2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

JUST PICKED VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP FOR REBUILD OF REAR END FROM RECALL P77. DROVE VEHICLE THREE MILES AND FELT A VIBRATION THEN SAW LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE. PULLED OVER AND SAW WHAT APPEARED WAS GREASE OR OIL LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST. CALLED DEALERSHIP TO INFORM SOMETHING WAS WRONG. UPON MY RETURN AND DELIVERING VEHICLE TO SERVICE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE HAD EXPLODED. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RECALL, HOWEVER I FIND SEVERAL CASES OF THIS SAME ISSUE OCCURRING DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. *TR

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE TRUCK JUST STALLED. NO WARNING OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOTHING. I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. LUCKILY NO ONE HIT US OR WE DIDN'T HIT ANYONE. MY HUSBAND AND BROTHER PUSHED THE TRUCK INTO A NEAR BY PARKING LOT. AFTER ABOUT 20 MIN. THE TRUCK STARTED BACK UP. THREE DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET PULLING A TRAILER. THE TRUCK STALLED AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO ROLL INTO A PARKING LOT. IT STARTED BACK UP. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC. HE COULDN'T FIND A CODE ON IT. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN. THE MECHANIC FINALLY CHANGED OUT A SENSOR , THAT COST US $385.00. AFTER A WEEK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE MECHANIC SAID THE CODE COULD BE SEVERAL THINGS AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP CHANGING THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORKING. SO NOW IF I LET MY FUEL TANK GET DOWN LESS THAN A HALF TANK THE TRUCK MISSES AND TRIES TO CUT OUT LIKE ITS NOT GETTING ENOUGH FUEL. I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID IT WILL STALL AND I AM A SMALL WOMEN. I CAN'T FIGHT IT WITH NO POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS), 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN), AND 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS OIL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE NEAR THE REAR AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR AXLE SEIZED AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE ELEVATED AND SPUN AROUND WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR END PINION PIN FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000. UPDATED 3/31/15*CN

THE AXLE FELL OFF, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. I HAVE SPENT OVER 4000.000 BETWEEN THE 2 REPAIRS. NOW THEY COME OUT WITH A RECALL. CAN YOU DIRECT ME ON HOW TO GET MY MONEY BACK FROM CHRYSLER. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH MY DRIVELINE DISLODGED FROM MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND LOCKED UP THE WHEELS (DIFFERENTIAL.). THE ROAD WAS A POPULAR WELL MAINTAINED PAVED ROAD. FORTUNATELY NO CARS OR PEDESTRIANS WERE CLOSE BY AND SPEED WAS RELATIVELY LOW, OTHERWISE THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WITH SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY. IN ADDITION TO THE RECENT INCIDENT WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL, I HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS RAM: -NEW ENGINE AFTER CRACKING BOTH HEADS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY (IT GETS SERVICED REGULARLY AND DOESN'T TOW OFTEN). -IDLE HAS SUDDEN SURGES AT A STOP. -TRANSMISSION SKIPPING GEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVE LINE PINION WAS DETACHED CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO SEIZE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN 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 89,000. UPDATED 4/13/15*CN UPDATED 11/5/2015*JS

WHILE DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET GOING NO MORE THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR I SUDDENLY THE ABILITY TO DRIVE MY TRUCK. IT SPUN OUT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES BEFORE GOING OVER A CURB AND HITTING A TREE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE REAR AXLE AND I COULD NOT OF CONTROLLED OR CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *TR