2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

MY 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD END BROKE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE TIE ROD THEN WENT THROUGH THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE, FLATTENING IT AND COCKING THE TIRE TO THE OUTSIDE. MAKING ME LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DODGE HAS A RECALL ON THE OTHER END OF THE TIE ROD AND WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT MY SITUATION. THEY OFFER AN UPDATE KIT THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR. IN TALKING TO MY MECHANIC AND LOCAL PARTS HOUSE MINE IS NOT THE FIRST SITUATION OF THIS KIND. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

I OWN A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 4WD QUAD CAB LONG WHEEL BASE PICKUP TRUCK. THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE IS BEST DESCRIBED AS RIDICULOUS FOR THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TRUCK, NOT TO MENTION HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. MY PROBLEMS STARTED BEFORE THE TRUCK EVEN REACHED 20,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM REPLACED THE TIE ROD ENDS UNDER WARRANTY, AND THAT HELPED FOR A FEW THOUSAND MILES, BUT DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I ATTEMPTED CHANGING THE TIRES AND WHEELS FOR A SET OF AFTERMARKET ONES AROUND 45-50K MILES AND THAT'S WHEN THE "DEATH WOBBLE" STARTED. I WAS TRAVELING IN THE FAST LANE OF A 3 LANE INTERSTATE AT AROUND 70MPH, AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE SHORTLY AFTER IT STARTED. I COULD NOT REGAIN TOTAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP! I'M JUST LUCKY IT WASN'T RAINING, OR VERY CROWDED ON THE INTERSTATE AT THE TIME OR I MIGHT NOT BE HERE TO WRITE THIS COMPLAINT. I HAVE REPLACED THE FACTORY STEERING STABILIZER WITH AN AFTERMARKET RANCHO UNIT, BUT THAT DIDN'T CHANGE A THING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT NEVER SEE ANY REAL SOLUTIONS, ONLY AFTERMARKET MANUFACTURERS ATTEMPTING TO SELL THEIR IDEA OF A FIX. THIS IS A REAL ISSUE THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO FORCE DODGE TO CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY DEATHS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT REST ASSURED THERE WILL BE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON THIS LONG. I CAN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF USING THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT MY FAMILY, LET ALONE MY FAMILY LOSING ME BECAUSE OF DODGE'S APATHY TOWARDS THIS ISSUE. I GUESS SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO VIDEOTAPE THEMSELVES CRASHING BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT STEPS IN AND MAKES DODGE TAKE NOTICE, LIKE THEY DID TO TOYOTA. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS A VIOLENT DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEED WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IT HAS SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 33,000 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR REPAIR WITH NO FIX. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO TOWN (APPROX. 4 MILES) WHEN I HIT 50 MPH. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A MINOR IRREGULARITY IN THE ROAD. I THEN SLOWED TO APPROX. 30 MPH TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. THOUGH IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED TO ME TWICE I BEGAN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A PLETHERA OF INFO ON THE NOTORIOUS "DODGE DEATH SHAKE" THIS PROBLEM IS IN EVERY VEHICLE FORUM I HAVE VISITED AND CANNOT BELIEVE YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. ALL THE STORIES ARE THE SAME AND MOST DO NOT TRUST THERE VEHICLE ANYMORE. THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST OF FIXES BUT THERE ARE CONFLICTING RESULTS. DODGE CLAIMS IT IS THE FRONT STABILIZER, BUT I HAVE CHANGED IT AND AFTER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT I PAID 30,000 FOR A TRUCK I CANNOT TRUST. I WOULD HOPE YOU DO NOT CONTINUE TO SIT ON YOUR HANDS IN THIS MATTER BECAUSE IT IS PLASTERED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND EVEN A NEWS STORY ABOUT IT IN NORTH CAROLINA. PLEASE, DO SOMETHING! I HAVE BEEN AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM. *TR

