Equipment Problems of Dodge Ram 3500 - part 1

The dashboard has crumpled up and cave in the plastic has deteriorated also rust has developed under the doors an underbody.

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On the night of Apr 16, 2019 it same like everyday I went home from work back up my truck in the driveway turn off and got in the house forgot my ipad went back out and get it ,back in the house went to take the shower and then five minutes later the truck burn down, the fire truck came they put out the fire, and I got the report said engine area, running gear, wheel area.

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2004 Dodge Ram 3500. Consumer writes in regards to numerous repairs made to vehicle. The consumer stated the dealer has held the vehicle without making any repairs, or predictions on when the repairs would be completed.

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Tl the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 3500. While driving 10 mph, the driver side tie rod bolt fractured in half. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. Autonation Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram in spring, texas was made aware of the failure and requested that the vehicle be brought in for inspection. The contact received notice of NHTSA campaign number: 09e001000 (equipment). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 186,000.

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Automatic trans. -when placed in park, cannot get it out of park it seems as though the solenoid that releases the parking pawl does not always release.

2nd time that the a/c compressor motor has stuck and engine started smoking. . . Also egr has been a problem as well as air bags and emergency brake no longer holds the vehicle. . .

Very little heat from floor vents. All heat seems to go to dash or windshield no matter what setting the switch is on. Not much fun to drive 35 miles to town with no heat on feet when it's or colder.

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Was driving down the road and went to shift gears and the shifter lever arm broke off at the bottom.

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Dashboard is disintegrating and has sharp shards that cuts hands when cleaning it.

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Similar to online reports of past Dodge ram truck "death wobble," truck wobbles and shakes dangerously despite numerous fixes and adjustments to tires/alignment and other. Tire rod snapped off, luckily while not on the freeway. We had to have it towed out of our driveway and had to stop mid-trip on our way to wyoming to purchase new tires. Ram 3500 2010.

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I purchased a vehicle in October 2014. The miles was advertised as 81,000. The title and all of the paperwork shows 81,000. The title does not show true miles unknown or it does not show not actual miles. The Dodge dealership in covington, GA ran a carfax report of the vehicle in may 2017 and it had discrepancies of mileage rollback. Based on carfax and the calculations the vehicle has approximately 330,000 plus miles on it. I can not sell the truck. I can not trade it in because of the mileage rollback. This is something that I just found out in may 2017. I contacted the dealership and the owner would not talk to me about the issue. The owner had one of the employees to tell me that he will not be doing anything about it. This is against federal and state laws. Please help. Thank you.

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Driver side entry assist hand hold breaks and allows driver to fall backwards when trying to use to enter vehicle. Brake line failure from fluid holder to abs distribution block rust out and releases brake fluid and pedal goes to floor and will not stop vehicle. Brake hoses deteriorates and does not allow caliper to release and causes overheat problems with poor steering when brake is applied.

Veh involved in minor accident. Rear window shattered into long shards of glass instead of small square pieces like safety glass usually break into.

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I purchased this vehicle used approx in 2007 but have not receive any notice on recalls. There was something one time I took into fear let about window I think. Recently I was talking with previous owner and found out they were still getting info on truck occasional but threw away as they'd sold and assume I was getting same recall notices. I've had replace transmission cause burn out on long trip from fairbanks approx 1 1/2 year ago lost most fluid just as I pull in to wasilla. Paint has peaked in area or two and my headlights started working intermittent yesterday. Had issues with power boast as well in past along with lack of heat in winter. Replaced injectors same year I purchased.

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As I was traveling the highway, my engine starting smoking. I was extremely fortunate that I was coming up on a service center/grocery store in idaho. There was indication on my dash instruments that my truck was operating abnormally, other than the smoke sifting through the hood. Upon my pulling over onto the the side, I opened the hood with used of heavy gloves and a towel and checked to see if radiator had fluid as the indicator light had read normal. As expected, coolant spewed out. I immediately closed it and waited for it tobe towed into idaho falls to be checked by a shop that I was familiar with.

A passenger sat an item on the dash, the dash shattered and piece flew in my eye while driving, I almost wrecked the truck on busy interstate 75. Item wasn't very heavy and should not have broken the dash, it's like the whole dash rotted at once & came apart, very dangerous.

My dashboard is falling apart. There are pieces of plastic everywhere including right in front of the airbag, which would quite literally turn into flying death particles if the airbag ever went off, completely defeating the purpose of the airbag. This really should be a recall isue as it has quite a big impact on safety of the airbag system with brittle plastic shards flying everywhere. This didn't happen all at once, it's happened over the years, and I even keep a dash cover on it since the day I got it. The plastic is just simply poor quality, it's not from sun fading, or anything else.

