2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

MY WIFE AND CHILD WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND THE NUT ON THE YOKE ON THE REAR END FELL OFF. WHICH CAUSED THE READ END TO LOCK UP AND ABOUT CAUSE A WRECK. AFTER TALKING TO A FEW MECHANICS ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. I FOUND OUT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH DODGE TRUCKS. AFTER SEARCHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM ONLINE, I FOUND OUT THEY ARE RIGHT. A REPLACEMENT REAR END WAS VERY HIGH PRICED DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR THEM. I SEARCHED FOR A RECALL AND ONLY FOUND RECALLS FOR 2007 AND NEWER TRUCKS WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOW CAN THEY NOT FIX THIS WHEN IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM AND VERY POSSIBLY DEADLY? *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 AT 30 MPH WHEN I JUST HEARD A BANG AND MY TRUCK CAME TO A COMPLETE HOLT . I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND FOUND OUT THAT MY DRIVE SHAFT HAD FALLEN NOT FOR MY UV JOINT BUT FROM THE REAR AXEL PINION NUT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE IS COMMON BUT IS NOT A RECALL. BUT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2009 THRU 2012 FOR THE SAME EXACT THING. I ALSO FOUND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL THAT HAD THE SAME INCIDENT. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK JUST STALLS OUT LOSE ALL POWER AND CONTROLLING IS VERY HARD TO STEER. *TR

WHINING AND WHIRRING SOUND COMING FROM REAR END OF TRUCK. TOOK TRUCK TO GARAGE AND THEY FELT THE REAR END WAS SHOT. I CAN'T GET TRUCK INTO MY DODGE DEALER UNTIL 9/7/2014. DISAPPOINTED A TRUCK WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE WOULD HAVE THIS MAJOR OF A PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT WAS FRACTURED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BEARINGS AND SPIDER GEARS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP. TRUCK SKID AND BACK WHEELS LOCKED UP. PINION GEAR CRACKED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE SHAFT TO DROP AND BECOME DAMAGED. HAD TO CALL AAA TO TOW TRUCK TO PRIVATE MECHANIC SHOP (I WAS OUT OF STATE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND HAD TO BE TOWED FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO NEW JERSEY.) *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AXLE SUDDENLY FRACTURED AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO REMEDY WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON I-95, AND WHEN CROSSING A SMALL OVERPASS, I HEARD A HIGH PITCHED WHINE. I THOUGHT IT SOUNDED SIMILAR TO THE NOISE TIRES MAKE WHEN ON A BRIDGE GRATE, BUT IT WAS LOUDER AND HIGHER PITCHED. APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THERE WAS ANOTHER QUICK WHINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD AND FAST BANGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WAS COMING APART AROUND US. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE, SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND HIT THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE SPLINE NUT HAD COMPLETELY BACKED OFF ALLOWING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO COME FREE. HE MENTIONED THAT THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY EVIDENCE OF THREAD LOCK COMPOUND ON THE SPLINE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE BEARINGS JAMMED UP THE GEARS AND FROZE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. I HAVE HAD IT IN A TOTAL OF THREE SHOPS FOR ASSESSMENT. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE REAR IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 AND I WAS TRAVELING ON THE LOCAL HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN WITH NO WARNING OR STRANGE SOUND MY DRIVE SHAFT DISLOCATED FROM MY REAR END AND MY BACK TIRES BEGAN TO LOCK UP. I MANAGE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITH OUT LOSING CONTROL TO BAD. THE EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK NOSE DIVED AND THERE WAS TERRIBLE BANGING AND VIBRATIONS COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. MY FRIEND THAT CAME WITH A ROLL BACK TO TOW MY TRUCK HOME IS ALSO A MECHANIC TOLD ME THE PINION FAILED AND THAT I WAS GOING TO JUST HAVE TO REPLACE THE REAR END. I TRIED TO JUST REMOVE MY REAR DRIVE SHAFT AND PLACE THE TRUCK IN 4X4 TO HAVE THE FRONT WHEELS PULL THE TRUCK HOME BUT THE REAR TIRES WOULD NOT TURN. I TAKE CARE OF MY VEHICLES AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A ISSUE OUT OF MY TRUCK UNTIL NOW. FOR THERE TO BE NO WARNING SIGNS WHAT SO EVER LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A MANUFACTURER FLAW. WHILE LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS ON EDMUNS.COM I DISCOVERED AN ARTICLE DATED 06/30/2014 TITLED FEDS PROBE 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 AFTER COMPLAINTS OF REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES THAT DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. *TR