Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10807821December 1, 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807836December 1, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND WAS UNABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE AN APPOINTMENT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO DETERMINE WHEN THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD BE COMPLETED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807845December 1, 2015
STEERING
MY LEFT TIE ROD NEEDS REPLACED,THE RIGHT IS FINE. THE HAVE A BUNCH OF RECALLS ON LEFT TIRE ROD ON ALL DIFFERENT MODELS AND YEARS COVERING AROUND MINE TRUCK. MY TRUCK IS NOT UNDER THE RECALL, I THINK IT IS A CROCK POT FILLED WITH SOMETHING. HOW IS IT MAGICAL THE SAME PROBLEM THEY ARE HAVING RECALLS ON BUT MINE ISNT RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807843December 1, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SHARP PLASTIC PIECES ARE BREAKING OFF FROM THE DASHBOARD AND TRIM AROUND INSTUMENT PANEL THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY, ESPECIALLY DURING ANY TYPE OF A COLLISION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807864December 1, 2015
STEERING, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL BUT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. UPDATED 12/13/2015*JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10807880December 1, 2015
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL HARNESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807878December 1, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
STEERING RECALL- VEHICLE INITIATES INTO THE DEATH SHAKE WHEN SPEED EXCEEDS 55MPH ON A TURN. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS- VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING NORMALLY BY SHIFTING STRAIGHT INTO 4TH GEAR WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND WILL DRIVE SLUGGISHLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807643November 30, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH AND LOWER DASH BEZEL IN MY TRUCK ARE CRUMBLING MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. PIECES FALL OF IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CUP HOLDERS ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE OF THIS AND IF IT CONTINUES LIKE IT IS THE GAUGE CLUSTER WILL NO LONGER BE HELD IN PLACE. ONTOP OF ALL THIS IF THE VEHICLE WERE INVOLVED IN A WRECK WHERE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THE PASSENGER WOULD GET A FACE FULL OF PLASTIC SHARDS FROM THE DASH ( WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF IT) RESULTING IN INJURY AND POSSIBLE BLINDNESS.DODGE HAS PLENTY OF RESOURCES AND MONEY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. YES THE VEHICLE IS 20 YEARS OLD AND OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF VEHICLES MUCH OLDER WITH SOLID DASHES STILL IN ONE PIECE. DODGE CLAIMS THIS IS JUST COSMETIC BUT AS BROKEN AS MINE ITS BECOME MORE THAN THAT. IM SURE THEY WOULD RATHER PAY TO HAVE SOME DASHES REPLACED WITH BETTER MATERIALS THAN A LAWSUIT WHEN SOMEONE IS INJURED BY THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807396November 30, 2015
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL: MY DEALERSHIP HAS NOT REPLACED THE AIRBAGS YET AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY CAN. I THINK THEY ARE STALLING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THEY NEED TO FIX IT OR FIND SOME OTHER COMPANY THAT WILL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807411November 30, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807414November 30, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPIERENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807428November 30, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AS THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE CONTACT GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT WAS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINON NUT LOOSENED AND CAUSED THE DRIVESHAFT TO BECOME DETACHED AND THE REAR AXLE TO SEIZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE MIRRORED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807429November 30, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), BUT 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807434November 30, 2015
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HAVING TROUBLE OBTAINING A SHIFTER CABLE, DODGE WILL NOT HELP AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE. ALSO, HAD HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING DUE TO DEATH WOBBLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807442November 30, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 02/02/16*LJ; UPDATED 04/30/18*JB *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807456November 30, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807496November 30, 2015
POWER TRAIN
REAR RETAINING NUT ON DRIVE SHAFT CAME OFF LETTING DRIVE SHAFT WITH YOKE ATTACHED FALL TO THE PAVEMENT AS I WAS PULLING UP TO THE TOLL BOOTH ENTRANCE. RESULTING IN THE REAR END LOCKING UP AND CAUSING THE TRUCK TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP. THIS WAS A 5:15 WHEN TRAFFIC WAS VERY HEAVY I PUT ON FLASHERS GOT OUT AND USED A FLASHLIGHT TO WAVE TRAFFIC TO CHANGE LANES. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON 2004 / 2005 DODGE RAMS FOR EXACTLY THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT MY TRUCK VIN # WASN'T INCLUDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807514November 30, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING, WHEELS
MY SAFETY COMPLAINT ON OUR 2011 DODGE RAM 3500 TRUCK SHOULD ALREADY BE IN FILE! WE HAVE HAD SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK EVER SINCE PURCHASING IT AS A USED VEHICLE FROM RAMEY'S IN BECKLEY, WV. THERE ARE AT PRESENT THREE (3) RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, OF WHICH N49 APPEARS TO BE THE MOST LIFE-THREATENING, WHICH WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT, NOR WERE WE EVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THE BUYBACK ON THIS TRUCK. WE ACCIDENTALLY FOUND OUT. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANYTHING CONCERNING THESE PROBLEMS, PROBABLY BECAUSE WE PURCHASED IT USED. THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIE ROD, WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE CRASH IS NOT THE ONLY LIFE-THREATENING RECALL. THE RECALL WITH THE FUEL HEATER COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. WE HAVE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE REFUELING THE TRUCK, AS WELL AS A NOTICEABLE SHAKING AND VIBRATING IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WHILE IN OPERATION. FCA US, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMVENT THE "CONSENT ORDER" AGREED TO BY THEM WITH NHTSA. THEY HAVE AGREED TO REPURCHASE THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID BY THE "ORIGINAL" PURCHASER, MINUS A REASONABLE AMOUNT FOR DEPRECIATION, PLUS 10%! IT APPEARS THAT FCA IS MAKING THEIR OWN RULES TO REPURCHASE BY "LOW-BALLING" THE REPURCHASE PRICE! WHAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS CALLED FRAUD! IT WOULD APPEAR THAT NHTSA IS ALLOWING IT! SHOULD A CRASH OR FIRE HAPPEN WHILE FCA DRAGS ITS FEET ON THE REPURCHASE OF THIS TRUCK, SOMEONE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY LAW!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807524November 30, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DEFROSTER DOESN'T WORK DUE TO BAD ENGINEERING ON HAVC SYSTEM. BLEND DOOR AND RE-CIRC DOOR GET BROKE DUE TO SENSERS (DC SERVO MOTORS) NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. THEY OVER STRESS THE PIVOT PINS AND BREAK THEM. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE DEFROSTER DOESN'T WORK AND THE WINDOWS FOG/FREEZE AND YOU CANNOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. DODGE REFUSES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807536November 30, 2015
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN A HIGHWAY AT ROUGHLY 65MPH. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AT THIS TIME. I SIGNALED TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN ONTO A STREET AHEAD. I SLOWLY BRAKED TO ROUGHLY 10-15 MPH BEFORE BEGINNING TO TURN. WHEN I STARTED TO TURN, THE POWER-STEERING IN THE VEHICLE FAILED. IN OTHER WORDS, THE POWER-STEERING WAS WORKING FINE JUST BEFORE EXECUTING THE TURN, THEN FAILED WITHOUT WARNING JUST AS I STARTED TO TURN THE WHEEL AND WAS STILL IN MOTION.. THE WHEELS BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND I WAS ABLE TO OVERPOWER THE FAILED POWER-STEERING COMPONENTS TO COMPLETE THE TURN AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY. HOWEVER, IF MY PHYSICALLY SMALLER WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING, I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD HAVE ENDED AS WELL. THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE OPPOSITE LANE TRAVELING AT 65MPH WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. NO DASH LIGHTS, "CHECK ENGINE", ETC. APPEARED BEFORE OR AFTER THE OCCURRENCE. ONCE THE ENGINE IS IDLED UP, THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS. IT'S ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS IDLED DOWN (LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SLOWING FOR A TURN), THAT THE POWER-STEERING WOULD FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THIS TO BE CAUSED BY A "STICKING VALVE" IN THE HYDRO-BOOST SYSTEM. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT., AND WAS TOLD THAT THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 36K MILES (VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 48K MILES). THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EVIDENT SAFETY ISSUE THIS POSES ON A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT THE NHTSA WILL INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER BEFORE SOMEONE BECOMES INJURED. I UNDERSTAND THAT PARTS CAN SOMETIMES FAIL ON NEW VEHICLES, BUT WHEN THEY FAIL THIS EARLY WITHOUT WARNING AND AFFECT VITAL PARTS THAT CONTROL THE VEHICLE, SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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