2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK DOES NOT WORK ON MY TRUCK. IT CAN BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT HAVING THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. I AM TAKING IT THE DEALER TOMORROW FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHILE SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO REMEDIES AND IT WOULD BE AT LEAST A MONTH BEFORE ONE WAS AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO CONTACT THE DEALER REGARDING A REMEDY TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,350.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THE SHOCKS WERE DEFECTIVE AND LEAKING UNKNOWN FLUIDS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT SHOCKS AND TWO WEEKS LATER, THE LEFT SHOCKS FAILED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE NECESSARY PARTS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND COULD NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THEY WERE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED REGARDING THE FAILURE IN THE LEFT SHOCKS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,753 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,222.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE LEFT SIGNAL; HOWEVER, THE RIGHT SIGNAL CAME ON INSTEAD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WANTED NHTSA TO INTERVENE AS A THIRD PARTY MECHANIC. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 22,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED REGARDING THE FAILURE WHO STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER SHOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHOCKS WERE LEAKING AND WOULD CAUSE BOTH FRONT TIRES TO SHAKE WHEN DRIVING ON ANY UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES. THE APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO LEAN TO THE SIDE EXCESSIVELY WHEN COMPLETING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SHOCKS; HOWEVER; THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 05/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 06/29/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FIRXED IN APRIL. UPDATED 07/19/10*JB

THE WIPER ARM LINKAGE FROM MOTOR TO WIPER BASE BECAME DISLODGED. IT IS A BALL-SOCKET TYPE LINKAGE. IT DISCONNECTED AND CAUSED PERMANENT LOSS OF PASSENGER SIDE WIPER. THIS CAUSED A DECREASE IN VISIBILITY.

NOTHING LEAD UP THE C/O I HAVE, THE BUSHINGS ON THE UPPER CONTROL ARM OF THE DRIVERS SIDE AND TIE ROD END BROKE THEY JUST FAILED THE VEHICLE HAD 40000 MILES AND UNDER ONLY NORMAL USAGE .IT WAS REPORTED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS WHOM ADVISED THEY COULD DO NOTHING BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36000, WHEN ASKED ABOUT OTHER C/O AS THIS THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T COMMENT I ALSO REPORTED TO CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID IT WAS DOCUMENTED. IF IT HADN'T BEEN CAUGHT THEN SERIOUS THINGS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

CONSUMER STATED 2008 DODGE RAM ACCELERATED AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM PEDAL. THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE ACCELERATED TO PASS A TRUCK, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE RPM'S REACHED 5000. SHE TRIED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, PRESS THE BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. EVENTUALLY, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH WITH HER FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL LIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHT WAS ON WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALER. THE SHIFTING WAS ERRATIC WHEN FIRST SHIFTING OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. *JB

I HAVE A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 37,000 MILES ON IT. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2010 I WAS INVOLVE IN A ACCIDENT WHERE THE OTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I FIGURE THE AT THE POINT OF IMPACT ( WHICH WAS THE FRONT OF MY 2008 DODGE RAM ) I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT FORTY FIVE MILES AN HOUR AND MY AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, ALTHOUGH THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY ON THE OTHER VEHICLE. I DID RECEIVE SPINAL INJURIES AND WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW 02/19/10 WHEN I MEET WITH THE SURGEON BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS HAVING MY TRUCK REPAIRED AND I CAN'T GET AN ANSWER FROM ANYONE OF WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY OR IF THEY EVEN WILL IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION FOR ME DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE MY LOVED ONES THAT WILL BE RIDING IN THIS POTENTIAL UNSAFE VEHICLE. *TR