2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL INVESTIGATION BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. VEHICLE IS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK-UP. *TR

BOTH FRONT SHOCK/STRUTS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED. THE OIL IS COMPLETELY DRAINED FROM BOTH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED, COATING THE BOTTOM OF MY TRUCK WITH OIL, AND LEAVING OIL SPOTS ON MY DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER CAN NOT GET THEM. I'VE CALLED AROUND THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR THEM. ALL OF THE STRUTS I'VE FOUND ARE EARMARKED FOR OTHER CUSTOMER'S TRUCKS. I WAS TOLD THE STRUTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH ONE DISTRIBUTION CENTER HOLDING A BALANCE OF -265. MEANING THERE ARE 265 STRUTS ON BACK ORDER. SO THERE ARE AT LEAST 132 TRUCKS OUT THERE WITHOUT FUNCTION FRONT STRUTS, ASSUMING BOTH STRUTS HAVE FAILED. I HAVE QUIT DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DUE TO THE STEERING WANDER WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP ETC... WHAT IS GOING ON? THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. ALSO, THE DEALER HAS BEEN AWESOME! THEY HAVE QUICKLY AND PROFESSIONALLY FIXED ANY AND ALL ISSUES, WHICH HAVE BEEN MINOR. *TR

I BOUGHT MY TRUCK USED IT HAD 24000 ON IT. BEFORE THE WARRANTY WAS OUT HAD IN SHOP FOR TRANNY PROBLEM THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR. NOT A MONTH LATER TOOK BACK FOR AC PROBLEM AND TRANNY STILL WAS NOT RIGHT. THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE AC COMPONENTS UNDER DASH IT HAD COLLAPSED, $1800 WORTH OF PARTS. THEY COULD FIND ANYTHING ON TRANNY. I HAVE NOW HAD MY TRUCK A YEAR. THIS MONTH HAD TO HAVE FRONT SHOCKS REPLACED THEY LEAKED ALL OIL OUT AND FRONT BEARING REPLACED ON PASSENGER SIDE. $1000 LATER FRONT END IS STILL MAKING NOISE AND RIDES ROUGHER THAN BEFORE. THE TRANNY IS STILL GIVING PROBLEMS. NOW THE REAREND IS ALSO MAKING WHINING NOISE. THE TRUCK HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY PROBLEMS OUT OF A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT. I TRAVEL FOR A LIVING SO I HAVE PUT MANY MILES ON MANY VEHICLES. I NOTICE THE 06 MODELS HAVING RECALLS FOR BEARINGS AND BRAKE SYSTEM BUT NOTHING FOR 07. DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE MY TRUCK WAS MADE IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE YEAR SO IT MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE THE SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

2 FRONT END COLLISIONS NEITHER TIME ON IMPACT DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY AND THE TRUCK IS TOTALED. *TR

EVENT: 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 LONESTAR EDITION ~ MY TRUCK WAS IN PARK ON SHOULDER OF ROAD SO I COULD GATHER ITEMS THAT FELL TO FLOOR - I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED - HARD IMPACT - BY ANOTHER CAR. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION THREW MY TRUCK @ 40 FEET FORWARD. MY MULTISTAGE AIRBAGS IN MY DODGE RAM DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH RESULTED IN NECK / CERVICAL STRAIN & LEFT CLAVICLE / SHOULDER INJURY. MY TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW - 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 LONESTAR EDITION. MANUAL REFLECTS MULTISTAGE AIRBAGS WHICH ARE TO DEPLOY ON COLLISION AT SPEED OF 12MPH OR GREATER. I ALSO CALLED WACO DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AT AND SALESMAN CONFIRMED THAT THE MULTISTAGE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT AT ANY ANGLE HIT. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TRUCK IS A ONE OWNER; I PURCHASED BRAND NEW FEB 2007. VEHICLE SAFETY WAS ONE OF OUR MAJOR CONCERNS WHEN DECIDING TO PURCHASE A NEW TRUCK DUE TO WE HAVE 3 CHILDREN. AIRBAGS WERE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE SAFETY FEATURE PRIOR TO PURCHASE. WE WERE ASSURED THE AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT ~ AND THEY DID NOT. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT HAVE MY CHILDREN WITH ME AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. (AGES 5, 9, & 12). WE ARE VERY UPSET AS THE EXTENT OF INJURIES COULD HAVE BEEN LESS IF AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED PER MANUAL. DAMAGES / REPAIRS TO MY TRUCK = $9,385.00. THE PERSON 'S VEHICLE WHO HIT ME AT RATE OF SPEED WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED; NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