After months of recall notices I finally had spare time to schedule appointment on this recall. It was over a month wait to get it done since there are so many recall for Dodge. I had to schedule for 7am since I work for a living and need truck for work. I took off a few hours to get this repair done. Since I had to get up an hour early to be on time. Service dept was very adamant about being on time to get in and out I arrived 10 minutes early. The lady at the desk informs me that they don't have the parts to fix recall. Are you kidding me? this is totally unacceptable and has caused me to lose time at work because of Dodge screw up. I demand a rental truck while this service is being done when Dodge finally get the parts in. . Since Dodge cares so much about the customer safety. . Bullsh*t. . . . If you really cared the parts would of been there this would of been handle professionally and it would be over. But hell no I have to wait till Dodge calls me to let me know parts are in and wait a freakin month to get another appointment. . I am pissed. . . Extremely. . . .

Driving down the frwy at required speed when rt rear pass tire blew causing extensive damage to the wheel, rt rear panel & tailpipe. This tire had 3,000 mi. On it & we had chkd psig on all tires just previous to the blowout. This tire was a lt265/70r-17/10 terramax ht all position owl made by dynamic tire. Les schwab replaced it with one just like it. We had a 4,000lb arctic fox cab over camper on the truck at the time. Dynamic states there is not enough evidence of poor quality or anything else that would name them as the responsible party.

Drivers side power lock actuator failure. . . . . . . . . . . . Seems to be a common problem.

Truck shakes so violently after hitting a bump and going 50mph or greater. I have to slow down to almost a complete stop before it stops shaking. It has happened many times.

Having trouble obtaining a shifter cable, Dodge will not help after several attempts to contact customer service. Also, had had to replace the entire steering due to death wobble.

When I pulled out of an intersection, reached a speed of 25mph, the truck jerked left uncontrollably. Finally stopped wen I hit a ditch, looked, tie rod had came apart.

There is some kind of front-end vibration or wobble that starts at about 40 mph through 44 mph. I can't detect it above that speed. It can be felt through the steering wheel. I have had the tires balanced and rebalanced. The vibration is not affected, and remains the same. I have read of a recall that addresses front-end steering problems regarding the left-front tie rod ball joint . I can't find if this applies to the condition on my truck, but it may be possible. I just want to go on record that this truck has a vibration condition in the front end that at this time is not diagnosed.

Ignition will not crank. We have 2 keys for it, neither works the first time. Takes 10-30 minutes to get the key to turn. I have seen there are recalls for ignitions for the same year, make and model as ours. Our VIN does not come up as having the recall.

Driving down highway car in front was slow when I passed car fan cut my wire on clutchfan engin light came on got home a few minites after look under hood seen wire was cut this is the 2nd time this happened in 2 days.

Was changing oil on my 03 Dodge Ram 3500 and noticed the frame rail near cab mount on drivers side was completely rusted thru with a hole approximately 2 inches long and 1/4" wide. I'm afraid to haul my goose neck trailer under these conditions. I'm afraid that additional weight could cause the frame to collapse. I don't remember seeing a recall for this condition.

My Dodge has had a problem with the blend doors for quite some time in my truck. It will not go to defrost so when I drive my windshield fogs up and this relates to me having to pull over so that I do not get into an accident. It is a safety issue that needs to be addressed by the manufacturer. They use a plastic piece for the blend door that breaks and wont let the vents open or close. It is ridiculous and cheap part. The prongs are not even matched up you have a 5 prong on the actuator switch that goes into a 3 prong. The friction causes it to break. A dealer will charge the customer upwords of $1200 to fix because they have to pull the whole vent box out. There are numerous Dodge forums that address this issue as well. In order to get the word out to you guys I'am making this complaint. Deaths can happen because of this cheap engineering that needs to be fixed and my truck is 2004. I do not believe Dodge has addressed the issue as of yet they are still using the same cheap parts even thought 1000's of people have complained, but possibly not to you guys.

Traveling close to max legal highway speed for the interstate highway I was traveling on. Felt and sounded like two front tires blew and was traveling on the rims (sparks and sounds and responsiveness on vehicle). Pulled over to the shoulder and discovered that the front driveline going into the front differential had seperated. It was still attached to the transfer case in the rear. The universal joint and approximately one foot of drive shaft was cherry red. Bearing race was found on side of road and had started a small fire (was put out by driver). Apparent damage to the vehicle was a gouge out of transmission housing (less than an inch at a join bolt), slight dent in transmission pan, torn (~2") tear in differential where drive shaft enters front differential. Drive shaft and what is left of front bearing are free to turn by hand. Differential fluid (assumed) was covering most surfaces on undercarriage of vehicle. Up to accident all appeared normal except for a slight intermittent increase in engine rpm (200-300 rpm) about 5 miles prior, once while climbing a hill eastbound out of spokane on interstate, and just before failure of vehicle. Vehicle and both recovered parts at Dodge dealership in kennewick wa. Incident reported to Dodge. Damage to highway observed to be a gouge (2-3' long approx 2" max deep) out of paved shoulder of interstate. Traffic to heavy to safely check roadway, but no apparent damage observable by driver from shoulder of road.

