Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10749303August 17, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN I TRIED TO SWITCH MY HEADLIGHTS FROM DIM TO BRIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T STAY IN BRIGHT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE BRIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON. WHEN I SIGNALLED TO TURN LEFT, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. WHEN I SIGNALLED RIGHT, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. WHEN I STOPPED AND SET THE PARKING BRAKE, BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. SEEMS LIKE MY TRUCK HAS A GHOST ONBOARD!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749040August 17, 2015
ENGINE
THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING IN A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NUETRAL AND RE-STARTED. THIS IS A SUPREME SAEFTY ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749423August 17, 2015
STEERING
S10 DIRECT REPLY- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM CONSTITUENT RE COMPLAINT CONCERNING FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILE'S (FCA) VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSENT ORDER AND THE SAFETY ACT. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT GETTING RECALL # 13V529000 RECTIFIED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749097August 17, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MID LINK CONNECTION NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749121August 17, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SUSPENSION/BRAKES: FRONT END WHEEL BEARING VIBRATION/RUBBING NOISE. REPLACED SEVERAL SETS OF WORN TIRES AFTER SPENDING $189.00 THROUGH FIRESTONE FOR LIFETIME ALIGNMENTS/TIRE BALANCE/ROTATIONS THE CONSTANT RUBBING VIBRATION NOISE HAVE NOT ALLEVIATED. BRAKE ROTORS WARPED & REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE PITMAN ARM & FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. CHRYSLER RECALL CAMPAIGNS F05, G02, N62, NHTSA CAMPAIGN 13V528000, 10E040000, 10E013000, 07V038000, 06V038000. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS STILL NOISY, FRONT END VIBRATION STILL PRESENT & ALIGNMENTS CONSTANTLY NECESSARY. SERVICE BULLETINS 08-004, 41, & 1900805 RELATED TO SUSPENSION STEERING PART OF THIS ISSUE. ELECTRICAL: IGNITION KEY LOCKING UP & UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY TO START THE VEHICLE. HAD TO FORCIBLY TURN OR WIGGLE THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH IS LOCKED, IN ORDER TO GET THE KEY TO TURN. NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HAD TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE & RETURN IN THE FUTURE TO ATTEMPT TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY. TURN SIGNAL (SERVICE BULLETIN 08-002-12) FLASHES & INTERMITTENT WIPERS OPERATE INCORRECTLY. SUDDEN FLASHING BACK & FORTH OF SIGNALS HAS ALMOST CAUSED CAR CRASHES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. INTERMITTENT WIPERS STOP SUDDENLY AT MID WINDSHIELD POINT OBSTRUCTING VIEW. BOTH OPERATED FROM THE SAME LEFT HANDLE. CRUISE CONTROL SURGES CONSTANTLY WHEN ENGAGED. NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SURGED SUDDENLY ON A HILL OR BRIDGE ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. TACHOMETER SHOWS ANYWHERE FROM 0 TO 250 RPM WHEN STOPPED & HAS CAUSED STALLING OF THE ENGINE. OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED (55MPM FOR INSTANCE), IT ONLY SHOWS 1000RPM. DURING THE PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE 3 BATTERIES. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE FOR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THEREFORE, CONSIDERING ALL THE ELECTRICAL RELATED ISSUES THERE MUST BE A DEFECT SINCE ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. SERVICE BULLETIN 5015 RELATED TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE ALSO PARTS OF THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748943August 16, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING, POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BUT IT DIDN'T HELP UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP . I THEN HEARD LIGHT GRINDING COMING FROM MY FRONT LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK. BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT HOME WITCH WAS ABOUT 10 MILES, THE GRINDING AND LOSS OF STEERING HAD GOT SO BAD THAT I WAS DRIVING 5-10 MILES AN HOUR. BARELY MADE IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE IT TO THE BEST SERVICE SHOP IN TOWN WHICH WAS 1/2 MILE FROM WHERE I LIVED AND IT TOOK THEM A MONTH AND $1700.00 LATER TO REPAIR. FRONT AXLE,FRONT BEARING,CALIPERS, A NEW DISC AND BRAKES,A FRONT NUCKLE AND DRIVE SPINDLE FOR THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748987August 16, 2015
SUSPENSION, ENGINE
