Dodge Ram Complaints (2005)

1,831 consumer complaints on file.

#10450639March 7, 2012
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BECOME HARD TO CONTROL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE STEERING TIE ROD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING TIE ROD AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000: (STEERING LINKAGES: TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10449606February 28, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY DIRECTIONAL HAS FAILURES, I WILL TURN ON TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE RIGHT SIGNAL WILL FLASH. SOMETIMES THE DIRECTIONAL WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. SOMETIMES IT WILL SIGNAL RIGHT AND THEN LEFT ALL ON ITS OWN. THEN IT WILL WORK FINE. I FOUND SIMULAR PROBLEMS IN FORUMS FOR 2006 BUT NOTHING FOR 2005. I CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL. I FOUND AN ACTION NUMBER ON YOUR WEBSITE, PE08059, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DIFFERENT YEAR AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF RAM. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10448605February 21, 2012
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVER DOOR LOCK IS STUCK DOWN IN LOCK POSITION. POWER DOOR LOCKS AND KEY WILL NOT OPEN DOOR. DOOR WILL OPEN FROM INSIDE DOOR LATCH. HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON THE FORUMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10447301February 9, 2012
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I JUST PURCHASED MY USED 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT ON A 1500 MILE ROUND TRIP TO TEST IT OUT. AT SPEEDS OVER 55 MPH, I EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE WHENEVER I WOULD HIT UNEVEN PAVEMENT. MY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE IS THAT IT HAPPENED NO LESS THAN 50 TIMES DURING THE TRIP. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS AS MANY TIMES I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH WITH SEMIS RIGHT BESIDE ME. THE DODGE DEALER QUOTED ME OVER $1200 TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPENER AS WELL AS THE BALL JOINTS, WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD EVEN FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED A DEATH IF SOMEONE LESS EXPERIENCED THAN MYSELF WAS DRIVING. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT DODGE HAS NOT INTERVENED WITH THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW AS IT COULD VERY WELL CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY INCLUDING DEATH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10447322February 9, 2012
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT REAR TURN SIGNAL WAS DEFECTIVE AND STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446747February 5, 2012
VISIBILITY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VOLUME OF AIR COMING FROM MY DEFROSTER IS INADEQUATE TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR FROM FOG AND FROST. I HAVE READ SEVERAL ON LINE ARTICLES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND COULD ONLY IMAGINE HOW SOMEONE LIVING IN A COLDER CLIMATE IS DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS DEFINITELY CAN CAUSE AN UNSAFE CONDITION BY HAMPERING YOUR VISION WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446589February 3, 2012
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. THE FRACTURED TIE ROD WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446142February 1, 2012
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVER DOOR POWER LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED, RESULTING IN DISABLING THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE AND THE ONLY KEY CYLINDER ON THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE KEYS WERE LOCKED IN THE TRUCK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO ENTER THE VEHICLE WITH A SPARE KEY SINCE THERE IS NO LOCK CYLINDER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ON THIS TRUCK. NOTE THAT LOCKING THE KEYS IN THE TRUCK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING WHEN EXPERIENCING THIS FAILURE IS VIRTUALLY INEVITABLE WITH THIS TRUCK, SINCE IT AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS THE DOORS WHEN YOU REACH 10 MPH AND THE OTHER THREE DOORS STAY LOCKED WHEN YOU EXIT FROM THE DRIVER DOOR. I HAD TO CALL AAA TO OPEN THE TRUCK SINCE THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET IN EVEN WITH A SPARE KEY, SINCE THIS FAILURE DISABLES THE ONLY DOOR LOCK ON THE TRUCK. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE BEING LOCKED OUT OF YOUR RUNNING VEHICLE IN THE WINTER COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE OUT OF CELLPHONE RANGE OR YOUR CELLPHONE IS LOCKED IN THE VEHICLE, AS MINE WAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10445989January 31, 2012
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN USING HIS LEFT TURN SIGNAL IT WOULD ACTIVATE THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL INSTEAD AND THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS USED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH 3 TIMES WITHIN 18 MONTHS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE FAILURE RECURRED A FORTH TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS LATER CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446048January 31, 2012
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE LSD REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVE LINE SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE SHOP THAT FIXED IT SAID THAT A RETAINING CLIP MUST HAVE COME LOOSE AND DESTROYED THE ENTIRE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. GOOD THING I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 25 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT 75MPH ON THE FREEWAY, OR THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING. *TT UPDATED 5/29/2015 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446068January 31, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I DRIVE A RAM 1500 4WD WITH THE FOLLOWING REAR DIFFERENTIAL: DMDS 3.55 AXLE RATIO, DRBS CORPORATE 9.25 LD REAR AXLE. WHILE DRIVING ON A DRY, BARE ROAD AT 40 MPH, I STARTED TO HEAR A LOW PITCHED GROWLING NOISE FROM THE REAR END OF MY TRUCK. I WAS TRYING TO LOCATE A PLACE TO PULL OVER TO, BUT WITHIN ABOUT 30-60 SECONDS I HEARD A SINGLE LOUD BOOMING TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR END OF MY TRUCK AND THE I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE AFTER THAT (POWER LOSS TO THE WHEELS). THE BOOMING NOISE WAS MY DRIVE SHAFT THAT HAD JUST FALLEN OFF DUE TO THE PINION NUT COMING UNDONE. ONCE THE PINION NUT/DRIVESHAFT CAME OFF THE TRUCK, SOMETHING STARTED FLYING AROUND INSIDE OF THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL CASE AND CRACKED THE BOTTOM OF MY REAR DIFF CASE (PLUS THE REAR DIFF WAS TOTALLY LOCKED UP). I RECOVERED THE DRIVESHAFT AND FOUND THE PINION NUT FLOATING AROUND INSIDE OF THE DRIVESHAFT YOKE FLANGE ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE DRIVE SHAFT (PINION NUT WAS NOT BROKEN). THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY REPAIRS NEEDED TO THAT SIDE OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL (E.G. LIKE A PINION SEAL OR THE LIKE), THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE PINION NUT COMING LOOSE, ONLY THE STANDARD FLUID CHANGES AT THE SPECIFIED TIMES USING THE PROPER FLUIDS (PER THE TSB RELEASED BY DODGE: 03-003-06). DURING THE FLUID CHANGES, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF METAL PIECES OR ISSUES IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD DURING THE INCIDENT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BUT HAD JUST BEEN ON THE FREEWAY 10 MINUTES EARLIER. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WOULD HAVE OCCURED IF THAT DRIVESHAFT CAME OFF ON THE FREEWAY. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10445558January 27, 2012
STEERING, WHEELS, SUSPENSION, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DEALER HAD MY TRUCK TWICE SINCE THE RECALL. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A TIE-ROD ASSEMBLY, STEERING LINKAGE AND FRONT END NEEDED. I ONLY HAVE 49,000 MILES ON IT AND THERE'S A RECALL FOR THESE DEFECTS WITH CHRYSLER ID 11V350000 - THEY OLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME $3,000 THE FIRST TIME AND THEN I CAME BACK TO GET PARTS AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY WILL GIVE ME A BREAK ON PARTS - THIS IS FRAUD IF THERE'S A RECALL PLUS THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME FOR FREE - IT WAS TOTALLY UNDER WARRANTY AT BOTH TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10445635January 27, 2012
SUSPENSION, STEERING
AT CRUISING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IF A POTHOLE IS HIT THE TRUCK WILL GO INTO A VIOLENT "DEATH WOBBLE" UNTIL BROUGHT TO A STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10443970January 16, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
DRIVER DOOR LOCK STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION NO MATTER WHAT, CAN OPEN ONLY FROM INSIDE, ALL OTHER DOOR LOCKS WORK FINE, DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL DOWN FROM ANY POWER CONTROL STUCK PERMANENTLY UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10443466January 11, 2012
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MECHANIC NOTICE WEAR IN THE TIE RODS BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE WOBBLE WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE TIE ROD AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT TRIED TO ORDER TIE ROD PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BUT THE PARTS NEEDED WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE PITMAN ARM CONNECTING TO THE SPINDLE ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000. UPDATED 02/15/12*LJ UPDATED 02/17/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442526January 5, 2012
VISIBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 4 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS NO LONGER WORKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09E009000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442083January 2, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE I GOT A REAL STRONG DIESEL SMELL COMING INTO THE CABIN, I WAS HALF A BLOCK AWAY SO I KEPT DRIVING GOT INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND POPPED THE HOOD TO FIND INJECTOR LINE #4 LEAKING LIKE CRAZY TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE DEALER AND BOUGHT TWO NEW INJECTOR LINE, REPLACED THE BAD ONE AND KEPT ONE FOR SPARE, ANOTHER 8 MONTHS LATER THE SAME LINE WENT OUT AGAIN, SO I REPLACED IT WITH THE SPARE I HAD IN THE TRUCK I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND BOUGHT ANOTHER TWO, MY 3RD ONE WENT OUT A WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN WHILE SHOPPING FOR MY 2 YEAR OLD SONS COSTUME I WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING BACK HOME WITH MY WIFE, MY SON, AND MY DAD I GOT THE SAME SMELL INTO THE CABIN AND THIS TIME I GOT SOME SMOKE INTO THE CABIN ALSO I FREAKED OUT AND GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND PUT MY WIFE, SON AND DAD INTO A TAXI AND SENT THEM HOME AND I REPLACED A 3RD INJECTOR LINE, THIS HAS TO STOP BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT, DODGE HAS TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR I HAVE A FEELING THEY WILL PAY ALOT OF MOBEY IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442118January 2, 2012
AIR BAGS
DURING A FRONT END COLLISION, FOLLOWED BY A VEHICLE ROLLOVER, BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A UTILITY POLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DIRECTLY AT THE HEADLIGHT. IT APPEARS THE VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED UP AND HIT THE ROOF ON THE POLE BEFORE ROLLING OVER AND COMING TO REST ON THE ROOF. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442928December 31, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PREPARING TO TURN LEFT FROM US69 ONTO COUNTY ROAD. LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON. BEGAN THE TURN AND A PICKUP BEGAN TO PASS ON THE LEFT. HE RAN OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGHWAY SPEED. VERY NEARLY ROLLED. COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WOULD PASS AS I WAS TURNING LEFT. LATER, A FRIEND WAS FOLLOWING ME AND CALLED ME ON ME CELL AND ASKED IF I KNEW MY RIGHT BLINKER WAS FLASHING WHEN I CHANGED LANES TO THE LEFT. PULLED OVER TO TEST. SOMETIMES IT WOULD BLINK LEFT. OTHER TIMES IT WOULD GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT BLINKER. OTHER TIMES IT WILL START LEFT AND SWITCH TO THE RIGHT. GOOGLING THE PROBLEM, I FIND IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND FROM THE DODGE DIESEL FORUMS, BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE AND QUITE COMMON. DODGE EVIDENTLY DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM. TOTALLY INCONCEIVABLE THAT A PART COULD FAIL AND HAVE THE EXACT OPPOSITE THING HAPPEN THAN WHAT WAS INTENDED. IF THERE HAVE NOT BEEN FATALITIES OR INJURIES RELATED TO THIS, I WOULD BE SURPRISED. MAYBE NOT EVEN REALIZED. HERE IS A LINK TO ONE OF THE FORUMS AND THE FIRST POST FORM 08 IS ALMOST IDENTICAL AS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. HTTP://WWW.DIESELTRUCKRESOURCE.COM/DEV/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=208543&HIGHLIGHT=TURN+SIGNAL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10441757December 30, 2011
STEERING
TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH ON I-10 HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED MY 2005 DODGE RAM 2500HD 4X4 DIESEL TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY I THOUGHT MY BREAK CALIPER HAD BROKEN FREE OF ITS MOUNT. HITTING THE BREAKS ONLY PROLONGED THE VIOLENT SHAKING. I HAD TAKEN IT TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY DRIVE SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAD IT REPLACED AND THE SHAKING REPEATED. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A BROKEN CORD IN ONE OF MY TIRES AND THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES. THOSE WERE REPLACED WITH MICHELINS. AGAIN THE SHAKING ACCRUED. AT THIS POINT I LOST FAITH IN MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND I HAD TO PURCHASE A DODGE UPGRADE KIT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. 4,000 DOLLARS LATER MY TRUCK WAS FIXED AND I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES IN 10,000 MILES. WHEN I ASKED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER ABOUT A RECALL OR WARRANTY WORK, I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THERE WERE NO SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THIS ISSUE. ON AN AVERAGE DAY WITH AN AVERAGE DRIVER SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED IF DODGE DOES NOT ISSUE AN ACROSS THE BOARD RECALL. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, KNOWN AS THE DODGE DEATH WOBBLE, IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT LESSER GRADE PARTS WERE USED TO SUPPORT A STEERING THAT REQUIRES MORE SUPPORT. CASE IN POINT; THE DODGE UPGRADE KIT COMES WITH COMPONENTS THAT ARE OF A HIGHER QUALITY, SIZE AND WEIGHT TO BETTER SUPPORT THE STEERING SYSTEM. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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