2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. DURING A FRONT END ALIGNMENT, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE WARRANTY WAS NOT VALID. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 84,000. UPDATED 2/17/10 *CN UPDATED 02/22/10

2005 DODGE 2500 POWER WINDOWS ON THE PASS. SIDE FRONT PASS. GO DOWN DON'T COME UP, DRIVER SIDE REAR PASS. WINDOW SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR SWITCHES, OPEN THE SAME DOOR AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WORKS SOMETIMES, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACT AS IF YOU HAVE THEM ON THE CONSTANT CYCLE WHEN IT IS IN THE INTERMITTENT CYCLE, BLEND DOOR DOES NOT CHANGE FROM FLOOR TO VENT OR DEFROST. *TR

DODGE RAM 2500 HAD A SAFETY RECALL H46-MOPAR STEERING LINKAGE. I WANT TO ALSO REPORT THAT THE STEERING GEAR ITSELF IS ALSO FAULTY. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A SMALL REPAIR SHOP IN CONIFER, CO THAT HAS SINCE AUGUST 09 REPLACED THIS GEAR ON 6 TRUCKS. OUR STEERING WENT OUT CATASTROPHICALLY GOING OVER A MOUNTAIN PASS, ALMOST CAUSING OUR DEATHS. CHRYSLER IS NOT COVERING OUR STEERING GEAR REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE RECALL ONLY COVERS THE LINKAGE. ACCORDING TO THE SHOP OWNER, HE IS AWARE OF THE H46 RECALL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ACTUAL STEERING GEAR. *TR

FRONT LEFT TIRE WORE VERY UNEVENLY W/ 85K MILES. TRUCK VIBRATES AND BOUNCES. REPLACED ALL TIRES. TRUCK STILL VIBRATES WITH NEW TIRES AND SEEMS TO HAVE A SELF PERPETUATED BOUNCE - MOST OFTEN OCCURS AT 45 TO 65 MPH, UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, WHILE MAKING A LONG SWOOPING RIGHT CURVE - BUT HAPPENS ELSEWHERE LESS FREQUENTLY. CERTIFIED DODGE SHOP FOLLOWED TSB AND REPLACED ORIGINAL TIE ROD (NO LONGER AVAILABLE BY ITSELF) WITH MULTIPLE ARM DAMPER / TIE/ PITMAN ARM PARTS # 68039930-AA, 52106909-AE, 52122362-AE, 52122370-AB. TRUCK STILL VIBRATES AND BOUNCES - VERY UNSETTLING! YOU DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHILE IT'S BOUNCING. ADD ICE OR SNOW AND ????ALSO NEW DAMPER PARTS NOW SQUEAK WHEN BODY LEANS - LIKE WHEN I TAKE A HARD RIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS IN A PARKING LOT. RETURNED TO SHOP. THEY SUGGESTED I CHANGE DIFFERENTIAL FLUID (NEVER DONE TO DATE), SO WE DID. MADE VIBRATIONS A LITTLE LESS NOTICEABLE, (STEERING WHEEL AND SHIFT LEVER DON'T DANCE AS MUCH) BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. SHOP SAID DODGE IS WORKING ON SOME OTHER KIND OF FIX (TSB) THAT MAY PERTAIN TO MY PROBLEM, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED. SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEEVE THAT GOES OVER SOME EXISTING PART. I CONTACTED DODGE DIRECTLY TO SEE IF I COULD FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM AND WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON TO FIX IT. THEY WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING EXCEPT TO MAYBE TRY ANOTHER AUTHORIZED DODGE SHOP IF I WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE WORK THEY DID. THIS IS '!@#$%'.! YOU KNOW DODGE KNOWS SOMETHING. DIDN'T WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE FORD PINTO? ATLEAST TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING SO WE DON'T WASTE OUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON POINTLESS REPAIRS THAT WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM. MY TRUCK IS A 05' DODGE 2500 CREW CAB 5 SPD MANUAL. PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 80K MILES - TRUCK NOW HAS 97K MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM 4X4 (3RD GENERATION RAM). WHEN I HIT AN IRREGULAR ROAD CONDITION SUCH AS THE TRANSITION FROM A BRIDGE TO THE ROAD, OR A BUMP OR POT HOLE, AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH THE FRONT END ON THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT CAUSES THE ENTIRE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND TAKES A BIT OF MUSCLE TO HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. DODGE HAS REPLACED (SO FAR) THE WHEEL BEARINGS THREE SEPARATE TIMES, THEY ALSO REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING LINKAGE (TIE RODS, CONTROL ARM ECT..), BALL JOINTS AT MY EXPENSE TO THE TUNE OF $1,200. THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED I PUT ON A DUAL STEERING STABILIZER WHICH I DID (COST $140). ALL OF THIS AND THE TRUCK STILL HAD THE ?DEATH WOBBLE?. I THEN PUT ON DUAL SHOCK ABSORBERS AND FILLED THE TIRES TO 60 PSI (10 PSI OVER RECOMMENDED) AND THE ?DEATH WOBBLE WENT AWAY. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 8,000 MILES SINCE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT GO AWAY AND NOW IT IS COMING BACK INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THE TRUCK HAS HAD ABOUT 38,000 MILES. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 3RD GENERATION RAM 2500 AND 3500 SERIES 4X4?S. DODGE RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE IS. THEY HAVE ISSUED TSB # K15782911. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK IN ON THIS TSB AND I BELIEVE THE WORK WAS DONE BUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" REMAINED UNTIL I PUT ON DUAL SHOCKS AND EXCESSIVE TIRE PRESSURE. THIS CONDITION CAUSES THE ENTIRE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. MY WIFE HAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED TO HER. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN TO A CRAWL QUICKLY. IT IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF OWNERS. I THINK THE FRONT AXLES ON THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

MY TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT 70MPH THEN IT STOPS WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO 45MPH. I'VE PUT MY STOCK TIERS AND RIMS ON AND STILL DOES IT. NO ONE IS ABLE TO FIND ANY THING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. *TR

PICK-UP EXPERIENCES A VIOLENT WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 20 MPG. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!!! *TR

AN INTERMITTENT FRONT END SHIMMY HAPPENS OFTEN, BUT TWICE NOW I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HIT A BUMP AND THE FRONT END WENT OUT OF CONTROL, WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH AND HOPPING UNCONTROLLABLY, WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES IT GOT WORSE SO ALL I COULD DO IS COAST UNTIL THE IT STOPPED, BOTH TIMES IT STOPPED ONCE I GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 40 MPH. ONE OF THESE TIMES MY SON WAS WITH ME AND I THOUGHT FOR SURE THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO ROLL OR GO OUT OF CONTROL. MY WIFE HAPPEN TO BE FOLLOWING ME AND SHE WAS IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME AND A LITTLE BEHIND ME, HER AND MY DAUGHTER SAID IT LOOKED LIKE MY WHEELS WHERE GOING TO FALL OFF THE WAY THEY WHERE WOBBLING. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WITH FRONT TIRE PRESSURE AT 40PSI AND 60PSI. IT WAS MUCH WORSE WHEN THE TIRES WHERE AT 60PSI AFTER LOOKING THIS UP ON THE INTERNET I FOUND WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING A DEATH WOBBLE AND THEY ALSO SAY DODGE HAS A TSB # 22-055-06 FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT I AM UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING ON IT FROM DODGE. MY TRUCK IS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 FOUR DOOR. *TR

MASSIVE UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. I CAN NOT DRIVE MY TRUCK OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR WITHOUT FEAR THAT I WILL LOOSE CONTROL IF IT STARTS TO SHAKE AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT OFF OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ROLLING IT OR HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT DOES THIS ANY TIME YOU HIT A BUMP OR GO OVER AN EXTENSION JOINT IN THE ROAD. I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT END BEARINGS, ALL 4 SHOCKS, HAD A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND PUT NEW TIRES ON IT. *TR

WHEN MY 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 HITS A BUMP OVER 70MPH THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE SO MUCH THAT DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE SWAY BAR AND THE TIE-RODS. *TR