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The truck had a gooseneck flatbed 30ft trailer attached to the Dodge ram with a john deere tractor loaded on top of the trailer. The vehicle was running and in park on a slight downhill. The trailer was prepared with the ramps down for the tractor to be backed off. Upon backing the tractor off of the trailer, when the rear tractor wheels moved to the down ramp, the shift in weight caused the truck, flatbed trailer and tractor to begin rolling down hill for 300 yards and through a barbed wire fence and finally coming to a stop due to uphill slope in the terrain. The tractor was able to back the rest of the way off of the trailer without incident. Upon reaching the truck and trailer the vehicle was still in park and running. This is a serious defect that needs immediate attention before someone is hurt.

Driving on a highway traveling at 75 mph, the vehicle suddenly shook violently and it was very difficult to keep a grip on the steering wheel or switch to the brake pedal. I was thrust around in my seat and items from under the back seat were thrown forward into the dash of the vehicle as well. Vehicles around me also noticed and slowed down and steered clear of my vehicle. I was able to slow to a stop at the curb and it stopped. That was the first incident. I did look over the front end and felt the tie-rods, ect to test and everything is tight as it should be and nothing visible to cause this problem. It happened again a week later traveling at 65 mph. It has occurred occasionally since those incidents in June and the speed seems to be less each time. I have avoided driving it for fear I will wreck and kill myself or someone else. I have researched and found it is the "death wobble" that Chrysler has been investigated for and did a recall on. But, the recall does not cover all second generation Dodge pickups, such as mine. This must be noticed and the recall must cover all trucks in the second generation class as well. I will sue if I wreck this truck during a death wobble.

Directionals suddenly started blinking fast. Right & left directional don't opperate, right rear taillight doesn't operate, front left headlight does not opporate, both rear brake lights don't opperate, checked all bulbs by certified mechanic. All bulbs are in good condition. Tested all electrical & lighting lines, certified mechanic concluded that the integrated fuse box is defective & needs a brand new replacement. No corrosion present. Ordered fuse block from dealership, parts dept. Confirms these blocks are on national back order, with 1000's of orders placed. Called Chrysler, they said they can't help as there's no vendor making this part yet. If I got a used part for $400, it'd be an old defective fuse box & I'd have exact same safety issues. Apparently many 2003-2005 Dodge ram diesels currently have this same electrical problem.

I unlocked my 2008 Dodge 3500 diesel 4x4 4dr drivers side door. I opened the door and stepped on the running board and went to sit on the seat simultaneously using the roof drivers side pillar (grab handle or support handle) and it slipped out of the roof pillar about 3 inches whereby I lost my balance falling backwards however , I recovered and hit the ground on my feet. If I fell (not recovering) and hit my back or head it could have been disasterous. The support, made of plastic with a center bolt pulled away from the center bolt splitting the plastic. The center bolt remained in its original position. I have since used a piece of metal brace running horizontal to the support with a hole in the middle to support the grab handle. I modified both the right and left front grab handles. It is extremely strong now but I tend to refrain from using it. Please note: the inside temperature in the truck was very hot. A black truck in the sun and temperature about 85f outside. I did not see any vehicle grab handle warnings in the user's guide or on the vehicle. If I can be of further assistance please let me know.

Turning left onto farm to market. . . Signaled left. . Rear vehicle began passing me on left I slammed on brakes as did they. . . Although my turn signal lever was in left turn position. . . Vehicle turn lamps were both signaling a right turn as was dash lamp. . . Very dangerous. . Could have killed passing motorist are sent them to the ditch . . Signal now malfunctions on a weekly basis. . Switch on backorder. . . Tells us something. . .

I put my truck into park and was walking around the rear to check my mailbox and the truck started rolling forward and hit my main gate, which was closed and had a slide bolt closed. I ran around to the door to try to jump into the cab (thinking my gate had stopped the truck) when my gate crashed open (bending the heavy bolt and tearing one of the gates down and bending the other gate) and it kept moving toward a tree. Like an idiot, I ran and grabbed the grab bar and jumped into the cab and hit the brakes. If I had fallen I would have been run over by the dually wheels or if headed out the gate, could have hit a car. This is the second time it happened - originally it happened back in 2005 and I thought I had just neglected to put the truck into park, but the second time it happened I realized there was a problem with the truck and not me.