2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

MOTOR STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE AFTER GETTING GAS AND SOUNDS HAS BROKE IN MOTOR AND IS MAKING A TAPPING NOISE BAD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR POWER DOORS FAILED TO OPEN AND CLOSE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JONES FORD WICKENBURG (555 E WICKENBURG WAY, WICKENBURG, AZ 85390, (844) 524-1981) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRE HARNESSES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,011.

REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS FAILING. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE FOR RAM 1500 TRUCKS. DUE TO SEVERITY OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MAYBE A SAFETY RECALL IS IN ORDER.

GOT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CODE P0406 AND ASK LOCAL DEALER IF THEY COULD REPAIR THIS EMISSION PROBLEM. THEY SAID NO. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON REGULARLY AND GETTING BAD FUEL MPG. ALSO CODES P0404 AND P0405 WAS RECORDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED BRIEFLY, AN INTERNAL FIRE OCCURRED. THE AIR CONDITIONING LINE TO THE COMPRESSOR HAD A HOLE IN THE RUBBER AND MELTED DUE TO THE FIRE. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE WIRING, AIR CONDITIONING LINE, HOSES, AND OTHER COMPONENTS BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY WERE DAMAGED. THE DEALER (GOLLING CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 2405 S TELEGRAPH RD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48302, (248) 334-3600) WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

STEERING TIE INNER AND OUTTER RODS, STABILIZING BAR AND BALL JOINTS, RECALLED ON EXACT SAME MODEL BUT YEAR 2008. WOULD NOT COVER, COST US 1800.00 TO REPAIR LAST YEAR. TODAY, GAS TANK STRAP RUSTED AND GAS TANK DROPPED OUT, AGAIN RECALLED FOR SAME MAKE AND MODEL 2008 TO PRESENT, OURS IS 2007. COST TO REPAIR 354.90 PLUS $75 TOW. I CAN PROVIDE BILLS IF NECESSARY. DODGE SHOULD PAY FOR THESE OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING ERRORS. BELOW IS MOST RECENT OF THESE RECALLS THAT MISS OUR'S BY 1 YEAR. A FIRE MARSHALL HAPPENED TO NOTICE GAS TANK HANGING MINUTES BEFORE GETTING ON FREEWAY. FIRST, HAPPENED AS LEFT HOUSE AND COULD NOT STEER TRUCK. JUST LUCKY NEITHER WERE ON A FREEWAY.

I PURCHASED MY CURRENT TRUCK BAND NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER. I PLACE THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION AND IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO TURN THE KEY TO CRANK THE TRUCK. IT ACTS AS IF THE ANTI LOCKING DEVICE IS KEEPING THE KEY FROM TURNING. MY PREVIOUS DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP I PURCHASED NEW HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH AT MY OWN COST. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL RECALLS WITH OTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCTS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. IT APPEARS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE STATIONARY POSITION AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED. I HAVE SEEN YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE PERSON TAPPING ON THE END OF THE KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION WHICH SEEMS TO WORK ON OCCASION.

TL* THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT HEARD ABNORMAL NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COUPLER BETWEEN THE CENTER LINK AND THE TIE ROD END WAS DAMAGED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED ALL STEERING PARTS REPLACED, RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE DEALER. UPDATED 11/27/18*JB

TYPICAL BOLTS SHEARED OFF INSIDE THE BLOCK AND AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK CAUSING A TICK. THIS THE 2ND DODGE RAM THAT I HAVE OWNED. BOTH HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM (MY PREVIOUS TRUCK HAD I TWICE(!) WHILE I OWNED IT). IF YOU LOOK AT ANY NUMBER OF ONLINE FORUMS YOU WILL SEE THAT I AM ABOUT THE MILLIONTH PERSON THAT HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN. LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE HAS THIS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY DODGE HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT (THOUGH I CAN NOT CONFIRM) STATING THAT THE COMBINATION AT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF CAST IRON, ALUMINUM, AND WEAK BOLTS MAKES THIS HAPPEN OVER & OVER AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND DODGE SHOULD HAVE TO FIX THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED AT HUNTINGTON BEACH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (16701 BEACH BLVD, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647, (714) 841-3999), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS ON ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE SWELLING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,507.