2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE OUT OF THE BLUE I STARTED TO HEAR A RATTLING AND SHAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END OF MY 2005 DODGE RAM. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT ON THE TRUCK STARTED TO COME APART. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE COST. THE DAMAGES FOR THIS REPAIR WAS OVER $1000.00. *TR

AT ABOUT 3:30 PM ON 2-27-14 HEADED S ON 360 JUST SOUTH OF I20 WHILE TRAVELING AT 60MPH DRIVE SHAFT FAILED AND CAME OFF STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. SUCCESSFULLY PULLED OFF ONTO SHOULDER WHEN REAR END LOCKED UP ABOUT LAST 15-20 FEET. REAR END WAS LOCKED AT THAT POINT. TIRES HAD FLAT SPOTS DUE TO DRAG AND TOWING. HAD TO REPLACE REAR END COMPLETELY AND DRIVE SHAFT AS WELL AS INSURANCE CLAIM ON OTHER VEHICLE. MECHANIC STATED NUT IN DIFFERENTIAL HAD COME OFF COMPLETELY. *TR

AFTER HAVING BEEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND ACCELERATED TO PROCEED STRAIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET OR SO WHERE I WAS GOING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN INTO A STORE PARKING LOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A WHINING SOUND AND IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS STRAINING, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THUD AS IF I HAD RUN SOMETHING OVER. THE TRUCK STARTED "JERKING" VIOLENTLY AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. AS SOON AS I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, THE LOUD NOISE STOPPED AND THE ENGINE WAS IDLING NORMALLY AS IF THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND, TO MY SHOCK, SAW THE DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL (THE TRUCK IS A REAR WHEEL DRIVE) AND LAYING ON THE STREET. LATER ON, WITH THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION BUT THE ENGINE OFF, I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND SOME ROAD WORKERS TRIED TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD. IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. THE REAR WHEELS WERE LOCKED. SUFFICE IT TO SAY, HAD I BEEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55-60 MPH THE RESULTS OF THE MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. A RECALL NEED TO BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED... ....UPDATED 01/12/15*BF *TR UPDATED 6/11/2015*JS

THIS IS AN ONGOING AND OLD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHEN ATTAINING MINIMUM SPEEDS OF 40 OR 45MPH, APPLYING THE BRAKES CAUSES A VEHICLE SHUDDER. ITS ALMOST LIKE THE VEHICLE IS HOPPING. IT CAUSES OPERATOR TO BOUNCE IN SEAT AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS TO CONTROL. RESEARCHING PROBLEM ONLINE I HAVE DISCOVERED OTHER COMPLAINTS. REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS SOLVES THE PROBLEM ONLY TEMPORARILY. HAVING BRAKES CHECKED AT MECHANIC DURING THIS ISSUE FAILED TO FIND FAULT, AND INDICATED AMPLE THICKNESS ON BRAKE SHOES. ISSUE HAS CAUSED A GREAT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE EXPENSE DUE TO FREQUENT BRAKE REPLACEMENTS. *TR

ON AUGUST 5 AND 6TH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE I WAS OPERATING IT WITH MY CHILDREN INSIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE. I CALLED A DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS SOON TO BE ONE IF NOT YET. I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY BEING THAT THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I OWN AND IS A SINGLE PARENT AND NEED MY VEHICLE. I ALSO CALLED THE CHRYSLER CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO FOR ME UNLESS THEY HAD MORE COMPLAINTS IN THERE DATABASE. I MENTION WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAID AND WHAT I RESEARCHED ONLINE. I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS COMPLAINT AND SOMEONE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING AND BANGING SOUND NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED AND EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

AT 35 MPH TRUCK MADE A THUD NOISE AND THE REAR AXLE LOCKED UP AND THE TRUCK SKID TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. GOT OUT AND FOUND THE DRIVE-LINE HANGING DOWN AND FLUID COMING OUT OF THE PINION AREA. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND HAD TO SKATE ONTO THE TRUCK AS THE REAR AXLE WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER REMOVING THE TRUCK TO A SAFE LOCATION WE NOTICED THE DRIVE LINE WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE REAR AXLE YOKE AND THE PINION NUT WAS MISSING. THE THREADS ON THE PINION LOOK FINE AND THE YOKE LOOKS FINE BUT PINION NUT IS MISSING. WENT ONLINE TO SEE ABOUT HOW TO FIX AND FOUND IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.......UPDATED 01/12/15*BF *TR UPDATED 6/11/2015*JS

MT R FRONT WHEEL SEIZED AND THE WHOLE WHEEL BEARING ASSY BROKE IN HALF AND THE WHEEL WENT FLYING OFF. THIS CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER CAR DAMAGING BOTH VEHICLES. NO INJURIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK JUST STALLS FOR NO REASON. I LOSE ALL CONTROL. I ALMOST HIT A CAR. I WENT OVER THE CURB INTO SOMEONE'S YARD. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM DODGE OWNERS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT MODEL. THE RPM'S JUMP AND THE TRUCK JUST DIES. ITS HAPPENED TO ME ON THE FREEWAY, ON RURAL ROADS, AND CITY STREETS. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEBODY SERIOUS INJURY. I PARKED MY TRUCK AND STOPPED DRIVING IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. *JS