2005 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints

MY 2500 DODGE RAM DIESEL 2005 HAS A FACTORY RECALL FOR NOT GOING ALL THE WAY INTO PARK ALTHOUGH SEEMS AS THOUGH IT IS IN PARK. THE DEALERSHIP IS TOO FAR AWAY FOR ME TO DRIVE THERE AND THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING ME WITH ANY ASSISTANCE IN GETTING MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS RECALL REPAIRED. I HAVE NO MEANS OF GETTING MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OF THIS DEFECT. I HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE BEFORE RECEIVING THE RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE'S GEAR POSITION INDICATOR WAS IN PARK THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD. WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING IT ROLLED AND HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR WAS IN PARK, WHEN THE INDICATOR WAS INSPECTED AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE POSITION INDICATOR WAS FOUND IN REVERSE. THE POLICE FILED A REPORT AT THE SCENE. HOWEVER, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER WITH ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE OTHER VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT CLAIMED WIFE WAS IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT AT THE TIME OF CRASH, BUT COULD NOT GET TO GEAR SHIFT IN TIME TO STOP VEHICLE.,SHE HAD LEFT ARM IN A SLING DUE TO ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM OF THE GEAR SHIFT JUMPING INTO REVERSE. THE INDICATOR DEFINITELY WA SIN PARK MOMENTARILY BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO REVERSE. THE CONTACT'S LIABILITY INSURANCE PAID FOR REPAIRS TO THE OTHER VEHICLE IN CLASH , AND THE INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE CONTACT ENCLOSED A COPY OF THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM DAIMLER/CHRYSLER. HE FELT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED , AND HE FELT THIS WAS A DODGE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL A CHILD SEAT HE FOUND THE REAR SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT LOCK SECURELY. ALSO, THERE WAS SLACKNESS IN THE SEAT BELTS THAT ALLOWED THE CHILD SEAT TO MOVE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN HIS 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD CAB. *NM THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO START, SO HE REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER. THE CONSUMER DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE STARTED, BECAUSE THE FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED WITH A FLUID THAT WAS REAL DARK. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER SHOP WHERE HE WAS THEN TOLD THERE WAS A LOT OF RUST IN BOTH MANIFOLDS AND THE HEAD, BUT THE FUEL LOOKED FINE. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THE INJECTORS BE REPLACED. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INJECTORS THE VEHICLE IS NOW DRIVABLE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION THE SELECTOR WILL INDICATE PARK, BUT MUST BE CAREFUL BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WILL SAY THAT IT WAS IN PARK BUT ACTUALLY IT WILL BE IN ANOTHER GEAR. THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. WHILE BACKING UP HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING AND HIT THE GARAGE DOOR. HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

I WAS IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 14, 2005 IN A 2005 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK . I HIT A DEER AND THEN HIT A TREE GOING 45-50 MPH. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE FUEL SWITCH DID NOT TURN OFF. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS IT SHOULD HAVE. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 3 MONTHS AGO AND ONLY HAVE 10,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005, I RETURNED HOME AND NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED AFTER I EXITED THE TRUCK. I TRIED TURNING THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF, AND THEY REMAINED ON. I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE MAXWELL CHRYSLER DEALER A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AS I WAS AFRAID MY BATTERY WOULD GO DEAD. AS I WAS PROCEEDING DOWN MY STREET, I NOTICED THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO BRAKE, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PEDAL! IT HAD FALLEN OFF. I MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP USING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THEY SAID THE "CLASP" THAT HOLDS THE PEDAL HAD FALLEN OFF. IT WAS NOT ON THE FLOOR, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BROKEN, MISSING, ETC. THEY REPLACED THE CLASP. I WAS HORRIFIED TO THINK THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE I-35 TOWING MY HORSES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, OR WHETHER THIS COULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2005 RAM 2500 IN JULY. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH MINE JUMPING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. NO PEOPLE WERE HURT, BUT IT DESTROYED THE ENTIRE SIDE OF MY PICKUP. WHEN IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE TRUCK WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT ANOTHER TRUCK. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED A FEW TIME BEFORE, BUT I WAS IN THE TRUCK THESE TIMES. I THINK DODGE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM TO TAKE CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. NOW MY TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE BODY SHOP LONGER THAN I GOT TO DRIVE IT. HOPE DODGE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF US. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR HAS LOOKED AT MY TRUCK AND CHRYSLER IS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS INVESTIGATION. *JB

WE HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB PICKUP, MY HUSBAND PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING TO GET OUT AND CHECK SOME HAY IN THE FIELD, HE NO SOONER GOT OUT AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE AND ALMOST RAN HIM OVER, IT KEPT GOING AND ALMOST HIT A UTILITY POLE. HE GOT IN TO CHECK ANOTHER FIELD AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, THIS TIME HE ALMOST GOT RAN OVER AGAIN AND IN RUNNING TO STOP THE TRUCK PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG. MY HUSBAND IS 60 YEARS OLD AND IT SCARED THE BEJESUS OUT OF HIM. I WILL BE CALLING MY DODGE DEALER ON MONDAY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD CAB LWB. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE INDICATOR WAS IN PARK IT WENT INTO REVERSE. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER STATED ABOUT 35 SECONDS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT WENT INTO REVERSE AND HIT AN ASPHALT PAVER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL - THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE TRUCK WILL SPUTTER AND THEN IT WILL FINALLY STALL OUT. THIS WILL HAPPEN AT ANY TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP NOW; IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THE ENGINE STALLED OUT, WAS AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SPUTTER AND THEN IT STALLED OUT. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS OR CRASHES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. THEY DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, A NEW COMPUTER WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED AND NOW THE TRUCK IS NOT RUNNING AT ALL. THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT TELL THE CONSUMER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO REPAIR THE TRUCK. *JB

