2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

IF WE HIT A SMALL DEFECT IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK BEGINS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND BECOMES HARD TO STEER UNTIL WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED SPEED. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY ROAD SURFACE AND HAS OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE HI-WAYS AT LEGAL SPEEDS OF 80 MPH BEFORE., FORTUNATELY IN LIGHT TRAFFIC THAT DAY.THIS COULD CAUSE A SEVERE ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENS AT THE WRONG TIME AND PLACE. PROBLEMS WAS AT FIRST OCCASIONAL AND HAS BECOME MUCH MORE FREQUENT. WE USE THIS TRUCK TO HAUL A HEAVY, LOADED HORSE TRAILER. OR DID, BUT NOW DON'T FEEL SAFE DOING SO.

FAILURE TO HONOR WARRANTY. 2007 POWER WAGON WAS ADVERTISED AS LIFETIME POWERTRAIN LIMITED WARRANTY (ATTACHED). PURCHASED TRUCK NEW FROM DEALER 1/15/08. 7/18/13 DEALER REPAIRED LEAKING DRIVE PINION OIL SEAL COVERED BY WARRANTY. 10/18/13 TRANSFER CASE MALFUNCTIONS WONT STAY IN 4X4 AND POPS INTO NEUTRAL WHEN CLIMBING HILLS OFF-ROAD CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY. SAID WARRANTY COVERAGE CODE 803 INDICATED I DIDN'T HAVE A FREE 5 YEAR INSPECTION OF COVERED ITEMS. 4/19/14 REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCK LIGHT MALFUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING ON HWY. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY. DEALER CLAIMED CORPORATE NOTIFIED ME OF REQUIRED INSPECTION. I ASKED FOR PROOF OF NOTIFICATION AND IT COULDN'T BE PROVIDED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE DEALER WAS SUPPOSED TO INFORM ME OF THE NEEDED FREE INSPECTION TO CONTINUE LIFETIME WARRANTY. I ASKED FOR PROOF THAT I HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD NO PROOF THAT I WASN'T NOTIFIED AND THAT THE LIFETIME WARRANTY WOULDN'T BE HONORED. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS NOW FOR ITEMS COVERED UNDER LIFETIME WARRANTY.

IN MOTION ON HWY AT 55-60 MPH COMING OUT OF A RIGHT TURN. RIGHT SIDE TIRES ENTERED A DIP IN THE ROAD AND HEARD A METAL BANG SOUND. TRUCK BEGAN TO ROCK FROM SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN VIOLENTLY CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE THE WHOLE FAMILY SCREAMS. BRAKING MADE IT WORSE. COASTING TO BELOW 50 MPH CORRECTED THE ROCKING. FOUND THE ELECTRONIC SWAY BAR HANGING LOOSE BELOW TRUCK. SUSPENSION BRACKET FOR SWAY BAR WAS BROKEN AT REAR BOLT LOCATION AND BENT DOWN. DEALERSHIP STATES LEFT FRONT BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACING ALSO AND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP SAID NOTHING IS COVERED UNDER PREVIOUS RECALLS 11V350000 OR 13V528000. $3400. ESTIMATE.

DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH STRAIGHT ON A HIGHWAY. HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY . HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY TRUCK AND MAKE A COMPLETE STOP TO STOP IT FROM SHAKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 05/06/16*LJ UPADTED 05/11/16.*JB

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH PULLING AND THE RIGHT TIE ROD CAME APART AND WE HEADED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE DODGE DEALER TOLD US THAT THE LEFT TIE ROD IN TRUCKS OF OUR SAME YEAR AND MODEL WERE UNDER RECALL, BUT NOT OURS. WE HAD TO REPAIR IT ON OUR OWN. THE LEFT TIE ROD IS NOW BAD ON OURS BUT LUCKY WE WERE TOLD ABOUT IT DURING A TIRE ROTATION. DODGE SAYS THAT OUR TRUCK ISN'T COVERED EVEN THOUGH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL TRUCKS ARE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A SNOW PLOW CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SUFFERED A FRACTURED CERVICAL AND LUMBER SPINE AND LEFT HIP AND ELBOW INJURIES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A REMOTE ROAD IN AZ, SEVERAL THINGS ON MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACTIVATED ALL AT THE SAME TIME INCLUDING HORN HONKING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HAZARD LIGHTS, DOME LIGHT, AND RADIO. THIS WAS EXTREMELY ALARMING BUT I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE SAFELY TO A STOP AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION. AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF, THE VEHICLE NOT START AGAIN DESPITE HAVING PLENTY OF BATTERY POWER. FORTUNATELY, I HAD CELL PHONE RECEPTION AND WAS ABLE TO CALL AAA AND GET TOWED MORE THAN 80 MILES. THE REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS AN ISSUE WITH THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A $1,000 REPAIR. I LOOKED UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS INTO DEFECTS OF THIS POWER MODULE AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS OF SOME DODGE VEHICLE MODELS. I WANT TO REGISTER THIS INCIDENT TO REINFORCE WHAT I FEEL IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN A VEHICLE CAN ACT LIKE IT IS "POSSESSED" WHILE DRIVING ALONG A ROAD.