I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR THE FIRST TIE ROD RECALL WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT...WHEN I GOT MY TRUCK BACK I KEPT HEARING A WEIRD NOISE FOR A FEW WEEKS...ENDED UP FINDING OUT THAT MY RIM WAS SO LOOSE IT ALMOST FELL OFF....I ENDED UP NEEDING BALL JOINTS AND NEW TIRES SOON AFTER...ABOUT 6000 MILES LATER STARTED FEELING FRONT END SLOPPINESS. ..TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND NEEDED TIE ROD....WANTED RECALL DONE ON BLOCK HEATER BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. ..GOT THAT ANSWER MULTIPLE TIMES....THIS RECALL TO ME IS AS IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE THAT THE OTHER AS IT RESULTS IN FIRE.....I'M NOT HAPPY AT ALL AND I WANT MY VEHICLE BOUGHT BACK...IT'S NOT SAFE....THEY SAY NO, I DISAGREE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748997August 16, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY FAMILY AND I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. (WE HAD JUST HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED ABOUT 4 DAYS PRIOR AT OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP.) ALL THE SUDDEN THE TRUCK MAKES THIS SOUND. I SLOWED DOWN, ROLLED MY WINDOW DOWN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS MY VEHICLE OR NOT. VERY FAINT AT FIRST AND INCREASED WITH A LOUD BOOM. I GET OUT TO FIND MY DRIVE SHAFT ON THE GROUND. AND THE PINION NUT NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. GONE. LUCKILY WE WERE ON A COUNTRY ROAD AND MY FAMILY IS SAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748850August 15, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TODAY I WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SO THEY COULD DIAGNOSE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM I WAS HAVING IN MY TRUCK. THEY TOLD ME THAT PART # 56045112AE, 56051949AD NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHICH ARE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE IGNITION WIRE HARNESS. PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WERE THE POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN WITHOUT THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY IN THE UP POSITION. THE MOTOR BLOWERS FOR MY A/C AND HEAT WOULD SOMETIMES NOT WORK. AND MY AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON IN THE CLUSTER PANEL. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE WIRES WERE BURNT, BUT COULD NOT TELL ME THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THAT THERE MUST BE COMPLETELY TOO MUCH CURRENT GOING THROUGH THOSE WIRES TO CAUSE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT AND THEY AGREED. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF THE WIRES BEING IN THAT CONDITION THE AIRBAG COULD POSSIBLY GO OFF AT ANY TIME AND/OR CAUSE A FIRE. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. WHEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS AND JEEPS. ALSO PART NUMBER 56051949AD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SO HOW DO THEY EXPECT TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. MY TRUCK ALSO HAS THE STALLING PROBLEM WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND ACCELERATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748862August 15, 2015
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES
SAFETY ISSUE 1..INTERIOR DASH BOARD FIRST CRACKED, THEN CRACKED ALL OVER, THEN FINALLY FELL APART. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS PIECES OF THE DASH MADE UP OF PLASTIC IS BREAKING UP IN LARGE SHARP CHUNKS WHEN A BUMP IN THE ROAD IS ENCOUNTERED OR JARRING OCCURS. WHEN GOING OVER A RR TRACK A 5" JAGGED PIECE BROKE OFF AND A SMALL SHARD HIT ME IN THE EYE. THIS ISSUE IS WAY MORE THAN COSMETIC. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE DEALER WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. SAFETY ISSUE 2.. AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND INTERMITTENT. I RECEIVED AN AIR BAG RECALL AND I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. AFTER SO CALLED FIX, THE WARNING LIGHT WAS OFF FOR 1 DAY THEN CAME BACK ON. THE DEALER STATES THE RECALL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WARNING LIGHTS. NOW I HAVE A CURRENT 2ND AIR BAG RECALL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY STATE THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS AND WILL CONTACT ME. ITS BEEN MONTHS AGO AND STILL NO PART. AGAIN THEY SAY AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS NOT RELATED. SAFETY ISSUE 3... BRAKE LIGHT WARNING AND ABS WARNING STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. PAID $100 FOR THEM TO TROUBLESHOOT AND THEY SAY ITS A SENSOR ON THE RT FRONT ABS. I FEEL THIS IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748863August 15, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THERE IS A ENTRY GRAB HANDLE MOUNTED TO THE INTERIOR DOOR POST NEAR THE WINDSHIELD INTENDED AS AN ASSIST HANDLE. MY TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH RUNNING BOARD TO MAKE ENTRY EASIER INTO THE TRUCK CAB. I USED THE ASSIST HANDLE WHILE GETTING INTO THE TRUCK CAB, IT PULLED LOOSE FROM THE PILLAR CAUSING ME TO NEARLY FALL FROM THE TRUCK. I WAS ABLE TO GAIN MY BALANCE AND STEP DOWN FROM THE RUNNING BOARDS WITHOUT DOING ANY INJURY. I AM OF AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT APPROPRIATE. WHEN I EXAMINED THE HANDLE I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE ONLY MOUNTING INVOLVED WAS PLASTIC WITH A BOLT THROUGH IT SCREWED TO THE DOOR FRAME. THIS IN NO WAY SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS AN APPROPRIATE ASSIST HANDLE TO AID ONE IN THE ENTRY OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748920August 15, 2015
