2011 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TRUCK CIRCULATING DIRT ROAD AFTER 25 MILES CONSTANT. THE BILLET SHOCK TOWER, LEFT DEFORMED MATERIAL FATIGUE. DEFORMING THE CHASSIS SUPPORT AREA, AND THE SHOCK IS DESTROYED. GENERATING A WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY, CUTTING RODS. BOTH WHEELS BEING UNCONTROLLED. THE UPPER COIL SUPPORT, SHOWS A CLEAR IN ITS ZONE FATIGUE. THIS SAME FAULT HAPPENED AT 3500 MILES, AND CHRYSLER DEALER IN CHILE, JUST CHANGE THE BARS TRACKS. *TR

WHEN GETTING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY RAMP THE BRAKES SEEMED WEAK, THEN I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL AND HAD TO ALMOST STOP. I HAD NO POWER ASSIST ON THE STEERING AT THIS POINT. ONCE THE WHEELS WERE STRAIGHT AGAIN IT SEEMED FINE. THE NEXT FEW TURNS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HIT OBJECTS AND OTHER CARS AS I COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE. I WAS NOT PULLING ANYTHING AT THE TIME. MY SON-IN-LAW HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON HIS SAME MAKE/MODEL/YEAR DODGE TRUCK AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE LAST YEAR WHILE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL. HE TOOK IT IN AND THEY FLUSHED OUT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AS A FIX AND IT HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN....YET. PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO CONTAMINATION IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WHICH WILL JAM VALVES, OR IT COULD BE IN ELECTRONICS MODULES. EITHER WAY ITS NOT GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING A LARGE 5TH WHEEL. *TR

EXPERIENCED EXTREME VIBRATION, NEARLY LOST CONTROL. WAS ON FAIRLY SMOOTH FREEWAY. SMALL LOAD IN BED OF ABOUT 300LBS. DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER. NO TRAILER. TRUCK IS STOCK RAM 2500 POWER WAGON NO MODIFICATIONS.. AFTER GOING OVER A SLIGHT BUMP ON FREEWAY, TRUCK BEGAN VIOLENT SHAKING, SO VIOLENT THAT I WAS NEARLY UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. SAME EVENT HAS OCCURRED NOW MULTIPLE TIMES. ALREADY TAKEN TO DEALER ONCE, WILL TAKE BACK AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE EXHAUST WAS LEAKING INTO THE CABIN AND THE ODOR WAS UNBEARABLE WHILE DRIVING. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS OPERABLE THE EXHAUST SMELL ENTERED THE VENTS AND THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON THE EXHAUST LEAK BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR IT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT OFFER ENOUGH MONEY FOR A BUY BACK OPTION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT EXHAUST LEAKS AND IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 02/12/2013*LJ

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55MPH, IF AN EXPANSION JOINT, POT HOLE, OR ANY FORM OF A LARGER BUMP IS HIT, THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DEATH WOBBLE." TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, THE FRONT AXLE IS SHIFTING SIDE TO SIDE UNDERNEATH THE BODY OF THE TRUCK, CAUSING A VIOLENT SHAKE THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE. BEING AN ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN, I INSPECTED MY PERSONAL VEHICLE WITH TWO OTHER ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, AND DISCOVERED NO LOGICAL CAUSES FOR SUCH A SHAKE, BUT PROCEEDED TO RETORQUE EVERY NUT AND BOLT UNDER THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH ADDING A NEW HEAVY DUTY STEERING STABILIZER, PER DODGE DEALER SUGGESTION. TO NO AVAIL, THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I CAN NO LONGER ALLOW MY SIX MONTH OLD DAUGHTER TO RIDE IN MY TRUCK FOR FEAR OF DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRING. I REFUSE TO ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK FOR FEAR OF HER SAFETY. MAKE THIS SITUATION RIGHT WITH RAM TRUCK OWNERS, BEFORE IT TAKES A LIFE. *TR

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED: I NOTICED A SEVERE WOBBLE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK IN THE LEFT FRONT AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE FREEWAY WHILS TRAVELING 70 M.P.H. THE WOBBLE STOPPED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHEN I HIT ANY KIND OF A BUMP AT SPEEDS OF 70 OR MORE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WAS THERE FOR 4 DAYS, THEY SAID THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED, WHICH I DID AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE ON THE FREEWAY AND HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DANGERIUS WOBBLE AGAIN .. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER,WHICH TIME THE MECHANIC RODE WITH ME AND FELT THE WOBBLE WHEN I HIT A BUMP AT 70 M.P.H. THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE FRONT END APART TO FIND THE PROBLEM ,WHICH HE SAID WOULD TAKE A ENTIRE DAY. I LEFT THE TRUCK,, 4 DAYS LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END AND IT MIGHT BE THE TIRES..( THE TRUCK HAS 11000 MILES ON IT) I PICKED THE TRUCK UP AND LEFT,AS I WAS DRIVING HOME I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 70 M.P.H. AND ALMOST WRECKED.. I'M LOST.. PAID $50.000.00 FOR A DEATH TRAP AND NO WHERE TO TURN. *TR

I NOTICED A SEVERE WOBBLE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK IN THE LEFT FRONT AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE FREEWAY WHILS TRAVELING 70 M.P.H. THE WOBBLE STOPPED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHEN I HIT ANY KIND OF A BUMP AT SPEEDS OF 70 OR MORE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WAS THERE FOR 4 DAYS, THEY SAID THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED, WHICH I DID AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE ON THE FREEWAY AND HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DANGERIUS WOBBLE AGAIN .. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER,WHICH TIME THE MECHANIC RODE WITH ME AND FELT THE WOBBLE WHEN I HIT A BUMP AT 70 M.P.H. THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE FRONT END APART TO FIND THE PROBLEM ,WHICH HE SAID WOULD TAKE A ENTIRE DAY. I LEFT THE TRUCK,, 4 DAYS LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END AND IT MIGHT BE THE TIRES..( THE TRUCK HAS 11000 MILES ON IT) I PICKED THE TRUCK UP AND LEFT,AS I WAS DRIVING HOME I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 70 M.P.H. AND ALMOST WRECKED.. I'M LOST.. PAID $50.000.00 FOR A DEATH TRAP AND NO WHERE TO TURN... *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65-70 TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VERY BAD WERE I ALMOST LOST CONTROL SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED CHECK ALL TIRE AND STARTED GOING AGAIN AND AS SOON AS I HIT 65MPH IT HAPPENED AGAIN TILL I SLOWED DOWN TO 30MPH I ONCE AGAIN STOPPED CHECK TIRES ALL GOOD THIS IS A COMMON THING WITH THE DODGE RAM FROM DOING A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET ON WHAT OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS ARE CALLING THE DEATH WOBBLE AND TO THIS DATE DODGE SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED IN TO AND EITHER MAKE DODGE DO A RECALL TO FIX THERE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED AND THE ILLUMINATION WAS EXTREMELY DIM. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THE SIMILAR DEFECT. THE CONTACT REPLACED BOTH HEADLIGHT BULBS WITH AN AFTER MARKET BULBS AND THE BRIGHTNESS IMPROVED; HOWEVER INADEQUATE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 12/28/12 *BF THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 01/03/13

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. MY TRUCK WENT ALL OVER THE INTERSTATE ALMOST THROWING ME INTO THE DITCH. I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE BUT I DIDN'T. I CONTINUED DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. A WEEK LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS TOLD BY A TRUCK COMPANY THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING THE DEATH WOBBLE. I CALLED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE DEATH WOBBLE. I CANT DRIVE MY NEW TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE FEARING FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHERS I MAY HURT. *TR