2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE DRIVE SHAFT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE AXLE AND THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO INFORM WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE PINION NUT BACKED OUT AND CAUSED THE REAR DRIVE TRAIN TO SEIZE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500,4X4,I HAVE HAD THIS FOR 5 YEARS AND THE WHOLE BACK OF THE WHEEL WELL IS ROTTED OUT,REALLY REALLY BAD. AS I DRIVE AROUND I SEE ALL THESES SAME YEAR DODGES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE NOTICED UNDERNEATH THE WHEEL WELL THERE IS HOLES THEY NEVER FILLED IN WHEN TRUCK WAS BUILT THAT'S WHERE THE RUST AND CORROSION BUILDS UP FROM THE SALT ,WATER, AND SNOW,,VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION. WAS HOPING THERE CAN BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM NOW I HAVE TO FIX THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS OIL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

NOTICED LEAKING REAR END FLUID ACCUMULATING ON THE UNDER SIDE OF BED ABOVE THE REAR AXLE PINION/DRIVE SHAFT MOUNTING POINT. HAD TO ADD REAR END FLUID AT THAT TIME AND HAVE REGULARLY ADDED FLUID TO THE REAR END EVER SINCE. VEHICLE HAS 178,000 MILES AS OF TODAY (MARCH 12, 2015). GOT A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE P77 (FCA NUMBER)(14V-796 - NHTSA NUMBER) BUT HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED WITH A REMEDY. THE POSTCARD WAS SENT IN THE SAME DAY IT WAS RECEIVED, ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 19, 2015. I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP (MAC HAIK IN TEMPLE, TEXAS), I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS AVAILABLE YET AND I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THEM IF AND WHEN PARTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO DO THE REPAIR. MY COMPLAINT IS THE SLOWNESS WITH WHICH THE REPAIR IS TAKING AND THE FACT I HAVE TO DRIVE THE [XXX] THING TO THEM (30 MILES). PLEASE HELP ME. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON BLACK ICE, THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER CRASHING INTO A DITCH. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 14V817000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.