2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

ON FEBRUARY 3, 2012 WE WERE PASSING A LOGGING TRUCK IN A LEGAL PASSING LANE WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN OUR TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. WE LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL AND HAD NO BRAKES ALL WHILE SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND HEADED INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE AND OVER THE EMBANKMENT HITTING TREES HEAD ON. WE HAVE 2 WITNESSES TO VERIFY EVERYTHING. THE WITNESSES BOTH SAID OUR TIRES WERE MOVING A FOOT ,OR MORE, IN & OUT DURING THIS VIOLENT SHAKING. OUR TRUCK WAS TOTALED DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, BOTH REAR WHEELS SEIZED SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE PINION NUT RETAINER CLIP HAD BECOME DETACHED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A GRINDING SOUND AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TRACK BAR WAS BROKEN. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRACK BAR UNIT WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRACK BAR WAS NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ROLLED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

THE TRUCK'S HORN BEGINS SOUNDING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT IS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND RANDOMLY OCCURS. THE TRUCK CAN BE IN PARK, FORWARD OR REVERSE. THIS IS A VERY ANNOYING PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING IT SEEMS THE MANUFACTURER TRIED TO IDIOT PROOF THEIR VEHICLE. IS THERE SOME KIND OF RECALL OR FIX FOR THIS CONDITION? THANKS, WEARING EAR PLUGS IN OHIO. *TR

TRAVELING ON US93 OUT OF KINGMAN, AZ. HIT A PATCH OF ROUGH FREEWAY AND TRUCK WENT INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLY DEATH WOBBLE. I WAS PULLING A 12 FOOT HAULMARK MOTORCYCLE TRAILER WHEN THIS OCCURRED. IT WAS A MIRACLE WE DIDN'T CRASH. GOT IT SLOWED DOWN AND OFF THE ROAD EVERYTHING APPEARED O.K. PROCEEDED CAUTIOUSLY AND NOW IT WAS PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT LIKE SOMETHING WAS OUT OF LINE. AFTER DRIVING FOR APPX 25 MILES, WHATEVER WAS CAUSING IT TO PULL TO RIGHT CORRECTED ITSELF. OVER THE NEXT 1500 MILES THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THREE MORE OCCASIONS ONCE WITH TRAILER AND TWICE WITHOUT TRAILER. HAVE NEW SHOCKS AND TIRES ORDERED. HAVE AND APPT WITH DODGE TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BUT HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN THEM. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AT RATON PASS, WE HIT A BUMP AT ABOUT 50-60 MILES AN HOUR AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE. STEERING COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED, I JUST APPLIED BRAKES UNTIL WE CAME TO A STOP. I AM GOING TO TAKE INTO A DODGE SERVICE DEPT., BUT I'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY OTHERS TRAVELING BEHIND US THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE AND DODGE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE FRONT END DESIGN ISSUES. I HOPE THIS ISN'T TRUE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT COULD EASILY END UP WITH CASUALTIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED WITH NO WARNING, AND IN AN INSTANT THE VEHICLE GOES WILDLY OUT OF CONTROL. AFTER COMING TO STOP THE VEHICLE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS AND DRIVES NORMALLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT DESCRIBED THE FAILURE AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, THE AXLE JOINTS, AND TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARINGS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. *TR

WHEN YOU HIT A LITTLE BUMP IN THE ROAD GOING 55MPH OR HIGHER FRONT END WOBBLES ALMOST CAUSING U TOO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

HAVING EXPERIENCED THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE" SEVERAL TIMES, I AM ALREADY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE AND HIT THE EXPANSION JOINT ON THE EXIT SIDE. THE TRUCK VEERS HARD LEFT AND I CROSS THE MIDDLE LINES AND AM HALFWAY INTO THE OTHER LANE. I HAD THE WHEEL TURNED NINETY DEGREES PAST STRAIGHT AND THE TRUCK CONTINUED PULLING LEFT. A MOTORIST IN AN ONCOMING CAR VEERED SHARPLY RIGHT AND WE NARROWLY MISSED A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE TRUCK STARTED TO RESPOND TO MY TURNING RIGHT AS ALL THE OTHER OCCUPANTS ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. I SHOWED THEM HOW FAR I WAS TURNING RIGHT TO GO STRAIGHT, AND I LET THE WHEEL TURN BACK TO CENTER AND THE TRUCK DARTS HARD LEFT AGAIN. BY THIS TIME I HAD GREATLY REDUCED MY SPEED, SO IT WAS MUCH MORE CONTROLLED. I PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK, EXPECTING TO FIND SOMETHING BROKEN OR DISCONNECTED, BUT IT WAS ALL THERE AND RIGHT. I HAD MY WIFE TURN THE WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AND IT WAS ALL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE TO DO I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED BACK ONTO HIGHWAY AND IT WAS FINE. WE WERE ALMOST IN A SERIOUS COLLISION. I HAVE ZERO CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR