2005 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I WAS IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 14, 2005 IN A 2005 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK . I HIT A DEER AND THEN HIT A TREE GOING 45-50 MPH. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE FUEL SWITCH DID NOT TURN OFF. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS IT SHOULD HAVE. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 3 MONTHS AGO AND ONLY HAVE 10,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005, I RETURNED HOME AND NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED AFTER I EXITED THE TRUCK. I TRIED TURNING THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF, AND THEY REMAINED ON. I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE MAXWELL CHRYSLER DEALER A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AS I WAS AFRAID MY BATTERY WOULD GO DEAD. AS I WAS PROCEEDING DOWN MY STREET, I NOTICED THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO BRAKE, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PEDAL! IT HAD FALLEN OFF. I MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP USING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THEY SAID THE "CLASP" THAT HOLDS THE PEDAL HAD FALLEN OFF. IT WAS NOT ON THE FLOOR, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BROKEN, MISSING, ETC. THEY REPLACED THE CLASP. I WAS HORRIFIED TO THINK THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE I-35 TOWING MY HORSES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, OR WHETHER THIS COULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2005 RAM 2500 IN JULY. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH MINE JUMPING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. NO PEOPLE WERE HURT, BUT IT DESTROYED THE ENTIRE SIDE OF MY PICKUP. WHEN IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE TRUCK WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT ANOTHER TRUCK. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED A FEW TIME BEFORE, BUT I WAS IN THE TRUCK THESE TIMES. I THINK DODGE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM TO TAKE CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. NOW MY TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE BODY SHOP LONGER THAN I GOT TO DRIVE IT. HOPE DODGE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF US. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR HAS LOOKED AT MY TRUCK AND CHRYSLER IS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS INVESTIGATION. *JB

WE HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB PICKUP, MY HUSBAND PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING TO GET OUT AND CHECK SOME HAY IN THE FIELD, HE NO SOONER GOT OUT AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE AND ALMOST RAN HIM OVER, IT KEPT GOING AND ALMOST HIT A UTILITY POLE. HE GOT IN TO CHECK ANOTHER FIELD AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, THIS TIME HE ALMOST GOT RAN OVER AGAIN AND IN RUNNING TO STOP THE TRUCK PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG. MY HUSBAND IS 60 YEARS OLD AND IT SCARED THE BEJESUS OUT OF HIM. I WILL BE CALLING MY DODGE DEALER ON MONDAY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD CAB LWB. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE INDICATOR WAS IN PARK IT WENT INTO REVERSE. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER STATED ABOUT 35 SECONDS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT WENT INTO REVERSE AND HIT AN ASPHALT PAVER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL - THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE TRUCK WILL SPUTTER AND THEN IT WILL FINALLY STALL OUT. THIS WILL HAPPEN AT ANY TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP NOW; IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THE ENGINE STALLED OUT, WAS AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SPUTTER AND THEN IT STALLED OUT. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS OR CRASHES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. THEY DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, A NEW COMPUTER WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED AND NOW THE TRUCK IS NOT RUNNING AT ALL. THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT TELL THE CONSUMER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO REPAIR THE TRUCK. *JB

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE PULLS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE CASTER IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TECHNICIAN AT PACIFIC SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT STATES THAT IS PROBABLY DUE TO HUMAN ERROR, AND HE COULD FIX IT. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE HE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE TIRES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SIDEWALL WAS ONLY TWO PLY, AND CONSUMER FELT THEY WEREN'T STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE FRONT END. *AK

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUADCAB 4X4 SWB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JUMPED GEARS. IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING.*AK

I OWN A 2005 DODGE RAM SLT SPORT WITH A 5.7L HEMI. I HAVE OWNED IT APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AND IN THOSE 4 MONTHS IT HAS HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STILL WORKS, BUT THE VEHICLES STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH TIMES HAVE BEEN AT RED LIGHTS AND IN PARKING LOTS. I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE TRUCK LOOKED AT AND I PLAN ON ASKING FOR A BUYBACK ON IT SINCE I HAVE LOST TRUST IN THE TRUCK.

I RECENTLY GOT MY 2003 DODGE RAM P/U 2500 2WD INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT MY FRONT END SQUEAKS AND THIS IS DUE TO NO BALL JOINT GREASE. THIS VEHICLE HAS 16000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A WARRANTY PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SET ME UP FOR AN APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY. I STOPPED IN AND EXPLAINED WHAT I WAS TOLD. THE PERSON THAT WROTE UP MY WORK ORDER ADVISED ME THAT CHRYSLER FROWNS UPON THEM STATING THIS FACT IN THE WORK ORDER AND INSTEAD, HE WROTE THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS BALL JOINT NOISE POSS. LOOSE BALLJOINT. DURING THIS STAGE, THE SERVICE MANAGER SPOKE UP AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD JUST PUT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALLJOINTS IN A 2004 TRUCK WHICH IS A YEAR NEWER THAN MINE. THE DEALER LATER CONTACTED ME AND AGREED WITH THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS BY THE INSPECTION STATION, AND INDICATED THAT BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THIS WOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. HE THEN EXPLAINED THAT THE PARTS ARE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. I WAS TOLD TO PICK UP MY TRUCK AND THEY WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE PARTS CAME IN. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE THIS MORNING 5/27, THE SERVICE MANAGER SPOKE TO ME REGARDING THE NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND STATED, DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT THERES A PROBLEM WITH THE PARTICULAR PART! MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS PART TO WEAR OUT FOR 50K-80K MILES UNDER NORMAL USE. GIVEN THAT THESE PARTS NEED REPLACEMENT NOW, I SHOULD EXPECT TO REPLACE THESE PARTS 10 TIMES OR MORE OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THERE AREN'T ANY GREASE FITTINGS ON THEM SO THAT I COULD REPLENISH THE GREASE. COULD YOU PLEASE ADVISE ME IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF AND DEALING WITH? THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION