2007 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO FOUR-LOW, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE FUNCTIONALITY OF VARIOUS ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, THE FAILURE CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED DUE THE VEHICLE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS DO TO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (LARRY H. MILLER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM, RIVERDALE 1481 W RIVERDALE RD, RIVERDALE, UT 84405 (801) 528-7478) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH THE DEALER'S INFORMATION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A POSTCARD FROM TK HOLDINGS, ALERTING HER THAT THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA TAKATA RECALL #'S 16V-325 AND 15V-313... IT HAD TO HAVE MY DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG REMOVED IN MAY OF 2015 AND NOW MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BACK HAS TO BE REPLACED. IN MAY OF 2015 I WAS PUT ON A LIST AT MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER TO HAVE THE PARTS ONCE AVAILABLE TO BE INSTALLED. ITS BEEN OVER 2 YEARS AND THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO INSTALL IN MY VEHICLE. THEY HAVE ALSO PUT ME ON THE LIST FOR THE LIST TO HAVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG REPLACED. MY ISSUE IS THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT NOT ONLY HAS AN INOPERABLE AIRBAG, BUT ALSO HAS ONE THAT CAN RUPTURE. ITS UNSAFE AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET INTO A COLLISION WITH NON FUNCTIONING AIRBAGS! MY SAFETY IS AT RISK AS WELL AS ANY PASSENGERS I CARRY. I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE TO HAVE NON FUNCTIONING OR INCORRECTLY FUNCTIONING COMPONENTS DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFAULT. A REMEDY TO THIS SITUATION SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN A TIMELY MANNER BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THESE DEFECTS. PLEASE NOTE FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NUMBER 208 (49 CFR 571.208 .........THIS ISSUE IS OF AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

SLT QUAD CAB 2WD HEMI 5.7 AUTOMATIC 5SP WITH ONLY 49975 MILES ON ODOMETER. DRIVING ALONG ABOUT 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT, THEN ALL THE SUDDEN OUT OF NO WHERE, THE REAR TIRES LOCKED, THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHOOKED VIOLENTLY AND THEN I HEARD MY DRIVE SHAFT HITTING THE GROUND. GOT OUT SAW THE YOKE STILL ATTACHED TO DRIVESHAFT AND GEAR OIL FLOWING OUT OF DIFFERENTIAL. I THEN PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTERAL WITH MOTOR STILL RUNNING AND ATTEMPTED TO PUSH MY TRUCK OUT OF THE WAY BUT COULDN'T DO SO. THE REAR AXLE WAS LOCKED UP. 3 GUYS GOT OUT OF THEIR CARS TO HELP ME PUSH IT AND COULDN'T. THEN I SAW THE SKID MARKS AND KNEW THE REAR END FAILED. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT THERE WAS AN AFTERMARKET REPAIR KIT THAT WILL KEEP THIS C CLIP FROM FALLING OUT THAT CAUSED THIS FAILURE. TRUCK'S IN THE SHOP GETTING REAR AXLE REBUILT. ESTIMATED REPAIR IS $2500.

TAKATA RECALL ALL I WANT TO DO IS SWAP OUT MY AIRBAGS BUT NOT A SINGLE DEALERSHIP NEAR ME IS WILLING TO WORK WITH ME WITHOUT CHARGING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO "FIX" A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT EVEN REAL. I HAVE 4.88 GEARS IN MY TRUCK SO IT TRIPS THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AS SOON AS I DRIVE. I'D SWAP THE AIRBAGS OUT MYSELF BUT NOBODY WILL SELL THEM TO ME. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 2 YEARS WITHOUT DRIVING MY TRUCK ANYWHERE WAITING ON AIRBAGS THAT NOBODY WILL EVEN LET ME PURCHASE. I'VE TALKED TO LANDERS DODGE IN LITTLE ROCK, FLETCHER DODGE AND SUPERIOR DODGE IN CONWAY AND NONE OF THEM WERE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT "FIXING" A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST WITH THE WHEEL SPEED AND TRANSMISSION, IT'S THE 4.88 GEARS. I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THE WORK MYSELF BUT THEY REFUSE TO SELL AIRBAGS TO ME.

ON THE WAY BACK TO BUFFALO MISSOURI AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM ( TRAVELING 65MPH), THE RIGHT REAR TIRE STARTED TO MAKE A VERY LOUD WINDING SOUND AND SHAKE. I SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY (55MPH) AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL, CAUSING MY TRUCK TO SEVERELY FISH TAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE ROAD, NARROWLY MISSING ON-COMING TRAFFIC. ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2017 I TOOK MY TRUCK AND BLOWN OUT TIRE TO JBC TIRE AND AUTOMOTIVE (AUTHORIZED DEALER OF COOPER TIRES). JOSH MOUTREY WAS THE MANAGER ON DUTY. I INFORMED OF THE BLOW OUT. JOSH AND HIS MECHANIC CHECKED THE TIRE OF ANY FOREIGN DEBRIS, NAILS OR CUTS IN THE TIRE. AFTER THE INSPECTION ON THE BLOW OUT AND THE OTHER TIRES, JOSH STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE THREE REMAINING TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR (LF HI:5, LOW:4; RF HI:5, LOW:4; LR HI: 5, LOW:4). ON THE BLOWN OUT TIRE FROM THE RR TIRE THEY FOUND NO FOREIGN DEBRIS, NAILS, CUTS OR ANY REASON THAT THE TIRE SHOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT THE SIDE WALL. JOSH CALLED COOPER TIRE AND RUBBER AT THEIR 800-573-9523 CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER AND TALKED TO THE ON DUTY SUPERVISOR (DOUG). I WAS LISTENING ON SPEAKER TO JOSH AND DOUG DISCUSSING THE TIRE. JOSH STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE: DISCOVER AT3; 265/10/17; DOT# UT1Y 1A6 3214 ON ALL 4 TIRES CAME FROM THE SAME BATCH# AND LOT#. JOSH STATED TO DOUG THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THE RR TIRE SHOULD HAVE BLOWN AND THAT THERE WAS NO FOREIGN DEBRIS FOUND. JOSH STATED TO DOUG THAT THE ONLY REASON FOR THE BLOW OUT WAS MANUFACTURES SIDE WALL DEFECT. JOSH ALSO, STATED THE REMAINING THREE TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR BEYOND ANY NORMAL WEAR FOR TIRES RATED AT A 60K MILE WARRANTY. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE RUBBER. DOUG (C.S. SUPERVISOR) STATED THE ONLY THING HE COULD DUE, WAS PRO-RATE THE BLOWN OUT TIRE AND PRO-RATE THE REMAINING 3 TIRES. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THESE ISSUES BY COOPER TIRE, ATD (AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTOR OR JBC TIRE AT THIS TIME.

VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. IT GAVE CODE FOR BANK 2 KNOCK SENSOR AND OIL VISCOSITY WRONG. IT WOULD NOT START. NOTICED SMELL FROM UNDER PASSENGER SIDE. FOUND INSULATED HARNESSING IN PASSENGER SIDE HAD CAUGHT FIRE POSSIBLE DUE TO SHORT TO CHASSIS. WIRING WAS ALL IN OEM STATE, FOUND NO STANDOFFS PRESENT TO KEEP HARNESS OFF CHASSIS ON HORIZONTAL RUN, STANDIFFS ARE PRESENT IN VERTICAL RUN BY OIL FILTER. REPLACED SECTION OF HARNESS AND DOCUMENTED WITH PICTURES. THIS IS A HAZARD TO ALL DODGE OWNERS, FLAME IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OIL FILTER. I HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL WITH PHOTOS AND REQUEST COMPENSATION FOR MY WORK TO REPAIR.

ENGINE WILL CUT OFF DURING DRIVING. STALLS. I REPLACED BATTERY AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY IT CUTS OFF AND STALLS THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. SOMETIMES IF YOU DISCONNECT THE BATTERY IT MAY START. LOCK AND UNLOCK THE REMOTE CONTROL. OR JUST SAT AND WAIT OR HAVE IT TOWED HOME. MIDWAY DRIVING IT WILL SHUT OFF THE ENGINE FOR NO REASON. DOESN'T MATTER IF THE FUEL IS FULL OR LOW.

I'M NOT STARTING FROM THE COMPLETE BEGINNING I'M STARTING FROM WHEN IT PLACE THE WORST TOOK TO DODGE CUZ I HAD DYING PROBLEMS STALLING OUT IF I WAS DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK MIND YOU I DRIVE 600 MILES AT A TIME ONE DIRECTION WAY HOME ONE NIGHT VEHICLE STALLS OUT PULLED TO SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE STARTS BACK GET DOWN THE ROAD AND IT JUST STUTTERS A LITTLE SO I KEEP GOING GET DONE WITH A LITTLE FURTHER THEY COMPLETELY DIES WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA TO TENNESSEE THE GORGE AS THEY CALL IT NO PLACE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SEMI BESIDE ME SEMI BEHIND ME NO PULL OFF TO THE LEFT EITHER HIT A POT HOLE TRUCK DIES LUCKILY IN RUNNING ABOUT 90 MILE AN HOUR PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL CRANK IT NO CRANK NO START CRANK IT AGAIN IT STARTS POPPING IN GEAR SCARED AS HELL GET TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION IN WORRIES THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE TRUCK TRYING TO MAKE TO SAFE PLACE I FINALLY MAKE IT HOME TRUCK DID THAT COUPLE MORE TIMES ON THE WAY AND STALL OUT. I TOOK IT TO DODGE AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIPM WELL HAVE THEM FIX IT GOT THE TRUCK BACK NO FIX THERE THEY DID GET TWO CODES FOR THE TIPM PROBLEM ON THAT DAY ENDED UP BEING THE IGNITION COILS ALL OF THEM HAD TO BE REPLACED PRIOR TO ALL THIS I HAD ALREADY BEEN HAVING STALLING PROBLEM NOT DYING CHRYSLER DEALER IN GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA LOOK AT MY TRUCK FAN DIAGNOSTIC SAID IT WAS LOW AMPERAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN'T REMEMBER YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF HIM IF YOU WOULD LIKE SO THEY SAID REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY SO I DID THEN THE STORY I JUST STATED TOOK PLACE. NOW AGAIN LOCATION GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA GOING ACROSS INTERSECTION REAR END GOES OUT THE ONLY REASON THE TRUCK EVEN MOVED ANYMORE IS BECAUSE IT'S 4-WHEEL DRIVE I DROVE IT ALMOST 5000 MILES LIKE THAT BEFORE I COULD AFFORD A NEW REAR END TO PUT IN HERE. I COULD KEEP GOING BUT THE PROBLEMS OF THIS YEAR MODEL. MULTIPLE DATES

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING AFTER REPLACING BULB SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR HEADLIGHT