2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

THE HEATER IN THE TRUCK WILL NOT THROW OUT HEAT IN VENTS ON TOP OF DASH AND ONLY PUT HEAT OUT ON DRIVERS SIDE IN OTHER VENTS FOR FLOOR OR PANEL. SO THERE IS NO HEAT COMING OUT OF DEFROSTER VENTS. WILL NOT DEFROST FRONT WINDSHIELD. CANNOT SEE OUT OF WINDSHIELD CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE VEHICLE. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS.

THE TRUCK WITH ATTACHED TRAILER WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINED DRIVEWAY. THE TRUCK WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. I PROCEEDED TO LOAD A COMPACT TRACTOR APPROXIMATELY 2500 LBS. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL AND CRASHED THRU A FENCE DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. I DID NOT TRY TO START THE TRUCK AND WAITED FOR MECHANIC TO ASSESS ANY MECHANICAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC CAME TO MY PLACE AND WHEN HE GOT IN THE TRUCK THE TRANSMISSION INDICATED THAT IT WAS STILL IN PARK. DODGE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS TYPE VEHICLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT HOLDING. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH GAS POWERED ENGINES BUT NOT THE DIESEL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS CAN BE EVALUATED FOR RECALL. NO ONE GOT HURT IN THIS INSTANCE BUT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK MECHANICALLY AND COSMETICALLY.

TRUCK EXPERIENCES THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IT HAS HAD THE FRONT END REDONE TWICE, STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. WHEN I'M DRIVING ABOVE 50MPH, AND HIT A BUMP, SOMETIMES THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND WOBBLE. WHEN IT OCCURS, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES ON A SINGLE TRIP.

BRAKE PEDAL MOVES SIDE TO SIDE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE HAS POWER ADJUSTABLE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. FIRST NOTICED SLIGHT MOVEMENT WHILE DRIVING AND IS NOW ABOUT HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PLAY. *TR

TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED AND NOT STARTED IN 5 DAYS.

DASH IS CRACKING IN MULTIPLE AREA. SEEMS TO BE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. DEFROST VENTS ARE FALLING APART AND BECOMING LODGED IN THE VENTS. WORRIED ABOUT THESE PIECES BREAKING AND BECOMING SHARPS PROJECTILES IN THE EVENING OF A COLLISION. NOT SAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING AT A NORMAL RATE OF SPEED, VARIOUS FUEL INJECTORS BURNED THE PISTONS WITHOUT WARNING AND DAMAGED THE MOTOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KEN GARFF WEST VALLEY CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (4175 W 3500 S, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120) AND DOUG SMITH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (523 W MAIN ST, AMERICAN FORK, UT 84003) WHERE THE INJECTORS AND ENGINE WERE REPLACED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLEW UP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND PAID $15,000 TO HAVE THE MOTOR REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VIBRATED. THE FAILURES CEASED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A POTHOLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BUSHING KITS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT VEERED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHERE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AND WAS TAKEN TO ORANGE COAST CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (2929 HARBOR BLVD, COSTA MESA, CA 92626, (714) 549-8023) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT END LINKAGES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 195,000.