2005 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY VEERED UNCONTROLLABLY AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LAND IN AN EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V528000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) HAD SURPASSED THE REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS ONLY PROVIDING ONE REPAIR KIT A WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE RELATED TO THE RECALL.

WIRING HARNESS ON BOTH REAR DOORS HAVE BROKEN AND NO LONG WILL POWER LOCK AND INDICATE THE DOOR IS AJAR ASWELL AS REAR SPEAKERS ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRES TO THE CLUTCH FAN WERE SEVERED BY THE FAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS PERSONALLY REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND HAD AN ENGINEER INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINEER DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 05/16/2014*LJ STATUS UPDATE. 02/26/15.*JB *TR

DRIVING ALONG A SMOOTH RECENTLY PAVED ROAD WITH NO BUMPS. IN LEFT LANE DRIVING AND SUDDENLY LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING. THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND BEGINS TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND STEERING IS BEYOND MY CONTROL. THE VEHICLE GOES OVER THE MEDIAN AND CROSSES BOTH ONCOMING LANES OF TRAFFIC. APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP BARELY A FOOT BEFORE A CONCRETE WALL, COMING TO REST PERPENDICULARLY WITH THE BED OF THE TRUCK BLOCKING THE ENTIRE RIGHT ONCOMING LANE. THERE WAS NO WARNING TO THIS HAPPENING. NO RATTLING OR OTHERWISE TO ALLOW ME TO PULL OVER AND INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS SUDDEN, AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CONSIDERATIONS ARE WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT 50-60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY? WHAT IF IT HAD HAPPENED WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC? WHAT IF THERE WERE PEDESTRIANS PRESENT? AFTER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINT AND SOCKET HAD WORN TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT THE BALL JUST SLIPPED OUT WHILE DRIVING. SO FAR GREAT EFFORT BY THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER HAS BEEN MADE TO ATTEMPT TO CONVINCE ME THAT THIS IS A NATURAL OCCURRENCE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS HAPPENING. ALSO, THEY WILL NOT ASSUME THE COST FOR MAKING THE TIE ROD ENDS ROAD-WORTHY AGAIN, WHICH TO THEM IS $1,200. NO WARNING SIGNS. IS IT THE CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR NOT ONLY AN ENTIRELY NEW STEERING KIT BUT ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY HAVE COME FROM THE "NATURAL ACCIDENT" OF THE TIE ROD END SUDDENLY AND IRREVERSIBLY POPPING OUT OF ITS SOCKET? SINCE WHEN HAS IT BEEN ACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE TO BE DECLARED ROAD-WORTHY AND YET THE SUDDEN AND UNANNOUNCED FAILING OF STEERING TO COME WITH NO WARNINGS? ON DODGE'S FLAGSHIP HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK NO LESS. THE CUSTOMER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, BUT I CONTEND THAT THIS IS BY NO MEANS NORMAL AND DODGE SHOULD COVER ME FOR THE COST OF PUTTING IN A SAFE STEERING LINKAGE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35 MPH, I FELT THE RIGHT SIDE SHAKE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HAD TIRE FAILURE BUT NOTICE I COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS THE STEERING LOCKED UP. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE TIE ROD SEPARATED WERE THE BALL CAME OUT OF THE JOINT. THE TIE ROD END WEDGE AGAINST THE TIRE CAUSING THE LOCKED UP STEERING. THE ROAD WAS WET AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES CAUSED THE LEFT TIRE TO LOCK UP WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THIS VEHICLE HAD CURRENT RECALLS UP TO DATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO UNEXPECTEDLY VEER TOWARD THE LEFT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE STEERING ARM LINKAGE WAS FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V350000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

BRAKE PEDAL IS SO LOOSE IT CAN COVER THE GAS PEDAL. DODGE PART 55366 032A/C NOT AVAILABLE AND DISCONTINUED..BUSHING KIT 68079239AA WAS INSTALL IN OCT 2011. STILL HAS PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP SAID NO PARTS AVAILABLE AND I SHOULD GET AT THE JUNK YARD. SO THEY TAPED IT UP WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE THAT DID NOT WORK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 AND ABOVE WHILE YOU ARE GOING AROUND A SLIGHT CORNER AND HIT A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE BEGINS VIOLENTLY SHAKING. YOU HAVE TO STOP IN THE ROAD TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING. IT IS EXSTREMELY FRIGHTENING. *TR