2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD WITH MY TRUCK THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SLOWED DOWN TO 40MPH OR SLOWER THE SHAKING GOES AWAY. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE". *TR

2003 DODGE RAM 2500 SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP 40-70 MPH THE "DEATH WOBBLE". *TR

DEATH WOBBLE! THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. I HAVE HAD THE FRONT END OF MY 2003 DODGE RAM CUMMINS REPAIRED TWICE. BOTH TIMES I HAVE HAD BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS REPLACED ALONG WITH AXLE U JOINTS AND FOLLOWED BY ALIGNMENT. I HAVE ALSO ADDED A DUAL STEERING STABILIZER SYSTEM. THAT HAS HELPED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT STILL HAPPENS OFTEN. THE WOBBLE HAS TAKEN ME OFF THE ROAD ONCE AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. LUCKILY, NOBODY WAS HURT. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU JUSTIN HULSE.

MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND POSSIBLY GO OUT OF CONTROL IF I HIT A BUMP ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS CONDITION IS CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE ON MAY TRUCKS. IT HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN 20 TIMES AND MUST SLOW TO 25 MPH TO MAKE THE STEERING WHEEL STOP SHAKING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD CAUSE THE TRUCK TO GO OUT OF CONTROL IF I DON'T SLOW DOWN AT AN EMERGENCY RATE. *TR

2003 DODGE RAM 2500 CRACKED DASH. DASH APPEARS TO HAVE CRACKED IN TEMPERATURE EXTREMES. FIRST CRACK OCCURRED DURING SUMMER IN INTENSE HEAT. 2ND AND 3RD CRACKS OCCURRED ON COLD NIGHTS. *TR

2003 DODGE RAM PICKUP HAS DEFROSTER THAT WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE AIR ONLY BLOWS OUT FRONT VENT. UNABLE TO DEFROST ICE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT END SHAKES EXCESSIVELY WHEN HE DROVE APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONTACT IS NOT SURE OF WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SINCE HE HAS NOT TAKEN IT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE DEFROST DOOR AND THE BLEND DOOR IN MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 IS INOPERATIVE. IT FAILED DURING THE WINTER OF 2007. THE WINDSHIELD WILL NOT CLEAR THUS CAUSING AN EXTREME HAZARD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IN MAY 2008 AND THEY ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN BUT WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. I AGREED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. UPON THEM REPAIRING IT THEY DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THE INSIDE DUCT DOORS HAD FAILED AND CHARGED ME TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM. IT HAS AGAIN BROKEN AND THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. I ASKED HOW IT COULD FAIL AGAIN AND THEY TOLD ME CHRYSLER HAS NOT CORRECTED THE FAILED PARTS AND ARE PROVIDING FAULTY PARTS FOR THE REPAIRS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS THE WINDSHIELD AND ALL OTHER WINDOWS WILL FOG OVER PREVENTING VISIBILITY. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A LARGE SCALE PROBLEM IN THESE TRUCKS. A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE DONE. *TR

2003 DODGE 2500 4X4 WOBBLES AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT 70MPH. THIS HAPPENS ONLY AT THIS SPEED AND WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A BRIDGE. *TR

I EXPERIENCED WHAT DODGE OWNERS ARE CALLING THE "DEATH WOBBLE" TODAY 24 NOV 2009 AFTER I HAD THE FRONT U-JOINTS REPLACED ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS AND THE U-JOINTS REPLACED ON THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT. I CONTACTED DAVIS MOORE IN WICHITA KS AND THEY SEEM UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I WAS DOING 60 MPH ON SOMEWHAT SMOOTH ROAD. I RAN OVER A SEAM THAT WHERE THE CONCRETE MEETS AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT THE WOBBLE THAT NEARLY DROVE ME INTO THE GUARD RAIL. I HAD EXPERIENCED IT BACK IN JULY 09 IN A TURN GOING OVER A BRIDGE. I DROVE OVER A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED IT. MY WIFE INFORMED ME THAT SHE EXPERIENCED IT BACK IN APRIL 09 SAME THING DROVE OVER A BUMP AND THE WOBBLE STARTED. THE WOBBLE TODAY HAS CAUSED THE STEERING DAMPENER TO START LEAKING. AT A COST OF $149.00 + TAX I WILL REPLACE IT TONIGHT. ON ALL 3 OF THESE OCCASIONS WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN A 1-LANE ROAD EITHER EXITING OR ENTERING A CURVE AND DRIVING OVER NORMAL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. MY INCIDENT THIS MORNING IS FIRST TIME DRIVING STRAIGHT NO TURNS OR CURVES. *TR