2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

VEHICLE WENT INTO A SEVERE WOBBLE. NOT A SHIMMY OR SHAKE BUT A WOBBLE TO A POINT THAT THE TIRES LOST CONTACT WITH BLACKTOP. AFTER NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALER AND FILING COMPLAINTS WITH BOTH CHRYSLER AND NTSB I FOUND THAT ALL WAS IN VAIN. I WAS RELEGATED TO KEEPING THE VEHICLE UNDER 55 MPH SO DRIVING THE FREEWAYS IN CALIF WAS AVOIDED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I COULD NOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE SO I WAS STUCK WITH THE RAM. AFTER AN INCIDENT ON A TWO LANE RD AROUND JULY OF 2014 (WOBBLE IN A CURVE FOUND ME IN THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC) I DID AS MUCH RESEARCH AS POSSIBLE THUS FINDING THAT MANY WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE WERE RECALLS AND BULLETINS AS FOUND OUT BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC REGARDING THIS VERY PROBLEM. $900.00 AND CHANGE LATER THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY FIXED. THE PITMAN ARM WAS AT THE WRONG ANGLE WHICH PUT UNDO STRESS ON THE BUSHINGS FOR TIE ROD AND DRAG LINK. THIS CREATED WEAR THUS LOOSENING THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM. DODGE LET THIS PROBLEM PERSIST KNOWING THAT THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS A CERTAINTY...LOOK AT THE RECALLS AND BULLETINS. I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE BUY BACK I FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR..## VIN PASSED ## DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 2007 ##...UPDATED 08/06/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PITMAN ARM ISSUE WAS FROM A BULLETIN FROM DODGE. THE ANGEL ON THE STOCK PITMAN ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH A PITMAN ARM THAT WAS AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE. THUS LEVELING THE TIE ROD AND DRAG LINK. THE CONSUMER'S MECHANIC BELIEVED THE STRESS ON THE BUSHINGS OF THE BAD ANGLE OF THE PITMAN IS WHAT DEGRADED THE BUSHINGS AND LOOSENED THE STEERING SYSTEM RESULTING IN THE WOBBLE. UPDATED 08/13/15 UPDATED 09/29/15*JB

THERE SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH DODGE FRONT ENDS IT SEEMS THAT THE BUY BACK IS 08 AND UP AND MY 07 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIE ROD ENDS AND THE STEERING LINKAGE(HOWEVER I DIDN'T GET PAID BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE RECIEPT ANYMORE)AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS I AM JUST WONDERING WHY 07 IS NOT PART OF THE BUY BACK?

ON MARCH 12 WE WERE RETURNING FROM SKIING, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD BROKE ON OUR 2007 RAM 2500. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE MECHANIC WHERE THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. WHEN DODGE HAD THE RECALL ON THIS PART WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND WERE TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS ONLY ON THE REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON FOR THE BROKEN TIE ROD AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE US FOR THE COST OF FIXING THE ORIGINAL TIE ROD THAT BROKE. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED OUT THE REPLACEMENT TIE ROD. MY CONCERN WITH THE RECALL IS: IF THE ORIGINAL TIE ROD WASN'T DEFECTIVE DODGE WOULDN'T BE REPLACING SO MANY REPLACEMENTS. WHY WERE WE NOT REIMBURSED FOR THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE?

