2007 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE VEHICLE HAS GRUMMAN ALLIED LONG LIFE TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOUR PLY TIRES ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO TOW OR BE USED WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT WENT TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A LIGHT DUTY TIRE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAS A CRACK ON THE SIDEWALL, FACING THE RIM. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE TIRE SIZE AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,926 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,885.

THREE TIMES NOW IN THE LAST MONTH THE DS ARM AND BLADE HAS FALLEN OFF OF MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING - ONCE WHEN I WAS PARKED, ONCE TRAVEL AT 25 MPH, AND THE THIRD TIME TRAVELING 60 MPH. AT NO TIME WAS THERE SNOW OR ICE ON MY VEHICLE. THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY CONCERN. IF I AM DRIVING AT 60-70 MILES PER HOUR ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN THE RAIN AND THE ARM AND BLADE FALLS OFF, I WILL BE WITHOUT A WIPER ARM AND BLADE. THERE WILL BE NO WAY OF STOPPING TO LOOK FOR THIS PART. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO ME. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY AND ISN'T A PROBLEM. THEY SAID THIS PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE COLD WEATHER. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THESE PRODUCTS GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TESTING PRIOR TO VEHICLE LAUNCH. WE WOULD LIKE THE DS ARM AND BLADE TOTALLY REPLACED. THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH WHERE THE ARM HEAD CASTING CONNECTS TO PIVOT ASSEMBLY OF THE WIPER MODULE. *TR

IN JULY 2007 WE PURCHASED A NEW 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK FROM CROWN DODGE IN FAYETTEVILLE NC. ON 01/08/08 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CONTROL ARM ON THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE TIRE TO DISLOCATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE, BALL JOINT, BRAKE SYSTEM AND HOSES STAYED ATTACHED TO THE RIM OF THE TIRE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DROP AND SURGE TO THE RIGHT. THEN COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE.THE CONTROL ARM, BALL JOINTS AND ALUMNIUM CASTINGS FAILED. WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHO REFERED US TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 5,800 MILES AND IS STILL COVERED BY FACTORY WARRANTY. WE THEN E-MAILED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A REPLY. THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT FAILURE IS SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES WITH FORD SUV'S WHICH LED TO SEVERAL DEATHS. IF MY WIFE WERE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE OR MAJOR HIGHWAY SHE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED. *TR

PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 NOV. 30TH 2007. VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME AS NEW(HAD ROUGHLY 1400 MILE ON IT). TOOK TRUCK HOME AND NOTICED A DITINCT PULL/DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. THEY SAID STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER AND NEED AN ALIGNMENT. TOOK THE TRUCK HOME STILL DOING SAME THING. BRING TRUCK BACK. 3 DAYS LATER I AM INFORMED THEY DISCOVERED A RADIAL PULL IN FRONT PASENGER TIRE AND WOULD REPLACE TWO TIRES. I SIAD I WOULD PREFER 4(WHICH THEY DID REPLACE). TAKE TRUCK HOME AND STILL DOING SAME THING. BRING BACK A 3RD TIME SERVIC MANAGER DRIVES WITH ME AND AGREES. THEY PUT IT BACK ON THE ALIGNMENT MACHINE, SAYS TRUCK IS SPOT DEAD ON, AND THIS IS THE WAY YOUR TRUCK DRIVES. I DISAGREE STATING THIS IS MY 4TH RAM AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE. SAID THE BEST THEY COULD DO WAS CALL IN A CHRYSLER ENGINEER(COULD TAKE 2 MONTHS). I TOOK THE TRUCK TO 3 DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING ANOTHER DODGE DEALER AND ALL 3 GAVE ME WRIITEN DOCUMENTATION STATING THE TRUCK DRIFTS EXCESSIVELY. BROUGHT THESE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEED TO WAIT FOR THE ENGINEER. FINALLY OUT OF FRUSTRATION I TAKE THE TRUCK BACK STATING I AM CONCERNED IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE A LOANER UNTILL THE SITUATION IS REMEDIED. THE GENERAL MANAGER TEST DROVE WITH ME AND TOLD ME THIS IS THE WAY THE TRUCK DRIVES AND WOULD NOT GIVE ME A LOANER. AM STILL WAITING FOR THE ENGINEER. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!! *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE AIR BAGS. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. THE DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUSTAINED BRUISES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED ABDOMINAL INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 700.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS ENGAGED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS ALLOWED TO DRIVE A 2008 DODGE RAM PICKUP AND IT DID THE SAME THING. HOWEVER, SHE STATED THAT THE 2008 VEHICLE VIBRATED INSTEAD OF SHOOK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,100.

WITH APPROX. 23,000 MILES THE OIL SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON DEC06. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE UNDER THE WARRANTY. THIS WOULD HAVE COST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF WARRANTY. OTHER 07 DODGE OWNERS I HAVE TALKED TO HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, LOOSES REVERSE, MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, MAKES A LOUD WHINE SOUND WHEN IN DRIVE. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE NEVER MOVES, CD PLAYER SKIPS WITH NEW CD DISKS, RADIO CRACKLES AND STATIONS SOUND LIKE THERE FAR AWAY WHEN THEY ARE LOCAL. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE VEHICLE HAS MICHELIN LTX A/S, SIZE LT265/70R17 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND DESTROYED THE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE TIRE TO AN INSPECTION STATION AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT FAILED DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HE NOTIFIED MICHELIN OF THE FAILURE, BUT THEY REFUSED TO SPEAK TO HIM AND WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 3,321.

