2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

2005 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIE ROD RECALL NOTICE AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART FAILED ON HIS VEHICLE, AND HE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 WHEN THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW. FOR A FEW SECONDS HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE TRUCK BUT THEN IT MADE A SUDDEN JERK TO THE LEFT AND PULLED HIM OFF THE ROAD, HE FOUGHT IT FOR A FEW MORE SECONDS UNTIL IT DID THE SUDDEN JERK THING AGAIN TO THE LEFT AND HE SLAMMED INTO 2 OAK TREES WHERE THE SEAT BELT FAILED AND HE WAS EJECTED FROM THE TRUCK. AFTER IMPACT AND ME RUNNING TO THE TRUCK I NOTICED HE HAD BEEN EJECTED, BEGAN LOOKING FOR HIM THEN THE AIR BAG WENT OFF. THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THIS WHOLE THING AND I AM JUST NOW GETTING A RECALL NOTICE ON THE LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD.WHAT ABOUT THE SEAT BELT AND AIR BAG DELAY? IF THIS IS WHAT CAUSE THE SUDDEN JERKING TO THE LEFT NOW ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. JUST WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED SOONER MAYBE I WOULDN'T BE A WIDOW AT THE AGE OF 41! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT A BRACKET AND THE STEERING LINKAGE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN 13V528000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 6, 2014. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN CALIFORNIA, AFTER HITTING A MINOR ROAD BUMP, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE FRONT WHEELS WERE MOVING IN AND OUT OF PLANE (VERTICALLY) AND FELT LIKE THEY WERE BOUNCING ON THE ROAD SURFACE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES SINCE,. AND IS NOT RELIEVED BY ANY COMPONENT REPLACEMENT OR MAINTENANCE ITEM REPAIR. .THIS IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND REQUIRES SOME EXPERTISE ON THE PART OF CHRYSLER TO DESIGN A REPAIR TO CHANGE THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THIS ISSUE CAN RESULT IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF A DRIVER IS UNAWARE OF IT'S IMPENDING CHANCE OF OCCURRING.. I LIVE WITH THIS DANGER EVERY DAY AND AM AWAITING SOME INFORMATION ON HOW TO REPAIR. THE ONLY LIKELY REPAIR IS PROBABLY AN AFTERMARKET SUSPENSION UPGRADE TO CHANGE THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM DYNAMICS. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER SPEEDING UP A CAR IN FRONT OF ME HIT THEIR BRAKES. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN IT SEEMED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO STOP. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, I FOUND OUT THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STICKING AND NOT RETURNING TO NEUTRAL AFTER BEING DEPRESSED. SOMETIMES IT WOULD SLOWLY RETURN TO NEUTRAL, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD STAY DEPRESSED. THERE IS NO EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE PEDAL (I.E. FLOOR MAT), AND ONLY THE PEDAL LINKAGE IS AT FAULT. IF I PUSHED THE PEDAL A LARGE DISTANCE THEN IT WOULD NORMALLY SPRING BACK ALL THE TO NEUTRAL. WHEN I CHECKED CLOSELY, IT APPEARS THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR (APPS) IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE BINDING. THIS TRUCK IS THROTTLE-BY-WIRE SO NO MECHANICAL CABLE IS INVOLVED. THE APPS IN THIS MODEL TRUCK IS PART OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MECHANISM AND THE HINGE POINT FOR THE PEDAL IS IN THE APPS. *TR

JUST LOOK UP DODGE DEATH WOBBLE ON INTERNET!!!! MILLIONS OF OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM.HIT A BUMP, POT HOLE, ANYTHING AND TRUCK STEERING GOES INTO SHAKING.....YOU JUST ABOUT HAVE TO STOP TO CONTROL THIS>WITCH ON ICE ROADS CAN LEAD TO UNCONTROLLABLE CONDITIONS.....JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS... *TR

I HAD JUST LEFT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN MY TOWN FROM HAVING MY LEFT OUTER TIE-ROD END INSPECTED FOR A RECALL, ONLY TO GET A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND MY RIGHT OUTER TIE-ROD END COMPLETELY FAILED. LUCKILY I WASN'T DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT I STILL HAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *TR

AT 50 MPH IF THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP ON THE ROAD, IT GOES TO A VIOLENT SHAKE UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED TO 30MPH. VERY SCARY AS THE TRUCK GOT THROWN INTO THE OTHER LANE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A YEAR NOW. THE DEALER CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE ISSUE. I ALREADY SPEND $2500 AND NOW IT SEEMS I NEED TO SPEND ANOTHER $1500. *TR