STEERING
BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 50/75 HITTING BUMPS SEPARATION OF ROAD & BRIDGES WILL TRIGGER THE DEATH WOBBLE I BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR ALMOST 6 YRS I'VE INSTALLED NEW TRACK BAR,INNER & OUTER TIE RODS LAST MONT KEEPING THE TIRES ROTATED & BALANCE ALMOST GOT REAREND BY 18 WHEELER HAD TO SLM ON BRAKES LOCK EM DOWN TO STOP THIS BRUTAL SHAKE VERY IRRITATING DEALING WITH THIS AT SEVERAL TIMES IT WILL SHAKE INTO THE OTHER LANE ALMOST CAUSING WREAKS PLEASE HELP THANKS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748668August 14, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY FOR A ANOTHER VEHICLE WHO HAD CUT ME OFF AND I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE STICKING AND CAUSING FRICTION AND A BURNING SMELL...THIS HAS BEEN AN OFF AND ON PROBLEM WHEN EVER I HAVE TO SUDDENLY STOP. I HAD HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND TIRES ROTATED BUT WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE TECH THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748700August 14, 2015
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE TWO OPEN RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE, ONE FOR AIRBAG THAT CAN RUPTURING AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH AND ANOTHER FOR DRIVE TRAIN PINION NUT PROBLEM. I HAVE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES AND NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE TO FIX MY TRUCK. I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE RIGHT NOW SO THIS TRUCK IS MY DAILY DRIVER AND AS I AWAIT FROM MY DEALER TO CALL AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO FIX (WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE) I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS POSSIBLE DEATH TRAP. OTHER TRUCKS ARE BEING BOUGHT BACK, BUT NOT MINE; I WANT THIS RESOLVED NOW. I VALUE MY LIFE AND THIS WAIT IS RIDICULOUS. HELP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748737August 14, 2015
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT, STARTING ON THE DAY I BOUGHT IT (USED) IN 2008. MADE IT GO AWAY FOR SOME YEARS, DON'T KNOW HOW. COMBINATION OF TIRE PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT, ALIGNMENT, TOE ANGLE? LIMITED MYSELF TO DRIVING LESS THAN 55 MPH. PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP JUST RIGHT AND IT SENDS ONE WHEEL UP, AND THE OTHER DOWN. THAT WHEEL THEN GETS BOUNCED UP, AND SENDS THE OTHER DOWN. IT'S LIKE DRIBBLING TWO BASKETBALLS, AND THE WHOLE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. SINCE THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE TRUCK IS COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE DURING THIS TIME. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN (REMEMBER, YOU'RE ON THE HIGHWAY) TO 40-30 MPH. LAST TIME I CAME BACK FROM QUEENS, IT HAPPENED SEVEN TIMES. IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY, 8/14/15. IT IS DANGEROUS, VIOLENT, AND A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR WHICH DODGE HAS NOT OFFERED A SOLUTION OR RECALL. IT IS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748731August 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) 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. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748758August 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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 FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,301.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748802August 14, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE 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
#10748812August 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE TRUCK NEEDED A TOTAL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WHILE IT WAS FAIRLY NEW. THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITH NO ABILITY TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. I HAVE READ ON FORUMS HOW OTHERS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WHILE SO MANY OTHER DEFECTS HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED WOULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE TRANS PROBLEMS ON THIS MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748842August 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I HAD THE PINION NUT RECALL DONE IN 2014 AND ON 8/5/2015 THE NUT COME LOOSE AGAIN CALLED RAM ABOUT THE BUY BACK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT A BUY BACK TRUCK BECAUSE IT WAS FIX AND I ASK WHY IT CAN LOOSE AGAIN AND THE DRIVE SHAFT JUST ABOUT FAIL OFF AND JOHN AT RAM SAID NOT IT IS NOT A BUY BACK TRUCK SO WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THIS TRUCK I DONT THINK IT IS A SAFE VEHICLE FOR THE ROAD TO GET SOMEBODY KILLED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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