2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

ME AND MY LITTLE GIRL WERE GOING TO THE LOCAL STORE STOPPED AT STOP SIGN TO WAIT FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR TRAFFIC CLEARED AND I WENT TO PULL OUT ON TO THE MAIN ROAD NEXT THING I KNOW I WAS TEN FEET IN THE AIR MY DRIVE SHAFT BROKE AND DUG INTO THE ROAD THE REAR END HAD FROZE AND WHEN IT DID DRIVE SHAFT DUG INTO THE ROAD AND LIFTED ME AND THE TRUCK UP IN THE AIR SCARED THE HELL OUT ME AND MY GIRL. PS CALLED DODGE ABOUT MY TRUCK AND THE REAREND THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO IT THANKS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE DETACHED AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO BOTH ANKLES AND SHOULDERS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT RENDERING IT INOPERABLE. REPAIR FACILITY CONFIRMS IT NO LONGER WORKS AND IS UNSAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID ON A PATCH OF BLACK ICE ON THE ROAD AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FACE AND HEAD INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. UPDATED 01/12/15*LJ UPDATED 6/3/2015 *JS

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED AT THE REAR CONNECTION TO THE DIFFERENTIAL IN MODEL YEAR 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO NOISE OR OTHER WARNING PRIOR TO THE LOCK-UP AND SEPARATION. THE PINION WAS FORCED INTO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CAUSING THE LOCK UP AND DAMAGING THE INTERNALS. THE DRIVE SHAFT WITH THE U-JOINT ATTACHED FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS PULLED FREE OF THE TRANSFER CASE. I WAS TRAVELING A SPEED OF < 35 MPH AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND REPAIRED. I AM IN POSSESSION OF ALL DAMAGED PARTS AND HAVE SUPPORTING REPAIR DOCUMENTATION. I AM AWARE THERE IS A PENDING INVESTIGATION WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

TRUCK WAS REAR ENDED. DRIVER SEAT CAME LOOSE. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOTALLED. *TR

I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER AND CHRYSLER DIRECT TO HAVE AIRBAGS REPLACED. BOTH CHRYSLER AND THE LOCAL DEALER STATES THAT CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED NO RECALLS ON DODGE VEHICLES. NO ONE WILL EVEN CONFIRM THAT THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE READ AND SEEN SEVERAL NEWS ON THE RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I LIVE IN GEORGIA AND TRAVEL TO FLORIDA OFTEN WHICH WAS LISTED AS TWO OF THE AFFECTED AREAS. PLEASE PROVIDE CLARITY. I RIDE A TODDLER DAILY IN THIS VEHICLE AND REALLY NEED ACCURATE INFORMATION. THANKS *TR

JUST EXITED FREEWAY WHEN HEARD A LOW SOUNDING WHINING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DECELERATING. SHORTLY AFTER FURTHER TRAVEL AT APPROX 35 MPH A LOUD BANG OCCURRED AND REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING A LONG TIRE SKID WHERE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE DRIVESHAFT WAS ON THE GROUND SEPARATED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST 2009. AT THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A CHRYSLER JEEP DEALERSHIP. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVE SHAFT HIT THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK OUT OF HARMS WAY BEFORE A MORE SEVERE ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR. UPON LEAVING THE VEHICLE, THE DRAFT SHAFT WAS SEEN LAYING UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK, DETACHED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE PINION NUT HAD BACKED OFF AND YOKE CAME OUT OF REAR DIFFERENTIAL. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE PINION WENT INTO THE CARRIER AND GOUGED IT AND BROKE THE SPEED SENSOR. REPAIRS WERE EXTENSIVE AND NOT SUPPORTED BY CHRYSLER. HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CENTER CARRIER, RING AND PINION, BOTH AXLE BEARINGS, REAR SPEED SENSOR, AND REAR DRIVE SHAFT AND YOKE. RESEARCH CONCLUDED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER DODGE TRUCKS OF VARYING YEARS AS WELL AS 2005. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER WILL NOT RECALL 2005 DODGE RAM TRUCKS. *TR