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE PULLS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE CASTER IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TECHNICIAN AT PACIFIC SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT STATES THAT IS PROBABLY DUE TO HUMAN ERROR, AND HE COULD FIX IT. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE HE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE TIRES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SIDEWALL WAS ONLY TWO PLY, AND CONSUMER FELT THEY WEREN'T STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE FRONT END. *AK

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 QUADCAB 4X4 SWB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JUMPED GEARS. IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING.*AK

I OWN A 2005 DODGE RAM SLT SPORT WITH A 5.7L HEMI. I HAVE OWNED IT APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AND IN THOSE 4 MONTHS IT HAS HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STILL WORKS, BUT THE VEHICLES STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH TIMES HAVE BEEN AT RED LIGHTS AND IN PARKING LOTS. I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE TRUCK LOOKED AT AND I PLAN ON ASKING FOR A BUYBACK ON IT SINCE I HAVE LOST TRUST IN THE TRUCK.

I RECENTLY GOT MY 2003 DODGE RAM P/U 2500 2WD INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT MY FRONT END SQUEAKS AND THIS IS DUE TO NO BALL JOINT GREASE. THIS VEHICLE HAS 16000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A WARRANTY PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SET ME UP FOR AN APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY. I STOPPED IN AND EXPLAINED WHAT I WAS TOLD. THE PERSON THAT WROTE UP MY WORK ORDER ADVISED ME THAT CHRYSLER FROWNS UPON THEM STATING THIS FACT IN THE WORK ORDER AND INSTEAD, HE WROTE THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS BALL JOINT NOISE POSS. LOOSE BALLJOINT. DURING THIS STAGE, THE SERVICE MANAGER SPOKE UP AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD JUST PUT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALLJOINTS IN A 2004 TRUCK WHICH IS A YEAR NEWER THAN MINE. THE DEALER LATER CONTACTED ME AND AGREED WITH THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS BY THE INSPECTION STATION, AND INDICATED THAT BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THIS WOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. HE THEN EXPLAINED THAT THE PARTS ARE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. I WAS TOLD TO PICK UP MY TRUCK AND THEY WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE PARTS CAME IN. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE THIS MORNING 5/27, THE SERVICE MANAGER SPOKE TO ME REGARDING THE NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND STATED, DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT THERES A PROBLEM WITH THE PARTICULAR PART! MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS PART TO WEAR OUT FOR 50K-80K MILES UNDER NORMAL USE. GIVEN THAT THESE PARTS NEED REPLACEMENT NOW, I SHOULD EXPECT TO REPLACE THESE PARTS 10 TIMES OR MORE OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THERE ARE

WHEN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE (AUTO TRANS) ENGINE STALLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED UPON FOUR SEPERATE OCCASIONS.

STALLING. UPON READING THE AP ARTICLE ABOUT DODGE RAM 1500 STALLING I WAS COMPELLED TO WRITE TO ADD THE SAME INCIDENCE OCCURRING IN THE HEMIS. (WE HAVE A 2005 2500 SERIES HEMI). IF YOU SEARCH UNDER "DODGE HEMI STALLING" YOU WILL FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS DOCUMENTING INCIDENTS COVERING SEVERAL YEARS AND DODGE'S FLASH SOLUTION. OUR BRAND NEW TRUCK SAT IN THEIR SHOP FOR 6 WEEKS AWAITING THE RELEASE OF THE LATEST FLASH TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD NO REOCCURRANCE OF STALLING PROBLEMS SINCE THE FLASH, BUT HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL DODGE HEMI OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.

I HAVE AN 05 RAM 2500 QUAD CAB HEMI TRUCK WITH 3,200 MILES ON IT. SINCE NEW THE TRUCK HAS HAD AN ERRATIC IDLE AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY DIE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. THE PCM HAS BEEN FLASHED, THE THROTTLE BODY IS PROJECTED TO BE REPLACED NEXT. THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THE TRUCK RECENTLY STALLED IN TRAFFIC THREE TIMES IN A TEN MINUTE PERIOD. I WILL ALSO BE FILLING A SIMILAR COMPLAINT FOR MY 05 HEMI DURANGO LIMITED.

DT: WITH THE CAR RUNNING, THE GEAR WENT OUT OF PARK. WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK WITH BRAKES IS SATISFIED AND ALLOWS THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT TO ANOTHER GEAR. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER SAID HE COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. PARKING INTERLOCK LOGIC IS FAULTY. TRUCK IS A RAM 2500 QUAD CAB 4X4. CHRYSLER COMPLAINT FILE #13477159 EMMA MARTEL AT 248-944-7038

BACK END OF 05 DODGE RAM 1500 SLID ON WET PAVEMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. WHEN BACK END HIT CURB, AXLE SNAPPED WHERE WHEEL AND AXLE MEET. GIVEN EVENTS, THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS A DEFECT-AXLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN IN THIS CONDITION. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT UNDER MY INSURANCE-WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER WARRANTY.

PURCHASED 3/4 TON PUCK-UP TRUCK. THE HEMI ENGINE HAS A NOISY VALVE TRAIN. THE DEALERSHIP PLACED NEW HEADS ON THE ENGINE PER THE NEW DODGE SERVICE BULLETIN AFTER 7,000 MILES. WITH THE NEW HEADS ON THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF NOISE THE ENGINE MADE. THE SERVICE BULLITEN INDICATES A CLEARANCE ISSUE REGARDING THE VALVE DIAMETER. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES REGARDING THIS ISSUE.*AK

2005 DODGE 3500 HIT A POLE HEAD ON YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR THE CONSUMER'S HEAD STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING HEAD, NECK AND VISION PROBLEMS. THIS DEFECT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. *NM