2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V528000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY DID NOT HAVE AN IDEA WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE REPAIR WAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR MONTHS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER KNEW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

LET ME START BY STATING THAT I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 33 YEARS AND HAVE AN IMPECCABLE DRIVING RECORD. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 65 MPH. I WAS CHANGING LANES WHEN I HIT A FEW SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. MY TRUCK IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. I PULLED TO BREAKDOWN LANE WHILE SLOWING THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK DIDN'T STOP SHAKING UNTIL APPROX. 30 MPH, THOUGH IT WAS STILL SHAKING, I HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED SUCH A LOSS OF CONTROL BEFORE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I DECIDED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB. I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT I FOUND. THIS PHENOMENON IS DUBBED 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THOUGH IT SEEMS THIS IN NOT AN UNCOMMON EVENT, NO-ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE VIOLENT SHAKING. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERING OPINIONS. MY MECHANIC CHECKED OUT TRUCK AND I WAS TOLD THAT OTHER THAN VERY SLIGHT WEAR IN DRIVERS SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT. I'VE SINCE REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS EVEN THOUGH MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THEY WEREN'T BAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT REPLACEMENT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED SHIMMY SHOCK ON STABILIZER AND INSTALLED AFTERMARKET STABILIZER AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM EVEN MORE. WE ALSO REALIZED PREVIOUS OWNER HAD NUMEROUS NEW PARTS INSTALLED TOO. SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WAS CHASING THIS AS WELL. SINCE REPLACING THESE, THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WON'T EVEN GO OVER 55 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. IS DODGE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE? AND WHAT ABOUT RECALLS? I'VE LOOKED AND CANNOT FIND ANY RECALLS THAT PERTAIN TO THIS PROBLEM. THE SUSPENSION ITSELF SEEMS FLAWED EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT PINPOINT ONE FAILED COMPONENT IN ITSELF. THANK YOU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASH BOARD DEVELOPED A CRACK WITH SHARP JAGGED EDGES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN JANUARY 2014, I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO JAKE SWEENEY DODGE IN CINCINNATI, OH. THEY INSPECTED MY TRUCK SAID THEY WOULD PUT ME ON A LIST. I HAVE WAITED OVER 5 MONTHS. I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF A REPAIR DATE AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SINCE THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE, LOSS OF CONTROL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHEN I DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY EVERY DAY, I DON'T CONSIDER A 5+ MONTHS WAIT A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, SUDDENLY THE LEFT TIE ROD SNAPPED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF OF THE ROAD INTO A BUSH. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO STATED THE TIE ROD, TIRE, RIM, SPRINGS, RACK AND PINION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, INCLUDING THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,432. UPDATED 08/28/14*LJ UPDATED 09/4/2014 *JS

DASH BEGAN CRACKING AFTER ONLY A FEW YEARS. NOW IT IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART AND I BELIEVE IF THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF IN AN ACCIDENT IT WOULD SENT PIECES OF THE DASH INTO THE FACES OF THE OCCUPANTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED HIS VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY AFTER HE EXITED IT. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY. THE VEHICLE HIT A LIGHT POST. THE LIGHT POST FELL INTO IN A HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN WRIST AND HAND AFTER FALLING FROM TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST AND CORROSION ON THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE BED NEAR THE UPPER FENDER WELL. THE DEALER STATED THAT BOTH OUTER SKINS OF THE FENDER WELL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY DODGE RAM 2500 AND HIT A SERIES OF SMALL BUMPS AND MY FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH MY SUSPENSION AT ALL. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT TIRES AND THAT DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. *TR