2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

2005 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE AIRBAG RECALL REPAIR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE RECALL. HE WAS INFORMED THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. HOWEVER, HE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM. **JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER, FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, AND REAR SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A "WRECK YARD". THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 270,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED AND BECAME LOOSE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO LOCATED A FAILURE AT THE STEERING TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. THE STEERING TIE ROAD ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 266,759.

MY KEYS WERE ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH WITH JUST OVER 40000 MILES ON VEHICLE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DROVE. NOW THE VEHICLE WAS 8 YEARS OLD WHEN I BOUGHT FROM SOMEONE BUT ONLY 40000 MILES WERE ON IT. AS TIME WENT ON LITTLE THINGS STARTED HAPPENING, LIGHTS ON DASH WOULD COME ON THEN SHUT OFF. AIR WOULD STAY ON EVEN AFTER SHUTTING VEHICLE OFF. THEN THAT WOULD DRAIN BATTERY. THE SWITCH WOULD BECOME MORE LOOSE OVER TIME. KEYS WOULDN'T EVEN STAY IN IGNITION, THEY WOULD JUST FALL OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND SIGNALING A RIGHT TURN, THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE SIGNALING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT HAD BLOWN OUT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER STALK WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

STEERING BOX SECTOR SHAFT BROKE OFF STEERING BOX, WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THEY NOTIFIED ME AN UPGRADED STEERING SYSTEM WAS ALREADY DESIGNED AND I NEEDED TO PAY FOR ITS INSTALLATION, WHICH I DID. SECTOR SHAFT BROKEN WHILE DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000(POWER TRAIN) WAS RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE DRIVER SUFFERED A NECK INJURY AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A FRACTURED STERNUM AND INJURIES TO THE RIGHT FOOT AND LEFT LUNG. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE 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. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN UPDATED 10/9/2015 *JS