2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WE WERE PULLING THE HORSE TRAILER WE HIT A POT HOLE AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DEATH WOBBLE .THE STEERING WHEEL JUST SHOOK AND THE TIRES FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO COME OFF THE WHOLE TRUCK JUST SHOOK. THIS WAS A DANGER TO US AND OTHERS. FOR YOU HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A STOP ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE READ PAGES AND BLOGS ON THIS SAME PROBLEMS ON DODGE TRUCKS .SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DIE BEFORE DODGE FIXES THIS PROBLEM. *TR

GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55-60 AND YOU COME ACROSS A BRIDGE LANDING YOU ENCOUNTER AN UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE DRIVERS WHEEL AND THE TRUCK WANTS TO GO ALL OVER THE ROAD AND YOU MUST SLAM YOUR BRAKES ON TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER THE WHOLE TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE TRAC BAR RUINED MY BALL JOINTS AND WHEEL BEARINGS HE HAS SEEN ALOT OF THESE DODGES HAVE THIS ISSUE. AND IN HIS OPINION THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED THIS BILL IS GOING TO COST ME OVER $1500 MAINLY IN JUST PARTS ALONE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HWY146 IN BAYTOWN,TX. I STRUCK A SMALL POT HOLE AND THATS WHEN THE SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE OCCURED, HAD TO BRAKE AND AVOID STRIKING OTHER VEHICLES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURED WITHIN A WEEK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 MEGA CAB. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED RANDOMLY CAUSING THE SPEED TO DECREASE. AS THE ACCELERATOR WAS BEING DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE SPEED FAILED TO INCREASE AND EVENTUALLY IT WOULD STALL. OCCASIONALLY, IF THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND ON THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART WITHIN A COUPLE MINUTES AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE LONGER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH WAS REPLACED AT LEAST SIX TIMES BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TURNING FROM STOP SIGN WHEN STEERING TIE ROD TO PITMAN ARM BALL STUD FRACTURE CAUSING THE STEERING LINAGE TO BREAK. THE REPAIR WAS MADE AT A COST OF $871.48! THE DEALER OR THE CHRYSLER GROUP RECALL ASSISTANCE CENTER WOULD REIMBURSE US FOR THIS AMOUT! CLAIM[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

STARTING 3 YEARS AGO MY TRUCK STARTED DOING THE DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEEDS OF 35 AND UP WHEN EVER YOU HIT ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE WHEEL WOULD SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY IT WOULD CAUSE THE LOSS OF CONTROL FOR STEERING. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DITCH AND THREW ME INTO THE WINDOW, IT HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN FOR YEARS NOW. DEALERSHIPS HAVE SAID NOTHING IS WRONG, EVEN THOUGH IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I ONLY HAVE 38K MILES ON THE TRUCK BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT WITH MY FAMILY INSIDE DUE TO THIS CONDITION. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS, IT HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM FOR AT LEASE 10 YEARS NOW. DODGE NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A RECALL BEFORE ANYONE ELSE LOOSES THERE LIFE OR MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURS. THE PROBLEM IS A KNOWN FACT AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN SEE THE TRACK RECORDS OF THE FAILURE. PLEASE HELP US CONSUMERS!!!!!!! *TR

MY 2007 DODGE RAM BLEW A TIPM A/C UNIT. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT WAS BECAUSE THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH LOCKED UP AND BURNED OUT THE TIPM. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS DENIED.I PAID $1500.00 TO GET THIS FIXED THIS WEEK. THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND COMPLETELY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY ROAD. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD IT HAD A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE DIESEL FUEL. IT SMELLED LIKE PAINT THINNER. THE WARRANTY REP SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY DIRT IN MY FUEL TANK CAUSED BY NOT CHANGING MY FUEL FILTER FREQUENTLY. NOW THEY TELL ME IT NEEDS 6 FUEL INJECTORS AND A FUEL PUMP TOTAL COST $8000.00. BY THE DEALER AND WARRANTY REP. THE TRUCK HAS 67000 MILES.THEY SAID THIS IS NOT WARRANTY ISSUE AND WILL NOT BE COVERED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IN A COMPLETE REVOLUTION AND THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO ANOTHER LANE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD WAS FRACTURED. AS A RESULT, THE TIE ROD AND STEERING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,876.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRON PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 IN DECEMBER 2010 FROM ROYAL GATE DODGE IN ELLISVILLE, MO. THE VEHICLE HAD A "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THE SALES REP. RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE LINKAGE TO THE UPDATED VERSION THAT WAS AVAILABLE. THEY GAVE IT TO ME FREE AS LONG AS I INSTALLED IT ON THE TRUCK. I DID AT APPROX. 73,000 MILES. NOW, 13 MONTHS LATER AND 27,000 MILES ON THE REPLACED LINKAGE, MY LEFT OUTER TIE ROD SHEARED OFF WHILE TURNING A CORNING AT AROUND 15MPH. SINCE I TOOK THE LINKAGE AND INSTALLED IT MYSELF, IT ONLY HAS A 12 MONTH WARRANTY. IF THEY INSTALLED IT, WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. AS SAD AS THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE, I AM WRITING REGARDING YOUR INVESTIGATION/RECALL ON THE 2500/3500 NEWER TRUCKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE ISSUE THAT THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS CAN BE INTERCHANGED ON OLDER VEHICLES, LIKE MINE. I HAVE ORDERED THE REPLACEMENT MOOG TIE ROD AND WILL BE INSTALLING IT AS SOON AS IT COMES IN AND FEEL LUCKY I WAS AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR