2003 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

REAR PINION SEAL WENT OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 47000. BEGAN HEARING NOISE IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL AT 57000. TOOK IT INTO DEALER. TECH WAS VERY HELPFUL. DISMANTLED REAR DIFFERENTIAL. SHOWED ME APPX 3/16" GROOVE WORN INTO DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING AND CARRIER FROM LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL CLUTCH RETAINING CLIP WHICH BROKE OFF AND WAS GRINDING DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. TECH SAYS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL AND COULD LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC READ DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE DURING DRIVING CONDITIONS. READ VARIOUS INTERNET FORUMS WITH NUMEROUS DODGE RAM 1500 OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. SOME OF THESE SAME OWNER HAVE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURES. *JB

2003 DODGE RAM 1500 5.7L 2WD TRUCK STALLED. MOST RECENT LISTED BELOW BUT HAPPENED BEFORE AS WELL. NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, IN TRAFFIC, TRUCK SHUTTERS (LIKE IT DOWNSHIFTED SEVERAL GEARS AT ONCE) THEN ENGINE QUIT. HAVE ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES, RADIO, FAN, WINDOWS AND DASH ARE WORKING, BUT ENGINE NOT RUNNING. COAST TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. SHIFT TO PARK BUT WON'T RE-START. HAVE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP (WHICH WAS CLOSED BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED ON A SUNDAY). NEXT DAY THE TRUCK STARED FINE AT DEALERSHIP AND HAD NO CODES. DEALER DID NOTHING TO REPAIR. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. TOWED TO DEALER AT NIGHT, STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND HAD NO CODES. DEALER RE-FLASHED COMPUTER THAT TIME. *NM

ON FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 2003 MY HUSBAND DIED AS THE RESULT OF OUR 2003 DODGE RAM JUMPING FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, THE DRIVERS DOOR HIT HIM FROM BEHIND AND ROLLED HIM OVER FORWARD, PENNING HIM UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR AND PAVEMENT. THIS INCIDNET WAS REPORTED TO AND INVESTIGATED BY THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPT. *NM

ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING MY DODGE RAM PICKUP. I WAS COMING TO A STOP WHILE APPLYING MY BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I DID GET THE TRUCK TO STOP WITH OUT ANY CRASHES. EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE NOTICED BRAKE NOISE. NOW WHEN I PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I AM ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE OR GOING OVER A BUMP MY BRAKES GRIND. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO TWO DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERS AND BOTH OF THEM TRY TO TELL ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL. *JB

REF 2003 DODGE RAM 1500QC 4.7L 4X4 17000 MILES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAD A NEAR STALLING ISSUE, AND 1 COMPLETE STALL. I WOULD START TRUCK IN MORNING LET IT SIT FOR 2 MINUTES THEN DRIVE TO WORK AS NORMAL, NO PROBLEMS. AFTER I LEAVE WORK AFTER AN 8 HOUR TOUR I WOULD START TRUCK AS NORMAL LET IT SIT FOR 2 MINUTES THEN DRIVE AWAY AS NORMAL AFTER APPROX 100 YARDS THROUGH PARKING LOT I WOULD STOP AT STOP SIGN WAITING TO TURN, TRUCK WOULD BOG DOWN AND CHUG AS IF IT WANTED TO STALL. I WOULD TAP THE GAS PEDAL WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKE DOWN, THEN WHEN IT WAS CLEAR I WOULD DRIVE AS NORMAL NO MORE PROBLEMS. THE TRUCK HAS DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES .THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALER, SPENT A WEEK, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE IDLE, SO THEY FLASHED THE COMPUTER. I GET THE TRUCK BACK DROVE HOME NO PROBLEM DROVE TO WORK NEXT DAY NO PROBLEM FINISHED MY TOUR STARTED TO DRIVE HOME NO PROBLEM, AFTER 2 MILES I MADE A LEFT TURN AND TRUCK STALLED OUT NARROWLY MISSING A TREE, I CALLED DEALER AND GAVE THEM A CODE THAT FLASHED ON DASHBOARD, NO SUCH CODE HAD IT TOWED IN, THEY HAD THE TRUCK 3 MORE DAYS, NEGATIVE PROBLEMS, BUT THEY INSTALLED AN ON BOARD FLIGHT RECORDER SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS, SO THE RECORDER WENT IN AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK THE PICTURE LIKE THE SHOWED ME HOW AND GOT 3 GOOD SHOTS. THE DEALER GETS THE RECORDER BACK AND SAYS A FEW DAYS UNTIL THEY HEAR FROM DAIMLER/CHRYSLER. A WEEK OR SO GOES BY AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENS A FEW MORE TIMES. I CALL

ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND IT'S KEEPS DYING, REALY SCARING WHEN IT DIES AT 65 MILES OER HOUR - FEAR OF STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP OR BRAKES NOT WORKING, HAS BEEN IN SHOP 7 OR 8 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT'S STILL NOT FIXED. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF FROM THE AXLE WHILE DRIVING AT A 38-40 MPH. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY WHEN THE REAR END SLID TO THE RIGHT AND OUT UNDERNEATH, AND ENDED UP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE GRASS, TRAVELED EAST BOUND AND ENDED UP WEST BOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIAN. THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE IMPOUND YARD. CONSUMER HAD A SET OF NEW TIRES PUT ON THE VEHICLE A FEW MONTHS AGO. THEY WERE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS. TIRES. CONSUMER S HAD NOT CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP OR MANUFACTURER. *AK

1] NO PROBLEM JUST APPLIED BRAKES 2] WHEN I APPLY BRAKES IT VIBRATES THE FRONT END. 3] I TOOK TO RANDALL KNOLL DEALERSHIP IN TERRELL AND THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE ALL DAY AND SAID THEY DIDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND ASK IF I WANTED TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON SO I SAID IF IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM SO THEY APPLIED THE NEW BRAKES AND NOTHING CHANGED THE VIBRATION. OR SHAKING WHEN YOU APPLIED THE BREAKS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL SHOP AND HAD THE ROTORS TURNED AND THEN REPLACED AND STILL THE PROBLEM EXISTS. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO APPLY THE BREAKS QUICK YOU BECOME AFRAID THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB IN 10/2003. THE TEMP GAUGE ALWAYS SHOWED THE TEMP AT ABOVE THE NORMAL RANGE. TOLD BY THE SALESPERSON THAT WAS NORMALAT. AT APPROXIMATELY 44K MILES THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND BROKE DOWN. MECHANIC REPLACED THERMOSTAT - NO HELP. TOOK VEHICLE TO BATTISON'S DEALERSHIP IN DUNCAN OK WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS ACCUSED OF INSTALLING THE THERMOSTAT BACKWARD. THE DEALERSHIP ACCUSED US OF PUTTING "STOP LEAK" IN THE RADIATOR AND USING NON RED COOLANT. COOLANT WAS CLEAR BECAUSE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND WATER WAS ONLY SOURCE. STOP LEAK WAS NEVER USED - THE DEALERSHIP'S CONTRACTOR FOR RADIATOR REPAIR IT LOOKED LIKE STOP LEAK COULD HAVE BEEN USED - BUT COULDN'T TELL FOR SURE. THE PARTS MANAGER TOLD US THAT AT THE SAME TIME OUR 2003 WAS IN THE SHOP A 2005 WITH 31K WAS IN THE SHOP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DIFFERENCE - THE 2005 WAS UNDER WARRANTY. MY THOUGHT - IF DODGE ISN'T GOING TO STAND BEHIND PRODUCT AFTER 36K MILES THEN WE WON'T PURCHASE PRODUCTS FROM THIS LINE - FORD IS LOOKING BETTER.

ROUGH/UNEXCEPTABLE IDLE IN 2003 DODGE RAM SINCE 6,000 MILES ON ODOMETER, TAKEN TO DODGE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO RESULTS OR REPAIR. DEALERSHIP AND DAHMLER CHRYSLER HAVE NO REMEDY AND I HAVE A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE THAT RUNS LIKE ITS ON ITS LAST LEG. I AM TOTALLY ANNOYED WITH THE DODGE EXPERIENCE, AND SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED A GM PRODUCT. I AM CURRENTLY RESEARCHING THE LEMON LAW PROCEDURE.

2003 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB REAR LAMP FAILURE. I HAVE HAD TWO REAR LAMP FAILURES ONE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE BRAKE LAMP. UPON REPLACING LAMP, LAMP WAS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT BASE WHERE CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL WAS MADE WAS BURNED ON BOTH BULBS.

VEHICLE HAS 107,000 MILES ON IT 4.7 L. HEAD GASKET BLEW WATER NUMBER 2 CYLINDERMOTOR OVER HEATED. NOW DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE $2600 TO FIX. OUT OF 5 DODGES HAVE HAD 4 WITH BAD HEAD GASKETS. 2 CARAVANS WITH 2,4L AND A BREEZE(PLYMOUTH) WITH A 2L. WAS TOLD BY A NON DODGE MECHANIC SHOP THIS IS THE 3RD ONE THEY HAVE SEEN. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM. ALSO HAD RIGHT INNER TIE ROD GO OUT ONCE AND IS DOING SO AGAIN. CAUSES SEVERE TIRE WEAR AND VERY ERATTIC STEERING. PLEASE POST TO THIS SITE IF SIMILAR PROBLEMS MAY FORCE DODGE TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND SHOW THIS IS SOMETHING COMMON AND THEY ARE JUST BITING THEIR TOUNGE UNTIL OUR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE A/C ON HIGH, THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW IT COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. THE WIRES HAD MELTED AND BURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH UP. THERE WERE NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DODGE MECHANIC SAID THAT THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C STAYING ON HIGH FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THE CONSUMER HAS ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DODGE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT WAS A YEAR BEFORE THIS VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAS ALREADY BEEN CORRECTED. *JB *SC *JB

WATER LEAKING ON TO NUMBER 1 CYCLINDER CAUSING IT TO MISS FIRE.AS FAR AS I KNOW DODGE AINT SAYING A THING ABOUT THIS JUST GIVING TUNE UPS AND SENDING PEOPLE ON THERE WAY.ALSO BOTH DOORS ARE TEARING UP WEATHER STRIPPING ON BOTH SIDES OF VECHILE [ON SOME MODLES] THESE MODLES ARE DODGE RAMS 1500,2500.3500

VEHICLE STALLS DURING PARKING LOT MANUVERS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT STUMBLES AND OR STALLS. VEHICLE BOUGHT IN JUNE OF 2003. 1RST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN AUGUST OF 2003. TOOK VEHICLE IN AND THEY "FLASHED" THE PCM. CONTINUED TO HAPPEN ABOUT EVERY THREE MONTHS UP TO THE PRESENT. HAVE HAD IT INTO THE DEALER ON A COUPLE OF OTHER OCCASIONS SINCE. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX. HAPPENED AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, A FEW DAYS AFTER IT WAS AT CERRITOS DODGE. CALLED THE SERVICE REP THERE, ALFONZO CUADRA, HE SAID THAT I WOULD BE WASTING MY TIME BRINGING IT BACK IN AGAIN. HE SAID THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO FIX AVAILABLE. HE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE A NEW FLASH IN THE "NEAR FUTURE" AND HE WOULD CALL ME WHEN IT WAS IN. STILL NO CALL. THERE IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE. WAS ALMOST HIT IN A PARKING LOT THE LAST TIME THAT IT HAPPENED. I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SAFE VEHICLE AND CHRYSLER DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE.

2003 DODGE RAM, 1500, 5,7 LTR. HEMI, HAS STALLED AND WOULD NOT START OR RUN. TOWED IN THREE TIMES. TOTAL TIMES IN SHOP - SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS, BUT STALLING IS NOT AS SEVERE SINCE LAST SERVICE. TRUCK IS USED FOR FARM AND PULLING CAMPER. CANNOT USE FOR LONG TRIPS AND CAMPING DUE TO FEAR OF STALLING AND BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. DEALER HAS REPLACED MANY PARTS AND BELIEVES PROBLEM IS SOLVED, BUT STALLING CONTINUES, ALTHOUGH NOT AS SEVERE. I'M RELUCTANT TO PURSUE FURTHER ACTION AS DEALER IS PERSONAL FRIEND AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE TRIED AS BEST AS THEY CAN. THIS VEHICLE IS A LEMON.

2003 DODGE RAM HEMI STALLING ISSUE. I JUST READ AN ARTICLE SAYING YOU WERE LOOKING INTO THE STALLING ISSUES ON DODGE RAMS. I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THE 2003 HEMI 1500'S WERE IN THE STUDY BUT WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE STALLING ISSUES ALSO. ON MULTIPLE OCCATIONS MY DODGE HAS STALLED SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN DEC. 2003. MOST OF THE TIME IT LOSES POWER AND STUMBLES TO GO ANYWHERE WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF AND THEN RESTART IT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CALLED AND EVEN BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN TO GET IT CHECKED BUT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DIDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I KNOW IT IS A KNOW ISSUE AND HOPE SOMETHING GETS DONE ABOUT IT ASAP.

