2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 NOV. 30TH 2007. VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME AS NEW(HAD ROUGHLY 1400 MILE ON IT). TOOK TRUCK HOME AND NOTICED A DITINCT PULL/DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. THEY SAID STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER AND NEED AN ALIGNMENT. TOOK THE TRUCK HOME STILL DOING SAME THING. BRING TRUCK BACK. 3 DAYS LATER I AM INFORMED THEY DISCOVERED A RADIAL PULL IN FRONT PASENGER TIRE AND WOULD REPLACE TWO TIRES. I SIAD I WOULD PREFER 4(WHICH THEY DID REPLACE). TAKE TRUCK HOME AND STILL DOING SAME THING. BRING BACK A 3RD TIME SERVIC MANAGER DRIVES WITH ME AND AGREES. THEY PUT IT BACK ON THE ALIGNMENT MACHINE, SAYS TRUCK IS SPOT DEAD ON, AND THIS IS THE WAY YOUR TRUCK DRIVES. I DISAGREE STATING THIS IS MY 4TH RAM AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE. SAID THE BEST THEY COULD DO WAS CALL IN A CHRYSLER ENGINEER(COULD TAKE 2 MONTHS). I TOOK THE TRUCK TO 3 DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING ANOTHER DODGE DEALER AND ALL 3 GAVE ME WRIITEN DOCUMENTATION STATING THE TRUCK DRIFTS EXCESSIVELY. BROUGHT THESE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEED TO WAIT FOR THE ENGINEER. FINALLY OUT OF FRUSTRATION I TAKE THE TRUCK BACK STATING I AM CONCERNED IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE A LOANER UNTILL THE SITUATION IS REMEDIED. THE GENERAL MANAGER TEST DROVE WITH ME AND TOLD ME THIS IS THE WAY THE TRUCK DRIVES AND WOULD NOT GIVE ME A LOANER. AM STILL WAITING FOR THE ENGINEER. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!! *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE AIR BAGS. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. THE DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUSTAINED BRUISES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED ABDOMINAL INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 700.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS ENGAGED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS ALLOWED TO DRIVE A 2008 DODGE RAM PICKUP AND IT DID THE SAME THING. HOWEVER, SHE STATED THAT THE 2008 VEHICLE VIBRATED INSTEAD OF SHOOK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,100.

WITH APPROX. 23,000 MILES THE OIL SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON DEC06. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE UNDER THE WARRANTY. THIS WOULD HAVE COST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF WARRANTY. OTHER 07 DODGE OWNERS I HAVE TALKED TO HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, LOOSES REVERSE, MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, MAKES A LOUD WHINE SOUND WHEN IN DRIVE. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE NEVER MOVES, CD PLAYER SKIPS WITH NEW CD DISKS, RADIO CRACKLES AND STATIONS SOUND LIKE THERE FAR AWAY WHEN THEY ARE LOCAL. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE VEHICLE HAS MICHELIN LTX A/S, SIZE LT265/70R17 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND DESTROYED THE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE TIRE TO AN INSPECTION STATION AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT FAILED DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HE NOTIFIED MICHELIN OF THE FAILURE, BUT THEY REFUSED TO SPEAK TO HIM AND WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 3,321.

1. NO IDENTIFIABLE EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. JUST BEGAN HAPPENING. 2. THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD PERPENDICULAR TO THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEGUN DISINTEGRATING. IN THE PAST MONTH THREE FULL LENGTH CRACKS (FR. WINDSHIELD TO FRONT OF DASH) HAVE APPEARED. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SQUEAKING INVOLVED ALSO. I AM AFRAID THAT THE AIRBAG, LIGHTS, ETC. MAY BE AFFECTED. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MODEL BASED ON MEDIA REPORTS AND MANY INTERNET SOURCES. DODGE APPEARS TO BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS YET TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS WIDE REACHING AND DANGEROUS. 3. CALLED DODGE-- THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND THEN WILL CONSIDER HELPING PARTIALLY PAY FOR THE PART--LABOR WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIX MY NEW TRUCK I BOUGHT IT 8/10/07 ON THE 8/15/07 I BROUGHT IT BACK ELECTRICITY PROBLEM ON THE 8/22/07 THEY ORDER PARTS FOR IT IT IS IN THE SHOP NOW THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OUT THE MANUAL SAID MY AIR BAGS WOULD NOT WORK I WANT A NEW TRUCK I AM PAYING 42000 FOR THIS TRUNCK THAT I AM AFRAID OF ELECTRICITY POOBLEM IS NOT GOOD THIS IS A 2007 DODGE CAN YOU HELP ME THE DEALER IS RICK KEFFER OUT OF YULEE,FL. *TR

I AM AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER THAT SPECIALIZES IN AUTOMOTIVE FIRE ANALYSIS. I RECEIVED THIS CASE FILE. THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 DODGE MEGA CAB 4X4 DIESEL UNIT. THE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES. THE OWNER TOOK IT TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE, PARKED IT IN DRIVEWAY. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER A NEIGHBOR NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IT EVENTUALLY ERUPTED INTO FLAMES THAT CAUGHT PART OF THE HOUSE ON FIRE. I HAVE TRACED THE FAILURE TO A DEFECT FROM WITHIN THE POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE AND BATTERY POSITIVE FEED FOR THE SAME. *JB

TEMP WENT HIGH. STOPPED TEMP WENT DOWN THEN CHECK ENGINE FOLLOWED BY OVER HEATING AND ELECTRICAL BURNING. ENGINE QUIT AND COULD NOT SHIFT TO PARK OR NUTURAL WHILE SMOKE ROLLED OUT FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. POLICE AND CITY WORKERS PUSHED TRUCK OFF THE ROAD TO PARKING AREA. DISCONNECTED BATTERY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED IN. *JB