2008 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints

2008 DODGE RAM 2500 HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING CONTROL DUE TO A FAULTY PART. CONSUMER STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE PART THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT AFTER BEING TOLD PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO FAULTY PART. *NJ THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE STUD WHICH HELD THE TIE ROD END TO THE PITMAN ARM WAS BROKEN IN A LOCATION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. *JB

AT ABOUT 4500 MILES NOTICE THAT MY RIGHT LEG WAS RUBBING THE FRAME OF THE SEAT HAS TIME WENT ON IT GOT WORSE. THE FRAMING AND SPRINGS HAVE LOST ALL SUPPORT AND HAVE CAUSED BRUISING ON MY LEG IF I DRIVE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME I CAN NOT DRIVE WITHOUT BEING IN PAIN. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FOAM BUT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE SEAT FRAMING. IT LACKS SUPPORT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. ON MARCH 13, 2009, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE STEERING DRAG LINK INNER JOINT AND DAMPER BRACKET. HE CALLED EVERY DEALER IN TEXAS AND NONE OF THEM HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR DUE TO A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FROM CHRYSLER. THE RECALL STATED THAT IF THE PART IS NOT REPLACED, A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSE A CRASH. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,700.

MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY MONTH OBNOXIOUS SMELL OF BURNING CHEMICALS IN CAB WHEN DOG FILTER ON DIESEL GOES THROUGH REGEN. CHRYSLER REPLACED TURBO THAT WAS SOOTED SHUT. THEN THEY WRAPPED EXHAUST. STILL DOES IT. MAKES YOU SICK. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A NEW 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL A YEAR AGO. WITHIN THE FIRST 500 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL AND NOT TO WORRY, JUST DRIVE THE TRUCK, STOP, TURN IT OFF, RESTART AND DRIVE IT, UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OFF. THE LIGHT TURNED OFF THE NEXT TIME WE STARTED THE TRUCK, SO WE FIGURED IT WAS OK, MAYBE WE WERE OVERREACTING. WELL A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN, WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THE SAME THING, DON'T WORRY, JUST START IT, DRIVE, TURN IT OFF, AND TURN IT BACK ON. WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED, THEY TOLD US IT WAS NO BIG DEAL, THAT THIS WAS "A NORMAL PROBLEM" AND THE EMISSIONS SENSOR JUST NEEDED A CLEANING, WHICH THEY DID. WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE PICKED IT UP THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE, BUT TWO WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND THEY CLEANED THE SENSOR AGAIN. RIGHT AFTER WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK, WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER, IT STRUGGLED TO GET UP A SMALL HILL, WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP, AND THEY HELD IT FOR FOUR DAYS. WHEN WE GOT IT BACK THEY TOLD US THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENED BRING IT RIGHT BACK AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TURBO AND THE EMISSIONS SENSOR AGAIN. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR A YEAR, AND I HAVE CALLED DODGE WITH MY COMPLAINT BUT WAS TOLD TO EMAIL THE COMPLAIN, AND WHEN I EMAILED IT, I WAS TOLD TO CALL, WHICH TO ME SEEMS LIKE A RUN AROUND. WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER T

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09E001000 (STEERING:LINKAGES) AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO PERIODICALLY CHECK TO SEE WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THE CONTACT RESIDES 180 MILES FROM THE NEAREST DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT NOTIFY HER WHEN THE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE NOR PLACE THEM ON RESERVE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 10,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE PERTAINING TO THE STEERING COMPONENT ON HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE CHRYSLER WAS ONLY SUPPLYING TWO RECALL REMEDY KITS PER WEEK. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 5,670. UPDATED 4/14/09 *CN UPDATED 04/17/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V005000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER. HE WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOUR MONTHS FOR THE PARTS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER. AS A RESULT, A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,400.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE 2500 MEGACAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S TURBO WAS FAILING, WHICH OCCURS EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATES DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP IN THE TURBO BECAUSE IT WAS NOT BEING USED. THE CONTACT AND HIS WIFE WERE EXPERIENCING LETHARGIC SICKNESS EVERY TIME THEY RODE IN THE VEHICLE. THE ISSUE WITH THE TURBO HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE MARCH OF 2008. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR REPAIRS AND THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THEY DO "BAND AID" WORK INSTEAD OF PROPERLY REPAIRING THE CARBON BUILD-UP. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EMITS FUMES THAT LEAVE THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS FEELING NAUSEOUS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 8,900. UPDATED 3/9/09 *CN UPDATED 03/11/09. *JB

2008 DODGE RAM 2500 HEAVY DUTY 4X4,DIESEL ENGINE,QUAD-CAB,SHORT BED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK . WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS LEAVING A CAR WASH AND JUST HAPPENED TO TURN THE WIPERS TO THE"HIGH" POSITION ON THE SWITCH AND THEY STOPPED WORKING RIGHT WHERE THEY WERE ON THE WINDSHIELD. I CHANGED THE SWITCH BACK TO THE LOW SPEED AND THEY STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED,WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THE DAY OF MY APPOINTMENT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STILL WOULD NOT FUNCTION AT ALL ON THE HIGH SETTING, I LOOKED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL TO SEE IF IT WAS A FUSED ITEM THAT MAYBE I JUST NEEDED TO REPLACE A FUSE AND MONITOR FURTHER INCASE IT WAS BLOWING THE FUSE FOR A REASON , BUT THERE WAS NO LISTING FOR THE WIPERS IN THE FUSE SECTION OF THE OWNERS MANUAL, I THEN NOTICED THE WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING IN ALL THE POSITIONS ON THE SWITCH INTERMITTENTLY SOME TIMES THEY WORKED SOME TIMES THEY DIDN'T, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE A PATTERN OF WHEN THEY WOULD WORK OR NOT ,JUST IF THEY CAME ,ON THEY CAME ON ,IF NOT THEY WOULDN'T ,NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU TURNED THE SWITCH OFF AND ON OR THE TRUCK OFF AND ON, ONCE OR TWICE THEY SEEMED TO BE MOVING SLOWER THAN NORMAL IN THE LOW SETTING THEN SPED UP TO THE RIGHT SPEED. MY PROBLEM IS WITH SAFETY OF IT .HERE WE ARE GETTING BAD WEATHER,ICE ,SNOW RAIN ,SALT SPRAY FROM OTHER DRIVERS ETC. AND NOT KNOWING WHEN OR IF THEY ARE GOING TO FAIL IS A SAFETY ISSUE ,YOU CAN DRIVE ALL DAY USE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE PERFORMING REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT FOUND A DEFECT IN THE EGR COOLER AND FIREWALL PAD. THE FIREWALL INSTALLATION PAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE EGR COOLER ON THE ENGINE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAD NO INFORMATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V641000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL). THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD CUT THE INSTALLATION OUT OF THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS HESITANT TO AGREE WITH THAT TYPE OF REPAIR BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT THE HEATING SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 5,000.

EPA DRIVEN DPF FILTER ON CUMMINS DIESEL 2008 2500 TRUCK IS ALWAYS CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALERS HAVE HAD TO PUT A PORT ON TURBO, CLEAN EXHAUST, WRAP EXHAUST, AND CLAIM THAT CUSTOMERS ARE IDLING TOO MUCH. POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES ARE OBVIOUSLY BAD DESIGN. THEY BURN EXTRA DIESEL IN EXHAUST TO BURN SOOT AND MAKE MILEAGE GO DOWN BY 10MPG. 2006 TO 2008 CHANGE LOST SIGNIFICANT MPG. THE 6.7L ENGINE NEEDS ADDRESSING WITH FINAL FIXES THAT WON'T CONTINUE TO MAKE CUSTOMERS GO TO DEALER OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR REPAIRS. *TR

I OWN AN 08 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH APPROX 970 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER HITTING A SERIES OF ROAD BUMPS, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE AND WOBBLE. I COULD BARELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE DUE TO A NEAR LACK OF STEERING CONTROL. AFTER COMPLETELY STOPPING THE VEHICLE, I RESUMED SPEED AND THE VEHICLE DROVE NORMALLY. WHEN I GOT HOME I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH ON MY VEHICLE SYMPTOMS AND FOUND THAT "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE" YIELDED OVER 35K HITS. THERE IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH LARGE RAM TRUCKS THAT, ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH IS NOT BEING ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER - A COMMON REPLACEMENT ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH. SYMPTOMS, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO EXIST AFTER THIS PART IS REPLACED - ANOTHER COMMON THEME ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH. *TR

I TOOK DELIVERY OF MY DODGE 2500 MEGA CAB PICKUP WITH THE CUMMINS 6.7 DIESEL MOTOR. ALMOST SINCE THE FIRST DAY, I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER FOR A FAILING EMISSION SYSTEM. THE DPF AND REGENERATION SYSTEM IS CONSTANTLY CLOGGING AND RENDERING MY VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, I RETURN TO THE DEALER, HAVE THE PART CLEANED, OR REPLACED, AND I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL OCCUR AGAIN. ACCORDING TO MY DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER, AND DODGE, THERE IS NO KNOWN FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. UPON SPEAKING TO DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE REGARDING A BUYBACK OF MY VEHICLE, I HAVE BEEN HUNG UP ON, PUT ON HOLD FOR HOURS, TOLD MY DEALER HAS TO BUY IT BACK, OR TOLD TO HIRE A LAWYER. WHEN RESEARCHING THIS MATTER, I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE WITH THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW 6.7 DODGE TRUCKS. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE IN THIS MATTER WITH DODGE, OR MY DEALER DIRECTLY. *TR

DODGE DIESEL TURBO SOOTING UP. CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE THE TRUCK WITHOUT THE TURBO SOOTING UP. GOES BACK TO THE DEALER EVERY WEEK OR TWO. *TR

VEHICLE 2003, DODGE RAM 2500, DIESEL, 4X4, 54,000 MILES STEERING BOX MALFUNCTION. DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL STABILITY. REPLACED STEERING BOX. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OXYGEN SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE. HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NINE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM NOT TO RETURN BECAUSE HE WAS ABUSING THE VEHICLE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AS WELL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000. UPDATED 03/04/08*LJ UPDATED