2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

SPARE TIRE CARRIER. THE CABLE THAT HOIST THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK BROKE AT THE END OF THE CABLE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH WHILE TOWING A FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. THE CAMPER RAN OVER THE TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY FIFTH WHEEL. BOTH AXLES ARE NOW BENT ON THE CAMPER, BENT A RIM, DESTROYED A TIRE, TORE A JACK STABILIZER OFF OF THE CAMPER. THE TIRE JUST MISSED MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A PAVED ROAD. THANK GOD THAT NOBODY WAS INJURED OR KILLED FROM THIS FREE ROLLING TIRE. I CALLED DODGE ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AT FIRST I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM, I INFORMED THEM THAT THE OWNERS MANUAL DOES NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT MAINTENANCE FOR THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD. THIS IS A 2005 MODEL THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW, I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK IS IN ALMOST PERFECT SHAPE. I HAVE ONLY USED THE SPARE TIRE ONCE, THAT WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. THIS IS ALSO THE ONLY TIME THAT THE TIRE HAS BEEN LOWERED.

TAKARA INFLATORS APRIL 28TH 2019 WE TOOK OUR TRUCK TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE RECALLS FIXED AS THEY REQUESTED. MAINLY THE AIRBAGS AND THEY DID A 28 POINT INSPECTION. JULY 1ST 2019 SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF MY HUSBAND AND THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A BAD ACCIDENT. THE AIRBAGS NEVER WENT OFF. MY HUSBAND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL SO HARD THERE'S A BRUISE AND MARK ON HIS CHEST AND THE SHAPE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. IT ALSO MESSED UP THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE GEAR SELECTOR. THE TRUCK IS TOTALED THE FRAME IS BENT THE SUSPENSIONS RIPPED OFF BUT WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. INSURANCE IS BEING A PAIN. DODGE SAID THEY'D SEND OUT AN INVESTIGATOR SO FAR NO ONE SHOWED UP. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHEN THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED A PIECE OF THE BODY FILLER FALL OUT FROM UNDER THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT EIGHT INCHES FROM THE FRAME WAS CORRODED THROUGH. THE CONTACT CALLED GIBSON AUTO & RV SALES AT (864) 467-9080 (LOCATED AT 3103 N PLEASANTBURG DR, GREENVILLE, NC 29609), WHICH WAS WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD SEND A CHECK FOR THE REPAIR OF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,130.

DODGE DEATH WOBBLE HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES THE LAST TIME IT BROKE THE TIE ROD END AND THREW ME OFF THE ROAD

DID NOT RECIEVE INFORMATION ABOUT A AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. I LOST CONTROL DRIVING ON ICE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH AT 55MPH AND HIT A TREE WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SIDE WAS REPLACED IN 2015. THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS RECALLED AND II WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

VEHICLES WIPERS DON'T WORK CORRECTLY. THEY GO ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. I HAVE WITNESSED THEM TURNING ON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED COMPLETELY OFF WITH NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. WHILE DRIVING THE WIPERS WON'T GO ON WHEN I NEED THEM MOST.

I RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER. I BELIEVE IT WAS RECALL N64. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX TRUCK AS IT IS LIFTED AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID IT, SAID IT DID NOT NEED NEW PARTS AS PARTS WERE REPLACED WHEN THEY LIFTED IT. WELL, IT DEATH WOBBLES IF YOU GO OVER 40 MPH AND WAS DOING IT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THEM. CANNOT USE FREEWAY, SURFACE STREETS ONLY WITH AFFECTS MILEAGE, IT MIGHT GET 8-9 MPG IF I AM LUCKY. THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND IT FEELS LIKE IT IS BUCKING. IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED TO STOP IT FROM SHAKING. THE FRONT TIRES ARE BEING EATEN FROM THE VIOLENT SHAKE. IN FACT IT DID IT ON A SURFACE STREET THE OTHER DAY. THE ROAD HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND AS THERE WAS NO WAY TO AVOID IT, I RAN OVER THE PATCH. IT DID IT AGAIN. A LADY BEHIND ME STOPPED TO SEE IF I WAS OK.

MAY 2018, PUT TRUCK IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING TO GO IN TO GET SOMETHING. WE WERE IN AN RV PARK AT THE TIME. A MINUTE OR SO LATER, IT WENT IN REVERSE AND BACKED INTO A TRAILER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH. GEARSHIFT SHOWEDIT WAS STILL IN 'P'. ALARM HAS SINCE BEEN PUT IN UNDER RECALL E17 AFTER WE REQUESTED IT. (HAD ASKED WHEN AIR BAGS WERE CHANGED OUT IN DECEMBER 2017, IF ANY OTHER RECALLS, AND WERE TOLD NO). A DODGE REP CAME ON JUNE 12, 2018 AND LOOKED AT THE TRUCK. AS OF 12/10/2018, WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF RESULTS.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (LARRY H MILLER CHRYSLER JEEP AVONDALE, 10055 W PAPAGO FWY, AVONDALE, AZ 85323, (480) 865-3981) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY GASOLINE STARTED SPEWING UNDER PRESSURE FROM TOP OF FUEL PUMP, PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND WAITED FIVE TO TEN MINUTES BEFORE GASOLINE STOPPED SPRAYING OUT. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME WHERE I COULD CHECK TO FIND OUT IF IT WAS ONLY A RUBBER HOSE AS I EXPECTED OR SOMETHING ELSE. I FOUND OUT IT WAS A FITTING AT TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP WHICH LOOKS LIKE METAL CONNECTOR WHERE THE GASOLINE WAS SPRAYING OUT OF A PIN HOLE, I LOST ABOUT 5 GALLONS OF GAS IN 14 MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING.