Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10744444July 28, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WAS NOTIFIED IN FEBRUARY OF 2013 THAT MY VEHICLE WAS BEING RECALLED FOR THE REAR AXLE RETAINING NUT. THE NUT COULD COME LOOSE CAUSING THE REAR END TO SEIZE, OR CAUSING THE REAR AXLE TO COME OUT OF ITS HOUSING. MIKE ANDERSON IN ROCHESTER, IN TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE REPAIR KIT AND WOULD NOTIFY ME WHEN IT CAME IN. I CHECKED BACK ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER. THEY STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED THE PART. I HEARD NOTHING SINCE. IT SEEMS THAT TWO YEARS IS AN EXCESSIVE LENGTH OF TIME TO FIX THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744453July 28, 2015
STEERING
I JUST HEARD THE NEWS ON THE DODGE RAM BUYBACK SO I DECIDED TO CHECK MINE FOR OPEN RECALLS AND NONE WERE SHOWN. MY INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS TURNING INTO A GAS STATION AND AS I WAS TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP WHICH CAUSED ME TO RUN INTO TWO CONCRETE POLLS. OVER SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE OCCURRED. I LOVE DODGE RAMS! I'VE OWNED SEVEN SINCE 2004. JUST WANTED TO REPORT JUST IN CASE THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744457July 28, 2015
STEERING
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING FROM THE FRONT END. MY HUSBAND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND COULD NOT CONTROL NOR STOP THE SHAKING OF THE TRUCK. HE HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HIT A SMALL POLE AND THE REAR BED WAS HIT. MY ARMS AND LEGS WERE PRETTY BANGED UP AND BRUISED, SO I SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. EVERY SINCE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, OUR TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN MOVED BECAUSE IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE STEERING AND LOSING CONTROL PROBLEM. THE TRUCK SHAKES REAL BAD AND FEELS LIKE IT IS FALLING APART WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. SO THEREFORE, IT CAN NOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THEY DENIED HELPING US AND TEST DRIVING IT TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES THAT THE TRUCK DOES START TO SHAKE AND LOSE CONTROL WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SO EVERY SINCE THIS INCIDENT, OUR TRUCK HAS BEEN PARKED AND MY HUSBAND TOOK IT IN TO MAKE SOME PREVIOUS REPAIRS AND THOSE REPAIRS WERE AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE TRUCK STILL DOES THE SAME THING WHILE EITHER I AM DRIVING IT OR MY HUSBAND IS DRIVING IT OR ANYBODY ELSE IS DRIVING IT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10744475July 28, 2015
AIR BAGS
I CONTACTED DEALER IN FEBRUARY 2015 ABOUT THE RECALL R25-NHTSA-15V-313 AND ITS NOW JULY 2015 AND THEY SAY THEY CN ONLY DO 1 OR 2 TRUCKS A MONTH AND I AM NUMBER 35 ON THE LIST SO AT THIS RATE IT MAY TAKE 2 YEARS TO GET THE TRUCK FIXED UNDER THE RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744484July 28, 2015
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING DOWN I 10 TODAY GOING 70 MY TRUCK STARTED VIGOROUSLY SHACKING AND MAKING MY TRUCK RUN OFF THE ROAD IT WAS ALL I HAD TO KEEP FROM CRASHING MY FRONT END OR READ END FELT LIKE IT LOCKED UP THEN I TRIED PULLING OFF AND MY TRUCK HAD LITTLE POWER IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO GET IT RUNNING RIGHT AGAIN BUT EVERY BUMP I HIT THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED I LOOKED UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK AND COULD SEE FLUID COMING FROM MY STEERING COLUMN THIS HAPPENED LITERALLY AT 180000 MILES AT 86000 MILES MY 2012 DIESEL EXHAUST FILTER CLOGGED COMPLETELY UP AND THE DEALER SAID IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE 100000 MILE WARRANTY I PAID $934 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE EXHAUST PROBLEM S STILL TOO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744500July 28, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
I WAS SITTING AT AN ENTRANCE NOT MOVING WHEN A CNN RAIL REPAIR TRUCK JUMPED THE CURB RAN INTO MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT FENDER AND TORE HALF FRONT END PARTS OFF SPUN ME 180 HIT REAR DRIVER SIDE PANEL ON SOME STEEL POSTS WAS INJURED BROKEN COLLAR BONE BROKEN RIBS HIT HEAD OFF DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAVE WIPLASH NO AIR BAGS WENT OFF AT ALL IN MY TRUCK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10743808July 27, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NEEDED TO BE DEPRESSED HARDER TO STABILIZE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743848July 27, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAG) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO 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
#10743851July 27, 2015
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I RAN INTO SOME BUMPY ROADS AND I LOOKED AT MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE IN THE DASH AND IT WAS GONE. THE WHOLE INNER DASH WAS BROKE LOOSE AND PLASTIC PARTS WERE FALLING ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. I'VE E-MAILED DODGE AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM YET. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT COULD BE FROM $1000 TO $7000 TO FIX. IT HAD A FEW CRACKS IN IT BEFORE BUT NOW IT SEAMS TO BE JUST FALLING TO PIECES. I BELIEVE THIS COULD CAUSE MY AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY AT ANY MINUTE AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IN AN ACCIDENT HOW COULD YOU TELL IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BEFORE OR AFTER THE INCIDENT? COULD THE AIRBAG CAUSE AN ACCIDENT? DODGE SAYS IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY AND I WILL HAVE TO FIX IT MYSELF. I THINK WITH ALL THE DASH ISSUES, DODGE SHOULD AT LEAST BARE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. THEY WON'T EVEN TELL ME IF MY TRUCK IS SAFE TO DRIVE? SO IT SETS IN BACK YARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743858July 27, 2015
SUSPENSION
THERE SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH DODGE FRONT ENDS IT SEEMS THAT THE BUY BACK IS 08 AND UP AND MY 07 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIE ROD ENDS AND THE STEERING LINKAGE(HOWEVER I DIDN'T GET PAID BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE RECIEPT ANYMORE)AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS I AM JUST WONDERING WHY 07 IS NOT PART OF THE BUY BACK?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743838July 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 (NA) DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION WHEN IT SUDDENLY STARTED TO DRIVE FORWARD. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE SELECTOR SWITCH ERRONEOUSLY CHANGED TO THE DRIVE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743840July 27, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
I HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL 2 TIMES SINCE DECEMBER 1,2014 FOR DIESEL FUEL HEATER ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND HAVE BEEN TO THE DODGE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. THE DEALER STATES THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS. THIS HAS BEEN OVER 8 MONTHS NOW AND I AM NOW EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STICKING THROTTLE AS I DRIVE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION AS THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN RELEASING THE THROTTLE. IT ALSO AT IDLE WILL INCREASE THE RPM ON IT'S OWN. UPDATE 9/15/15*CW THE FUEL HEATER WAS FIXED. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WITH HIGH IDLE AND THE VEHICLE ONLY SLOWED DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE HIGH IDLE AND CONSTANT INSTANCES OF FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM AS WELL AS THE INABILITY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM THE VEHICLES INFORMATION PORT STILL EXISTS. UPDATED 10/01/15*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743849July 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REAR AXLE WAS MAKING LOUD NOISES, TURNED OUT I HAD TO REPLACE THE BEARINGS IN THE REAR AXLE. COST ME OVER 1100.00, WAS TOLD ITS VERY STRANGE FOR A TRUCK WITH ONLY 76K MILES TO NEED THIS DONE. I ALSO HAD THE REAR DIFF SERVICED BY A DEALER 6 MONTHS PRIOR WITH NO INDICATION FROM THEM OF ANY ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743852July 27, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743855July 27, 2015
STEERING
ON MARCH 12 WE WERE RETURNING FROM SKIING, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD BROKE ON OUR 2007 RAM 2500. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE MECHANIC WHERE THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. WHEN DODGE HAD THE RECALL ON THIS PART WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND WERE TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS ONLY ON THE REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON FOR THE BROKEN TIE ROD AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE US FOR THE COST OF FIXING THE ORIGINAL TIE ROD THAT BROKE. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED OUT THE REPLACEMENT TIE ROD. MY CONCERN WITH THE RECALL IS: IF THE ORIGINAL TIE ROD WASN'T DEFECTIVE DODGE WOULDN'T BE REPLACING SO MANY REPLACEMENTS. WHY WERE WE NOT REIMBURSED FOR THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743864July 27, 2015
AIR BAGS, STEERING
MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD AND STAYS ON FOR A WHILE SOMETIMES GOES OFF THEN COMES RIGHT BACK ON. MY WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID MESSAGE COMES ON EVEN WHITH A FULL TANK OF FLUID. MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW GOES UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN SOMETIMES. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF YOU GUYS COULD ENLIGHTEN ME ON ALL OF THIS THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I SEARCHED MY VIN NUMBER AND NO RECALLS CAME UP. I DON'T WANT TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND MY STEERING SUDDENLY GOES. ALSO GOD FOR BID I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743873July 27, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V312000 (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
#10743861July 27, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 (NA) DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSMISSION EMITTED A CLICKING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE REVERSED WITH THE GEAR IN DRIVE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE COMPUTER CODES WERE RESET; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE DEALER ALSO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743865July 27, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD A PAST FAILURE WITH THE BRAKES, CORROSION OF THE FRAME, A CRACKED DASHBOARD, AND WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATING SINCE 26,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THESE FAILURES, BUT NOT FOR THE STEERING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 41,000.....UPDATED 01/04/2016 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743885July 27, 2015
STEERING, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE IN A PARKING LOT THE LEFT SIDE TIE ROD BROKE, WHICH I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN IN THE PARKING LOT AND NOT 2 MINUTES EARLIER WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH ON THE TOLL WAY. I HAD JUST RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, AND HAD NOT HAD TIME TO TAKE IN IN. ONCE THE TRUCK ARRIVED TO THE DEALERSHIP MAXWELL SUPER CENTER LOCATED IN AUSTIN TEXAS, THEY ARGUED WITH ME THAT THE TIE ROD THAT HAD BROKE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. I LITERALLY HAD TO PROVE TO THEM ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY THAT THIS WAS THE TIE ROD UNDER THE RECALL AND THAT EVERYONE CONCERNED WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL ON MY TRUCK AS WELL THAT THEY WERE NOT YET PREPARED TO FIX AND THAT I WOULD BE PLACED ON A LIST AND CALLED ONCE THE NEEDED ITEMS WERE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SUCH REPAIRS, AND TO THIS DATE I HAVE YET TO HERE BACK ON THAT RECALL SO HOPEFULLY MY TRUCK DOESN'T CATCH FIRE UNTIL THEY GET AROUND TO NOTIFYING ME. THE SAD PART OF THIS WHOLE THING IS CHRYSLER WANTED ME OUT OF MY PREVIOUS TRUCK BECAUSE EVEN AFTER A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT THEY STILL COULD NOT FIX THE ISSUES AND MAKE IT SAFE AND RELIABLE THIS WAS ON A 06 DODGE RAM 2500 THAT WOULD GET 21 MPG VS THIS 2010 THAT GETS 14 MPG WHICH THEY SAY THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG, I HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK IN 2 TIMES FOR A GASKET AROUND THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT THAT LEAKS IN THE RAIN THUS FILLING THE TRUCK UP WITH WATER ON THE INSIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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