2005 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

2005 DODGE RAM 3500 4X4 DIESEL 48RE AUTOMATIC TRANS # [XXX]. TRUCK IS FOR PERSONAL USE AND HAS 117,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. TRUCK WAS DRIVEN TO STORE AND TORQUE CONVERTER BOLTS AND TORQUE CONVERTER STUDS WELDED ON CONVERTER SHEARED OFF CAUSING TORQUE CONVERTER TO EVACUATE TRANS FLUID ALL OVER UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK AND ALL OVER TIRES AND BRAKES. THIS DID NOT CAUSE ANY ACCIDENTS BUT COULD HAVE DAMAGED PROPERTY AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED BODILY INJURY IF OCCURRED DURING DAILY COMMUTE ON INTERSTATE. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN THE FIRST FOR ME WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL REPAIR BILL DUE TO THE DAMAGE THAT THIS CREATED TO THE TRANS AND FLYWHEEL AND TORQUE CONVERTER. DODGE WILL NOT WARRANTY ANY OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE AND DODGE'S BANKRUPTCY. I HAVE READ VARIOUS THREADS PERTAINING DEFECTIVE OR WEAK TORQUE CONVERTERS AND BREAKING OF FLYWHEELS DUE TO THESE ISSUES BUT NO RECALLS AS OF YET. THE DODGE DEALER STATED MY TRUCK WAS THE SECOND ONE THIS WEEK WITH SIMILAR ISSUES BUT THEY WILL NOT COVER ANY OF THE DAMAGE TO MINE AND MUST BE PAID OUT OF POCKET. THERE IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH THE WEAK PARTS BEING USED ON THESE VEH THAT CAUSE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE AFTER MARKET MANUFACTURES ARE PRODUCING DIFFERENT DESIGNED PARTS FOR THIS APPL. THIS PROBLEM IS THE FIRST FOR ME BUT NUMEROUS TRANS SHOPS HAVE REPAIRED THE SAME SYMPTOMS FOR WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT. MY REPAIR BILL FOR THE FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER MOUNTING BOLTS IS OVER $2500.00 AND INCREASING BEFORE MY TRUCK WILL BE REPAIRED LESS THE MONEY FOR TOWING AND RENTAL VEH BEING NEEDED. I HAVE TOLD THE DEALER I NEED ALL BROKEN PARTS FOR MY REVIEW AND I AM WAITING FOR THEIR REPLY. THE DEALERSHIP IS BEING HELPFUL BUT THE HAVE SAID THAT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED DUE TO THEIR BANKRUPTCY AND THAT IF THEIR WAS A RECALL THAT IT WOULD CREATE A MAJOR PANIC WITH IN THE DODGE NAME. I AM CERT. MECHANIC WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND I AM SEEING MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE . PLEASE ASSIST,AND THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 2005 DODGE RAM 3500 BEGAN TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING BEGINNING MAY 6, 2010. WHILE TURNING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK BACK AND FORTH. IT THEN BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL AND FELT LIKE IT DIDN'T HAVE POWER STEERING. TOOK THE TRUCK TO MECHANIC ON MAY 13, 2010 AND HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL DODGE TRUCKS RECENTLY AND ALL HAD BAD STEERING GEAR BOXES. *TR

THE NEXT TOYOTA IS IN YOUR LAP FOUR TIMES NOW MY DODGE TRUCK WITH A CUMMINGS DIESEL MOTOR HAS HAD A FUEL LINE BURST AND SPRAY FUEL ALL OVER A HOT MOTOR AND EXHAUST PIPES. THE LAST TIME, THIS RESULTED IN A FIRE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK THAT I PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DODGE CLAIMS THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, YET THE CUMMINGS DIESEL FORUMS ON THE INTERNET HAVE THOUSANDS OF POSTS ON THIS PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.CUMMINSFORUM.COM/FORUM/3RD-GEN-POWERTRAIN/189520-GUYS-CHECK-YOUR-4TH-INJECTOR-LINE-STICKY.HTML DODGE SAYS THEY CAN ONLY SELL ME A NEW PART >>> CUMMINGS SAYS TOO BAD, BECAUSE THEY SELL THEIR PRODUCT TO DODGE WITH NO WARRANTY >>> I HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF DESERTED HIGHWAYS FOUR TIMES, THE LAST ONE WITH A FIRE. SOME FAMILY IS GOING TO BURN UP WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND I WILL BE RIGHT THERE AT THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS WITH ALL OF MY COMMUNICATIONS. PLEASE HELP BEFORE THIS LEADS TO DEATH ( IF NOT ALREADY ). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 350. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE TRAVELED ACROSS THE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE TIE ROD DETACHED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TIE ROD, DRAGS AND LINKS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 87,900.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING LINKAGE BROKE AND FALL OUT OF THE TRUCK. THIS RENDERED THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT IT DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE BRACKETS FORMATION. THE REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I WAS PASSING A TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I PUSHED THE THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR TO KICK IN PASSING GEAR,THE THROTTLE STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. I KEPT HITTING THE PEDAL BUT IT WOULD NOT RELEASE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A SEMI CLEAR ROAD AHEAD OF ME OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A SECOND DEALERSHIP AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER CORP. AND OPENED UP A CASE, CASE # 18964704 AND HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BRANDON BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN RESOLVED. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON SEPT. 16, 2009. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND LISTINGS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE REPORTED. I AM LOOKING AT TRADING IN THE TRUCK AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN THE TRUCK 2 TIMES SINCE THE INCIDENT. ONCE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ONE TIME TO WORK. PLEASE HELP. CHRYSLER IS NOT RETURNING MY PHONE CALLS ANYMORE. *TR

MY BRAKE PEDAL IN MY DODGE RAM 3500 IS LOOSE. IT ACTUALLY MOVES LEFT TO RIGHT A COUPLE INCHES. I FEEL IT TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. DODGE CLAIMS ITS NOT A WARRANTY COVERED ITEM. AND I WOULD NEED TO PAY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THEN THEY SAY THERE IS ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ON THE BACKORDER LIST FOR THIS PART. *TR

BALL JOINT FAIL ,MINOR TIRE WEAR AND THEN THE WHEEL CAN FALL OFF, UPON INSPECTION , JACKED UP FRONT WHEEL AND IT FELL OFF COULD HAVE BEEN BAD DEAL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 15 MPH AND THE TIE ROD FAILED ON MY TRUCK RENDERING IT UNSTEERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS COMMON AND FREQUENTLY OCCURRED ON BRAND NEW VEHICLES. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM. THE TURN SIGNAL STARTED TO SIGNAL OPPOSITE OF THE DIRECTION SELECTED. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS TRUCK THERE IS NO SAFETY RECALL AND I HAD TO PAY $188.00 TO FIX IT AT THE DEALER. *TR