2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

EXPERIENCED STRONG VIBRATION IN FRONT LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, AS THOUGH DRIVING ON RUMBLE STRIP ON HIGHWAY. SPEED WAS IRRELEVANT, ANYWHERE FROM 25 MPH AND ABOVE. FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS A LOCKED CALIPER OR OTHER WHEEL/BRAKE ISSUE. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED, AND AFTER THEIR INSPECTION, THEY FIND NOTHING. THIS WAS MARCH, 2010. EXPERIENCED SAME VIBRATION INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT SUMMER OF 2010. VIBRATION BECAME A COMMON OCCURRENCE. AT TIMES IT FEELS AS THOUGH I WAS DRIVING ON THE RIM. IN NOVEMBER, 2010, BROUGHT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR SAME COMPLAINT. THEY FIND FRONT AXLE SHAFT REQUIRING REPLACEMENT, WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. ALSO FOUND WAS FRONT HUB AND BEARING REQUIRING REPLACEMENT, WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE THE SUBJECT OF 2006 MODEL YEAR RECALLS. *TR

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HUB ASSEMBLY ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 2WD FAILED AFTER ONLY 37,000 MILES. *TR

THE FIRST REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE OCCURRED AT 19,964 MILES IN MIDDLE OF MARCH 2010. REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER WARRANTY. NINE MONTHS LATER THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILS AGAIN AT 25,165 MILES IN MIDDLE OF DECEMBER 2010. THIS TIME THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVE SHAFT SNAPPED OFF AT THE REAR AXLE ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT ALTHOUGH THE FIRST REPAIR WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY THE SECOND WAS NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH TIME AND MILEAGE DID NOT EXCEED 12 MONTH 12,000MI ON THE REPAIR. I WAS AT HIS MERCY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. SO I PAID $3,000 OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IT IS JANUARY THE 2ND, 2011 AND THE REAR END IS MAKING THAT WHINING SOUND IT USUALLY MAKES BEFORE IT DISINTEGRATES. I WILL BE VISITING THE DEALER ON MY NEXT DAY OFF FROM WORK.

2007 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. TRANSFER CASE PARTIALLY LOCKS IN CAUSING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO LOCK UP. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DOES NOT ENGAGE FULLY. THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY THE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER CASE MOTOR. THIS WAS OBSERVED AT A SPEED OF 30 MILES PER HOUR AND LOWER. HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET ABOUT THIS FAILURE. HAVE ONLY 52000 MILES ON VEHICLE AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE RARELY USED. VEHICLE BECOMES UNDRIVABLE BECAUSE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT FULLY DISENGAGE. SHIFTING INTO 4X4 MODE AT HIGHER SPEEDS COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND OFF OF ROAD CAUSING A CRASH. THESE FAULTY TRANSFER CASE MOTORS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM ON DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS. *TR

MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MALFUNCTION ON 2007 DODGE RAN 1500. TURN SIGNAL SIGNALS WRONG DIRECTION ON OCCASION (BASED ON FIRST EXPERIENCE THIS GETS WORSE WITH TIME) AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE TURN SIGNAL ISSUE CAUSES A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD WHEN YOU INTEND TO TURN OR CHANGE LANES ONE DIRECTION AND YOUR TURN SIGNAL IS INDICATING THE OPPOSITE OF YOUR INTENTION. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ISSUE CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THEY FAIL TO OPERATE IN THE RAIN. HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED IN 2008 OR 2009 AROUND 30K MILES AND IT IS NOW FAILING AGAIN AT 59,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE JACK THAT COMES WITH THE VEHICLE WAS BOLTED ONTO THE FLOOR BOARD. BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE WEATHER, THE BOLTS HOLDING THE JACK IN PLACE BROKE AND PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM THE BEING ABLE TO REMOVE THE JACK AND CHANGE A FLAT TIRE. WHEN THE BOLTS BROKE A HOLE WAS IN THE FLOOR BOARD. THE DEALER DIRECTED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO CALL A WELDER. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE FAILURE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A 5 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE PERTAINING TO RUST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42000.

VIOLENT SHAKING OF VEHICLE, (DEATH WOBBLE) FRONT END SHAKES WHEN ABOVE 60MPH, THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DEALER, SEVERAL REPAIRS MADE AND VEHICLE CONTINUES WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE TIE ROD BETWEEN THE FRONT TWO WHEELS WAS LOOSE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 29,490.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL BUT THE RIGHT BEGAN TO BLINK INSTEAD AND VICE VERSA. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,913.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED LOOSENESS WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL; HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE OUTER TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,873 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,262.