2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER (CERRITOS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, 18803 STUDEBAKER RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703, (562) 402-5335) STATED THAT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAITED FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER FOR WEEKS AND RECEIVED NO FOLLOW-UP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TO ADDRESS PART AVAILABILITY AND THE RECALL REPAIR BUT THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REMEDIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TSB# 18-003-08, I HAVE HAD THIS OIL SENDING UNIT REPLACED 2 TIMES WITHIN ONE YEAR AND DODGE HAS A TSB OUT THERE TO FIX IT. ALTHOUGH MY WARRANTY IS OUT OF DATE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN THE SWITCH STARTS TO FAIL THE UNIT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE ON BOARD COMPUTER TO TURN ON THE CHECK GAUGES LIGHT AND REDUCES THE RPMS AND STALLS OUT THE VEHICLE. DODGE HAS A TSB TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO DO IT WITHOUT CHARGING. DODGE KNEW THIS ISSUE WELL BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT DID NOT NOTIFY THE OWNERS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. IT HAS NOW BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY TRUCK AND NEARLY CAUSING 2 CRASHES. I HAVE ASKED DODGE VIA CHAT TO APPROVE THE UPDATE TO MY ON BOARD COMPUTER TSB# 18-003-18 AND THEY REFUSE. I DON'T SEE HOW THEY CAN FORCE THE CUSTOMER TO PAY $100 PLUS TO FIX AN ISSUE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF REGARDLESS. I HAVE NOW HAD TO PAY 100'S TO REPLACE A OIL SENDING UNIT THAT NO LONGER WORKS WITH THE TRUCKS COMPUTER DUE TO DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE USED BY DODGE..

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED, FORTUNATELY ON A SIDE STREET NEAR A DEALERSHIP AND NOT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY, WE REPORTED SUDDEN BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN 2015 ON SAME VEHICLE - STILL AWAITING RESPONSE. NO WARNING EITHER ISSUE. WE ARE NOW EXTREMELY CONCERNED.. RECALLS WERE DONE ON 2008-2013 BUT BELIEVE A YEAR WAS MISSED! HOPE NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED. FORTUNATE NOW THIS IS 10 YEAR OLD TRUCK BUT NO WARNING EITHER INSTANCE.. THIS NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *JS

TAKATA RECALL HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH SPEED ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING. LOW SPEED WORKS WELL BUT HIGH SPEED STOPS WIPERS COMPLETELY.

MY PICKUP THAT IS 14 YEARS NEWER THAN ANOTHER VEHICLE I OWN DOES NOT HAVE HEAT ON THE FLOOR. I CHOOSE FEET ON THE SELECTOR AND ALL THE HEAT COMES OUT OF THE DEFROST. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND YEARS OF TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY LAUGHED AND SAID THAT THEY FIX AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS A WEEK. NOT TO MENTION, AT $1000 TO FIX IT. BUT FUNNY ENOUGH, THE PART ONLY COST LESS THAN $20. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT A PERSON WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEFROST THEIR WINDSHIELD IN THE EVENT THAT THERE PARTS FAIL AT A TIME OF NEED. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THIS ISSUE, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE AND CONSIDER A RECALL. THANK YOU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN THE SNOW, THE STEERING CAPABILITY WAS LOST AND THE FRONT WHEELS TURNED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME WHERE HE DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIE ROD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO VERIFY IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09E001000 (STEERING) BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS WERE DOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATORS THAT CONTROL WHERE THE HEATING OR COOLING IS DIRECTED, OR DETERMINING HOT OR COLD, ARE FAULTY AND FAIL AT NO PARTICULAR TIME. THIS CAN CAUSE NO HEAT TO DEFROST WINDOWS WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL LEAD TO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP I SPOKE TO ABOUT THE ISSUE LAUGHED AT ME AND COMMENTED THAT THEY FIX AT LEAST 2 TRUCKS PER WEEK WITH THIS ISSUE, COSTING APPROXIMATELY $1000. THE PART TO FIX THE ISSUE COST UNDER $20 EACH, BUT THE ENTIRE DASH MUST BE PULLED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. IF YOU RESEARCH THIS ISSUE, LIKE I HAVE, YOU WILL SEE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE ABOUT 1996. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE AND I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL SOMEONE HOLDS CHRYSLER RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. WHEN THE ISSUE HAPPENED TO ME, I WAS DRIVING IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS IN A SNOW STORM AND COULD NOT SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD, BUT MY FEET WERE REAL TOASTY. NOT A LOT OF HELP WHEN YOUR WINDSHIELD IS COVERED IN SNOW AND ICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

I FILED A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO THE AIRBAGS ON MY 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. CHRYSLER CONTACTED ME TO TELL ME I NEEDED TO CALL MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FIXED. I EXPLAINED TO THEM I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE DEALERS AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME I WILL BE ADDED TO A WAIT LIST WITH NO ANSWER AS TO HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE THEY REACH MY NAME AND THAT I AM ALSO ON A WAIT LIST TO HAVE THE PART PUT IN ON MY DRIVERS SIDE AIRBACK WHICH I TOOK IN FOR A RECALL IN EARLY 2015! IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THEY EMAILED SAYING THEY TRIED TO CONTACT ME VIA PHONE AT A NUMBER WHICH IS INCORRECT. I HAVE GIVEN THEM MY CURRENT PHONE NUMBER ON MULTIPLE TIMES. I JUST GET THE RUN AROUND WHEN I TRY TO CALL THEM. I AM NOW GETTING EMAILS FROM THEM ABOUT THIS RECALL AS IF THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER THEIR ASSES BUT WHEN I CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS ITS ALWAYS THE SAME RESPONSE AND THAT IS I WILL BE PUT ON A WAITLIST. THIS ISSUE IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND I WOULD LIKE IT REMEDIED . I HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER TWO YEARS GOING ON THREE FOR THESE NEW PARTS TO BE INSTALLED.

I WAS TOLD THE CLOCK SPRING WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CLICKING NOISE. WHEN THE TECH GOT INTO THE STEERING TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY PROBLEM IF THE STEERING COLUMN SHOULD LOCK UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND MAKE MY TRUCK SAFE AGAIN WAS TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN.

SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNBUCKLE WHEN WE STOPPED THE TRUCK WIGGLED OUT BEFORE IT TIGHTENED UP AND NOW IT IS PERMANENTLY BUCKLED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF SOMEONE IS IN AN ACCIDENT AND CAN'T UNBUCKLE IT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR DIES I HAVE SEE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS.