Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Dodge 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
WHILE TAKING LOW SPEED, TIGHT TURNS WITH MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK THE ENGINE STALLS OUT. I'M PRETTY SURE THIS ISSUE IS THE SAME AS THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER:EA05018. THIS HAS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTH. THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER "CLEANED" THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, (CHARGED ME $89.00) BUT IT IS STILL HAPPENING. *TR
RACK AND PINION LEAKING WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP, WHICH USES THE SAME FLUID AS THE RACK AND PINION--BOTH HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AND REPLACED. THE TIE RODS ARE BROKEN AND CONNECTED TO THE RACK AND PINION FLUID, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE TIERODS BREAKING DUE TO FLUID LEAKAGE. WE ARE ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, NOT SHIFTING INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE--OUR PRIOR VEHICLE WAS ALSO A DODGE RAM 1500, IN WHICH WE HAD TIE ROD ISSUES AND MAJOR AUTOMATIC POWER TRANSMISSION AND POWER STEERING FLUID ISSUES. TRUCK JUST PURCHASED AND CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP PENDING REPLACEMENT TIE RODS, POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACEMENT AND ANY OTHER FLUID ISSUES THEY FIND TO GET THE COMPONENTS WORKING IN SYNERGY. *TR
DRIVING SOUTH ON ICY AND SNOWPACK HIGHWAY. ONCOMING CAR SPUN INTO MY LANE. BRAKED HARD, MOVED RIGHT, ONCOMING CAR SPUN BACK TOWARDS THEIR LANE, CONTINUED PAST CAR. WATCHED THE CAR AND IT DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. I ACCELERATED BUT HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. ENGINE HAD DIED. THE ENGINE HAS NEVER DONE THIS. PUT IN NEUTRAL, STARTED ENGINE, PUT IN DRIVE, ACCELERATED AND DROVE FINE. I WAS GOING 55 TO 60 MPH. IN DRIVE AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED. THE PICKUP HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I THINK IT WAS IN LOCKUP AND WHEN I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES THE LOCK UP CONVERTER DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DISENGAGE WHEN THE TIRES STOPPED WHEN I BRAKED. THE PICKUP DOES NOT HAVE ALL WHEEL ANTI LOCK BRAKES. IT DOES HAVE REAR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. THE TIRES ARE STUDDED SNOW TIRES. I THINK THE ROADS WERE SLICK ENOUGH TO STOP THE WHEELS WHEN BRAKING HARD. WITH ALL 4 WHEELS STOPPED, THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN LOCK UP IT WOULD ACT LIKE A STANDARD TRANSMISSION AND KILL THE ENGINE. THE ONLY WAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM IS IF I HAD TO GO IN THE DITCH TO AVOID THE ONCOMING CAR. IN THAT SITUATION, DEEP SNOW IN THE DITCH PLUS THE PLOW BERM, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO ACCELERATE TO GET THROUGH IT AND KEEP THE PICKUP FROM GOING SIDE WAYS AND POSSIBLY ROLLING. HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL. THANKS, *TR
ENGINE STALLS WHEN BRAKING. HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN TURNING CORNERS, DUE TO SLOWING. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. NOW TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ALWAYS RESPOND OR SHIFTS HARD. I HAVE EVEN HAD TO SHIFT ON THE COLUMN. *TR
ENGINE STALLING EVEN AFTER HAVING COMPUTER UPDATED ON SEPT 2007 ENGINE STALLING MULTIPLE TIMES AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS & WHEN STOPPING , NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DEALER SAID IF NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR
AFTER MY TRUCK WAS SITTING WITHOUT STARTING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I WOULD HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER A WHILE, IT WOULD START TO SIFT INTO GEAR WITH A VERY LOUD NOISE. I ALSO NOTICED, THAT WHEN I WAS COMING TO A STOP, BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY STOP, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HIT VERY HARD UPON ACCELERATION. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO CODE, THAT IT WAS FINE. I STATED THAT IF IT WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE, THAT YOU MAY NOT GET A CODE. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOSE A TIRE ON THE ROAD. THE SECOND TIME, THEY ADJUSTED THE ELECTRONIC SHIFTER, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. THE THIRD TIME, THEY CHANGED THE FILTER, BUT ONLY PUT SILICONE ON THE PAN WITH NO GASKET. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANNY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FILTER ALLOWING THE TORQUE CONVERTER TO BACK BLEED AND THAT THEY PUT IN A FILTER WITH A CHECK VALVE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE MORE POWER, BUT I AM STILL GETTING SOME HARD SHIFTING WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND THEN SPEED UP. THE PROBLEM STARTED AT 20,000 MILES. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB LWB. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED, AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS IN A NEAR HEAD ON CRASH ON OCTOBER 14, 2007 DUE TO THE STALLING. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON 30 OCCASIONS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND IT STALLED WHEN IT WAS TEST DRIVEN. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA PERFORMED INVESTIGATION NUMBER EA05018 FOR VEHICLE STALLING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,594 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I WAS BACKING UP IN DRIVEWAY AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED, BEGAN MOVING, AND THEN STALLED. THAT SAME AFTERNOON I WAS LEAVING WORK AND THE SAME IDENTICAL THING HAPPENED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY STATED THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND TO BRING IT IN. I TOOK IT TO DEALER, AND THEY DID AN UPDATE OR SOMETHING. RECENTLY IT STARTED HESITATING WHEN PUT IN GEAR AND HAS STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EITHER WHEN BEING PLACED IN GEAR OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT ACTED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO, THEN LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BINDING, AND JUST BEFORE STALLING IT LUNGED FORWARD OR BACKWARDS, DEPENDING ON DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, BEFORE STALLING.*AK
SINCE DAY ONE OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN SEPT. 2005, I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT STALLING OR LUNGING FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING (AUTOMATIC) INTO DRIVE. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON AT LEAST 3 OCCASIONS, 1 WITH ME DUPLICATING THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND DO NOT SEEM CONCERNED WITH GETTING IT FIXED. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN, PARKED, AND THEN RESTARTED, THE TRANSMISSION FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS DRAGGING. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRED EVERY MONTH AND A HALF. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM, BUT REPLACED THE SOLENOID IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.
TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB PICK-UP TRUCK WITH ONLY 3656 MILES ON IT IS MAKING A WHINING SOUND WHEN IT IS WARMED UP, THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND LOOKED AT BY ONE OF THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED A TORQUE CONVERTER AND A FRONT PUMP. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONTACTED AND THE PARTS WHICH WERE REQUESTED BY THE DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY WERE DENIED BY THE MANUFACTURER, SO AT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DIRECTOR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT AND WAS SENT HOME WITH THE TRANSMISSION STILL WHINING AS IT WAS WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN, THIS CONDITION TO ME IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND IT IS UNSAFE.*JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND WENT BACKWARD INTO A GARAGE. THE VEHICLE AND GARAGE WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM
DURING COLD WEATHER, YOU CAN PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL, TO GET IT TO MOVE YOU HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE BACK IN PARK AND THEN IN REVERSE AND SORT OF WIGGLE THE SHIFTING LEVER. ALSO DURING IN COLD WEATHER THE VEHICLE WHEN IN DRIVE WANTS TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF AND YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN HARD TO KEEP IT FROM TAKING OFF INTO TRAFFIC. *JB
DT: THE CONTACT STATES AFTER PARKING VEHICLE SHE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT A LATER TIME THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. HOWEVER, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK
MY TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED (42K) WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER (PRESENT OR PAST) WHILE DRIVING ALONG A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SUDDENLY & RAPIDLY SLOW DOWN AND BEGAN TO SURGE (RAPIDLY SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN). THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE FORCED TO SUDDENLY BRAKE; MANY QUICKLY CHANGED LANES TO AVOID A COLLISION. I REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIR FROM DODGE VIA THE SERVICE MANAGER. THE SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, DAN LEWENDOWSKI, WHO REFUSED TO ASSIST ME WITH THE EXPENSE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A NOTABLE TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR REPAIR. UPON INSPECTING THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION SHOP OWNER INSISTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED FOR SOME OTHER REASON THAN NON-MAINTENANCE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE FLUID DOES NOT LOSE IT'S LUBRICATION AT 42,000 MILES. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST DODGE RAM HE HAS SERVICED WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IN FACT, HE HAD ANOTHER DODGE RAM IN THE SHOP THE SAME DAY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (THE "SOFT PARTS" IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED). THE TRANMISSION SHOP OWNER TOLD ME THAT DODGE HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE THIS MATTER FURTHER. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS MATTER ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE LOCATED SEVERAL WEBSITES RELATED TO THE FAILURE OF DODGE TRANSMISSIONS. I AM REQUESTING A REIMBURSEMENT OF $1,900 FROM DODGE FOR THE REPAIR OF MY TRANSMISSION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE NHSTA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FURTHER TO SEE IF A RECALL IS WARRANTED SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN AND WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. I HAVE THE DAMAGED/REPLACED PARTS IN MY POSSESSION SHOULD YOU WISH TO INSPECT THEM.
2005 DODGE RAM 1500 EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, RUSTED COMPONENTS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, LOOSE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING, SPEEDOMETER INACCURATE, AND PROBLEMS WITH THE BODY PAINT. *MR THE RIDE HEIGHT WAS LOW IN THE FRONT, THERE WAS STIFF SUSPENSION, THERE WAS A LOOSE STRIP RUBBER ABOVE THE LEFT DOOR, THE SUSPENSION BAR MAY HAVE BEEN CRACKED, THERE WAS ABNORMAL SCALLOPING ON THE FRONT TIRE OUTSIDE TREAD, THERE WAS AN EXHAUST PIPE LEAK, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RIGHT SIDE STEERING KNUCKLE SHOWED A VISIBLE LINE THAT COULD POSSIBLY CRACK. THE ENGINE IDLING WAS HARSH WHEN MOVING THE SHIFT INTO REVERSE. *SC *JB
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