2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN REFUELING, THE SHUT-OFF VALVE FAILED AND CAUSED GASOLINE TO OVERFLOW FROM THE FILLER NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. UPDATED 07/16/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW AND ACCUMULATED UNDERNEATH THE REAR SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DECIDED TO RE-SEAL THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT AND THE REAR SLIDING GLASS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH MOLDING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HER AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,440 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,465.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL SPILLED FROM THE FILLER NECK WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE FUEL NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000. .... UPDATED 03-28-13 *BF UPDATED 04/23/2013 *JS

THE RE-TRACTOR FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED AND LOCKED. UNABLE TO PUT ON SEAT BELT. *TR

MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN A DIRT ROAD AND A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE SWERVED TO MISS IT AND OVER CORRECTED AND THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK SPUN AROUND AND FLIPPED THE TRUCK SIDE OVER SIDE AND TOTALED THE TRUCK BUT NEITHER AIR BAG EVER DEPLOYED. *TR

WHEN FILLING TANK FUEL WAS SPEWED BACK OUT THE FILLER OPENING. COULD ONLY FUEL TRUCK AT TRICKLE OF FUEL FROM FUEL PUMP. DEALER STATED THAT CHECK VALVE WAS STUCK AND THAT THE FIX WAS A NEW GAS TANK AT $551.00 . *TR

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER TO VEHICLE, INCLUDING POWERTRAIN, STEERING. POWER LOSS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY WHEN DRIVING AND HITTING A BUMP (POT HOLE). LAST EVENT HAPPENED DURING NORMAL STEERING INTO DRIVEWAY. SPEEDS VARIED DURING OCCURRENCES. TOP SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING OUR DODGE RAM 1500 MEGA CAB (51,000 MILES) ON INTERSTATE 25 JUST SOUTH OF DOUGLASS WYOMING. WE WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 77 MILES PER HOUR AND IN AN INSTANT I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND WE ENDED UP OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK JUST OVER A YEAR AGO FROM A DEALER OUTSIDE DENVER, CO. WHEN THE TOW DRIVER ARRIVED, HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME THAT MY TIE ROD PROBABLY BROKE AS MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT COMPLETELY SIDEWAYS AND WAS NOW RENDERED USELESS. HE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE VERY LUCKY AS MOST TIMES HE SEES THESE TYPES OF THINGS, THE TRUCK ROLLS OVER. HE ALSO MENTIONED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE TIE RODS. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER IN DOUGLASS AND ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ON MONDAY. I RAN MY VIN# ON DODGE'S WEB SITE TO SEE IF ITS A RECALL, BUT ITS TELLING ME THAT MY TRUCK DOESN'T HAVE ANY ON IT. CANDIDLY, AFTER TALKING TO MECHANICS LOCALLY, THEY SAID A TIE ROD SHOULD NEVER BUST LIKE THAT AND WITH SO LITTLE MILES ON THE TRUCK. TO SAY THIS IS DANGEROUS IS CLEARLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THIS TYPE OF "DEFECT" IS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE AS IT ALMOST DID US. I SURE HOPE DODGE DOES THE RIGHT THING WITH OUR TRUCK. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE THE DAY WE TOOK IT OFF THE LOT. WITHIN A MONTH, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND ONCE AGAIN, DODGE SAID IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT - 40,000 MILES AND A TRANSMISSION GOES OUT? AFTER FIGHTING WITH THEM FOR ANOTHER MONTH, THEY DID REPAIR AND PAY FOR THE FIX... *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DOWN THE HIGHWAY I HEARD A LOUD WHINE COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS SLOWING DOWN WHEN THE REAR END LOCKED UP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BUCK AND SKID TO A STOP. THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS LYING ON THE GROUND HAVING DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR END. ONCE THE TRUCK WAS HOME I DISCOVERED NOTHING HAD BROKEN. IT LOOKED LIKE THE PINION NUT HAD LOOSENED ALLOWING THE YOKE TO BACK OFF THE PINION UNTIL THEY FINALLY DISCONNECTED. LUCKILY FOR ME, I HAD PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, SO I WAS NOT ACTUALLY DOING HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF, BUT THE WHINE STARTED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IF I HAD NOT PULLED OVER, OR WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER, IT VERY EASILY COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE CROWDED HIGHWAY DURING THE RUSH HOUR WITH EVERYONE TRYING TO GET HOME. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS INCIDENT, BUT HAVE HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM THEM REGARDING IT. THERE IS A NHTSA CAMPAIGN (# PE12021) REGARDING THIS ISSUE IN 2009-2010 RAM 1500S. I HOPE THAT IS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER YEARS AS MINE IS A 2008 RAM 1500 AND HAD THE EXACT ISSUE AS IS DESCRIBED IN THAT INVESTIGATION. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHERS (GRANTED FROM INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS, SO NO WAY OF VERIFYING IT) WITH THIS PROBLEM AS WELL, SO THIS PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO THE 2009-2010 MODEL YEARS. *TR

AFTER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL 2008 DODGE RAM OWNERS (ON DODGE FORUM & FACE TO FACE) WE ALL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS A SEVERE HANDLING ISSUE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAT CAUSES AN UNCONTROLLABLE REAR SUSPENSION HOP. THIS IN TURN RESULTS IN SEVERE HANDLING ISSUES THAT HAVE LED IN SOME CASES TO SPIN OUTS AND FISHTAILING. THE NEWER DODGE RAM MODELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH SWAY BARS OR ANTI SWAY BARS SO IT SHOWS THAT THE ENGINEERS RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. I'VE SPENT NUMEROUS DOLLARS AND TIME HAVING THE TIRES BALANCED, ROTATED AND RIMS CHECKED AS WELL AS BUYING NEW TIRES IN TRYING TO ELIMINATE THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR