2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DEALERSHIP FAILED TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT PARTS PER RECALL. SAYS PART CANNOT BE ORDERED AND I AM OUT OF LUCK. *TR

DRIVING WITHIN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND FELT THE REAR END START TO VIBRATE, FIRST THOUGHT WAS A FLAT TIRE. HEARD A VERY LOUD THUD AND THEN THE REAR END LOCKED BRING THE VEHICLE TO A DEAD STOP. DRIVE SHAFT AND UNIVERSALS CONTINUED TO SPIN UNTIL ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED AND VEHICLE PLACED IN PARK. *TR

REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SPIN OUT AND GO OFF THE ROAD. I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN FWD LOW TO GET OUT OF THE DITCH AND DROVE IT A SHORT DISTANCE HOME IN FWD HIGH. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS NO LONGER LOCKED BUT IT IS VERY NOISY AND CAN NOT BE DRIVEN. WHEN I CALLED DODGE I WAS TOLD THIS TRUCK WAS NOT PART OF THE MASSIVE RAM 1500 RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS). 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 ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE DRIVESHAFT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE 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 20 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO SEIZE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000. UPDATED 02/27/15*LJ UPDATED 04/26/2016*JS UPDATED 9/13/2013*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED AND THE FRONT TIRES SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PINION NUT ON THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

2005 RAM 1500 ONLY HAS 57,000 MILES ON IT, SEVERAL ISSUES: 1) LOUD WHINING NOISE, SOUNDS LIKE REALLY LOUD POWER STEERING WHINE BUT POWER STEERING IS OK. STARTED LAST WINTER WHEN WE HAD EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES. NOW IT IS EXTREMELY LOUD ALL OF THE TIME. AFTER HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECALL AND READING OTHER OWNER COMPLAINTS OF LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING I AM CONCERNED OF MY SAFETY. 2) I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL FEELING LIKE IT LOCKS UP WHEN TURNING RIGHT ESPECIALLY WHEN ROAD IS WET. 3) 4-WHEEL DRIVE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IT STARTS MAKING A WHINING SOUND THEN LOCKS UP WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE IN REVERSE. FEELS LIKE TENSION OF A RUBBERBAND THAT HAS TWISTED AS FAR AS IT WILL GO. 4) ALSO, HAVING PROBLEM OF TRUCK STALLING WHEN PUTTING IT IN REVERSE. ALWAYS STARTS UP AGAIN BUT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE BACKING OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET. DEALERSHIP HAS RESEALED DRIVE PINION 3 TIMES! DON'T KNOW IF ALL 4 ARE RELATED BUT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL LOOK IT OVER. MY LOCAL CHRYSLER/DODGE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY GONE DOWNHILL. *JS

I LOST MY PARKING LIGHTS (TAIL LIGHTS) THIS MORNING BEFORE I WENT TO WORK AT 3;30 A.M. WHEN I GOT OFF WORK I BEGAN MY SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS HOW TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. MY DISCOVERY WAS KIND OF DISTURBING. IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE THE FUSE BOX INSIDE, THERE IS A FAULTY WIRE THAT CAUSES THIS AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING. MAKES ME KIND OF WONDER WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS ARE WRONG INSIDE THE FUSE BOX.I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THIS PART AND REPLACE IT. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT IT? I READ ON THE FORUMS THAT THIS PART IS ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM THIS IN ITSELF SHOULD BE A RED FLAG. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS. I WILL ORDER THIS PART IF I MUST BUT WITH THE LARGE AMOUNT OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM MAYBE DODGE SHOULD PICK UP THE BILL. THANKS FOR READING I HOPE THERE IS A SOLUTION. *JS