DODGE 2007, MODEL 2500 TURBO DIESEL CREW CAB, WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,500 MILES. AT 55 MPH, A SUDDEN BUMP CAUSED BY A FREEWAY EXPANSION JOINT RESULTED IN SEVERE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WITH FRONT END OF TRUCK GOING OUT OF CONTROL. I REGAINED CONTROL THROUGH GENTLE BRAKING. INITIALLY I BELIEVED THE ISSUE TO BE WITH THE ROAD, HOWEVER, FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER AT 55 MPH, AND HITTING A HARD BUMP THE STEERING VIOLENTLY SHOOK AGAIN, WHILE THE FRONT END JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND LEFT AND RIGHT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK EXITING THE PAVED SURFACE AND CAME TO REST IN THE BARROW PIT. BOTH INCIDENTS WERE ON PAVED FREEWAY (INTERSTATE 215 AND INTERSTATE 80 IN UTAH). I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE NARROWLY AS I NARROWLY MISSED A TRACTOR TRAILOR. I HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM HENRY DAY FORD OF WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH. THEY CERTIFIED THE USED TRUCK WITH A FULL INSPECTION OF THE STEERING SYSTEM. APPARENTLY, A KNOWN ISSUE WITH A "RECALL" FOR STEERING LINKAGE (SAFETY RECALL H46-MOPAR STEERING LINKAGE). RECALL WAS COMPLIED WITH DURING SEPTEMBER 2009. PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY STILL EXISTS EVEN AFTER RECALL COMPLIANCE.

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, AND MY ABS DID NOT WORK. ALL I COULD HEAR WAS THE TIRES SLIDING. COULD NOT HEAR THE SOUND OF OR THE FEELING OF THE ABS WORKING. I ALSO TRIED TO SEE IF THEY WORKED WHEN WE HAD THE LAST SNOW. THE SAME THING HAPPENED. MY WHEELS LOCKED UP AND I JUST SLIDDED. MY VEHICLE IS AN 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4. IT IS IN THE SHOP NOW FOR THE REPAIRS FROM THE ACCIDENT. I TOLD KEENE DODGE IN JARRETTSVILLE I WANTED THE ABS CHECKED, AND TOLD THEM THE SAME THING I TOLD YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. UPDATED 04/05/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FULE LINE TO THE #4 CYLINDER HAS A PLASTIC SUPPORT THAT VIBRATES LOOSE AND RUBS A HOLE INTO THE METAL FUEL LINE. FUEL IS SPRAYED ONTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WHEN FUEL PRESSURE IS LOST, THE ENGINE STALLS. UPDATED 08/06/10*JB

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 5.9 LITER DIESEL WITH 52,523 MILES FROM A DEALER ON 1/18/10. THE TRUCK HAS NO PRIOR DAMAGE OR REPAIRS PER CARFAX AND THE DEALER INFO. I AM EXPERIENCING FRONT END HARMONIC WHEEL HOP AND SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF APPROX 50-70MPH. THIS WHEEL SHAKE OCCURS WHENEVER THE TRUCK RUNS OVER AN IRREGULAR ROAD SURFACE,POTHOLE OR BRIDGE TO ROAD DROP. I HAVE RESEARCHED ON LINE FORUMS AND HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY OTHER DODGE TRUCK OWNERS WHICH ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME CONDITION KNOWN AS A "DEATH WOBBLE". I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO A DODGE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DODGE RECALL. THEY REPLACED THE PITMAN ARM AND LOWER LINK AS PRESCRIBED. UNFORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT ALL. THE TRUCK STILL HAS THIS CONDITION AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION DUE TO THIS FRONT IN HARMONIC STEERING FAULT. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70MPH ON THE FREEWAY, I HIT A SMALL BUMP WHERE THE BRIDGE CONNECTS TO THE FREEWAY. MY TRUCK IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING. I SLOWED, PUT ON MY HAZARDS, AND BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT AS I GAINED CONTROL. I HAD THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT TIRE. IT CORRECTED ITSELF AS I SLOWED, SO I BEGAN TO PICK UP SPEED AGAIN SLOWLY. AT THAT MOMENT I HIT THE BUMP THAT CONNECTED THE DEPARTURE PART OF THE BRIDGE TO THE FREEWAY, AND THE SHAKING CONTINUED. THIS TIME I DRIFTED WITH MY HAZARDS ON INTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS EVENT WAS TERRIFYING, AS I HAD MY WIFE AND 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME IN THE CAR. I WAS AFRAID FOR THEIR SAFETY AND EVERYONE AROUND US ON THE ROAD. ONCE I GOT HOME, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW, BECAUSE THEY NOTIFIED ME THERE WAS A FLYER THEY RECEIVED THAT STATED THIS COULD HAPPEN TO DODGE TRUCKS, AND THEY KNEW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO FALL APART. THE VIBRATION ALSO FORCED A VEHICLE DRIVING NEXT TO THE CONTACT TO SWITCH LANES. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE FRONT END ALIGNED; HOWEVER, AFTER THREE ALIGNMENTS, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.