DT: TWO VEHICLE CRASH, WHILE GOING 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF A TRUCK WITH FRONT END. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE TRUCK AS A PROBLEM WAS TOTALED, AND DID NOT KNOW WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO RECALL NOTICE WAS SENT TO CONSUMER. *AK

I HAVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES, 4.7 LITRE ENGINE AND AM EXPERIENCING A STALL OUT PROBLEM WHEN I GO TO TURN A CORNER . THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIME. IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION TO LOSE COMPLETE POWER, STEERING AND BRAKING POWER. THANK GOD THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT AN INTERSECTION OR I MIGHT NOT BE TYPING THIS COMPLAINT TOO YOU AT THIS TIME. I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY UNTIL MY HUSBAND SHOWED ME AN ARTICLE FROM THE TOLEDO BLADE ON MAY 21, 2005 IN REGARDS TOO THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 AND 2005 DODGE RAMS. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DT: WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION THE TRUCK SPED UP ON ITS ON. MANAGED TO GET TRUCK BACK HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. DROVE THE TRUCK FOR A FEW DAYS WITHOUT ANYTHING HAPPENING. WENT TO PULL INTO THE GARAGE AND HIT THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE. WHILE DRIVING IN A SHOPPING CENTER TRUCK SPED UP AGAIN AND WENT INTO A WOODEN FENCE AND INTO A PERSON'S YARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD PROBLEM FIXED. DEALER FOUND IAC MOTOR OUT OF RANGE. BUT THE SAME THING RECURRED. *AK

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN . THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE TRUCK TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAD HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER AND DRIVEN FOR 10 MILES . AFTER THE TEST DRIVE THE DEALER INDICATED THAT EH PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. *NM

THE TRUCK HAS CONTINUALLY HAD AN INTERMITTEN PROBLEM WITH A RESISTENCE SENSATION, AS IF THY PARKING BRAKE WAS ON. I THOUGHT AT THE TIME IT WAS AN ENGINE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE RAW FUEL SMELL AT THE TAILPIPE. DEALER SHOP FOUND NOTHING WRONG AT 3,218 MILES (12/01/05). AT 18,000 MILES (5/2/05) THERE WAS A COMPLETE BRAKE FALIURE, LOSE OF BRAKE PRESSURE. BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND I BELIEVE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSETEM FROZE AND SHORTED OUT, BECAUSE THE UNIT WAS HUMMING VERY LOUD AND WAS GETTING VERY HOT AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED.I CALLED ON THE EVENING OF 5/3/05 AND ASKED TO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART GIVEN TO ME. THEY SAID THEY WOULD.

DODGE RAM 1500 WAS BROUGHT INTO LOCAL 5 STAR DEALER AND REPAIRED 3 TIMES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FOR 4-WHEEL DRIVE "POPPING OUT OF GEAR". VEHICLE WAS PARKED, 3 HOURS LATER ROLLED BACK AND HIT A BUILDING WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL, UNDERCARRIAGE, POSSIBLY FRAME AND RIGHT AND REAR BUMPER. VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN PARK, DOCUMENTED IN POLICE REPORT AS BEING FOUND IN PARK. BROUGHT INTO SAME 5STAR DEALER WHO LET IT SIT ON THE LOT, NEVER LOOKED AT IT. I INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION VIA CHRYSLER. AN INVESTIGATOR CAME OUT, LOOKED AT THE TRANSFER CASE WITH A FLASHLIGHT, NEVER PUT THE VEHICLE IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, AND LEFT. WE NOW OWN A WRECKED VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE AND NOBODY WILL REPAIR IT. WE HAVE 17K ON THIS ENGINE AND ALL COMPONENTS ARE SUPPOSEDLY ON A FULL AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. CHRYSLER WILL DO NOTHING!!!!*AK

POWER STREERING HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACE ON MY 2003 DOGDE RAM 1500 TRUCK. LOW MILAGES. I SHOULD HAVE NOT HAD TO REPLACE HOSE.*AK

LEFT BALL JOINT STARTED SQUEAKING, I TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS ALSO WEARING OUT. VEHICLE HAD ONLY 45,345 MILES ON IT, AND COST ME $460.07. MOST OF THE MILES WERE HIGHWAY MILES, AND NEVER USED OFF THE ROAD.*AK

HAVING DRIVEN 120 MILES, I WAS 4 MILES FROM HOME; TURNING A CORNER, THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN AND STARTED MISSING. IT WAS MISSING SO BAD THAT I THOUGHT IF I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL, THE MOTOR WOULD SHUT DOWN. MY TRUCK WAS LOADED WITH TOOLS SO I PROCEEDED TO GO ON THE NEXT 4 MILES AND RISK IT AND NOT LOSE MY TOOLS. EARLIER AS I WAS IN A PASSING LANE, I FELT THE MOTOR SHUDDER AS IF A SPARK PLUG WAS FOULING OR I HAD BAD GAS OR A BAD PLUG WIRE. IF I WAS PASSING IN A SERIOUS PASSING SITUATION EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND THIS MOTOR SHUT DOWN AS IT DID, I WOULDN'T BE WRITING THIS E-MAIL. THIS TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH A DODGE HEMI AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS WITH EASE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THERE ARE 115 PEOPLE IN LINE FOR THIS PAR,T AND IF I PAID AN EXTRA $80 I WOULD BE BUMPED TO #6 BECAUSE THEY CLASSIFIED ME AS VEHICLE OFF ROAD. I'M TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT NUMBER IS GROWING. THE PART HAS YET TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SERVICE DEALER, AND I AM COMPLETELY WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION.*AK

MY ROTORS WARPED AFTER ABOUT 10,000 MILES, THE DEALER RESURFACED THEM. THEY WARPED AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER 8,000 MILES, THEY REPLACED THEM. THEN THEY WARPED AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER 6,000 OR SO MILES. I DON'T DO HEAVY TRAFFIC DRIVING, SO I AM NOT RIDING MY BRAKES, AND EVEN IF I WERE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE WARPING SO QUICKLY.*AK

2003 DODGE 1500 DROPPED DOWN ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING FROM PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR AXLE HOUSING.*MR THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SPUN AROUND 5-6 TIMES INN THE ROAD. THE TIRE, RIM, AXLE AND HOUSING ENDED UP UNDER THE TRUCK. *NM

I'VE OWNED MY 2003 DODGE RAM FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS. RECENTLY IT FELT LIKE THE IDOL WAS OFF, LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. BEFORE I COULD GET IT INTO THE SHOP IT BROKE DOWN WHILE DIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND HAD TO BE TOWED. SLUDGE WAS FOUND IN THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SEIZE. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I REGULARLY CHANGE MY OIL AS WELL AS ADD OIL AS NEEDED. THE REPAIR COST IS $5000.00 THEY DON'T WANT TO HONOR THE WARRANTY BECAUSE I DID NOT SAVE ALL MY OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS.*AK

THE FRONT ALIGNMENT MALFUNCTIONED PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO PULL TO THE LEFT. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM FIVE TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED IT HAS A LOT OF SHAKING, ALSO SECOND TIME THE TRUCK IS IN FOR ENGINE LIGHT AND ELECTRONIC THOTTLE MODULE. *JB

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 LARAMIE 4X2 WITH 17000 MILES. I PURCHASED IT FROM MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER WITH 2300 MILES ON IT. AROUND 15000 MILES, MY VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, AND A STRONG BURNING ODOR BEGAN TO COME FROM THE CAB. I THOUGHT THE ERROR WAS SERIOUS, AND IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH AN APPROPRIATE FIVE STAR DODGE DEALER HERB GORDON DODGE IN SILVER SPRING, MD. KEVIN WITH THE ORANGE TEAM, AT HERB GORDON, VERIFIED THAT ONE ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BURNING SMELL CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. AS THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY, THE PCM IS CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED. WHILE HERB GORDON HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB PROVIDING ME WITH SERVICE, DODGE HAS SCARRED ME AND ENCUMBERED MY TIME. I HAVE HAD TO RENT WHILE MY VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP, MY TRUCK SMELLS REALLY BAD INSIDE (DUE TO THE BURNING PCM,) AND I REALLY DO NOT TRUST THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. WHY WOULD A PCM GO BAD AFTER 17000 MILES? IS THE BURNING SMELL GOING TO CAUSE A FIRE IN THE FUTURE? AM I AT RISK IN THIS VEHICLE?*AK

LATCH ON BACK GLASS WINDOW IS MADE OF THIN PLASTIC AT THE HINGES, CAUSING FALURE WITH LIMITED USE. WITHOUT A PROPER LATCH THE WINDOW CAN OPEN, AND A CHILD COULD CLIMB OR FALL OUT. A BROKEN PEICE OF LATCH COULD ALSO BE A CHOCKING HAZARD.*AK

THE END OF THE TRUCK LOCKED UP, PREVENTING THE DRIVER FROM STEERING THE VEHICLE AND MAINTAINING CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE FOR CHECK UP, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE RACK AND PINION SHEARED OFF.*AK

AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I BEGAN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE BACK OF THE TRUCK DROPPED. AFTER I CAME TO A STOP I GOT OUT AND FOUND MY TRUCK WAS SITTING ON MY RIGHT REAR RIM. THE INNER AXLE AND OUTER AXLE BRACKETS HAD BROKEN. I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING OR GO IN A POT HOLE. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CONVINCE ME THAT I HIT SOMETHING. IT WAS SNOWING AND I WAS NOT GOING MORE THAN 15 MILES ON HOUR, SO EVEN IF I DID HIT THE CURB, WHICH I DIDN'T, IT SHOULDN'T SHEAR MY AXLE.*AK

LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE BACKING UP. *AK.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH THE TRUCK VEERED TO THE RIGHT ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, CAUSING IT TO GO OFF OF THE ROAD INTO A RAVINE. THE REAR WHEEL CAME OFF. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE REAR AXLE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN.*AK

WHEN SLIGHTLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, LOTS OF SHAKING. *JB

THE POWER STEERING UNIT ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 FAILED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WHILE I WAS AT K&M DODGE FOR THE SECOND REPAIR, TWO OTHER 2003 DODGE RAM OWNERS CAME INTO THE REPAIR SHOP WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM (NOW THAT WAS WITHIN A ONE HOUR PERIOD). THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY TO BE PURE COINCIDENCE; AND SUGGESTS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER (NO THROTTLE RESPONSE). NEXT THE IGNITION SWITCH WENT BAD. *BF THE VEHICLE'S STEERING COLUMN WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *NM

1. FELT NOTICABLE VIBRATION IN VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS (0 TO 40 MPH). VIBRATION WOULD SMOOTH OUT AFTER 40 MPH. 2. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES, REAR DIFFERENTIAL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP WITH NO REAR WHEEL MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER. HAD TO USE FRONT DRIVE AXLE TO MOVE VEHICE OUT OF ROADWAY WHILE DRAGGING LOCKED UP REAR AXLE. DODGE TECHNICIAN SUSPECTS PINION NUT FAILURE CAUSING PINION TO BIND REAR AXLE. 3. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON DEALER LOT WAITING TO BE REPAIRED. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE AND AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE IT.*AK

TOOK VEHICLE FOR NORMAL MAINTENANCE, REQUESTED DIFFERNTIAL TO BE SERVICED. CALLED BY DEALER TOLD THAT WHILE PERFORMING REAR DIFFERENTIAL SERVICE FOUND CLIPS BROKEN IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL CASE, AND SIDE BEARINGS WARPED. MUST REPLACE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. TRUCK HAS 46000 MILES.*AK

BEFORE 9000 MILES, MY FRONT BRAKES HAD SEVERE VIBRATION AND PEDAL PULSATION. THE DEALER SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND REPLACED THEM. AFTER ONLY 13000 ADDITIONAL MILES THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. AGAIN THE DEALER SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I HAVE CORRESPONDED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY HAVE DENIED ANY PROBLEM. THE BRAKES ARE UNRELIABLE AND CANNOT BE EXPECTED OPERATE CORRECTLY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. *JB

HAVE HAD THE TRUCK LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND HAVE HAD SERVICE BECAUSE OF FAULTY MOTOR IN WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BAD COIL IN ENGINE, MIS-FIRING, CAUSING THE CYLINDERS AND VALVES TO BE REPLACED, FUEL CAP REPLACED, FUEL LINE REPLACED BECAUSE OF WATER IN THE LINES, HEATER HAD BAD PIECE, CAUSING HEAT TO NOT COME OUT OF DEFROST OR FLOORS, SHIFTER FOR 4-WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT SHIFT. HAS BEEN IN SHOP 13 DAYS(3 VISITS) IN LAST 4 WEEKS. NEEDS TO GO BACK THIS WEEK FOR SHIFTER. *AK

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 20" WHEELS. PROBLEM IS WARPING ROTORS. AT 8,706 MILE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED. AT 30,941 MILES TSB REPLACED CALIPERS AND TURNED ROTORS. AT 43,412 MILES TURNED ROTORS. AT 47,300 MILES REPLACED ROTORS. AT 56,137 MILES TURNED ROTORS. I TRADED A 1998 RAM 1500 FOR THE 2003, IT HAD 192,000 MILES AND NEVER WARPED THE ROTORS. THE VIBRATION FROM THE WARPED ROTORS HAS TO DECREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BRAKES, AND COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE A FAILURE IN A STEERING OR SUSPENSION COMPONENT. IF THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED, SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

2003 DODGE RAM 1500, 4X2 (WITH LIMITED SLIP 3.55 GEAR 9.25 CHRYSLER CORPORATE AXLE). BUILT NOV. 6TH 2002. VIN #[XXX]. WHILE CHANGING MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL FLUID AT 23,646 MILES NOTICED GEARS LOOKED O.K. THERE WAS HOWEVER LOCATED, (STUCK) ON THE MAGNET, A 3/4 INCH "C" SHAPED CLIP AND ANOTHER SMALL METAL CLIP. WENT TO DEALER, SCHEDULED FOR ENTIRE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY. HE SAID THEY'VE REPAIRED EIGHT OR NINE OF THEM. WORRY NOW ABOUT IT GOING OUT ALL TOGETHER, WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTIL REPAIRED. I FIND MANY, MANY EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM!! *AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

1 ST.-BRAKES PULLED TO RIGHT COULDN'T KEEP TRUCK ON ROAD WENT INTO DITCH. 2ND.-BRAKES AGAIN PULLED TO RIGHT,WENT FROM LEFT LANE[4 LANE HIGHWAY]TO RIGHT LANE BEFORE STOPPING. 3RD-BRAKES PULLED TO RIGHT WENT ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER BEFORE STOPPING,BASED UPON 40+YEARS OF WORKING ON CARS ,THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKES DRAG WENT THE ARE HEATED UP AND FADE OUT COMPLETELY,HAVE BEEN TO DEALER TWICE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT IN 02-2003 AND HAS LESS THAN 15000 MILES,STILL PULLS TO RIGHT. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE BOUNCED. VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

I PURCHASED MY DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 IN JUNE OF 2003. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003 I WAS WORKING IN RICHMOND, VA. AND STARTED GETTING A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN I BRAKED. I TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN RICHMOND, WHERE THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. IN OCTOBER OF 2003 I TRAVELED TO CALIFORNIA FOR WORK, AND STILL HAD THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP IN ORANGE COUNTY WHERE THEY FOUND "NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK.". I THEN RETURNED TO TEXAS WHERE I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE ROTARS WHERE WARPED, AND I MUST HAVE GOTTEN MY BRAKES WET AND WARPED THEM. AFTER 7 HOURS, THE DISTRICT MANAGER OK'D THEM TO TURN MY ROTORS- THE TRUCK WAS PAST ITS 12,000 MILE WARRANTY. THEY THEN TOLD ME I MAY HAVE FUTURE PROBLEMS WITH MY REAR ROTORS. IN AUG. OF 2004, I CAME TO FLORIDA TO WORK AND STARTED HAVING A SEVERE VIBRATION IN MY BRAKES. SINCE THE DEALERSHIPS WERE CLOSED DURING THE HURRICANES, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A GOODYEAR, WHERE THEY TURNED MY REAR ROTARS. I KNOW HAVE A WORSE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. DODGE IS GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND- THE CALIPERS AND ROTARS NEED TO BE REPLACED( DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER IN WINTER HAVEN, FL. TOLD ME THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THE CALIPERS NOT BEING LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE TORQUE PUT OUT BY THE HEMI ENGINE AND THEY HAVE ISSUED NEW CALIPERS. I NEED HELP. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE TRUCK HAD 8,000 MILES AND I AM NOW AT 49,000.*AK