2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

AFTER I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE DURING MY PERSONAL INSPECTION OF THE SUSPENSION I NOTICED THAT THE RUBBER BOOT ON BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. IF THIS IS NOT REPAIRED THE BALL JOINTS WOULD FAIL CREATING AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY. *TR

MY 2005 DODGE RAM HAS BEEN STALLING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND WHEN COMING TO STOPS AT INTERSECTIONS. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. I HAVE HAD ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON AND HAD MECHANICS WORK ON IT. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES AND IS VERY SCARY. I CAN NOT TRUST TO TAKE IT ON LONG TRIPS.AFTER GOGGLING ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT MOST DODGES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I WILL USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO LET MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNOW THAT DODGE IS NOT THE TRUCK TO BUY. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT RECALLING THIS ISSUE IN THEIR TRUCKS SOME THING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. STARTER WILL GO OUT IF THIS CONTINUES ALSO PUTTING IN NEUTRAL WILL NOT DO THE TRANSMISSION ANY GOOD,IT FEELS LIKE IT IS MESSING UP NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE REAR TIRES SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 118,000. *TR

I JUST REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEARING, TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THREE OTHER RAM OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. *TR

WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP WAITING TO TURN ONTO MY ROAD AND WHEN I WENT TO STEP ON THE GAS NOTHING,NO LIGHTS OR SOUND INDICATING THAT IT HAD STALLED. READ ONLINE OF THE SAMETHING HAPPENING TO OTHERS WHILE DRIVING EVEN AT SLOW SPEEDS ETC. AND IT WOULD STALL LOSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. I REFUSE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK UNTIL I CAN GET SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT. DANGEROUS. *TR

ENGINE HAS STALLED INTERMITTENTLY IN THE PAST, USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS (I.E. WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY OR STREET OR SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE WHEN PARKING. MULTIPLE TIMES, THERE WAS NO WARNING AND VEHICLE JUST CUT OFF IN MIDDLE OF ROAD, WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF THIS BEFORE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO INFREQUENTLY AND VEHICLE ALWAYS RESTARTED. THIS MORNING THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE STANDING IN LINE AT GAS STATION (AFTER FILLING TANK), AND THEN MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THAT. THIS IS NEW SINCE IN THE PAST, IT WOULD STALL ONCE AND BE FINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEGRADATION OF SOMETHING, BUT NO ENGINE LIGHTS ARE ON, SO NO CODES TO CHECK. THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSORS WAS REPLACED RECENTLY AFTER AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE SENSOR REPLACEMENT HAS FIXED THAT PROBLEM AND THIS SEEMS UNRELATED TO THE STALLING ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 80/94 IN NORTHWEST INDIANA WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR A WHIRLING NOISE COMING FROM MY TRUCK. AS I WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS GOING ON I HEARD A LOUD A POP AND CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I NOTICED THAT MY DIFFERENTIAL HAD FALLEN OFF THE VEHICLE AND REAR END WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. I DRIVE A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OVER WORKED AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE OWNED IT. AFTER HAVING TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER SHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD "HAND GRANADED INSIDE ITSELF" AND HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR $2400 PLUS TOWING, AND VEHICLE RENTAL. FOR A 2005 WITH ONLY 74000 MILES THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND THERE ARE WAY TO MANY REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING AMONG DODGE TRUCKS. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DIDN'T NOT OCCUR WHEN MY REAR END LOCKED UP ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT WHO TO SAY IF THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE SO LUCKY. AT SOME POINT THESE TRUCKS ARE NO LONGER SAFE TO HAVE OUR FAMILY'S AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN NEVER KNOWING WHEN THEY WILL LOCKED AND CAUSE A BREAK DOWN OR ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE MAYO CLINIC FROM A HEART DR. APPT. I FELT A STRANGE MOTION IN THE TRUCK AND WENT TO PULL OVER ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SKID TO A STOP. HAD IT TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER WHERE I COULD GET IT REPAIRED. FIRST IT WAS $1700 TO PUT IN A JUNKYARD REAR,THEN IT WAS $2350 AND $2450 IF I WANTED A REBUILT .I THEN RECEIVED A CALL IT WOULD BE ANOTHER $600 BECAUSE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WITH THE REAR END.THE TRUCK WAS A YEAR PAST WARRANTY BUT ONLY HAD 50000 MILES ON IT. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO BECAUSE THE GARAGE USED NAPA PARTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CONTACT ALSO TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE IDLE POSITIONING AIR SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE MAT SENSOR, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, AND THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WAS ALSO REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

I STARTED TO GET A ROUGH IDLE CONDITION ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB WITH THE 5.7 HEMI MOTOR AND AUTO TRANS. NOW INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTH THE TRUCK STALLS WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE...THOUGH NOT THAT DANGEROUS AN INCONVENIENCE. THE DANGEROUS PART IS WHEN I SOMETIMES PULL INTO TRAFFIC THE TRUCK WILL START FORWARD AS IT SHOULD THEN THE MOTOR WILL JUST DIE CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE AND STEERING FUNCTIONS. I AM GETTING NO ENGINE CODES OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I HAVE EVEN HOOKED THE TRUCK UP TO A COMPUTER WITH NO CODES DETECTED. RECENTLY I WENT TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC ONTO A ROAD THAT WAS 35MPH AND THE MOTOR AGAIN DIED. LUCKILY THE DRIVER HEADING TOWARD MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES AND ALLOWED ME TO PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL RESTART IT AND GET IT OUT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE'S LANE OF TRAVEL. THE THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN CLEANED THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED WITH NO LUCK AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS IS A LINK TO JUST (1) WEBSITE OF MANY THAT I FOUND THAT SHOWS THIS IS CLEARLY NOT ISOLATED TO MY VEHICLE. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2005/ENGINE/ENGINE_STALLS.SHTML I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS SO SPORADIC WITH NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR CODES IT WOULD PROBABLY COST A SMALL FORTUNE FOR A DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN BETWEEN THE STALL CONDITIONS. *TR