2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

HOLE IN RIGHT SIDE VALVE COVER. CALLED WITHNELL DODGE IN SALEM AND MARK THOMAS MOTORS IN ALBANY OREGON. BOTH DEALERSHIPS HAVE OVER 60 BACK ORDERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR VALVE COVER. THAT'S OVER 120 BACK ORDERS. IF I CALLED OTHER DEALERSHIPS I SUSPECT THEY WILL HAVE BACK ORDERS FOR THE SAME PRODUCT. TO ME THIS MEANS THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH DODGE PICKUPS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VALVE COVERS, WHICH ARE PLASTIC. I SUSPECT THE VALUE COVER BLEW A HOLE AND THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. I AM NOT SURE IF I HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF VALVE COVER BLOWING OUT. I WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL I REPLACE THE VALVE COVER. I ALSO THINK A RECALL SHOULD OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THESE NUMBERS. I THINK DODGE KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN REPLACE THIS VALVE COVER. PARTS STORES LIKE NAPA, DO NOT CARRY THIS PART, WHICH MEANS DODGE DEALERSHIP PARTS DEPARTMENT MUST ORDER THIS PARTICULAR PART. AND I WAS TOLD THIS PART IS NOT AVAILABLE IN AMERICA, WHICH MEANS A FOREIGN COUNTRY IS PRODUCING THIS PART, WHICH DODGE HAS TO ORDER AND TRACK. SO WHAT IS NHTSA GOING TO DO. DATE OF INCIDENT WAS JULY 2,015.

RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS FROM FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES ABOUT RECALLS R25 AND P77. I ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP APPROX 3-4 MONTHS AGO, RAMSEY, NJ, CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE. THEY STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS. I CALLED FCA AND THEY STATED PARTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN JUNE. CALLED THE SAME DEALERSHIP ON WED JULY 8TH, THEY ASKED FOR RECALL NOTICE INFO. AMAZINGLY THE VIN WAS NOT ENOUGH. AMAZINGLY THEY HAD NO RECORD OF ME BEING THEIR PREVIOUSLY FOR THE RECALL AND THEY SAID THEY ARE CHECKING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF PARTS. NOTE THEY HAVE NOW CHANGED THE ORIGINAL RECALL ID ON P81/NHTSA 14V-817 TO R25 / NHTSA 15V-313 ON THE AIR BAG ONE. SINCE BOTH OF THESE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING I NEED TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE REAR AXLE PINION DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE AND A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK AND HEAD INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000. MA 10/15/2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART 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 NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); 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 NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE LEFT INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. 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 HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PUSH ROD LIFTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. 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.