2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE BUT WHEN TRYING TO GO FORWARD OR IN REVERSE THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOCKS UP AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO STOP AND THIS COULD CAUSE FOR A UNEXPECTEDLY STOP CAUSING SOMEONE TO HIT ME FROM THE REAR AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS VIBRATING CAUSING THE GEARS TO CHIP AND DOES IT AT SLOW SPEEDS AND FAST ALSO WHEN IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN IT COMES TO A DEAD STOP WHICH AGAIN CAN CAUSE A UNEXPECTEDLY STOP AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THE OUTER TIE RODS ARE WORN AGAIN. I HAD THEM REPLACED ALREADY ONCE, AT APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES. DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD WEAR SO FAST, THIS WILL BE THE 3RD SET INCLUDING THE ORIGINALS. I SEE THAT DODGE HAS RECALLED THE 2008 MY AND GREATER, BUT NOT 2007. I THINK WITH A LATE MODEL 2007, CHANCES ARE THE PARTS ARE THE SAME AS THE 2007 MY. I THINK DODGE SHOULD PAY FOR THIS 2ND REPAIR AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF WARRANTY FOR IT FOR THE FUTURE. *TR

WHILE WAITING IN TRAFFIC FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE AT CORNER OF JACKSON BLUFF ROAD AND HWY 544, CONWAY, SC, ON 4 AUGUST 2012, TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED EVEN WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED. WAS ABLE TO WHIP TRUCK ONTO SIDEWALK AT JACKSON BLUFF RD & 544 TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT APPEARED THAT TRUCK ENGINE ACCELERATED TO AS MUCH AS 2000 RPM EVEN WITH BRAKE ON AS FIRM AS POSSIBLE. *TR

AFTER GETTING A BRAKE JOB I DROVE TRUCK ON FREEWAY WHEN THE BACK WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING SEVERE BOUNCING IN THE BACK END. THE TRUCK WAS RETURNED TO THE REPAIR SHOP BUT LOCKED UP A COUPLE OTHER TIMES ON WAY BACK. THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD OVERTIGHTENED THE PARKING BRAKE CAUSING THE LOCK UP. THEY ADJUSTED BRAKE AND I AGAIN TOOK TRUCK OUT ONTO FREEWAY AND HAD IT LOCK UP AGAIN A COUPLE TIMES. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AGAIN. THEY THEN BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN A REAR SEAL THAT WAS CAUSING REAR BRAKE PADS TO GET WET AND EXPAND, CAUSING THEM TO SWELL AND LOCK UP. THEY MADE FURTHER REPAIRS AND I DROVE THE TRUCK AS NORMAL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS WHEN THE REAR END LOCKED UP ON ME AGAIN. EACH TIME IT LOCKED UP IT WAS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER FREEWAY SPEEDS. ONCE PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER THE REAR END WOULD FREE UP AND THEN DRIVE LIKE NORMAL. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN MARCH WHILE ON VACATION. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE, HOWEVER, I AM CAREFUL TO DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS ON FREEWAY. I RECENTLY HEARD OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM IN 2009-2010 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUPS AND BELIEVED MY TRUCK MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THE REPAIR FACILITY THAT I WAS USING AT THE TIME IS S & K MUFFLER, 1317 N. MAIN, ROYAL OAK, MI 48067, (248) 548-9225. *TR

WHILE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65MPH THE TRUCK SLIPS INTO REVERSE, MAKING THE BACK TIRES BARK AND THEN IT GOES BACK INTO GEAR. THIS SCARY AND DANGEROUS SOMEONE EASILY RUN INTO THE REAR. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE PINION GEAR ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN THE STREET. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND PINION GEAR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND GOT OFF THE EXIT. I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION FOR A DRINK AND THE ROAD I HAD TO GET ON, I COULDN'T MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, SO I HAD TO GO TO THE NEXT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND MADE A U-TURN. I WENT THOUGH A DUNKIN DONUTS PARKING LOT AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 20 FEET FROM EXITING THE PARKING LOT, IT FELT LIKE MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT, GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT, AND TO MY SURPRISE, THE TIRE WAS LEANING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER AND CALLED CHRYSLER/DODGE AND SPOKE TO A CASE MANAGEMENT PERSON. I DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE WITH HIM, BUT WEEKS WORTH OF LEAVING VOICE MAILS AND GETTING NO RETURN CALLS. I FINALLY SPOKE TO A SUPERVISOR AND SHE CALLED THE DEALER WHERE MY TRUCK WAS, WHILE I WAS ON HOLD. FINALLY, AFTER 20 MINUTES, SHE RETURNS AND TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY WILL DO. THEY WILL NOT PAY TO FIX IT, OR HELP PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND THEY WILL NOT PAY MY DEDUCTIBLE TO FIX IT AND THEY WILL NOT COMPENSATE ME IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. HER REASONS WERE FOR ONE, THE WARRANTY ON MY TRUCK WAS OVER AND I SAID, YES, I KNOW AND IF THERE WAS, I WOULDN'T BE CALLING YOU, AND FOR TWO, SHE SAID THAT THE BROKEN PART WHICH WAS A BROKEN UPPER BALL JOINT, IS A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. I SAID ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS TRUCK IS IN LIKE NEW CONDITION AND VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND IT ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT. HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THAT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR? I SAID IF IT HAD 150,000 MILES ON IT, THEN YES, THAT'S NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, NOT WITH 56,000 MILES. I SAID YOU ARE CRAZY, SHE SAID , WELL SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY, BUT WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR YOU. I SAID THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I BUY A CHRYSLER/DODGE PRODUCT EVER AGAIN AND SHE SAID THAT'S YOUR PEROGATIVE. I SAID NICE TO SEE THAT CHRYSLER/DODGE DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. ...UPDATED 07/19/12 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO FALL TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE HUB WAS SEPARATED AND THE BEARINGS HAD LOST THEIR LUBRICATION. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,539.

WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS TUNED ON, THE INDICATOR LIGHT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WOULD INDICATE AS SUCH AND THEN IT WOULD SWITCH TO THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL EVEN WITH THE SWITCH IN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL POSITION. SOMETIMES WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS APPLIED, IT WOULD SWITCH TO THE RIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE APPROX. JULY 2011 AND SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, THE VEHICLE HAS DONE THE SAME THING. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE MULTI SWITCH( WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND TURN SIGNALS). WHEN I FLIP THE TURN SIGNAL DOWN THE RIGHT BLINKER WILL COME ON. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME WHEN ENGAGING THAT SWITCH. IN THIS SAME SWITCH IS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS IS ALSO AFFECTED SOMETIMES BY NOT ENGAGING THEM OR NOT RUNNING CORRECTLY. THIS HAS CAUSED ME MANY PROBLEMS AND AM WORRIED IT COULD RESULT IN A WRECK. *TR