2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

EXCESSIVE VIBRATION SINCE PURCHASES TRUCK NEW IN 2005. REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT 5 TIMES AND TENSIONER PULLEY 2 TIMES, WHICH IS ABOUT EVERY 30K MILES. CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE LAST BELT AND PULLEY ACKNOWLEDGING SOMETHING WAS WRONG CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL RECENTLY. THE VIBRATION OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED SEVERAL BOLTS/MOUNTS TO WORK LOOSE AND ALLOWED PARTS TO SHIFT. THE COOLING FAN SHIFTED INTO THE RADIATOR BREAKING THE FAN BLADES AND BUSTING THE RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR, FAN ASSEMBLY AND FAN HAD TO BE CHANGED. DURING THESE REPAIRS THE VIBRATION SOURCE WAS FOUND. THE FLYWHEEL WAS BAD. CHANGED FLYWHEEL, CLUTCH AND THROW OUT BEARING. THE BEARING IN THE FLYWHEEL WAS BAD AND CAUSING SLACK WHICH CAUSED THE VIBRATION. THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ALSO CAUSED A 5" CRACK IN THE BELL HOUSING AND BROKE THE EXHAUST PIPE IN TWO. MUFFLER SHOP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A BREAK IN THE EXHAUST LIKE THIS. CHRYSLER IS SAYING ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, DISREGARDING THE FACT THAT EARLIER CHRYSLER AGREED TO REPLACE A SERPENTINE BELT AND TENSIONER PULLEY. UJOINTS IN THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE BEEN CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES. VERY POOR HEADLIGHTS. SO BAD IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO ADEQUATELY SEE IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING DURING THE NIGHT. *TR

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

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF DIESEL FUEL IN THE CAB, LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR I NOTICED THAT ALL THE CARS BEHIND ME HAD SLOWED DOWN TO A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 300 FEET AND WHITE SMOKE TRAILING BEHIND THE TRUCK. WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE I PULLED OVER IN A STORE PARKING LOT AND EXITED THE CAB TO SEE FUEL POURING OUT UNDER MY TRUCK AND WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO CLOSEST DODGE DEALER WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THE NUMBER 4 INJECTOR LINE HAD RUPTURED AND COATED THE WHOLE ENGINE BAY. THEY ALSO INDICTED THAT I WAS LUCKY THAT THIS DID NOT CAUSE A FIRE OR POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT FROM THE FUEL SPILLING ON THE ROADWAY. WHILE READING A CUMMINS FORUM ONLINE I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A TYPICAL DRIVEWAY, THE LEFT TIE ROD SUDDENLY FAILED (DESCRIBED BY OUR MECHANIC AS 'SHEARED OFF AT THE PIVOT CONNECTION/KNUCKLE'.) THE TIE ROD HAD BEEN REPLACED, AS PART OF "UPDATED FRONT TIE ROD KIT", ALONG WITH STEERING DAMPER, PITMAN ARM AND ALL BALL JOINTS IN AUGUST OF 2010 (91382 MILES ON VEHICLE AT THAT TIME) AS THE SOLUTION TO SEVERE 'DEATH WOBBLE.' IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ALL BALL JOINTS HAD ALREADY SUFFERED SEVER WEAR AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT IN MARCH OF 2011, WITH ABOUT 126223 MILES ON THE TRUCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE TRAVELING 2 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED A SHARP LEFT TURN AND NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AXLE , TIE ROD AND PINION SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 143,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

JUST PULLED ON TO EXIT RAMP LOST POWER AND STARTED MISSING, BY THE TIME REACHED STOP SIGN AT BOTTOM PULLED OVER SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. BARELY REGAINED SPEED TO 40 MPH TO LIMP TO JOB SITE RAN INJECTOR CLEANED LIMPED 25 MILES INTO TOWN TO MECHANIC HE REPLACED LEFT BACK WIRING HARNESS SAID FAULTY DESIGN OF PLUGS GOIING TO INJECTORS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE STARTED TO HEAR A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD OVERHEATED AND TWISTED, CAUSING THE BOLTS TO FRACTURE. AS A RESULT BOTH MANIFOLDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BECOME HARD TO CONTROL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE STEERING TIE ROD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING TIE ROD AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000: (STEERING LINKAGES: TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

MY DIRECTIONAL HAS FAILURES, I WILL TURN ON TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE RIGHT SIGNAL WILL FLASH. SOMETIMES THE DIRECTIONAL WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. SOMETIMES IT WILL SIGNAL RIGHT AND THEN LEFT ALL ON ITS OWN. THEN IT WILL WORK FINE. I FOUND SIMULAR PROBLEMS IN FORUMS FOR 2006 BUT NOTHING FOR 2005. I CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL. I FOUND AN ACTION NUMBER ON YOUR WEBSITE, PE08059, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DIFFERENT YEAR AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF RAM. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR