2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DT: CONTACT STATES WHEN SHE WENT TO GET INTO THE TRUC, SHE PUT HER HAND ON THE GRAB BAR AND THE WHOLE PANEL THAT HELD THE GRAB BAR CAME OUT IN HER HAND. SHE FELL FLAT ON HER BACK. THOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT ALL THAT WAS HOLDING THE GRAB BARS ON WAS PLASTIC. *AK *NM

2003 DODGE 2500 QUAD CAB 4X4. DIESEL: WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND CONTROL AFTER HITTING A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROADWAY AND A ROUGH BRIDGE. DOES NOT DO IT ALL OF THE TIME SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE PROBLEM IS TO SLOW WAY DOWN, AT LEAST 25 TO 30 MPH SLOWER. IT DID NOT START DOING THIS UNTIL ABOUT 200 MILES OVER THE FACTORY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. LOCAL DEALER THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO ROTATING TIRES AND THE TIRES BEING OUT OF BALANCE. I HAD TIRES RE-BALANCED AND ALSO INSTALL A NEW MOPAR STEERING STRUT AND IT STILL DOES IT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM AFRAID TO PULL MY 21 FT BOAT NOW. MY WIFE WILL NO LONGER DRIVE IT EITHER. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF FACTORY RECALL BEFORE LIVES AND PROPERTY ARE LOST!! *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THE TIRE WAS 3 YEARS OLD AND THEY RECOMMEND REPLACING RV TIRES EVERY THREE YEARS.*JB

THAT MORNING I WAS LEAVING A JOB SITE AND NOTICED MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DODGE DEALER. SERVICE TECH STATED THAT IF IT WAS NOT FLASHING TO BRING IT IN ASAP. LATER THAT DAY WHILE DRIVING BACK TO MY HOUSE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO MY HOUSE. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RE-START. I CALLED THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER HAD A TOW TRUCK OUT. IT WAS FOUND THAT A WIRING HARNESS HAD COME LOOSE AND HAD BEEN RUBBING, THE HARNESS DAMAGED AND A BARE WIRE SHORED OUT, BLEW THE COIL AND RUPTURED THE FUEL LINE! I WAS VERY LUCKY TO NOT HAVE CAUGHT FIRE OR EXPLODED. AFTER REPEATED CALLS AND EMAILS, I HAVE FIGURED CHRYSLER DOES NOT CARE. I'LL BET THER ARE QUITE A FEW 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUPS OUT THERE. I WOULD HOPE THE REST COULD BE WARNED BEFORE A DEATH OCCURS!

OWNER DROVE TRUCK THROUGH AN OPEN GATE AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO GET OUT AND CLOSE THE GATE. THE VEHICLE WAS ON A FLAT, LEVEL, HARD DIRT SURFACE AND WAS LEFT RUNNING, THE PARK BRAKE WAS NOT SET. OPERATOR WALKED BEHIND VEHICLE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE GATE (ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE TRUCK) WHEN IT PASSED THE OPERATOR. OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO RUN BEHIND THE TRUCK AND GAIN ENTRY INTO THE OPEN DRIVERS DOOR WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE OR ANY PROPERTY, NO INJURY TO OPERATOR. OPERATOR NOW USES THE PARK BRAKE WITH THE TRANS IN NEUTRAL POSITION WHEN LEAVING THE TRUCK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. OPERATOR HAS ADVISED OTHER USERS OF THE VEHICLE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *DSY SEE ALSO VOQ 10058839. *DSY

TRUCK STARTED AND IDLED ROUGH, TURNED OFF TRUCK AND RESTARTED BUT WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO RUN. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER WAS TOLD DESIEL FUEL WAS MIXED IN GAS TANK. I RUN A MAJOR LAWN SERVICE AND HAVE HAD ABSOULTELY NO PROBLEMS WITH ANY EQUIPMENT FAILURES DUE TO FUEL PROBLEMS! THE STATION WHERE I BUY MY GAS DOESN'T EVEN CARRY DESIEL FUEL. SO FAR THE DEALER WANTS TO DRAIN GAS TANK CLEAN FUEL INJECTORS, REPLACE SPARKPLUGS.

DT: WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN IDLE WITH NO ONE IN IT TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE BY ITSELF. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, AND ROLLED AWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRUCK AND SOME CONCRETE STEPS. THE DEALER PUT THE TRUCK ON THE COMPUTER AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. CONTRACTOR FOR MANUFACTURER SAID HE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH TRUCK. *AK *TT *NM

VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH WHEN SUDDENLY COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED AND BRAKES LOCKED SIMULTANIOUSLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED ALTHOUGH ONCOMING TRAFFIC ALSO SPUN OUT OF CONTROL TO AVOID ACCIDENT. ENGINE NEVER DIED AND WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED ITSELF STEERING AND BRAKES RETURNED TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. DRIVER WAS TO SHAKEN TO CONTINUE AND HER BROTHER TOOK OVER. HE RE-ENTERED HIGHWAY AND SLOWLY ACCELERATED WATCHING GAUGES TO LOOK FOR ABNORMAL OCCURANCES. WHEN VEHICLE REACHED 45MPH OIL PRESSURE GUAGE JUMPED ALL THE WAY TO TOP READING, COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING RE-OCCURRED, AND BRAKES LOCKED AGAIN CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN AGAIN OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER WHERE DEALER SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING. CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHERE THEY SAID THEY HAD NO RECORD OF THAT HAPPENING. PERHAPS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE ALL DEAD? WHATEVER CAUSES THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TO BE ABLE TO OCCUR SHOULD BE OF MAJOR CONCERN TO THE PEOPLE AT CHRYSLER. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY BUT SINCE NO ONE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN HOW DO I EVER PUT MY FAMILY BACK IN THIS TRUCK AGAIN MUCH LESS HOOK UP OUR HORSE TRAILER TO IT?

2003 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUP WITH CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES SIMULTANIOUSLY DUE TO FAILURE OF FITTING ON POWER STEERING PUMP. HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY WHILE TOWING A TRAILER MAKING STOPPING AND MANUVERING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHERS WITH SAME EVENTS DUE TO POWERSTEERING PUMP /HOSE ISSUES. SOME OFTHESE ARE DETAILED ON THE WEB SITE WWW.TURBODIESELREGISTRY.COM WHICH IS A SITE FOR OWNERS OF DIESEL DODGE RAMS NOTE: BELOW DATE IS AN APPROXIMATEDATE. DID NOT FEEL NEED TO REPORT IT UNTIL HEARING OF OTHERS WITH SIMILAR FAILURE. IF EXACT DATE IS NEEDED PLEASE E-MAIL ME. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE SAFETY OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC.

BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2003 DODGE RAM PICKUP FROM RAYMOND DODGE. TRUCK STARTED STALLING DURING DRIVING AT ALL TYPES OF SPEEDS, TRUCK STALLS WHEN IDOLING, AND WHEN AFTER REVERSING SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. 04-27-04 18995 MILES- CUSTOMER STATES TRUCK STALLS / CORRECTED, BY UPDATING THE FLASH MODULE 09-21-04 29821 MILES- CUSTOMER STATES CAR STALLS HARD TO RESTART / TEST DROVE AND FOUND NO CONDITION PRESENT, CHECKED CODES NONE PRESENT 12-13-04 32380 MILES- CUSTOMER STATES STALLS WHILE DRIVING , HARD TO RESTART, / REPLACED OIL PAN, REMOVED ACCUMLATOR PISTON AND WAS OK AT TIME, COULD NOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FILTER WHILE INSPECTING THE ACCUMLATOR PISTON. 04-08-05 36028 MILES CUSTOMER STATES STALLS WHILE DRIVES AND STOPS. / TEST DROVE COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, UPDATES ARE ALL CURRENT NO PARTS REPLACED. 04-12-05 36079 MILES TOOK BACK TO DEALER FOR 5TH TIME FOR THE STALLING, POWER STEERING LOCKS UP AND NO BRAKES, MY SON AND I WERE ALMOST HIT FOR THE 2ND TIME DUE TO THE STALING. RAYMOND DODGE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. BEEN TAKING IT TO WEATHERS DODGE IN LIMA PA THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT EITHER. 5 TIMES IN 1 YEAR TIME. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THEY ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM.