Dodge Ram Complaints (2005)

1,831 consumer complaints on file.

#10148099January 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND WENT BACKWARD INTO A GARAGE. THE VEHICLE AND GARAGE WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147416January 11, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DURING COLD WEATHER, YOU CAN PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL, TO GET IT TO MOVE YOU HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE BACK IN PARK AND THEN IN REVERSE AND SORT OF WIGGLE THE SHIFTING LEVER. ALSO DURING IN COLD WEATHER THE VEHICLE WHEN IN DRIVE WANTS TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF AND YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN HARD TO KEEP IT FROM TAKING OFF INTO TRAFFIC. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146926January 4, 2006
WHEELS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
OFFSET ACCIDENT AT APPROX 30 MPH. HIT PARKED CAR. DAMAGE TO FENDER. PASSENGER WHEEL BROKE OFF. ALSO BRAKE LINES SEVERED. RESULT IS LOSS OF CONTROL AND ABILITY TO STOP. TRUCK IS AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. SHOULD A WHEEL BREAK OFF SO EASILY. WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS. I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST ONE OTHER TRUCK WITH THE SAME DAMAGE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146148December 27, 2005
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL A CHILD SEAT HE FOUND THE REAR SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT LOCK SECURELY. ALSO, THERE WAS SLACKNESS IN THE SEAT BELTS THAT ALLOWED THE CHILD SEAT TO MOVE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146019December 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
05/DODGE TRUCK RAM 1500/QUAD 140WB 4X2 TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ALL THE TIME IN OVER DRIVE . IT DOESN'T SHIFT IN TOW/ HAUL LIKE THAT. AFTER FOUR TIMES IN SHOP THEY SAY THIS NORMAL TO DO THIS. 1,400 MILES LATER THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING. SEAL#52070340-AB. THEY JUST CHANGE THE SEAL AND ADD LUBRICANT#4874469. IN PASSING A CAR IT WILL RUN UP TOO 5800 RPMS,THEN GO TO 2500 RPMS THEN 1800 RPMS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145786December 21, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN 2005 DODGE RAM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF AND WENT UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP , AND THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE DID NOT BUY IT THERE. THE CONTACT PAID TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE HE PURCHASED IT. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. HE FOUND A BROKEN AXLE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE SEPARATION. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. THEREFORE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE . THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD, AND THERE WERE NO POT HOLES WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE HAS PICTURES OF THE LOCATION WHERE THE TIRE CAME OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145487December 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
STALLING ISSUE WITH 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 EXT CAB. APPROX 2500 MILES. TRUCK STALLS INTERMITENTLY WHILE IN REVERSE OR SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD. THE ISSUE HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS INVESTIGATED TWO OR THREE TIMES. INITIAL INVESTIGATION DETERMINED POSSIBLE CAUSE AS CONTACT ISSUES WITH IGNITIION SWITH MODULE AND IT WAS REPLACED. SINCE THEN THE TRUCK HAS STALLED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES AND IS AGAIN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ROOT CAUSE. THE DEALER IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME DETERMINING THE ISSUE SINCE THE STALLING IS INTERMITTENT AND CANNOT BE EASILY REPEATED. OVERALL THE DEALER HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THE ISSUE BUT HAS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED A PERMANENT FIX. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145362December 7, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN HIS 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD CAB. *NM THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO START, SO HE REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER. THE CONSUMER DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE STARTED, BECAUSE THE FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED WITH A FLUID THAT WAS REAL DARK. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER SHOP WHERE HE WAS THEN TOLD THERE WAS A LOT OF RUST IN BOTH MANIFOLDS AND THE HEAD, BUT THE FUEL LOOKED FINE. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THE INJECTORS BE REPLACED. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INJECTORS THE VEHICLE IS NOW DRIVABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144721December 7, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN I DRIVE ABOVE THE SPEED OF 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE AND HIT A SMALL RIPPLE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD MY FRONT END WILL START HOPPING OUT OF CONTROL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144505December 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT STATES AFTER PARKING VEHICLE SHE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT A LATER TIME THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. HOWEVER, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144037November 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION THE SELECTOR WILL INDICATE PARK, BUT MUST BE CAREFUL BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WILL SAY THAT IT WAS IN PARK BUT ACTUALLY IT WILL BE IN ANOTHER GEAR. THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. WHILE BACKING UP HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING AND HIT THE GARAGE DOOR. HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143480November 22, 2005
TIRES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I JUST BOUGHT A NEW 2005 DODGE MAGNUM 1500 RAM LONG BED FROM THE DEALER IN NOVEMBER 2005. AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED THE TRUCK VIBRATED A LOT AT AROUND 65 MPH. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED AT THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT TIRES NEEDED NO BALANCING AND THE SHAKING WAS FIXED. THE NEXT DAY GOING TO WORK THE SHAKING STARTED AT AROUND 63 MPH AND I RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND TEST DROVE WITH MECHANIC AND THEY BALANCED THE TIRES. THIS TIME ONE TIRE WAS FOUND UNBALANCED AND WAS TOLD THAT THESE TRUCK SHAKE AT THOSE SPEEDS AND WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN 300 POUNDS ON THE BED. I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT SO THAT THEY COULD DO MORE TESTS AND TEST DRIVE. SAME THING WAS SAID. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND THAT I NEED TO PUT 300 PLUS POUNDS ON THE BED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE 1-800 CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD ME TO GO AND MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. I WENT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANY FURTHER APPOINTMENT AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE AS THOSE LONG BEDS AND MODEL SHAKE THAT WAY WITH LESS THAN 300 POUND ON THE BED. I COULD NOT GET ANOTHER APPOINTMENT OR GO ON A TEST DRIVE. AT THIS POINT I THINK THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO GO ON A LONG TRIP, AND MOST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATE HAVE SPEEDS OF 60 AND ABOVE, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THE MIRRORS TO MERGE INTO LANES OR SEE OTHER CARS IF THE TRUCK IS SHAKING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING TO WORK AND THE PASSENGER PUTS A DRINK IN THE CUP HOLDER, AND YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND IF THE DRINK SPILLS BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING WOULD THAT CAUSE A SHORTAGE AND /OR DISTRACTION. IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE TO HAVE TO LOAD AND UNLOAD THE 300 PLUS POUNDS OF WHATEVER FROM THE BED WHEN YOU HAVE TO LOAD PLYWOOD OR ANYTHING THAT REQUIRE THE DIMENSION OF THE BED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142837November 16, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, AIR BAGS
I WAS IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 14, 2005 IN A 2005 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK . I HIT A DEER AND THEN HIT A TREE GOING 45-50 MPH. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE FUEL SWITCH DID NOT TURN OFF. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS IT SHOULD HAVE. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10142921November 16, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THEREFORE, THE REASON FOR THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10142594November 14, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 3 MONTHS AGO AND ONLY HAVE 10,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005, I RETURNED HOME AND NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED AFTER I EXITED THE TRUCK. I TRIED TURNING THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF, AND THEY REMAINED ON. I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE MAXWELL CHRYSLER DEALER A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AS I WAS AFRAID MY BATTERY WOULD GO DEAD. AS I WAS PROCEEDING DOWN MY STREET, I NOTICED THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO BRAKE, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PEDAL! IT HAD FALLEN OFF. I MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP USING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THEY SAID THE "CLASP" THAT HOLDS THE PEDAL HAD FALLEN OFF. IT WAS NOT ON THE FLOOR, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BROKEN, MISSING, ETC. THEY REPLACED THE CLASP. I WAS HORRIFIED TO THINK THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE I-35 TOWING MY HORSES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, OR WHETHER THIS COULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142548November 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2005 DODGE RAM HD DIESEL W/AUTO TRANS. COME OUT OF PARK WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD SON INSIDE. HE IS NOT TALL ENOUGH TO REACH THE BRAKE, HOWEVER HE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT OF PARK INTO R AND THE TRUCK ROLLED OFF THE HILL INTO THE WOOD AND CRASHED INTO SEVERAL SAPLINGS. MY SON WAS NOT SEVERELY INJURED, HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT CHEEK, CHEST AND ABDOMEN SOMEWHERE IN THE VEHICLE DURING THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE NOW WILL COME OUT OF PARK WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND HAD BEEN PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY. 10 MIN. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10142404November 10, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN 2005 DODGE 1 TON TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. IF IT WAS DEPRESSED SLIGHTLY HARDER THAN A NORMAL STOP, IT WILL PUSH COMPLETELY DOWN. DEALER, FRONTIER MOTORS, BOONVILLE MO, 660-882-8800, CHECKED VEHICLE AND COULD FOUND NOTHING THEY COULD IDENTIFY AS A CAUSE. HOWEVER, THEY CHECKED OTHER HEAVY PICKUPS, 1 TON AND 3/4 VEHICLES NEW AND USED THAT WERE ON THE LOT AND FOUND 3 OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, INCLUDE ONE THAT WAS BRAND NEW. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK SEEMED TO STOP NORMALLY THE BRAKES HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THEM. FRONTIER MOTORS CALLED CHRYSLER, AND TO DATE HAS GOTTEN NO RESPONSE OR SUPPORT. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK WILL STOP NORMALLY AT THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT PASS THE STATE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE BRAKE PEDALS WILL NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND AT THIS TIME IT WAS BEING IGNORED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10140603October 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 2005 RAM 2500 IN JULY. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH MINE JUMPING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. NO PEOPLE WERE HURT, BUT IT DESTROYED THE ENTIRE SIDE OF MY PICKUP. WHEN IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE TRUCK WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT ANOTHER TRUCK. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED A FEW TIME BEFORE, BUT I WAS IN THE TRUCK THESE TIMES. I THINK DODGE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM TO TAKE CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. NOW MY TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE BODY SHOP LONGER THAN I GOT TO DRIVE IT. HOPE DODGE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF US. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR HAS LOOKED AT MY TRUCK AND CHRYSLER IS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS INVESTIGATION. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10140054October 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SEATS
2005 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 / 5.7L HEMI 1) INTERMITTENTLY STALLS AT LOW RPM. AFTER MULTIPLE TIMES REPORTING THE ISSUE. NO INTERVENTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. 2) DRIVERS SEAT SHIMMIES BACK AND FORTH WHEN BRAKING OR STARTING OUT. ALSO REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES. ONE TIME PART OF THE SEAT FRAME WAS REPLACED BUT HAD NO EFFECT ON CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. ALSO REPORTED DIRECTLY TO CHRYSLER UNDER THEIR CASE NUMBER KMM3191569V95411L0KM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139007October 7, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAN 1500 SLT. WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, OR WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING INDICATIONS. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED DIRECTLY AFTER THIS HAPPENED . THE DRIVING DISTANCE OF THE VEHICLE HAS NO IMPACT ON WHEN VEHICLE WILL STALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TIMES SINCE THE PURCHASING DATE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO TOW THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY AFTER IT STALLED, AND DIRECTED HER TO NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE. DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TRADE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS THE VEHICLE AND WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. SHE TOLD THE DEALER THAT SHE WOULD NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *AK UPDATED 11/16/2005. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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