2007 DODGE 1500 4WD PU. LEFT FRONT SHOCK STARTED TO LEAK WITH 25000 MILES ON TRUCK. DEALER SAYS THEY WILL REPLACE THE ONE SHOCK WHEN THEY GET SOME IN. HAVE FRIENDS WITH SAME TRUCK AND SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ALSO GOT 1 SHOCK REPLACED. I THINK THEY SHOULD REPLACE THE PAIR . THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DROP OUT OF FORWARD GEAR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE IN THE DRIVE POSITION, HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 30 MPH. HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. HE HAS BEEN IN NEAR CRASHES DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,731 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

I BOUGHT A 2007 DODGE TRUCK FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT WAS NEW. WHILE DRIVING A FEW DAYS AGO, WE SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, AS A RESULT WE HIT A POWER POLE. THE TRUCK PERFECTLY CENTERED THE POLE, BUT TO OUR DISMAY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE ARE SENSORS LOCATED AT CERTAIN POINTS ON THE TRUCK AND IF THE SENSORS AREN'T HIT THAT THE AIRBAGS WOULDN'T DEPLOY. WE WERE GOING ABOUT 45-50 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK HIT THE POLE. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE "SENSORS" WHERE THE TRUCK IS DENTED, BUT THE SENSORS OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK. WHAT SHOULD BE OUR NEXT STEP? THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN COMMERCE, GA. *TR

I OWN A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7L QC. PURCHASED NEW. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF WHEN BRAKING UPBRUPTLY TO A STOP. AT TIMES WHILE STOPPED, THE TRUCK IDLES HIGH AND THE TRUCK SURGES FORWARD THEN SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. I HAVE TO PUT IN PARK AND RESTART THE TRUCK. THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHILE IN A THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN IT WOULD DIE. I HAVE HAD OTHER CARS HAVE TO STOP OR MANEUVER AWAY FROM ME TO AVOID COLLISION. IT IS AT THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE SHOP WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS A STICKY EGR VALVE. BUT IT STILL CONTINUES. THE DEALERSHIP ONLY WANTS TO PATCH THE PROBLEM THEN SEND YOU OFF. I AM NOT SUPRISE THERE HASNT BE A FATALLY WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

ITEM: AUTOMOBILE SCISSOR JACK (APPLIES TO ALL MODELS/MAKE) EVENT: I ALMOST MOVED A CAR LIFTED BY A SCISSOR JACK, BUT AT THE LAST SECOND, I STOPPED AND NOTICED THE MISSING WHEEL AND SCISSOR JACK. SUGGESTION: CURRENTLY, MOST VEHICLES COMES WITH A DARK COLOR (BLACK, BLUE) SCISSOR JACK. THIS CAUSES TOTAL LACK OF VISIBILITY AT NIGHT , AS WELL AS STRANDED IN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED BY OTHER VEHICLES. MY ADVICE IS TO ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURERS TO USE REFLECTIVE PAINT/LABELS ON THE SCISSOR JACKS TO MAKE THEM MORE VISIBLE, THEREFORE, REDUCING POTENTIAL ACCIDENT AND IMPROVE OSHA COMMUNICATION STANDARDS. THIS WILL IMPROVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO TOWING DRIVERS, MECHANICS, EMERGENCY CREWS, POLICE, FIREMEN, AND VEHICLE OWNERS. A SCISSOR JACK, AS MOST ARE, PAINTED DARK TO KEEP THE LOW PROFILE DURING STORAGE. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT AID FOR A TOTAL SAFE OPERATION FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT. ADDITIONAL VISIBILITY CAN BE ADDED IF MANUFACTURERS PAINT THEM IN BRIGHT COLORS (APPROVED BY DOT), CORPORATE LOGOS, ETC. IT HAS TO BE A COLOR THAT CONTRACT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE PARTS, PAVEMENT, AND GROUNDS. CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/SUGGESTION ON THE ABOVE. *TR