2003 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. MA 10/8 UPDATED 3/22/2016*JS *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN 2014 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE.

WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING THERE IS A WHINING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE. I'VE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICS AUDIBLY CHECK FOR NOISE. THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING, "IT'S YOUR REAR DIFFERENTIAL". I'VE SEARCHED FOR RECALLS AND HAVE FOUND NON. I'VE FOUND CLOSE TO 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE GONE ON SEVERAL DODGE FORUMS AND HAVE FOUND QUITE A NUMBER OF SAME PROBLEM. SOME RESPONDENTS HAVE SAID THEIR "VIN" PRODUCED A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I TOO WOULD LIKE THE SAME CONSIDERATION. THIS IS FOR A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB 4X4 5.7L 6FT BED NOW WITH 160,000 MILES. ALL MAINTENANCE DONE AT SAID FACTORY INTERVALS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT DISENGAGED AND DETACHED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR END AND DRIVESHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V770000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

A DODGE DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROL (ORC) MODULE HAS SUDDENLY FAILED AND IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATING IN ONLINE FORUMS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP THERE APPEARS TO BE A PATTERN OF FAILURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORC UNIT IN SEVERAL DODGE / CHRYSLER MODELS. THE COST TO REPAIR IS OVER $500 ($344 + LABOR) AND THE PART IS VERY HARD TO COME BY FOR OLDER VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.