2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK FUEL ALWAYS SPITS OUT AFTER THE PUMP SHUTS OFF. IT DOES IT AT EVERY FILLING STATION I HAVE USED. IT IS LIKE THE TANK IS BURPING. *JS

MY STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING SOUND WHEN YOU TURN THE WHEEL. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE IS ONLY A RECALL FOR THIS ON SOME MODELS. IF MY VEHICLE IS DOING WHAT THE RECALL IS STATING AND I HAVE THE VEHICLE THAT THE RECALL IS ON WHY IS IT NOT REPLACEABLE FREE OF CHARGE? THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. NHTSA # 09E001000, COMPONENT : STEERING LINKAGES. IS OUT THERE AND I CANNOT GET THIS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL RULES. PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME. *TR

I RECEIVED A FRANTIC PHONE CALL FROM MY SON STATING HIS TRUCK DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AT THIS TIME HE COULDN'T START THE VEHICLE AND THE AREA WAS PITCH BLACK AND HE WAS ON A BLIND CURVE. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING HOME AT APPROX. 10:00 P.M. ON THE WINDING, DARK, MOUNTAIN ROADS OF OUR COMMUNITY. HE WAS DRIVING HIS 2007 DODGE RAM HEMI 5.7 LITRE PICKUP. THIS PICKUP HAS VERY FEW MILES ON IT FOR IT'S YEAR. AS HE CAME INTO A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND BEGAN TO NAVIGATE HIS TURN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED LEAVING HIM WITH NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING AND NO ENGINE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE TURN AND COULD NOT USE THE BREAKS AT THAT POINT. HE WAS ON A DARK ROAD AT THE BACK SIDE OF A BLIND TURN WITH NO POWER AND NO BRAKES. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES HE WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND SAFELY GET IT OFF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO CARS IN THE SEVERAL MINUTES IT TOOK HIM TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, THE FIRST WAS ON A COUNTRY WINDING ROAD WITH LESS TRAFFIC AND AT A LOWER RATE OF SPEED. AS I HAVE RESEARCHED, IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING DODGE / CHRYSLER 5.7 ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH THESE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. WHEN ARE WE, THE CONSUMERS, GOING TO GET RESULTS? WILL IT BE AFTER SOMEONE IS KILLED AND THEIR FAMILY IS FORCED TO SUE DODGE BEFORE THEY WILL ADMIT THE ONGOING PROBLEM? AS I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM I LITERALLY FOUND THOUSANDS OF FORUMS DEDICATED TO THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND OVER 100 PLUS WEBSITES FROM CONSUMERS WARNING OTHERS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEM. I EVEN FOUND FLEET MECHANICS FROM DODGE CHIMING IN ON FORUMS STATING THAT DODGE KNOWS OF THE ISSUE BUT REFUSES TO CORRECT IT. I AM ASKING THAT THE NHTSA TAKE HEED AND FORCE DODGE / CHRYSLER TO DO THE ETHICAL THING AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AN INNOCENT LIFE IS TAKEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS MALFUNCTIONED. THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN ENGAGING THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

DRIVING A 2007 DODGE RAM AT 35 MPH IN SNOW/SLUSH CONDITIONS WITH FULL TIME 4WD. THE SHIFT MOTOR ON THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RETURN TO 2WD WITHOUT ANY NOTIFICATION. THIS CAUSED ME TO GO INTO A SPIN. JUST PRIOR TO SPINNING, THE INSTRUMENT PANELS LIGHTS WENT OUT AND ALL GAUGES WENT TO "ZERO" MOMENTARILY. AFTERWARDS, THE 4WD AUTO LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND I HAD NO 4WD. THIS DESIGN IS NOT FAIL SAFE AND THERE ARE NO SAFETY WARNINGS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. I ALSO FOUND OUT FROM MY LOCAL DEALER THAT THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT JUST IN THIS AREA. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 24, 2012, I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL. TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP, WHEN TRUCK LIFTED THE ENTIRE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND ABOUT TO FALL OFF. THIS VEHICLE HAS 55,600 MILES ON IT. REGULAR MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON IT EVERY 3000 MILES OR SOONER IF MAINTENANCE NEEDED. THE HUB ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $303.95. I WAS TOLD THAT HAD THIS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY HIGH FACT THAT THE WHEEL WOULD OF FALLEN OFF WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 MEGA CAB 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BEARING WAS WORN DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 07V038000 (SUSPENSION: FRONT:WHEEL BEARING) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH, INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN YOU PUSH DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN GOES TO FLASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OR VISA VERSA IF YOU SOMETIMES HIT THE HIGH BEAMS IT RESUME TO NORMAL BUT YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH IT TO MAKE IT WORK PROPERLY VERY DANGEROUS AFRAID OF GETTING INTO ACCIDENT OR BEING PULLED OVER BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALSO, IT FUNCTIONS FINE 30% OF THE TIME BUT THE REST OF THE TIME IT FUNCTIONS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE OR NOT AT ALL. *TR

TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS INCORRECT RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. MULTIPLE TIMES HAVE I HAD NEAR MISSES WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN OR MOVING INTO A LEFT LANE BECAUSE MY SIGNAL IS SHOWING RIGHT. *TT