2000 MILES AGO AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE TRUCK BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND HANDLED AS IF THERE WAS SOME BROKEN LINKAGE OR STEERING BOX WAS FAILING. AFTER INSPECTING AND NOT FINDING ANYTHING WRONG, I CONTINUED MY TREK HOME AND COULDN'T COMFORTABLY GO ABOVE 30 MPH, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE HALF OF THE FRONT AXLE WAS LOCKED IN 4WD. SEARCHED ONLINE AND SAW THAT SEIZED REAR BRAKE CALIPERS ARE NOT UNCOMMON SO I REPLACED THE ROTORS, CALIPERS, AND PADS. MADE SEVERAL SHORT TRIPS AND THOUGHT IT WAS RESOLVED. DURING A 1 HOUR DRIVE THE PROBLEM RETURNED AND I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND STOPPED TO INSPECT. THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOT BUT THE REAR AXLE WAS BINDING BADLY, I LIMPED THE TRUCK HOME, AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. AS I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM, THE INTERNET FORUMS REVEALED MANY PEOPLES STORIES ABOUT DODGE RAM AXLES "LOCKING/SEIZING" WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND ROLL-OVERS. JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO IT. THANKS, SIGNED AN IMMACULATELY CARED FOR AND BROKEN DODGE RAM :( UPDATE 9/15/15*CW AFTER REPLACING THE REAR CALIPERS, PADS AND ROTORS THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. PULLED REAR DIFFERENTIAL COVER AND INSPECTED RING GEAR, PINION, SPIDER GEARS AND BEARINGS. EVERYTHING IS GOOD. FINALLY AFTER REPLACING ALL THE REAR BRAKES LINES THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. UPDATED 09/29.15*JB

WE OWN A 2007 RAM 2500 MEGA CAB VIN [XXX] AND A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY VIN [XXX] THAT BOTH HAVE AN OUTSTANDING RECALL ON THE AIR BAG SYSTEMS. WE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICES SEVERAL MONTHS AGO NOTIFYING US OF THE RECALL BUT THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIR. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A MASSIVE SETTLEMENT AGAINST FCA REGARDING RECALL ISSUES BUT NEITHER OF OUR VEHICLES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS. THE LIBERTY IS MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS CAR THAT ALSO HAD TO HAVE A HITCH INSTALLED TO AVOID HER VEHICLE FROM EXPLODING IN A REAR IMPACT COLLISION. WE DO NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR REPAIRS TO A VEHICLE THAT IS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND COULD CAUSE INJURY TO OUR DAUGHTER THRU NO FAULT OF HER OWN. THE SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE RAM SINCE IT IS USED AS A FAMILY VEHICLE FOR VACATIONS AND AS MY HUSBAND'S DAILY DRIVER. WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT AN INVESTIGATION INTO EITHER GETTING THE RECALLS DONE IMMEDIATELY OR INCLUDING THESE VEHICLES IN THE CURRENT BUY BACK SETTLEMENT. WE HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CHRYSLER PRODUCTS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THE RECENT RECALLS HAVE BEEN HANDLED. THE RECALL NOTICES SEEM COMPLETELY USELESS IF THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED REPAIRS. NOT DRIVING OUR VEHICLES IS NOT AN OPTION AND SELLING A CAR WITH THIS TYPE OF OUTSTANDING RECALL IS NOT FEASIBLE AS IT REDUCES THE VALUE. THE JEEP LIBERTY IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IN GETTING THE NEEDED REPAIRS OR INCLUDING IT IN THE BUY BACK PROGRAM AS WE ARE GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR DAUGHTER'S SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON A ROUGH GRAVEL ROAD AT A 10% GRADE WITH NO LOAD IN THE BED AND NO TRAILER, DESTROYING THE ENTIRE TRUCK AND SPARKING A 150 ACRE WILDFIRE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY STIFF WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FAILURE PROGRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING A TRAILER OR WITHOUT THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH WAS PAINFUL TO THE VEHICLE OWNER'S ARM UPON TURNING WHEN THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 11/27/2017*CN

2007 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS INFLATOR HOUSING RECALL NOTICES. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL # 14V354000.*JB

I STOPPED IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER A SHORT WHILE I TRIED TO START THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER, IT WAS COMPLETELY SILENT. AFTER A SHORT WHILE I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. THE DODGE PEOPLE IN TUCSON SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG OR THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I DISCOVERED IN OLD DATA ONLINE THERE WAS A BULLETIN COVERING "NO ENGINE CRANK OR NO ENGINE START DUE TO ELECTRONIC LOCK-UP OF THE WCM/SKREEM". THIS HAS OCCURRED PERIODICALLY ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS REQUIRING ME TO REMOVE THE IOD FUSE WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WAITING THIRTY SECONDS AND RE-INSTALLING THE IOD FUSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.