Three problems related to steering pinion shaft have been reported for the 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving on the interstate with my family enroute to south carolina when I started hearing a noise and felt a little vibration on the pedal at first I thought I may have ran over something. Then all of a sudden I just heard a boom and the truck just started fish tailin. Luckily there werent any vehicles around me at the time, I was able to get to the side of the shoulder. When I looked under the vehicle the drive shaft had come completely out and there was smoke and oil leaking. When we got the truck to the shop and they looked it over the pinion had come completely a loose the seal was shot and chunks of the gears inside was mangled, the transfer case was cracked from the impact of when the drive shaft came apart. I also learned that the truck had a recall on it for this same problem. I managed to get the truck towed back to NY to my mechanic shop. Where we have been trying to get Dodge to do something enregard to the repairs. What we have been told was that the recall doesnt include my month! my year make and model but not my month. Yet I have the same issue as what is stated in the recall.
The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the rear drive shaft detached and the front tires seized causing the vehicle to spin out of control. The contact was able to regain control the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the pinion nut on the rear drive shaft detached. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, there was a loud abnormal noise from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated that the pinion nut had fractured causing the drive shaft to fracture as well. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.