2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

IN 2007 I PURCHASED A NEW DODGE RAM BIG HORN 4X4 CUMMINGS DIESEL.I PULL A 2-HORSE BUMPER PULL TRAILER ABOUT 12 TIMES A YR,HAUL A FEW THINGS IN BED, TRUCK HAS LIGHT USE.BEING A CAREER MECHANIC I AM PARTICULAR ABOUT MAINTENANCE,TRUCK IS GARAGED,1/2015 ONLY HAS 38,000 MI.TOOK TO DEALERSHIP IN 2013 FOR TIE ROD END RECALL,TOLD ME ALL WAS OK, NO PARTS NEEDED.DURING A 300 MI.ROUND TRIP PULLING TRAILER/HORSES 10/13,I NOTICED SOME WANDERING,UPON RETURN TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR CHECK AND TIRE ROTATION WHICH WAS ALSO DUE.IMMEDIATELY NOTICED WANDERING WAS WORSE GOING HOME,TOOK BACK AGAIN,THEY ROTATED TIRES AGAIN(PROBABLY BACK HOW THEY WERE),ADDED WHEEL WEIGHT,STILL WANDERING,TIRED TAKING IN WITH NO RESULTS.NEW TIRES OCT 2013,RULED OUT TIRE PROBLEM AS CAUSE.NOTICED WANDER MORE WITH TRAILER.FOR PEACE OF MIND TOOK BACK 1 MORE TIME BEFORE HORSE TRIP OCT.2014,TOLD ALL OK EVEN THOU STILL WANDERING.STARTED WEAVING ALSO DURING TRIP,FELT UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT STABILITY THERE AND BACK.A FEW WKS AGO TAKING TO DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE/WEAVING CHECK,WHILE ON LOCAL PAVED ROAD TRUCK PULLED SHARPLY TO RIGHT,PASS.MIRROR SMASHED INTO SIGN,$530 BILL.LUCKY I KEPT TRUCK ON ROAD!RIGHT AWAY TOOK TO FRONT END SHOP,DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT WITH DEALERSHIP.THEY FOUND FRONT END PARTS WORN,NEEDED REPLACEMENT,TIE ROD ENDS,TRACK BAR BUSHINGS,DRAG LINK AND BALL JOINTS!ON A 38,000 MILE WELL MAINTAINED TRUCK THAT DIDN'T HAUL OR PULL HEAVY LOADS!RIDICULOUS!SEARCH FOUND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE,MANY PEOPLE PUT IN DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS,PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIED FROM THIS FAILURE.MAIN CAUSE SEEMS THE ENGINE IS TOO HEAVY FOR WEAK INFERIOR PARTS WITH POOR DESIGN.DODGE TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND IGNORES ISSUE WHILE CONSUMERS PAY MILLIONS IN REPAIRS AND UNKNOWINGLY RISK THEIR LIVES.DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THESE DANGEROUS VEHICLES!FIXES ARE THERE BUT SHOULD NOT BE AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE! *TR

EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE CAB VIA THE HEATER-A/C FRESH AIR INTAKE. DOES NOT DO THIS WHEN THE "RECIRCULATION" MODE IS USED. I'VE HAD AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND THREE DIFFERENT DODGE DEALER SHOPS CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST THREE SHOPS COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE LAST SHOP SAID THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK IN THE EGR VALVE ASSEMBLY. I HAD DEALERSHIP SHOP (LITHIA DODGE OF ROSEBURG,OR) REPLACE THE EGR VALVE/COOLER ASSEMBLY (AT A COST OF $1,068.84). THIS DID NOT CURE OR REDUCE THE PROBLEM. MY FEELING IS SINCE THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SMOG SYSTEM-MOST LIKELY THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OPERATION. I DO KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS YEAR DIESEL TRUCK PROBLEM. IS THERE A CURE??? ALSO, THE TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE ANY BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. I HAVE ALWAYS USED THE CORRECT OIL AND FUEL IN THIS VEHICLE. ALL UPDATES ARE CURRENT ACCORDING TO DODGE DEALER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A SEIZURE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A SEIZURE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AFTER CRASHING INTO MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND THE AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH INJURIES ON THE BACK AND NECK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

MY SON ([XXX]) WAS DRIVING ALONG KING COLLEGE ROAD, BRISTOL,TENNESSEE AT ABOUT 8:55PM ON DECEMBER 4, 2014 MY VEHICLE BECAME UNSTEERABLE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ROD APPARENTLY BROKE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT HE HAD TAKEN IT TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. COME TO FIND OUT IT APPEARS SOMEONE ERRONEOUSLY LISTED THE VEHICLE IN THE SYSTEM AS BEING REPAIRED AND IT WAS NEVER REPAIRED. I BELIEVE SOMEONE LISTED IT SO CHRYSLER WOULD NOT HAVE TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE AND IT COULD HAVE COST MY SON'S LIFE WHEN THE TIRE ROD BROKE. I AM REQUESTING THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED TO SEE WHO ERRONEOUSLY LISTED THE VEHICLE AS BEING REPAIRED. THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

RECALL NOTICE N62/NHTSA 13V-528 LEFT TIE ROD END MAY BREAK WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSE OF STEERING AND MAY RESULT IN ACCIDENT??WOW NOW YOU WOULD THINK DODGE WOULD MAKE THIS A PRIORITY TO GET FIXED?? SO I HAVE EMAILED DODGE SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT GETTING THIS FIXED ALWAYS SAME ANSWER DO NOT HAVE PARTS, BEEN TO LOCAL DEALER DOING THE SAME, GOT THE SAME ANSWER NO PARTS TO FIX VEHICLE??? WELL LUCKY IT BROKE ON MY STREET TURNING TRUCK AROUND TO BACK IN MY DRIVEWAY, STEERING LINKAGE PUSHED INTO MY LEFT TIRE 6" SO SIDE WALL BELTS ARE NOW BROKE BUT IT WAS ALSO CAUSING MY NEW TIRES TO WEAR OUT FASTER ON FRONT OF TRUCK EVEN AFTER ALIGNMENTS DONE, SO AFTER A YEAR MY TRUCK IS STILL NOT FIXED AND IS SITTING AT HALL JEEP/ DODGE AND NO FIX FOR IT DUE TO NO PARTS AVAILABLE. SO NO I AM LESS MY TRUCK AND NEED TO BORROW A VEHICLE JUST TO GOT TO WORK, I FIND THIS A HUGE PROBLEM NOT ONLY SHOULD I HAVE A RENTAL VEHICLE THAT MATCHES MY VEHICLE BUT WANT TWO NEW FRONT TIRE NOW ALSO WHY CANT THEY GET THE PARTS I CAN ORDER ALL PARTS NEEDED RIGHT NOW ONLINE OR GO PICKUP LOCALLY AND GET MY TRUCK REPAIRED BUT GETTING MY MONEY BACK FOR REPAIRS WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE BECAUSE AFTER MARKET PARTS?? REALLY BE BETTER PARTS IN MY EYES BEING I WOULD GET HEAVY DUTY PARTS FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS SO NO MORE FRONT END ISSUES I AM DONE WITH DODGE AND TRYING TO GET A TRUCK FIXED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MONTHS AGO WITH NO HASSLE PERIOD!! OH AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF THE DEALER GIVES ME NUMBER TO DODGE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW MY TRUCK TO DEALER LESS THAN A 1/4 MILE FORM MY HOUSE THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $73.00 FOR THE TOW?? UM YOUR RECALL ISSUE AND YOUR TOW PROBLEM I AM NOT PAYING A DIME BEING YOU CANT GET PARTS TO FIX MY TRUCK AND WHEN ITS NOW BROKE AND HAS NO STEERING DODGE WANT ME TO PAY FOR A TOW BILL YA OK GOOD LUCK ON THAT TOO...REALLY WISH COULD UP LOAD PICTURES ITS A SITE TO SEE LINKAGE STUCK IN MY TIRE.... *TR

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM MORE THAN LIKELY BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A RECALL AND MUCH MONEY TO SPEND. I HAVE ALSO ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM WITH MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE MAINTAINED THE SAME POSITION AS CHRYSLER. UPON RESEARCHING THE NET MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM IS AS FOLLOWS; AT SPEEDS OF 55 TO 70 MPH, UPON HITTING NORMAL POT HOLES (NORMAL FOR CALIF POT HOLES) THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO A VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS IS SHAKING OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WHERE THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLOW TO ABOUT 30. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAPPENS MAINLY ON THE FREEWAY. MY LATEST EPISODE HAPPENED ON A PORTION OF A HIGHWAY WITH A CURVE TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THE WOBBLE STARTED DUE TO CENTRIFICAL FORCE THE TRUCK "DANCED" INTO THE ONCOMING LANE AND ON TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE SAME LANE. IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW THE TRUCK I WAS NOW ON GRAVEL/DIRT SLIDING SIDE WAYS. CAME TO A STOP AND SAT TO COLLECT MYSELF. RESUMED MY TRAVEL SLOWING TO 40 MPH AT ANY AND EVERY CURVE. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THIS VEHICLE ON ANY FREEWAY BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I AM NOT ALONE. SIMPLY LOG ON TO THE NET AND TYPE IN DEATH WOBBLE. YOU WILL DISCOVER HOW PREVALENT THIS PROBLEM IS. CAN YOU FOLKS HELP? *TR

THE SHIFT MECHANISM ON THE STEERING COLUMN FOR THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING WHEN PUTTING TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE PARK WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. TRANSMISSION SHIFT DETENT DOES NOT KEEP THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE BUT CAN UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL FROM THE REVERSE POSITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) 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 NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED. ..UPDATED 12/15/14*BF UPDATED 10/5/2015*JS

2007 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD FRACTURED. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BALL STUD FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY, AND CAUSED THE TIE ROD TO DROP TO THE GROUND. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN LINE INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD HAD FRACTURED. THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.