2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I CAN NOT SEE OUT OF MY WINDOWS ON MY PICK UP THE TINT FROM THE MANUFACTURE IS HORRIBLE FOR VISIBILITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR I STATED TO HEAR A SCRAPPING SOUND LIKE THE BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN. THE SOUND WOULD COME AND GO. THEN I PARKED THE TRUCK. I GOT READY TO LEAVE THE BUSINESS I WAS AT. I PULL OUT FROM THE CURB AND WENT ABOUT 50 FEET AND THE TRUCK STOPPED. I BACK UP A LITTLE THEN WENT FORWARD AND STOPPED AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND GOT OUT AND CHECKED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. IT HUNG OFF THE HUB AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE NEXT DAY I WENT BACK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. I JACKED THE TRUCK UP AND THE WHEEL CAME RIGHT OFF. THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAD MELTED INTO THE HUB. I HAVE NOT NOTIFIED ANY ONE ABOUT THIS. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED 2 YEARS AGO FROM A DEALER. SO I DO NOT KNOW IF I HAVE ORIGINAL OR REPLACEMENT PARTS. IT COST ME OVER $300 TO GET THE TRUCK REPAIRED. THE GUY THAT REPAIRED IT SAID THIS WAS HIS SECOND ONE IN A WEEK. NOW I HAVE TO GET A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. MY TIRE ARE WEARING OUT ON THE INSIDE. *TR

STEERING ALMOST COMPLETELY LOCKS UP WHEN NOT ACCELERATING. LEFT WHEEL DOES NOT MOVE AS MUCH AS RIGHT WHEEL AS IF IT IS SEPARATE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 CREW CAB WITH THE 4.7 AND 4X4. TODAY WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 75 THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND I HAD TO TURN THE KEY OFF TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 54,000 MILES ON IT. I DON'T HAVE FLOOR MATS IN THE TRUCK AND ONCE THE TRUCK WAS STOPPED I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CABLE WAS TIGHTLY CONNECTED BUT LOSE ON THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE SAME ON THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE TOWING LIGHTWEIGHT ENCLOSED TRAILER. SAW SMOKE AND OIL COMING FROM THE REAR END. REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP, CAUSING ALL 4 WHEELS TO LOCK UP. DRIVE LINE CAME COMPLETELY DETACHED AND FLEW ACROSS HIGHWAY. TRANSFER CASE CRACKED IN HALF. TRUCK AND TRAILER SKIDDED TO A STOP ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY, AFTER CROSSING ADDITIONAL LANES OF TRAFFIC. NO INJURIES AND MISSED GUARD RAIL BY A FEW FEET. *TT

THE ENGINE STATING TO HAVE A BAD MISS. GOT THE TRUCK HOME AN IT WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING. GOT TRUCK TO A SHOP AND THEY CHECK AN FOUND THAT THE NUMBER 5 VALVE IS BENT. *TR

MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 BLACK RUMBLE BEE TRUCK WAS STOPPED AT RED LIGHT AS WAS FIXING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THE TRUCK STUMBLED AS IF STALLING AND THEN SHOT OFF WIDE OPEN THROTTLE MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE THROTTLE, IN TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC I MADE THE TURN AND AVOIDED HITTING ANY BODY AND SLIDE IN TO THE PARKING LOT WHERE I ROLLED THE TRUCK IN THE EMPTY LOT. THE POLICE CAME UP THAT WATCHED THE WRECK AND SAID THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR HOT RODDING THE TRUCK I TOLD THEM I HAD NOT AND TURNED THE SWITCH BACK ON WITH TRUCK IN PARK AND IT WENT TO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. THEY QUICKLY SAID IT WAS OUT OF MY CONTROL AND CALLED THE WRECK A MECHANICAL FAILURE. AFTER A TWO MONTHS FIGHT WITH INSURANCE COMPANY I BOUGHT THE TRUCK BACK THEY HAD TOTALED THE TRUCK IT ONLY HAS 27000 MILES ON IT. I WENT TO HOOVER AND TALKED WITH SERVICE AND THE OWNER FINDING OUT THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED IN SEVERAL OTHER CHRYSLER 300S AND OTHER RAM TRUCKS WITH THE 5.7 HEMI JUST AT HIS DEALER SHIPS (4). ONCE EVERY THING GOT SETTLED I STARTED LOOKING AT THE TRUCK AND FOUND THE THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN I RELEASED THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR THE THROTTLE SNAPPED CLOSED REPLACED IT WITH A USED ONE TRUCK IDLES FINE SCARED TO MOVE IT BUT IDLES FINE. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS IF ANYTHING. *TR

FOUR TIMES IN TWO YEARS DRIVING THE DODGE RAM VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED, LOOSING POWER STEERING AND BREAKING. THE FIRST TIME IT CAUSED ME TO RUN THROUGH A STOP SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OLD. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS GOING SLOW AND STRAIGHT. THE THIRD TIME I WAS ON A CURVE AND BARELY MAINTAINED CONTROL WHILE STOPPING. THE FINAL TIME IN 2007 WAS ON A CURVE AND MY VEHICLE STALLED AND RAN OFF THE ROAD CRASHING/BUMPING INTO A CURB. EACH TIME WAS AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 30 MPH. I WAS CONCERNED IT WOULD OCCUR AT HIGHER SPEEDS. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY A PROBLEM. THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE DOWNLOADED THE BLACK BOX AND REPORTED IT DID NOT INDICATE A STALL. AFTER FEARING FOR MY DAUGHTER THAT WAS WITH ME, I IMMEDIATELY TRADED THE VEHICLE IN FOR A FORD. THE DEALER'S SERVICE TECHNICIANS TREATED IT AS THOUGH I WAS IMAGINING THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER I TRADED THE VEHICLE INTO IS BOTH A DODGE AND FORD DEALER WITH THE SAME REPAIR STAFF SERVICING BOTH LINES OF VEHICLES. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER'S SALES STAFF WHEN I TRADED THE VEHICLE IN. DID THE DEALER WARN THE BUYER OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY RESOLD IT? THIS DEALER IS STILL IN BUSINESS IN BRANSON, MISSOURI. *TR

SHUTTER AND NOISE FROM REAR END WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEED USUALLY FROM STOP OR SLOW TURN . HAVE HAD SERVICE DONE ON DIFFERENTIAL AT 15000 MILE INTERVALS EVEN THOUGH NO TOWING OR DUSTY CONDITION. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. AFTER READING SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON HERE ABOUT PINION NUTS AND DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE THOUGHT SHOULD I SHOULD SUBMIT TO HELP START A INVESTIGATION AND RECALL IT SEEMS THEIR IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. WHITHER IN PART FAILURE OR SERVICE PROCEDURE OF DIFFERENTIAL FLUID SERVICE. *TR