2005 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STATED TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE SHAKING STOPPED ONCE THE CONTACT DECELERATED TO 40 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000. UPDATED 04-23-14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD AN UNCONTROLLABLE DEATH WOBBLE, IN WHICH HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED AT SEVERAL SPEEDS. UPDATED 05/15/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROAD BUMP AT 50 MPH OR ABOVE, THE FRONT END WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000. *TR

2005 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIE ROD BALL STUD RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE TRAVELING ALONG A BUSY HIGHWAY, WHEN SUDDENLY THE TIE ROD BROKE AND HER HUSBAND LOST ALL STEERING CAPABILITIES. HE CROSSED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC, WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. A YEAR LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR STEERING PROBLEMS AGAIN. AS THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND WERE TRAVELING, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND HER HUSBAND COULD BARELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

DRIVING PU @ 65 MPH/HIGHWAY. EXITED TO CONVENIENCE STORE. WHEN DEPARTING/HEARD CLUNK NOISE/STEERING DID NOT RESPOND. DISCOVERED FRONT END PARTS DROPPED TO GROUND/TOTALLY DISCONNECTED, ETC. TOWED TO CERTIFIED FRONT END REPAIR FACILITY. SHOP RECOMMENDED MOST PARTS BE REPLACED WITH MOPAR HD PARTS KIT BECAUSE ORIGINAL FACTORY PARTS NOT REPLACED ARE NOT COMPATIBLE W/MOPAR HD REPLACEMENT KIT. ONE WEEK LATER AFTER EMERGENCY REPAIR COMPLETED I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE CITING POSSIBLE STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE. MADE CONTACT W/CASE MANAGER/CHRYSLER AND SUBMITTED ALL RECEIPTS. CALL BACK INFORMED ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT PARTS NOT COVERED ONLY REPLACEMENT PARTS REPLACING ORIGINAL FAULTY PARTS/BY DEALER ONLY. HELP! COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF FAILURE HAD HAPPENED ON HWY AT HIGH SPEED. WARNING WAS JUST PLAIN TOO LATE TO GO TO DEALER ONLY.CHRYSLER LINK FOR REQUESTING ALL DOCS IS FAULTY AND ONLY GAVE 7 DAY WINDOW ALLOWING REQUEST. FINALLY HAVE FAX # TO REQUEST WRITTEN DECLINE FROM CHRYSLER. ADVISE PLEASE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V528000 (STEERING) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PART WOULD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO MONTHS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 03/12/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V528000 (STEERING) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION IN NOVEMBER OF 2013. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CONTACTED HIS LOCAL DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2014. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AS HE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BOLT JOINT WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES PER HR IF I HIT A BUMP OR THE SPACES ON THE ROAD BY OVERPASSES( THE SPACE BETWEEN THE REGULAR ROAD AND THE OVERPASS) THE WHOLE FRONT-END OF THE TRUCK VIBRATES TO THE EXTENT THAT I LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER OF SLOW DOWN (USING THE BREAKS) DUE TO THE SEVERE VIBRATIONS( I RESEARCHED THIS AND IN MY RESEARCH THEY REFER TO THIS AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I THINK THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ATTENTION BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED DUE TO THIS WELL KNOWN DEFECT KNOWN BY DODGE AS THEY HAVE CHANGED CERTAIN PARTS KNOWN TO CAUSE THIS SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. PLEASE ADVISE IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS DANGEROUSLY DEADLY PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 12 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIFT AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120000.