2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I BOUGHT AN EXTRA CLEAN 07 2500 4/4 MEGACAB 6.7 IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. HAD UPPER AND LOWER MOOG BALL JOINTS,TIE ROD ENDS AND RODS WHERE NEEDED,PLUS NEW DAMPER AT 169K MI. PUT A SET OF NEW SHOCKS ON THE OTHER DAY,TRUCK IS FACTORY HEIGHT ,BUT HAS 285S INSTEAD OF 265S.JUST TODAY IT WENT INTO A DEATH WOBBLE ON A WET CONCRETE INTERSTATE AFTER HITTING A VERY SMALL POT HOLE ON LEFT. I WAS RUNNIN ABOUT 70 AND [XXX] NEAR LOST IT. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOTHING ON SHOULDER CAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP IT IN MY LANE. THANK GOD MY WIFE OR DAUGHTERS WEREN'T DRIVING! HELP!! I DREAD TESTING IT AGAIN AFTER SOMEONE CLAIMS TO HAVE FIXED IT,SINCE IT TOOK 6 MOS. TO SHOW UP AND ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SPEEDS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TURBO WENT OUT SOON AFTER I BOUGHT IT HAD ABOUT 5000 MILES THAT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. ALWAYS HAVE TO REGENERATE. IN JUNE COMPUTER CRASHED IN JULY THE CLUTCH GOES OUT NOW THE TURBO HAS GONE OUT AGAIN AND READING ABOUT COULD BE A BAD DPF THAT DODGE KNOWS ABOUT. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 119000 MILES I BOUGHT IT NEW PAID ALOT OF MONEY FOR IT . NOT HAPPY LOST ALOT OF WORK AND LOSING MORE BECAUSE OF TURBO ISSUE CANT AFFORD AA NEW ONE OR I WOULD CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY ON IT. DODGE HAS TO KNOW ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. THEY SHOULD FIX THIS . THANKYOU *TR

WHILE TOWING OUR 27FT MONTANA FIFTH WHEEL, I CROSSED OVER A CATTLE GUARD AND GOT A VERY VIOLENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO COME TO A STOP TO MAKE QUIT. I FOUND OUT FROM MY MECHANIC IT'S CALLED THE DODGE DEATH WOBBLE. CHRYSLER CORP. WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO DRIVE DODGE TRUCKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES SPONTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

ON AUGUST 20, 2013, I PULLED OVER MY VEHICLE TO LET MY DOG JUMP IN THE RIVER. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND EXITING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MIN, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND COMPLETELY BURNED MY VEHICLE TO THE GROUND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH COOPER DISCOVER ST TIRES, SIZE: 35X12.50R17LT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DELAMINATED FROM THE CORE TREAD AND PEELED, CAUSING BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND DAMAGE TO THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE MOUNT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRES WAS 25,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. *JB

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I15 WHILE TOWING A 28 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER, WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN, THAT I HAD PULLED SEVERAL TIMES PREVIOUSLY WITH NO ISSUES. WE DROVE OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF THE INTERSTATE, AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THINKING THAT THE TRAILER LOST A TIRE, I FOUGHT THE STEERING TO GET THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER. ONCE STOPPED, I WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE TRAILER AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, I THEN CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. WE CONTINUED ON OUR WAY, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED, AND DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER OCCURRENCE FOR AWHILE. ANOTHER OCCURRENCE HAPPENED ON I84 WHILE TRAVELING WEST BETWEEN BLISS AND MOUNTAIN HOME, WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR, AGAIN TRAVELING THE SPEED LIMIT, AND AS THE TRUCK CROSSED AN EXPANSION JOINT. AT THAT TIME, OTHER THAN THE VIOLENT STEERING SHAKE, IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WAS BUCKING, LIKE THE REAR TIRES WERE COMING OFF THE GROUND. IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE SINCE THEN, SAME SCENARIO, FREEWAY EXPANSION JOINTS CAUSE THE SHAKE TO START, PULLING OVER AND SLOWING DOWN TO 20-30 MPH GETS IT TO STOP. I HAD RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND IT WAS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM, THAT DODGE WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK IT OUT BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. THEY TOLD ME THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG, BUT THEY COULD INSTALL "UPGRADED" STEERING COMPONENTS FOR $1000. I THEN EMAILED DODGE, WITH NO RESOLVE. NOW, ON JULY 12TH, 2013, WHILE TRAVELING EAST WITH THREE FRIENDS, ON EITHER I86 OR I15 TOWARDS JACKSON, WY, THE SHAKE OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN AN HOUR! NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE ALL LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF THE TRUCK FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. EACH TIME IN OCCURRED, IT WAS A ROUGH SPOT, OR TRANSITION ON THE FREEWAY. EVERY BUMP WE ALL HELD OUR BREATH, THE TRIP HOME, WE WENT A DIFFERENT WAY TO AVOID AS MUCH FREEWAY AS POSSIBLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE FRONT END AND THE STEERING WHEEL LUNGED FORWARD AND SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES, THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND THE INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN HWY 29 IN LAKE COUNTY AND STARTED HEARING A NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE ONLY WHEN DRIVING SHE PULLED OVER AND COULDN'T SEE THE PROBLEM SO SHE CONTINUED DRIVING TILL SHE COULD GET TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WHERE I COULD CLIMB UNDER THE VEHICLE AND INSPECT IT WHERE I FOUND THAT THE SHIELD ON THE FUEL TANK HAD BROKE AND WAS FLOPPING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT WEARING A GROVE IN IT. I HAD TO TEAR OFF THE FLIMSY METAL UNTIL I COULD HAVE IT REPLACED . I PURCHASED THE NEW PIECE FROM DODGE THAT WAS INCREDIBLY HEAVIER DUTY THAN THE ORIGINAL, I WAS TOLD BY DODGE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL TANK SHIELDS BUT MY TRUCK WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH MY TRUCK CLEARLY HAD THE SAME PART THIS COULD OF DAMAGED THE FUEL TANK CAUSING A FUEL LEAK . HOBLIT DODGE IN WOODLAND CA. INSTALLED THE NEW SHIELD AND WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PART OR THE LABOR, NEITHER WOULD LITHIA DODGE OF SANTA ROSA CA. I HAVE RETAINED THE OLD SHIELD FOR PROOF AS WELL AS THE BILLS TO BUY AND REPLACE IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE PITMAN ARM FRACTURED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PITMAN ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:10E013000 (STEERING) BUT OFFERED REIMBURSEMENT FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR EXPENSES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR