2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE REAR END HAS BEEN HOWLING UNDER POWER AND ON COAST. SEEN A LOT OF REPORTS THAT THE REAR END LOCKS UP, POSSIBLE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OR THE VEHICLE. HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOESN'T START TILL FEB. 13, 2015. CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THIS , I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE I STAND ON TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED. I DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUCK REAR END WILL LAST THAT LONG. THANK YOU *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, THE DRIVE SHAFT DROPPED OUT FROM THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK WITH NO WARNING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS).THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE SPECIFICS OF THE FAILURE EXPERIENCED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

DRIVING HOME AT A SPEED OF 40 MPH AND THE PINION NUT MALFUNCTIONED BY BACKING AWAY CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO DETACH FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THIS RESULTED IN HAVING TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO BELLAIRE AUTO IN HOUSTON, TX WHERE THEY DID THE TEMPORARY REPAIRS HOWEVER THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS STILL SHOWING SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF DAMAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V354000 (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. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE REAR END SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT DROPPED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT A PINION GEAR DROPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AS THE REAR END SEIZED .THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 ( POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ENGINE STALL AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM ATM MACHINE, I WAS ABLE TO EASILY RESTART VEHICLE BUT THIS IS SECOND TIME SUCH AN INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS ALSO AT VERY LOW SPEED WHEN BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND CHANGING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND WITH THIS INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. *TR

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE IN ONE WEEK AND COULD OF BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID IT PUT OUT A CODE FOR THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND THE STALLING IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WHEN THE TRUCK IS MOVING IT'S PUTTING OUT A SIGNAL SAYING IT IS PARKED. *TR