2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE FRONT RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT OF THE UPPER CONTROL ARM SEPARATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. THE BALL JOINT PULLED OUT OF THE SOCKET. THE TIRE THEN LAID OVER AND THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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 MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, A LOUD ABNORMAL BANG EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT, PINION NUT, AND REAR AXLE PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,644. UPDATED 5/11/15*CN UPDATED 9/16/2015 *JS

WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX OUR TRUCK. IT HAS BEEN 4 MONTHS SINCE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR PARTS TO ARRIVE. WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE OUR TRUCK BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE RECALL LETTER AN ACCIDENT COULD RESULT IN A DEATH BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE PARTS. WE CONTINUE TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP , CROWN DODGE OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC AND CONTINUE TO BE TOLD THE PARTS ARE NOT IN. WE HAVE A 6 HOUR TRIP PLANNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND NEED THIS TRUCK TO BE ROAD WORTHY. *TR

SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN 2005 ITS HAD A PRETTY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH STALLING OUT WHEN COMING TO A STOP, AND EVEN WORSE, SOMETIMES MID TURN WHILE MOVING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE SINCE LOSS OF CONTROL IS EMINENT IN THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT. ALONG WITH THIS STALLING OUT, THE TRUCK HAS A ROUGH IDLE/SURGING IDLE ISSUE WHEN AT A STOP. IVE TRIED ALL TYPES OF REPAIRS, AND SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITH NO AVAIL. I TOOK IT INTO DODGE AFTER I FIRST BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. STILL SAME ISSUE. NOW IVE REPLACED, OUT OF MY OWN POCKET, THE EGR VALVE, THROTTLE BODY ITSELF, EVAP PURGE VALVE, AND HAVE TRIED A LIST OF OTHER REMEDIES. STILL NOT FIXED. AFTER A QUICK SEARCH OF MANY DIFFERENT DODGE RAM CLUB ONLINE FORUMS THIS IS A VERY VERY VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS, AND ALL OF US OWNERS ARE FED UP. DODGE WONT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SERIOUS ISSUE, AND UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE MAY DIE BECAUSE OF THIS. PLEASE HELP US! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKY AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT FELT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. ..UPDATED 05-26-15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED CAUSING 2 REAR TIRES TO NEED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 11/20/2015*JS

WHILE I HAVE BEEN LUCKY THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET, WHEN I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER ABOUT THE RECALLS I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE MADE. SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ STATE SOME HAVE PAID MECHANICS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS, IF MECHANICS CAN GET THE PARTS WHY CAN CHRYSLER NOT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR AXLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE REAR TIRES SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR RING, PINION GEAR, AND THE BEARINGS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 ( POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.