTERS LIKE THE REAR DIFF THEN I HOPE I'M AS LUCKY THE FIRST TIME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRUCK TRIES TO ENGAGE 4WD LO. AT LOW SPEEDS IT HAS ENGAGED TO 4WD LO. AT HIGHER SPEEDS IT HAS ENGAGED 4WD LOCK AND HAS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. DEALERSHIPS HAVE REPLACED THE ACTUATOR, SAID IT WAS THE TIPM, AND SAID IT WAS AN AC RELAY PRESSURE SWITCH. THE PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS AS OF 12/24/14. HAS BEEN TO 5 DIFF. DODGE DEALERSHIPS. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR 6 MONTHS. 4WD LO LIGHT FLASHES AND SERV 4WD LIGHT COMES ON. DIFFERENT SERVICE CODES COME UP WHEN DEALERSHIPS LOOK AT IT. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS TRUCK. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS) WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 2015. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

CANNOT ADD FUEL TO VEHICLE TANK. STOPS AFTER A FEW SECONDS. SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNOCKED THE PLASTIC BALL INTO THE TANK (THINKING THIS WOULD WORK, IT DIDN'T) THAT STOPS GAS SIPHONING. STILL CANNOT FILL TANK. TRUCK HAS 91,000 MILES AND HAVE ALWAYS PUT THE SAME GAS (93 OCTANE) . *TR

AS I WAS ROUNDING A CURVE AND APPROACHING TRAIN TRACKS,TRUCK LOST POWER.THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL ENOUGH TO STAY ON THE ROAD AND COAST OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS.SINCE THEN MY HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES FLICKER ON AND OFF AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING.TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE TIPM AND WOULD COST OVER $900.I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY SO I AM FORCED TO DRIVE IT AS IS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO SEIZE AND THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR KIT, THE SEAL DRIVE, THE PINION, THE SEAL AXLE, THE DRIVE SHAFT, AND THE CASE DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,262. UPDATED 7/14/15*CN UPDATED 9/11/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (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.