2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS ON DIRT ROAD HEARD HORRIBLE SOUNDS IN THE FRONT OF TRUCK. NOTICEABLY LOUDER AND VERY CONCERNED TO DRIVING THE TRUCK ANY MORE, MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND I 9 MONTHS PREGNANT ARE VERY LUCKY. MADE TO OUR HOME 15 MILES AWAY. I CALLED MECHANIC AND TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP NEXT DAY. *TR

BLEND DOOR WILL NOT WORK, COMMON FAILURE IN MODELS 02-06, POOR DESIGN BREAKS AFTER A YEAR OR SO...CANT DEFROST WINDSHIELD WHEN WINDSHIELD FROST DUE TO SNOW OR COLD TEMPERATURES. UNABLE TO REMOVE FOGGY WINDSHIELD ON RAINY DAYS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) HAD SURPASSED THE REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED ONLY ONE REPAIR KIT WAS PROVIDED TO THE DEALERS PER WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 02/11/2014 *BF

AFTER PURCHASING THIS TRUCK FROM THE FIRST TIME OWNER, I BEGIN TO NOTICE AT CERTAIN TIMES I WOULD EXPERIENCE A VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND READING ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" I BECOME WORRIED AND CONTACTED THE DEALER. OF COURSE THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IN SHORT, I HAVE SPENT OVER $2700 GETTING THE FRONT END REDONE, WITH NO HELP FROM CHRYSLER. I FIND IT COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE ON THEIR PART TO NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. NOW.. JUST LAST WEEK I GET THIS RECALL NOTICE ON THE LEFT TIE ROD END. I AM MOST CERTAIN WHEN I TAKE IT IN, THEY WILL SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.. AND SEND ME ON MY WAY. THIS ISSUE AND THE CRACKED DASH IS ALL A BUNCH OF BALONEY TO WHICH CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME SERIOUS ACTION TO HELP FOLKS WHO BOUGHT A $50K TRUCK IN GOOD FAITH THAT IT WAS BUILT GOOD.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN HOWEVER, THE DEFECT WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 TRUCK'S DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THESE ARE LONG CRACKS FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE CABIN EDGE. ALSO LARGE CIRCLES OF CRACKS. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SHARP PIECES FLYING THROUGH THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. WE ARE NOT ONLY CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY BUT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR TWIN 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSONS THAT ARE OFTEN WITH US. *TR

NOVEMBER 8, 2013 CONTACT: [XXX] STATEMENT: TIE-ROD ASSEMBLY NOVEMBER 8, 2013 , AUBURN HILLS, MICH. - CHRYSLER GROUP LLC WILL CONDUCT THREE RECALLS AFFECTING APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION TRUCKS, THOUGH AS MANY AS 726,000 MAY NOT NEED REPAIR. THE CAMPAIGNS TARGET AN ESTIMATED 453,000 VEHICLES WITH STEERING-SYSTEM TIE RODS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MISALIGNED DURING ASSEMBLY OR STEERING-SYSTEM SERVICE. CHRYSLER GROUP IS CASTING THE NET WIDER THAN NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THOSE VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE REPAIR. ANY FOUND TO HAVE SUSPECT TIE-ROD ASSEMBLIES WILL HAVE THOSE COMPONENTS REPLACED AT NO COST TO CUSTOMERS. ONE RECALL WILL INSPECT AN ESTIMATED 842,400 MODEL-YEAR 2003-2008 RAM 2500 AND 3500 TRUCKS TO FIND APPROXIMATELY 116,000 REPAIRED WITH TIE-ROD ASSEMBLIES THAT COULD BECOME MISALIGNED. THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO COMPONENT FRACTURE AND STEERING LOSS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2003 DODGE 2500 DASHBOARD CRACKING SEVERELY. CLEARLY A HAZARD DUE TO SHARP EDGES AND LOOSE SHARDS OF PLASTIC. THE DAMAGE IS EXTENDING TOWARDS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND PASSENGER AIRBAG. CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAG MAY BECOME AFFECTED BY THE DISINTEGRATING DASHBOARD. *TR

WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED A COMPLAINT FOR THE "DEATH WOBBLE" OR VIOLENT, UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING THAT OCCURS AFTER GOING OVER UNEVEN ROADS. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES AND THERE IS MINIMAL CONTROL OF STEERING WHEN THIS HAPPENS UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS SLOWED DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP. THE SHAKING OF THE FRONT TIRES IS VISIBLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. TODAY WHEN I WAS ENTERING THE EXPRESSWAY, WHICH HAS FRESH PATCHES OF CONCRETE, NO POTHOLE OR ROUGH SURFACE, MY TRUCK STARTING SHAKING THE FRONT TIRES AND STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY (DEATH WOBBLE). I HIT THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE VEHICLE STARTED DRIFTING AND I REALIZED I HAD NO STEERING WHEN I TRIED TO BRING THE VEHICLE INTO MY LANE. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP (REMEMBER I AM ON A 4 LANE X-WAY) I FOUND THAT THE STEERING BAR THAT GOES FROM THE PITMAN ARM TO THE RIGHT TIRE HAD BROKEN IN HALF. THIS IS A SOLID 1INCH BAR AND I HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS TO BREAK. . THIS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN A COMPLAINT LODGED WITH A DEATH OCCURRING.THE SHAKING IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH RAM 2500 TRUCKS WITH THIS SAME FRONT END DESIGN (INCL 2013), AND THE JEEPS WITH THE SAME DESIGN FRONT END ARE NOW COMPLAINING OF THE SAME SHAKING. I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR 7YRS NOW, SO I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS, OVER CURBS, 4 WHEELED OR ANY OTHER DRIVING CONDITION THAT COULD HAVE STRESSED OR CAUSED THE BAR TO BROKE. *TR

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING AND HAS NOT STOPPED . WILL THEY EVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OR WILL MY DASH BE IN MY FLOOR ? *JS