2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE PASSENGER TO LEAN FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB

ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH DIESEL ENGINES AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE QUICKLY WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND REMOVING THE KEY, THE DRIVER MAY INADVERTENTLY LEAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT CONTROL IN INDICATED REVERSE. CONSEQUENCE: THIS ERROR IS AN UNINTENDED ACTION THAT MAY RESULT IN A LACK OF TRANSMISSION PARK PAWL ENGAGEMENT AND POSSIBLY DELAYED REARWARD MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. REMEDY: DEALERS WILL PERFORM A SOFTWARE MODIFICATION TO EQUIP THESE VEHICLES WITH AN OUT-OF-PARK ALARM. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403. DODGE IS SAVING A BUNDLE OF MONEY BY GOING THIS ROUTE.....INSTEAD OF FIXING THAT SLIPPERY INDENT BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE SELECTOR POSITIONS WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH A HORN BLOWING. I SOMETIMES NEED TO OPEN MY DOOR WHILE BACKING UP. NOW I HAVE TO LISTEN TO A HORN BLOWING AS WELL AS MY NEIGHBORS. TELL CHRYSLER THERE ARE PUTTING A BAND AID OVER AN OPEN WOULD THAT NEEDS STITCHING. *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE OUT OF PARK ALARM. *TS THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN OUT OF PARK ALARM. THE SOFTWARE MODIFICATION WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THE CONSUMER HAS PROPERLY PLACED THE SHIFTER LEVER INTO THE PARK POSITION BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE OUT OF PARK ALARM, WHICH IS THE BLARING OF THE HORN, IS ONLY LINKED TO THE DRIVER'S DOOR. IF ANY OF THE OTHER DOORS WERE OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF PARK THE DRIVER WOULD NOT BE NOTIFIED. RECALL NUMBER 05V462000 . *NM

I BELIEVE NHTSA RECALL 05V46200 HAS PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE HORN HONK ONLY HONKS WHEN YOUR FOOT IS OFF THE BRAKE AND YOUR DOOR IS OPEN AND YOU ARE IN REVERSE. THE HORN HONKS AT NO PARTICULAR TIME IF FOUND. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT GET IT TO HONK WHEN THEY DID ALL THREE REQUIREMENTS WHEN I COMPLAINED TO THEM. ALSO THE RECALL THEY SENT OUT DID NOT SAY THE HORN WOULD HONK. MY AND OTHER VEHICLES ARE EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THE HORN HONKING AT UNKNOWN TIMES IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND ON SWAT OPERATIONS THE TRUCKS CAN NOT BE USED FOR FEAR OF THE HORN GOING OFF. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY CAN NOT TAKE THIS RECALL OFF AND THEY SAID THE RECALL IS MANDATORY BY NHTSA AND WE ARE STUCK WITH THE RECALL. MY PROBLEM IS: 1. THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT THE HORN WILL NOW START HONKING ONCE THE RECALL WAS DONE. 2. THE RECALL SHOULD WORK AND THE HORN NOT GO OFF AT ANY TIME. 3. THAT DODGE SHOULD NOT SAY THIS IS A NHTSA REQUIRED RECALL AND MANDATORY AND THE RECALL CAN NOT BE TAKEN OFF IF THAT IS TRUE. *NM

THE DRIVER SEAT MECHANISM FAILED DURING MILD ACCELERATION, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE THROWN BACKWARDS. THE SEAT TILT MECHANISM HAS A PLASTIC AND METAL GEARBOX THAT BROKE CAUSING THE SEAT TO SWING FORWARD UNDER BRAKING AND BACKWARD UNDER ACCELERATION. THIS CAUSES CONTROL PROBLEMS AS THE MOVEMENT IS ABOUT 1 FOOT. THE DEALER WAS PRESSURED TO REPLACE THE FAILED PART AND CLAIMS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS EVER OCCURRED. THE TRUCK WAS 15 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WITH 56,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE PART HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED, SO I AM LOOKING AT REPLACING THIS MECHANISM EVERY 15 MONTHS! THIS SEAT TILT MECHANISM ON THE POWER SEAT IS NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY. *NM

(1)I PUT THE SHIFT SELECTOR IN 'PARK' GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK, OPENED THE TAIL GATE STARTED TO UNLOAD CARGO (2) THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THE TRUCK TRIED TO RUN OVER ME (3) I GOT OUT OF THE WAY AND STOPPED THE TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES SINCE THEN BUT SINCE I EXPECT AND ANTICIPATE THE INCIDENT IT IS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL # 05V462000 PERTAINING TO THE POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS A COVER UP FOR THE DIESEL PARK PROBLEM. BY INSTALLING AN ALARM THAT ONLY ACTIVATED WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED DOES NOT ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. THIS ACTION BY THE MANUFACTURER WAS TO AVOID FIXING THE REAL PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

VEHICLE TYPE : 2005 DODGE 2500 DIESEL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRUCK WAS RECALLED FOR A PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION NOT GOING INTO PARK. THE FIX WAS TO INSTALL AN ALARM THAT SOUNDS THE HORN WHEN THE TRUCK IS IN REVERSE, DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPEN AND THE FOOT BRAKE IS RELEASED. THIS IS THE CONDITION A TRUCK DRIVER WOULD USE WHEN HOOKING UP TO A BOAT, UTILITY TRAILER OR A RV. THIS IS NOT A FIX FOR THE REAL PROBLEM BUT GENERATES MORE PROBLEMS BY MAKING IT VERY HARD TO LOOK TO THE REAR OUT OF THE DOOR WHEN BACKING UP TO MAKE A HOOKUP WITH OUT THE HORN SOUNDING. IT IS CAUSES A PROBLEM IN CAMPS SITES AND BOAT RAMPS WHERE BACKING UP AND NEEDING TO LOOK OUT THE DOOR FOR SAFETY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WITHOUT CHANGING GEARS WENT INTO REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT TAKEN.*AK

2005 DODGE 2500 CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL FOR GEAR SHIFTER. MECHANIC DID NOT REPAIR THE ISSUE. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ORIGINAL DEFECT HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND SOMETIMES WHEN HE OPENS THE DOOR WHILE BACKING UP THE HORN DOES NOT SOUND. THEREFORE, THE ORIGINAL SAFETY HAZARD STILL EXISTS. THE CONSUMER ASSUMED THE DEALER WAS GOING TO ADJUST THE SHIFT LINKAGE, BUT HE SOON DISCOVERED, THEY HAD DONE NOTHING TO THE SHIFTER. *JB