2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DASH STARTED CRACKING AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME AND NOW THE DASH IS BREAKING INTO SHARP PIECES AND FALLING DOWN BEHIND DASH WHICH IS RUBBING AGAINST ELECTRICAL WIRES BEHIND DASH CONSOLE. *TR

MY 03 DODGE 2500 DIESEL RAM TRUCK OCCASIONALLY GETS AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT FRONT END VIBRATION AFTER HITTING BUMPS OR RUTS IN THE ROAD. FAILURE HAPPENS ANYWHERE FROM 500 MILES TO 7000 MILES APART. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS HAVE FAILED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. WHENEVER THE LEFT SIGNAL WAS TURNED ON THE RIGHT ONE WOULD COME ON AND VICE VERSA FOR THE RIGHT SIGNAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATED 03/17/11*LJ UPDATED 12/30/11*CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED SHAKING WHEN THE SPEED DECREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NO HEAT OR DEFROST ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. ALL AIR BLOWS OUT DASH. PROBLEMS DEFROSTING WINDOWS AND KEEPING CLEAR. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT IS NOT COVERED AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY POCKET. AT LEAST $1000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION FRACTURED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ROD WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT PURCHASED A NEW TIRE ROD AND REPLACED THE TIRE ROD HIMSELF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE TIRE ROD HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,452.

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. RECENTLY THE DASH CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE DASH IS NOW COMPROMISED. IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION I FEAR THAT THE DASH WILL NOW TURN INTO LITTLE PROJECTILES CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO MY OCCUPANTS. *TR

TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK ON I-65 NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN, KY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WENT TO 90 MPH WITHIN SECONDS. I FIRST TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKE TO TAKE OFF THE CRUISE, THAT DID NOTHING, I THEN PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH AND THE ENGINE SCREAMED AND THE SPEAKERS BLEW, STILL GOING 90 MPH I MANUALLY TURNED OFF THE CRUISE AND THAT SLOWED IT DOWN. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT DODGE/CHRYSLER WILL NOT HONOR BECAUSE THE ECM NEEDS REPLACED NOT REPROGRAMMED. DODGE WANTS $3,473.00 FROM ME TO FIX. MY TRUCK ACCORDING TO DODGE HAD THE RECALL DONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I DON'T WANT TO DIE OR KILL SOMEONE IF MY TRUCK GOES OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD MATTER IF IT NEEDS REPROGRAMMED OR REPLACED. A RECALL IS A RECALL AND ADMITS TO A PROBLEM. THIS RECALL REFERS TO VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL#69118 CALLED CHRYSLER 18007638422 SPOKE TO BRIAN BO52 AND LOCAL DEALER SWOPE DODGE IN E-TOWN THEY RAN A TEST TO FIND THE PROBLEM WHICH IS THE ECM NEEDED "REPLACED". THIS WOULD NOT NEED REPLACED IF THE SPEED CONTROL WORKED PROPERLY. THANK YOU

I DRIVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH 113,00 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH I HIT A SLIGHTLY ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF COMPLETELY LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING COULD BE REPRODUCED ANY TIME I DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER AND STEERING BOX THAT WAS LEAKING. HE STATED THAT NONE OF THESE PARTS WERE WORN TO THE POINT THAT HE FELT THEY SHOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM THAT HE EXPERIENCED AND TERMED "AN UNACCEPTABLE SAFETY HAZARD". THE SHAKING HAS BEEN REDUCED WITH THESE REPAIRS BUT NOT ELIMINATED. THE MECHANIC NOW FEELS THE BALL JOINTS MAY BE THE NEXT APPROACH TO A FIX ALTHOUGH THESE AGAIN ARE NOT THAT WORN. *TR

MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 P\U TRUCK HAS A SEVERE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END, NOT JUST A VIBRATION THE WHEELS ARE SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE VIOLENTLY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE END OF IT , AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY FRONT END JUST WENT OF CONTROL, I LET MY TRUCK SLOW ON ITS OWN UNTIL IT WAS MAYBE 45-50MPH THEN IT WENT AWAY. I NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AND I HAVE OWNED DODGE TRUCKS MY ENTIRE LIFE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 6 TIMES. I AM NOW AWARE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS GOING BACK TO THE 1990 MODELS. I HAVE READ SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS ON THEIR OWN AND SPENDING UP TO $3000 BUT IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY! DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM, BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR INJURED. *TR