Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10776517September 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
ON SEPT. 21 2015, DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I EXPERIENCED WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO DROP THE DRIVE SHAFT OUT OF THE REAR AXLE OF MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. I WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING 55 MPH WITH VEHICLES ALL AROUND ME WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. NOW I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT 2005 DODGE RAMS 1500 SERIES THAT WERE MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE DATES OF JAN 28TH 2004-AUG. 3RD 2005 ARE ALL A PART OF THIS TYPE OF RECALL, KNOWN AS P77 RECALL. WHAT ABOUT DODGE RAM 2004 1500 SERIES THAT WERE MANUFACTURED IN JUNE OF 2004. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME TIME THAT THE 2005'S WOULD HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED. I AM QUESTIONING WHY AREN'T THE 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES TRUCKS UNDER THIS SAME P77 RECALL SINCE THEY WERE STILL BEING MANUFACTURED WITHIN THIS SAME TIME PERIOD OF THE 2005'S. WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER/DODGE CORP. LOOKED INTO THE 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES TRUCKS THAT MAY HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM DUE TO BEING MANUFACTURED IN THIS SAME TIME PERIOD? ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE ENCOUNTERED, IS I AM BEING TOLD BY AUTO PARTS SALE ASSOCIATES THAT THEY CAN NOT SELL ME THIS DRIVE SHAFT OR REAR AXLE DUE TO MY TRUCK BEING UNDER THIS P77 RECALL. THOUGH, WHEN I CHECK MY VIN NUMBER UNDER FCA RECALL LOOK UP, I ONLY SEE THE R25 RECALL FOR THE DRIVER AIR BAG INFLATOR, WHICH I AT THIS POINT I CAN'T EVEN GET THIS RECALL REPAIRED BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A WORKING DRIVE SHAFT OR REAR AXLE TO EVEN MOVE MY TRUCK. IT SEEMS AS IF MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS P77 RECALL, THOUGH I AM BEING TOLD IT IS UNDER RECALL. CONFUSED!?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776243September 24, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2015 AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776409September 24, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE TRUNK TO AVOID STRIKING A DEER. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776440September 24, 2015
AIR BAGS
MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM HIGH SCHOOL BAND PRACTICE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BRAKE WINDOW TO GET HIM AND THE BOY WITH HIM OUT OF THE TRUCK. NEITHER AIR BAG WENT OFF.I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER AND REPORTED IT. WAS TOLD TRUCK TO OLD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776489September 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
SEPT 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME IN MY 2010 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK FROM GLACIER NATIONAL PARK MY TRANSMISSION KICKED OUT OF TOW MODE AND LOCKED INTO 4TH GEAR. MY ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TOWING AN ULTRALITE TRAILER (5K LB) AT THE TIME. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN APPROX. 16000 ODOMETER READING. THE OWNER?S MANUAL SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE THE TRUCK IN THIS CONDITION AND THE 4TH GEAR ALLOWS YOU TO LIMP HOME. THE DEALER SAID A SOLENOID MALFUNCTIONED AND THEY REPLACED IT. FEB 20, 2015 AT APPROX. 22,800 ODOMETER READING THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS REPAIR LASTED ONLY 6800 MILES AFTER THE REPAIR WAS FIRST MADE. I WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE TRANSMISSION KICKED OUT AND LOCKED INTO 4TH GEAR AND AGAIN I LIMPED THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A REPAIR ON THE SAME SOLENOID PROBLEM. SEPT 20TH, 2015, WHILE DRIVING TO LASSAN NAT PARK, THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN KICKED OUT OF TOW MODE AND LOCKED INTO 4TH GEAR. THIS OCCURRED AT 28K MILES OR 6K MILES AFTER THE SECOND REPAIR. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT THE FIX WILL BE. HOWEVER, THE SYMPTOMS WERE THE SAME: TRUCK SHUDDERED, ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND TRUCK GOT LOCKED INTO 4TH GEAR. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET PERTAINING TO THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUT HAS A SERIOUS REPORT BEEN RECEIVED BY YOUR OFFICE? THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK?S TRANSMISSION AND IT DOESN?T APPEAR TO BE JUST MY TRUCK. TO RECAP, MY 2010 DODGE RAM TRANSMISSION SOLENOID FAILED ON 3 OCCASIONS LOCKING THE TRANSMISSION INTO 4TH GEAR. MY TRUCK THOUGH A 2010 MODEL YEAR, HAS ONLY 28000 MILES OF USE. SOLINOID FAILED AT 16000, 22800, AND 28000 MILES. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE HEADED UP A MOUNTAIN PULLING A TRAILER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776507September 24, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING UP FOR GAS THE PUMP DOES NOT STOP CAUSING GAS TO OVERFLOW FROM THE FUEL FILLER. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES. I AM CONCERNED AS THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD EVERY TIME I GO TO FILL UP AT A GAS STATION. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE JULY 2014 AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775299September 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775305September 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHUTTING OFF, WHETHER IN IDLE OR ON THE FREEWAY. IT WOULD HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE DAY. WHEN SHUTTING OFF, THE TRUCK WOULD LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. TOOK TO MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS WHO COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, WOULD NEVER THROW ANY CODES, FINALLY SPOKE WITH A MECHANIC WHO TALKED TO A COMPUTER PERSON WHO STATED THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE COMPUTER FIXED BUT IT WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE FOR 3-6 WEEKS DUE TO IT BEING ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. YOU ARE UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NATIONAL BACK ORDER TELLS ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND DODGE KNOWS ABOUT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775312September 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (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 NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775367September 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775370September 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 11/09/15*LJ UPDATED 11/18/15.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775413September 23, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT BRAKES, THE ROTORS, THE BALL JOINTS, AND THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775432September 23, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775451September 23, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
NO INDICATORS OF ANY ISSUES TO THIS - WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SMOKE NOT ONLY OUT OF THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK BUT UNDERNEATH THE BODY AS WELL AS UNDER THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK, AND WE BEGAN TO SMELL FUEL. THE CEL LIGHT THEN COMES ON. WE HAD THE WHOLE FAMILY IN THE TRUCK AND A SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THIS IS REALLY NERVING SINCE DODGE/CHRYSLER AS WELL AS CUMMINS KNOWING THIS LINE IS A PROBLEM AND HAS NOT DONE A DARN THING ABOUT IT TO RECTIFY ANY COMPENSATION. I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT I GUESS IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING REALLY HURT BUT YOUR ATTITUDE OF NOT WANTING RECALL SUCH A FIRE HAZARD! LOOK AT ALL THE FORUMS AND SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FUEL LINE! LINE TO 4TH INJECTOR NOW MAJOR REPAIR BECAUSE OF IT ALL THE FUEL LOST UNDER THE HOOD AND ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND FIREWALL!
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775453September 23, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING UP TO FULL TANK OF GAS, TRUCK RUNS ROUGH AND STALLS AT FIRST COUPLE OF STOPS. ALMOST GOT RUN INTO FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU FILL UP GAS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775462September 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775487September 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE STARTED DYING THEN TAKING BACK OFF, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEED ODOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO WOULDNT COME BACK UP WHILE I WAS STILL MOVING, THEN THE ABS LIGHT THE CHECK ENGING LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT AND WASHER FLUID LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND I LOST POWER TO THE TAIL LIGHTS HEAD LIGHTS AND THE WINDOWS STARTED ROOLING UP AND DOWN BY THEM SELVES. WHEN I GOT HOME AND TURNED OFF THE TRUCK I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIPM AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THE TRAILER I WAS PULLING MUST OF HAD A SHORT AND THATS WHAT CAUSED IT. I TOLD THEM THAT I WASNT PULLING A TRAILER AND THEY CALLED ME A LIAR AND HUNG UP ON ME THE WINDOWS CONTINUED TO ROLL UP AND DOWN UNTILL THE BATT WAS DISCONNECTED. THE NEXT MORNING I THEN HOOKED THE BATTERY BACK UP AND IT ALL WORKED FINE. NO PROBLEM A COUPLE WEEKS LATER IT STARTED AGAIN FINALL FOUND A SHORT IN THE LIGHT CONTROL ON THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT REPLACED THE PART THAT HOLDS THE BULBS AND THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF. NOW IT HAS SINCE STARTED DOING IT ALL AGAIN BUT WILL NOT RESET ITSELF I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE TIPM WOULD RESET ITSELF FIVE TIMES THEN WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEH WAS NOT PULLING A TRAILER WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THE ONLY TRAILER I PULL WITH IT HAS THE LIGHTING PACKAGE WORKING FINE ON ALL TRUCKS I HOOK IT TO BUT NOT THIS ONE. PLEASE GET THE DODGE COMPANY TO RECALL THESE PEICES OF JUNK IM TIRED OF PAYING 1200 DOLLARS TO REPLACE A BUNCH OF PARTS TO FIND OUT ITS THEIR PIECE OF JUNK TIPM CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775428September 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (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 NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775443September 23, 2015
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I HIT A SERIES OF BUMPS AT 60 MPH AND MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I THEN HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775454September 23, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN SWITCHING ON A TURN SIGNAL, BOTH LIGHTS FLASH OR NOTHING HAPPENS. WIPERS FAIL OR WORK SPORADICALLY. WIPERS DON'T WORK WHEN I NEED THEM TO AND CAUSES ME TO NOT DRIVE IN THE RAIN. THE BLINKERS WORK HALF THE TIME AND ALMOST CAUSES SOMEONE TO HIT MY TRUCK BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS TURNING RIGHT WHEN I HAD THE BLINKER TO TURN LEFT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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