2008 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION WHILE ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO 60 MPH BEFORE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT HAD NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,346.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL HIGHWAY AT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND BEGAN HESITATING. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT TIE ROD HAD FRACTURED AND WAS PUNCTURING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,900.

2008 DODGE RAM 2500 MEGA CAB 4X4. I HAD STEERING VIBRATION AND STICKING STEERING AT SLOW SPEEDS SINCE I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. I HAD SHOCKS, ALL STEERING LINKAGE, STABILIZER, BUSHINGS, HYDROBOOST UNIT AND PITMAN ARM REPLACED, DUE TO SLOW SPEED STICKING AND "DEATH WOBBLE. " MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 39,000 MILES, SO I REPLACED SHOCKS AND STABILIZER WITH BILSTEINS AT MY OWN EXPENSE. VIBRATION AND STICKING WHEEL (POWER STEERING FAILURE) STILL OCCURS. SEVERE DEATH WOBBLE AT 60+ MPH. NHTSA NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED ME TO CRASH INTO OTHER LANES OF TRAFFIC. DODGE CANNOT FIX AND REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY AFTER YOUR WARRANTY EXPIRES. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO WORK WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS OR WANT YOU TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS THEY CANNOT SOLVE. PLEASE HELP...... *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 (GAS) COMING INTO TOWN AND SLOWED DOWN TO APPROX. 50 MPH AND HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I THOUGHT THE WHOLE FRONT END HAD FALLEN APART. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CHECKED OVER TRUCK AND COULD FIND NOTHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG. TOOK IT TO DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH TRUCK AND THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT. I NOW BELIEVE THIS TO BE A LIE AFTER READING SO MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THIS PROBLEM WILL KILL SOME ONE SOON IF DODGE CONTINUES TO IGNORE THESE COMPLAINTS. MY HEART TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO SETTLE DOWN I WAS SO TERRIFIED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE 2500 DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARING WAS WEARING PREMATURELY. THE WHEEL BEARING WERE REPLACED LESS THAN 20,000 MILES AGO AND NEEDED A SECOND REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE A DEFECT BECAUSE THE BEARINGS FAILED TWICE WITH VERY LITTLE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE COMPONENT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

THE STEERING IDLER ARM POPPED LOOSE FROM THE PITMAN ARM RIGHT GEAR AT THE STEERING RENDERING THE STEERING COMPLETELY USELESS . *TR

WHEN YOU RUN OVER A BUMP OR SEAM IN THE ROAD WITH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTS BOUNCING UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK IS REDUCED DRASTICALLY. THIS OCCURS WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 80 MPH. IT OCCURS APPROXIMATELY ONCE PER MONTH, YOU NEVER KNOW THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. THE BALL JOINTS AND STEERING BOX WERE REBUILT WITH NEW NUMBERED PARTS AND HAS NOT CORRECTED THE FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN WHICH NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. SPEED OF IMPACT WAS APROX. 50-55 MPH. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED IN 7 MONTHS. I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE, THE EXHAUST BRAKE ENGAGED AND PREVENTED ME FROM MOVING FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE BY SLIGHTLY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR A LITTLE AT A TIME. WHEN I APPROACHED MY NEXT TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 500 AND THEN SHOT UP TO 1200 RPMS. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AND ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN IN THE CROSSWALK. IT ALSO PUT ME HALF WAY INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. THERE WERE MULTIPLE CLOSE CALLS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY OR DEATH. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AGAIN BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. *TR

MY TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN I HIT IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS 3 OR MORE TIMES A WEEK. I HAVE TO STOP MY TRUCK TO GET THE SHAKING TO CEASE. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT "REPLICATE THE PROBLEM" THE FIRST TWO TIMES. THE THIRD TIME I DROVE AND THE SERVICE MAN RODE WITH ME. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE TIRES THAT WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID TIRES WERE NOT COVERED IN THE WARRANTY. I BOUGHT NEW TIRES AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THEM, THEY SAID DODGE TOLD THEM" THAT THERE WAS NO KNOWN FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM." AND FOR THEM TO "JUST PUT A NEW STEERING DAMPER ON TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES." THAT ONLY PUT A BANDAID ON THE PROBLEM. NOW THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IS BACK, AND IM PAST MY WARRANTY. JUST LIKE THEY WANTED TO BEGIN WITH. I GOT THE TRUCK ON 7/4/08, THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS 11/18/08 WHEN THE TRUCK HAD ONLY 11,000 MILES ON IT. *TR