2003 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

EXTREME RUST AND CORROSION ABOVE BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR WHEEL WELLS. DOOR LOCKS WILL RANDOMLY LOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING, STOPPED OR IN PARK. HAS LOCKED ME OUT AFTER STEPPING OUT TO OPEN A GATE, HAD TO GO GET A SPARE SET OF KEYS TO UNLOCK.

THE REAR END ON MY RAM 1500 HEMI 1500 GEAR IS MAKING A HUMMING SOUND CONSTANTLY, IT NEVER STOPS. I CALLED THE DEALER THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE PART AND I CAN'T FIND ONE, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ONE. PLEASE HELP!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE AND FLAMES SUDDENLY APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE SMOKE QUICKLY ENGULFED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR DIFFERENTIALS GEARS SEIZED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE AND COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. (MICHICIANA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE BROUGHT IN FOR A REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSESSMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,000.

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2018, WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM EMT TRAINING, I HEARD A WHINING NOISE AND THEN BOOM. PINION NUT BACKED OFF, DROPPED DOWN INTO THE GEAR AREA CAUSING MY DRIVE SHAFT AND YOKE TO BREAK AND MY REAR END TO LOCK UP, PUTTING ME INTO A SKID. I FOUND 35 OTHER COMPLAINTS WHERE CHRYSLER CORPORATION WAS NOTIFIED AND NOTHING WAS DONE. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE 2WD TRUCKS WERE RECALLED BUT NOT THE 4WD. WHEN I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATION, I WAS TOLD TO KEEP MY RECEIPTS AND IF ANY RECALLS WERE TO COME THEY WOULD CONTACT ME. CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY PUT MY LIFE AND MY FAMILIES LIVES IN DANGER AND WILL NOT HONOR THEIR MISTAKE. THE FOLLOWING LINK IS ALL OTHER COMPLAINTS: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2003/DRIVETRAIN/REAR_DIFFERENTIAL_FAILURE.SHTML.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS PREMATURE DETERIORATION ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER (AUBURN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 1901 GRASS VALLEY HWY, AUBURN, CA 95603, (888) 268-8026) STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REMEDY FOR THE RECALL; HOWEVER, THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FIRST IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE REPAIR. THE DEALER OPTED NOT TO COMPLETE THE RECALL AND ASKED THAT THE CONTACT REPLACE THE DASHBOARD FIRST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE CONCERNING THE DASHBOARD AND THE REMEDY FOR THE RECALL FROM THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

DASH HAS JUST FALLEN APART SHARDS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. AC RE CIRCULATION DOOR HAS BROKEN OFF SO CAN NOT DIVERT FLOW FROM VENTS TO DEFROST SO I CAN NOT DEFOG THE INSIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD. THE AC QUIT GETTING POWER DO TO IGNITION WIRES GETTING HOT IN CONNECTION.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET REAR PINION NUT CAME LOOSE AND CAUSE CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE SHAFT AND REAR END OF THE TRUCK.

VEHICLE LOSES POWER COMPLETELY OR GOES INTO IDLE "CREEP" MODE WHEN DRIVING IN TEMPS OF -15 OR COLDER. LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND POWER STEERING. WHEN VEHICLE DIES WILL NOT RESTART FOR 15-20 MINUTES. CURRENTLY HAS 160K MILES. HAS OCCURRED LAST 3 WINTERS. LOOKED AT BY PRIVATE MECHANIC THE FIRST TIME. REMOVED ICE FROM PCV VALVE. THIS FALL HAD MECHANIC LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM. HE SPOKE WITH DODGE DEALER AND THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE PCV VALVE. REPLACED PCV VALVE AND THROTTLE BODY. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. DIED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, 2 OUTSIDE TEMP. WILL TYPICALLY DIE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN NO LONGER ENGAGING THROTTLE, IE SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC OR PREPARING TO TURN.

DASH BREAKING UP TRYING TO GET PIECES OF SO THEY WILL NOT CAUSE ANY INJURIES IF IN ACCIDENT CUT HAND ON SHARP EDGES LEFT NOW AM SCARED OF DASH IF I DO GET IN ACCIDENT WHAT WE'LL HAPPEN WHEN THIS SHRAPNEL IS FLYING AROUND AND PROPELLED BY AIR BAG