Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
BRAKE PEDAL MOVES SIDE TO SIDE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE HAS POWER ADJUSTABLE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. FIRST NOTICED SLIGHT MOVEMENT WHILE DRIVING AND IS NOW ABOUT HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PLAY. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. WITHIN SECONDS, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER AND FOUND UNKNOWN PARTS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE, CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, UNIVERSAL JOINT, FUEL LINES, AND BRAKES LINES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 270,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE DRIVER SUFFERED A NECK INJURY AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A FRACTURED STERNUM AND INJURIES TO THE RIGHT FOOT AND LEFT LUNG. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL TRUCK. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES FOR A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE RMPS INCREASED TO 2000. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED WITH BOTH FEET IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.
THE ABS CONTROL UNIT ON MY 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 BROKE. I WAS ALERTED TO THIS BY A BRAKE LIGHT AND AN ABS LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, THE MODULE MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN. THE FOLLOWING PART NUMBERS ARE LISTED ON THE UNIT: P52121408AD TJZBK2824K0241. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS PRESSURE APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY A NO POWER RESPONSE WHEN SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE RESIDENCE GARAGE. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE FAILURES OCCURRED ON TWELVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON TWELVE TIMES FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM AND A REMEDY. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE CONCRETE WALL OF HIS GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SHAFT WAS DAMAGED AND THE BELT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE FAN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,693.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 REGCAB 4X4 SWB. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A HUMMING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD EXPLOSION. HE LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED METAL PIECES OF THE TRANSFER CASE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, HOWEVER, THEY FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE INTO THE GRASS AND IT CAME TO A STOP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. . THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 58,000. RECEIVED 12/12/07. 4200 UPDATED 12/12/07. *JB
I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 3 MONTHS AGO AND ONLY HAVE 10,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005, I RETURNED HOME AND NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED AFTER I EXITED THE TRUCK. I TRIED TURNING THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF, AND THEY REMAINED ON. I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE MAXWELL CHRYSLER DEALER A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AS I WAS AFRAID MY BATTERY WOULD GO DEAD. AS I WAS PROCEEDING DOWN MY STREET, I NOTICED THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO BRAKE, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PEDAL! IT HAD FALLEN OFF. I MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP USING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THEY SAID THE "CLASP" THAT HOLDS THE PEDAL HAD FALLEN OFF. IT WAS NOT ON THE FLOOR, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BROKEN, MISSING, ETC. THEY REPLACED THE CLASP. I WAS HORRIFIED TO THINK THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE I-35 TOWING MY HORSES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, OR WHETHER THIS COULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT. *JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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