1. NO IDENTIFIABLE EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. JUST BEGAN HAPPENING. 2. THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD PERPENDICULAR TO THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEGUN DISINTEGRATING. IN THE PAST MONTH THREE FULL LENGTH CRACKS (FR. WINDSHIELD TO FRONT OF DASH) HAVE APPEARED. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SQUEAKING INVOLVED ALSO. I AM AFRAID THAT THE AIRBAG, LIGHTS, ETC. MAY BE AFFECTED. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MODEL BASED ON MEDIA REPORTS AND MANY INTERNET SOURCES. DODGE APPEARS TO BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS YET TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS WIDE REACHING AND DANGEROUS. 3. CALLED DODGE-- THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND THEN WILL CONSIDER HELPING PARTIALLY PAY FOR THE PART--LABOR WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIX MY NEW TRUCK I BOUGHT IT 8/10/07 ON THE 8/15/07 I BROUGHT IT BACK ELECTRICITY PROBLEM ON THE 8/22/07 THEY ORDER PARTS FOR IT IT IS IN THE SHOP NOW THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OUT THE MANUAL SAID MY AIR BAGS WOULD NOT WORK I WANT A NEW TRUCK I AM PAYING 42000 FOR THIS TRUNCK THAT I AM AFRAID OF ELECTRICITY POOBLEM IS NOT GOOD THIS IS A 2007 DODGE CAN YOU HELP ME THE DEALER IS RICK KEFFER OUT OF YULEE,FL. *TR

I AM AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER THAT SPECIALIZES IN AUTOMOTIVE FIRE ANALYSIS. I RECEIVED THIS CASE FILE. THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 DODGE MEGA CAB 4X4 DIESEL UNIT. THE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES. THE OWNER TOOK IT TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE, PARKED IT IN DRIVEWAY. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER A NEIGHBOR NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IT EVENTUALLY ERUPTED INTO FLAMES THAT CAUGHT PART OF THE HOUSE ON FIRE. I HAVE TRACED THE FAILURE TO A DEFECT FROM WITHIN THE POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE AND BATTERY POSITIVE FEED FOR THE SAME. *JB

TEMP WENT HIGH. STOPPED TEMP WENT DOWN THEN CHECK ENGINE FOLLOWED BY OVER HEATING AND ELECTRICAL BURNING. ENGINE QUIT AND COULD NOT SHIFT TO PARK OR NUTURAL WHILE SMOKE ROLLED OUT FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. POLICE AND CITY WORKERS PUSHED TRUCK OFF THE ROAD TO PARKING AREA. DISCONNECTED BATTERY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED IN. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A VEHICLE MADE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BECAUSE THE ABS FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE HEAD. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK AT LOW SPEEDS. THE AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT FILED REPORT # 07-07742. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 3,014 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,955.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TWO WEEKS AGO FOR A FUEL LEAK. THE FUEL SHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE CALLED THE DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT COULD NOT GET A RESPONSE. THE DEALER FINALLY STATED THAT IT MAY TAKE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE SERVICED. THE RECALL NOTICE STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD ONLY TAKE THIRTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO COMPLETE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT TAKE APPOINTMENTS AND WOULD HAVE TO KEEP HIS VEHICLE FOR 3-4 DAYS. THE RECALL NOTICE NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 580.

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD ST 3.7L V6 SFI PURCHASED ON 9/27/2006 AT ANNISTON - LINCOLN - MERCURY - DODGE IN OXFORD, ALABAMA. THE TRUCK HAD VERY SERIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, THE ENGINE WILL JUST STOP WITH A LOUD NOISE, AND WITH A SLIP IN THE DRIVETRAIN, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET OR WILL JUST DIE AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING DRIVING. SUCH AS PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, STOPPING AT A LIGHT, DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AS IT WILL DIE AT RANDOM, BUT MAY GO TWO OR THREE DAYS WITHOUT A PROBLEM. *AK WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT AS THEY SAY THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH A CHIP IN THE ENGINE INDICATED A PROBLEM BUT DID NOT RETAIN THE MECHANICAL INFORMATION. I DIDN'T ARGUE WITH THEM OR GET UPSET BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS POINTLESS WHEN DEALING WITH I HAVE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WONT FIX IT, THEY SAY THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I DIDN'T ARGUE WITH THEM OR GET UPSET BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS POINTLESS WHEN DEALING WITH BUREAUCRACY. I DISCUSSED THIS WITH A REPRESENTATIVE AT DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE LESS ABOUT MY PROBLEM AS SHE STATED THAT DODGE STANDS BEHIND THE DEALER. (NOT THE PRODUCT) , WHICH LEFT ME SPEECHLESS, I REALLY CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT DODGE HAS SOLD US A 30,000 DOLLAR+ VEHICLE AND WITHIN 6 MONTHS IT IS DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AT RANDOM, THE DEALER WON'T FIX IT AND DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE STANDS BEHIND THE DEALER, WITHOUT A THOUGHT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE,THE CUSTOMER OR THE PRODUCT. BUT BEYOND

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT MUD AND OR SNOW GOT INTO AND FROZE IN THE RIMS OF THE 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 500 FAILURE MILEAGE. THE VEHICLE THEN SHOOK WHEN DRIVEN ,ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE RIM HAD A CUP THAT HELD THE SNOW AND MUD, WHICH THREW THE VEHICLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT HE WILL ONE DAY HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,900 MILES.*AK UPDATED 04/30/07. *JB