2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A DRIVE UP WINDOW AND THE TRUCK DIED. LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND LUCKILY I HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING FAST WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 05 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE DOING 55 MPH WHEN I HEARD A WHINING NOISE THAT GREW REAL LOUD. AS I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER TO THE MEDIAN THE TRUCK LOCKED UP AND SKIDDED TO A STOP JUST MISSING THE GUARD RAIL. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK AND SAW THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BROKEN OFF FROM THE REAR END/DIFFERENTIAL AND OIL WAS POURING OUT THE DIFFERENTIAL CASING FROM THE EXPOSED HOLE WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BEEN ATTACHED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE DRIVE LANES I THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BEHIND ME. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP THAT HAD REPAIRED THE REAR END IN 2010 AT A COST OF $906.93. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT ROLL FORWARD ON TO THE TOW TRUCK BUT WOULD ROLL BACKWARD MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO LOAD ON THE TOW TRUCK. I WENT ONLINE AND READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. THESE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT YEAR SPECIFIC AND COVERED VEHICLES RANGING FROM THE LATE 90S AND PRACTICALLY ALL 2000 MODEL YEARS. SOME OF THE DIVERS NEARLY HAD ACCIDENTS. APPARENTLY DODGE IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ON GOING PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO MAKE A RECALL. I THINK SOMEONE IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED. I FOR ONE AM GETTING RID OF IT AS SOON AS IT IS FIXED. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ANYMORE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM ONLY TO HAVE IT REOCCUR SHORTLY AFTER THE REPAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ASSISTANCE. *TR..UPDATED 01/07/15 *BF THE PINION SEAL AND AXLE SEAL WERE REPLACED

I WAS ON KINGSTON PIKE HWY SITTING AT A RED LIGHT IN FRONT OF A GAS STATION WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN RED. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT AS THOUGH SOMEONE HIT ME FROM THE REAR END, THE MOTOR SHUT OFF. THE TRUCK WAS IN GEAR STILL, SO I PUT IN PARK AND LOOKED BEHIND ME. I NOTICED THAT NOBODY HIT ME. I THEN STARTED THE TRUCK UP AN PUT IN GEAR AT FIRST IT DID NOTHING THEN IT MOVED SO TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE GAS STATION. THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP ITSELF, BUT THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING SO I IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT OFF. WHEN I GOT OUT I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK SEEING THE DRIVE SHAFT HANGING DOWN. I CALLED PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE FOR A TOW. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP, WHO LOOKED AT IT THE NEXT DAY TELLING ME THAT THE PINION NUT HAD CAME OFF AND WENT BACK INTO THE CASE. THERE WAS DAMAGE BUT THAT HE PUT ANOTHER NUT ON WITH SOME LOCKTITE, BUT HE DID NOT BRAKE THE DIFFERENTIAL DOWN. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO INSURE HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE. SO I TOOK IT TO A 4X4 SPECIALIST WHO SAID HE HAD HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. THAT I AM LOOKING AT ABOUT $1000 IN REPAIRS. I CAME BACK HOME AND RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM NOTICE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALONG WITH A RECALL ON 2009 TO 2012 YEAR MODELS FOR THE SAME THING. *TR ...UPDATED 01/07/15 *BF UPDATED 05/29/2015 *JS

DRIVE SIDE LOCK GOT STUCK IN LOCK POSITION, AND IT CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY USING THE INSIDE HANDLE ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR. *TR

THE FUEL TANK ON THIS TRUCK LEAKS, THE TANK AND THE PARTS ON IT SEEM TO BE FAULTY, THERE ARE CRACKS WERE THE FILL TUBE IS AND TANK IS CRACKED, I BELIEVE THE TANKS ON THESE TRUCKS ARE A FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE ISSUE,, IT LOOKS AS THE MATERIALS THE TANKS ARE MADE WITH AREN'T MEANT TO BE USED FOR A GAS TANK, TO ME ITS POOR MATERIAL AND DESIGN OF A GAS TANK, WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO TROUBLE SHOOT MY PROBLEM, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN PUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS ON THE SERVICE TICKET, THEY TOLD ME I NEED A NEW GAS TANK, AS A RETIRED NJ STATE CERTIFIED FIRE FIGHTER, I SEE THIS A REAL LIFE SAFETY ISSUE, *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIFTEEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PCM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED BUT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEANED BEFORE ANY OTHER REPAIRS COULD BE COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,658.

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH (MILEAGE 172,500) WHEN I HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. I STARTED SLOWING DOWN IMMEDIATELY. THEN I HEARD THE DRIVE SHAFT HIT AND DRAG ON THE PAVEMENT AND THE REAR END LOCKED UP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO START SKIDDING. I CAME TO A STOP IN THE ROAD AND UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL A TOW TRUCK COULD COME. I WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP FOR REPAIR. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE PINION NUT CAME OFF AND THE DRIVE SHAFT DISCONNECTED. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL GEARS WERE DAMAGED. FULL REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. I SEE MANY CASES LISTED HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 2005 MODEL YEAR 1500 RAM ADDED TO THE CURRENT RECALL. *TR....UPDATED 01/12/15*BF

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF THE TRUCK AT THE DIFFERENTIAL SIDE. THE PINION GEAR FELL INTO THE HOUSING LOCKING THE REAR END UP. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE SIDE WINDOW, AND MY BACK HAS BEEN HURTING EVER SINCE. THE PINION GEAR WAS NOT BROKEN, THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS THE NUT. IT COST OVER $2500 OUT OF MY POCKET TO FIX AND A RENTAL CAR. MY TRUCK IS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT 4X4. *TR...UPDATED 01/07/15 *BF *TR

I WAS DRIVING (SPEED 35 MPH) (MILEAGE 92,201) WHEN THE PINION NUT CAME OFF AND THE DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED FROM THE REAR-END ALLOWING THE PINION TO MOVE FREELY INTO THE REAR-END CAUSING DAMAGE. I WAS STILL ROLLING FORWARD AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE 4 LANE ROAD I WAS ON WITHOUT CAUSING AN INCIDENT. MY VEHICLE REQUIRED A TOW BACK TO MY HOME AND THEN HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AFTER BEING TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 2005 YEAR 1500 RAM ADDED TO THE CURRENT RECALL. HAVE REPAIR BILL ON FILE. *TR