2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT DECELERATED TO 45 MPH AND THE WOBBLING CEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT, WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED WIRES WITHIN BOTH REAR DOOR PANELS WERE CRACKED AND RUBBING TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 118,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON GA 53 TOWARDS ROME, GA. AS I ENTERED A VERY LONG SWEEPING RIGHT CURVE AT 60 MPH, I HIT A POTHOLE OR SOMETHING IN THE ROADWAY. IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN THE RAISED TAR STRIPS FROM THE DOT'S PATCHING JOB, THEY ARE PRETTY ROUGH. MY STEERING WHEEL STARTING TEETERING LEFT AND RIGHT EXTREMELY VIOLENTLY AT ABOUT A 20-25 DEGREES. WITHIN SECONDS THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS HOPPING TO AND FROM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO MOVE IN A STRAIGHT PATH EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RIGHT HANDED CURVE OF A STATE HWY! LUCKILY THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT-HAND LANE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TRUCK WENT. I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARD AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND IT JUST STOP AND WAS ALL NORMAL AGAIN! AS I WAS REELING FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND HOPING IT DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING IN, UNDER OR ON MY TRUCK, I REALIZED TRAFFIC WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING FROM BEHIND SO I ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND AT SOME POINT AROUND 55MPH IT STARTED AGAIN! THIS TIME I APPLIED HE BRAKES MORE SLOWLY AND IT SEEMED TO WORSEN UNTIL SUDDENLY AT 30 MPH IT STOPPED AGAIN. AFTER THAT I PLAYED WITH MY SPEED AND STEERING TO TRY TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY TRUCK, AS I HAVE BEEN HEARING OF THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT NEVER HAD EXPERIENCED IT. AS I ACCELERATED PAST 40 MPH AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL EVEN AS SLIGHTLY AS JUST CHANGING LANES IT WOULD START UP AGAIN, BUT IF I STRAIGHTENED UP THE STEERING SOON ENOUGH, IT WOULD STOP BEFORE GETTING TO A FULL BLOWN WOBBLE AGAIN. THIS IS EXTREMELY SCARY AND I HAVEN'T LET MY FAMILY IN THE TRUCK SINCE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING WITH DODGE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED!

2005 DODGE RAM 2500. HAS DEATH SHAKE. STEERING BOX STABILIZER, DUEL STEERING STABILIZER, RANCHO RS 9000 SHOCKS, BALL JOINTS ALIGNMENT RADIOUSE ARM BUSHING, AND COMPLETE FRONT END CHECKED BY RESPECTABLE ASE MECHANIC. I BOUGHT A 2500 TRUCK FOR HAULING TRAILER, PLUS JUST THE HEAVY DUTY ASPECT OF THE PICKUP. I CANT DRIVE OVER 70MPH WITHOUT WORRYING. EVEN WORSE WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I ASK A DODGE DEALER ABOUT IT AND THEY ACT STUPID, LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF IT. THE LEAST THAT DODGE COULD DO IS SEND A BULLETIN TO DODGE DEALERS ON HOW TO FIX IT A, BUT I THINK ITS A MAJOR EXPENSIVE DESIGN FLAW, OTHERWISE DODGE WOULD OF CORRECTED THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM YEARS AGO. $1900 WORTH OF PART AND LABOR LATER, AND STILL NO FIX. THIS IS MAJOR B.S. THIS HAS HAPPENED MAYBE 15 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK. WOULD HAVE BEEN ALOT MORE IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO BABYSIT THE TRUCK SO BAD. ITS PRETTY BAD WHEN YOU CANT GO OVER 50MPH WITH A LOADED CAR TRAILER BEING PULLED BY A 2500 PICKUP AND HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOOSING CONTROL SO EASILY. SOMEONE PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY--WHEN YOU TURN ON THE LEFT SIGNAL IT WILL SWITCH FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT INTERMEDIATELY--AT FIRST ONLY HAPPENED NOW AND THEN--NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME AND THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT CLICK ANY MORE EITHER. *TR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ERRATICALLY IF AT ALL. THE INTERMITTENT WIPER FUNCTION TIMING IS OFF, IT WILL WIPE TWICE, WAIT A MINUTE, WIPE ONCE, WAIT A MINUTE OR TWO, WIPE FOUR OR FIVE TIME BACK AND FORTH, NO MATTER WHAT THE SPEED SETTING. THE WIPERS WILL ALSO GET STUCK UP OR IN THE MIDDLE AND FLAT OUT NOT WORK AT ALL SOMETIMES. THIS IS ALL WHEN IT IS RAINING OR TRYING TO USE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 2 LANE ASPHALT ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. I WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE AND WHEN I GOT TO THE END, THERE WAS A LOW SPOT IN THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE TRUCK HIT THE BUMP, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW TO 25 MPH BEFORE IT QUIT. ON 12/17/2010 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AT 70 MPH ON I-35. SHE SAID SHE HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROADWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SHE COULD NOT CONTROL IT AND WENT OFF INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN BEFORE BRINGING IT UNDER CONTROL.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER, WAS INFORMED WHO REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PITMAN ARM JOINTS AND BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A ROAD DIP, THE STEERING BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,750 UPDATED 02/09/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS KNOWN AS THE DEATH SHAKE. UPDATED 05/12/11

2005 DODGE RAM 2500 TRUCK. CONSUMER STATES ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS THE RESULT OF A FAILED STEERING LINKAGE AND FRACTURE OF THE DRAG LINK JOINT *TGW THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. CHRYSLER DENIED THE REIMBURSEMENT, STATING THE REPAIRS WERE NOT MADE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. *JB