2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO STOP BEHIND A STOPPED VEHICLE MY 05 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB WITH A V8 STALLED OUT. I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL TO START IT BACK UP & CONTINUE GOING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING THAT I NO LONGER CAN KEEP COUNT. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN MAKING A TURN WHICH CAUSED ALL LOSS OF POWER STEERING & POWER BRAKES. SO FAR I HAVE NOT WRECKED WHEN THIS HAPPENS BUT IT SCARES ME OR MY TEENAGE DRIVER TO DEATH. I HAVE REPORTED IT SEVERAL TIMES OVER SEVERAL YEARS & NOTHING IS BEING DONE. I ALSO KNOW THIS HAPPENS WITH THE 2004 MODEL OF DODGE TRUCKS AS MY NEPHEW OWN ONE THAT I HAVE DROVE & IT HAPPENED THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN TRUCKS IS HIS 04 HAS THE HEMI. AND THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. I GUESS SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WRECK & DIE BEFORE DODGE RECALLS & FIXES THE PROBLEM. BUT UNTIL THEN I WILL KEEP REPORTING HERE & TO DODGE. *TR

LAST SATURDAY ON JUNE 28 2014 I WAS LEAVING MY RESIDENCE WHEN I OBSERVED A SMALL LEAK DRIPPING OUT OF MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHERE THE PINION GEAR GOES INTO THE DIFFERENTIAL. I ORDERED A PINION SEAL AT MY LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE. ON MY WAY TO THE PARTS STORE I NOTICED A VERY FAINT WHINE COMING FROM THE REAR END. ABOUT 1 TO 2 MILES AFTER THE WHINE WAS FIRST NOTICED IT QUICKLY BECAME A ROAR FOR NO MORE THAN 20 SECONDS AND THEN THE PINION GEAR SNAPPED AT THE DIFFERENTIAL LOCKING BOTH MY REAR TIRES UP SENDING MY TRUCK SIDEWAYS. WITH MY SON IN THE BACK SEAT IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR A 2 YEAR OLD. I COULDN'T MOVE THE TRUCK OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET SO I SAT HELPLESSLY AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE NEXT DAY I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND REALIZED THAT ALONG WITH MY REAR END BEING TOASTED SO WAS MY DRIVE SHAFT WHICH HAD DAMAGE FROM SPINNING FREELY. THEN I OBSERVED MY GAS TANK WITH A DENT SO BIG I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PURCHASE A NEW TANK. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN QUOTED FOR A USED REAR DIFFERENTIAL AT SEVERAL SALVAGE YARDS FROM 800-1400. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES WITH DODGE TRUCKS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE LOOSING THERE LIFE BECAUSE NEGLIGENCE FROM DODGE TO GET THESE PROBLEMS FIXED AND HOLD DODGE ACCOUNTABLE!!!! *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500, AND HAVE ALWAYS KEPT MY TRUCK IN EXCELLENT PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL CONDITION, AND THERE ARE NO INCOMPLETE OR UNPERFORMED RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY KIND OF MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK UNTIL SUNDAY, 6/22/14, APPROX. 6PM. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX. 35-40 MPH ALONG A LOCAL STREET, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWOUT, BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO DRIVE INTO AN INTERSECTION. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY WHINING AND BANGING SOUNDS, WHICH AS IT TURNS OUT, WAS A THE DRIVE SHAFT TEARING UP THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK. ,,I MADE IT THRU THE INTERSECTION, AND PART-WAY INTO A PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY, WHEN THE 2 PIECES OF MY DRIVESHAFT FLEW OFF AND THE ENTIRE BACK END LOCKED UP, WITH MY TRUCK BLOCKING TRAFFIC. I AM DISABLED, AND WAS FORTUNATELY NOT INJURED, AND NO ONE WAS HIT BY THE FLYING PIECES OF THE DRIVE SHAFT AS THEY FLEW OUT. THE TRUCK WAS INSPECTED BY A GEICO ADJUSTER, WHO INDICATED HE WAS WELL TRAINED WITH TRUCK PARTS AND MECHANICAL, AND THAT ONE OF THE PINS HAD BACKED OUT OF THE 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 DRIVE SHAFT INTO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, CAUSING SPIDER GEARS TO LOCK UP AND THE DRIVESHAFT TO TEAR AWAY FROM THE REAR AXLE. I HAVE A COPY OF THE GEICO REPORT. THE ADJUSTERS ASSESSMENT WAS CONFIRMED ALSO BY THE REPAIR CENTER, WHO MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS SAME ISSUE BEFORE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL FAILURE; THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO KEEP RUNNING, BUT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS ARE IN A VEHICLE THAT ULTIMATELY CANNOT BE CONTROLLED, AND THE DRIVE SHAFT COMES INTO 2 PIECES AND FLIES OUT, POTENTIALLY INJURING BY-STANDERS AND OTHER PROPERTY. ...UPDATED 01/07/15 *BF *TR UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR DRIVESHAFT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT AND REAR END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,020.

WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON SR 19 IN WAKARUSA IN AT 50MPH AND STARTED TO FEEL A SMALL VIBRATION. LET OFF OF THROTTLE AND HEARD A WHINING NOISE. THEN HEARD A BANG AND CLANGING. PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD AND COASTED TO A STOP. LOOKED IN REAR VIEW MIRROR TO SEE DRIVE SHAFT LAYING ON GROUND BEHIND ME. IT HAD CAME LOOSE FROM THE REAR AXLE. THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE DRIVE SHAFT HUB TO THE REAR AXLE HAD CAME OUT OF THE HUB AND SEPARATED. AFTER SEPARATION THE REAR END MADE TERRIBLE NOISE. REMOVED COVER ON REAR END TO SEE GEARS AND BEARINGS HAD EXPLODED INSIDE AND IT RIPPED A HOLE IN THE AXLE HOUSING INSIDE THE GEAR BOX. ...UPDATED 01/07/15 *BF *TR UPDATED 6/11/2015 *JS

THE DRIVE SHAFT LOCKED UP. SAW YOUR REPORT ON THIS AND WANTED TO ADD MINE TO THE LIST. IT FELL APART WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED A MAJOR EXPENSE IN REPAIRING IT AND TOWING. *TR

WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON SECONDARY ROAD, HEARD A NOISE, THEN A THUMP. SHE WAS DOING AROUND 40-45 MPH, WAS ABLE TO PUT OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD WITH NO INCIDENT. I ARRIVED TO SEE WHAT HAD BROKE, AND I DISCOVERED THE DRIVESHAFT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR AXEL. NOTHING HAD BROKE, BUT RATHER THE NUT THAT CONNECTS THE DRIVESHAFT TO THE REAR AXEL HAD LOOSENED AND CAME OFF. CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR END. *TR

VEHICLE STALLS AT LOW SPEED ACCELERATION OR STOPPING. VEHICLE WILL STALL UPON FORWARD MOVEMENT, WHICH CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO STALL IN AN INTERSECTION AND NEARLY HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL ALSO STALL WHILE STOPPING SOMETIMES AS WELL. *TR

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE WHEN SUDDENLY, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FAILURE THE DODGE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SAFELY COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE DODGE VEHICLE LOST ITS DRIVE SHAFT WHICH BOUNCED DOWN THE ROAD AND MADE CONTACT WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR ...UPDATED 01/07/15 *BF UPDATED 5/29/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PINION NUT HAD FRACTURED CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FRACTURE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.