Door Latch Problems of Dodge Ram 1500

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. When releasing the emergency brake, the latch detached. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the latch was replaced; however, the failure continued. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.

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The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that the driver side door lock was jammed and the key could not be inserted into the manual key lock. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 36,000. Updated 11/29/11 the consumer stated the door actuator was replaced. 12/07/11.

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The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated the vehicle was included in an unknown recall for the door latches. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told that the parts necessary to remedy the failure were on backorder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware and also confirmed that the parts were still on backorder. The contact was unable to have the vehicle repaired. The failure mileage was 1,300 and the current mileage was 3,682.

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The contact owns a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated while attempting to enter the vehicle through the passenger side door, he noticed that the upper door handle fractured from the door without warning. The dealer advised that the door handle would need to be replaced. There were no recalls for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileages were 55,000.

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The contact owns a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500. On September 28, 2007, the contact was unable to open the rear driver side door. The door cannot be opened from the inside or the outside. She has not notified the dealer as of yet. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 20,228.

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2001 Dodge Ram 1500 cracked, falling in dash heater core failure due to ground wire never being secured from factory rear doors will not open by using inside door handle electric lock switch failure passenger side. Hood hinges broke on both sides tailgate cable support drivers side replaced twice.

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The driver's side seat belt retractor continued to fail. The parts were repaired/replaced three times, however the problem recurred. Both seat bet retractors were replaced, however problem still exist. Right rear door lock inoperative. Rattle sound over bumps. Right front sway bar link replaced. The steering wheel has been oscillating almost takes the wheel out of this hands. Dealer found ice in wheels/cleaned wheels. However vibration re-ocurred.

The rear doors of my 2002 Dodge ram quad cab truck will not unlock. The problem has been reported to my dealer on several occasions, but has not been fixed, since it is not covered by a current recall. The truck is out of warranty, and I cannot afford to have the problem fixed (I'm still making $400+ monthly payments on the truck). At this time, I have not suffered any consequences. Possible consequences are that a rear seat passenger (especially a child) can become trapped in the rear seat of the vehicle. A kit/part is available (Dodge part number 5086593aa) to fix this problem, so it is a known problem.

Driver side crew cab door will not open. Appears top latch will not disengage. Rear seat passenger(s) would be unable to exit truck in an emergency. Plan to have repaired at dealer.

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As weather gets colder the power locks in the rear of my 2002 Dodge quad cab will not operate. I have to reach in and pull up on the lock manually. Works fine all summer, but as soon as temperature hit about 40 degrees they will not unlock with power switch. I have checked my child safety feature and it is not the problem.

98 Dodge hi top conversion van; the electric door locks' release mechanism has broken for the fourth time. This time the middle side passenger door lock broke. When the door locks' brake, they are jammed locked, and we can not open the door at all. We contacted the Dodge dealer and they said that if they unjam the door, the door would then stay open! we have to wait till next week to get it fixed because they have to order the part. This will end up costing us over $200/00 - again. I am amazed at your question "number of fatalities" . But it does bring a chilling thought - if I was to get into an accident with my five children in the back - they would not be able to get out, and if a fire was to ignite, I would not even like to think of the results!!!!!! your questions should be "number of possible fatalities" - then you would get a more accurate number of the severity of the defect. My (five) children now have to enter and exit through the front passenger door. My six year old daughter had to get out of the passenger side this morning to go to school. She fell out and hurt her wrist! as mentioned before, this is the fourth time one of the locks broke on the doors. Twice on the driver's side door, and once on the passenger's side door. It is obvious to us that the locks are definitely defective - and life threatening! I see first hand what happens in wrecks, being a captain of the local vol. Fire dept and a member of the rescue squad.

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Side door will not open from the outside. Dealer states latch has failed.

Left rear of quad cab not welded completely. Quad cab door and drivers' side door do not close completely. You can hear them rattle when driving. This was reported to two separate dealers and the factory representative and Chrysler corporation. They offered $500. 00 for the defect. This is a safety defect as well as a value defect. We fear the drivers' side door may open, as well as the quad cab door, in an accident.

Both driver and passenger doors would not latch propery and prevented the doors from closing.

Driver's side door locking mechanism failed. Door flew open, after being locked, and wouldn't lock back.

Rear quad cab door latches rusted, which caused them not to function properly. Vehicle is a 1999, Dodge, Ram 1500 quad cab.