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 3500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND TWO PINS DETACHED FROM THE BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN SAFELY DUE TO THE BRAKE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
2005 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE INTEGRATED POWER MODULE SAFETY PROBLEMS AND DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART KNOWN AS THE INTEGRATED POWER MODULE THAT CONTROLLED THE HEAD LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND STOP RELAY FOR TRAILER BRAKING WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PART IS SUBJECT TO CORROSION AND IS CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ABILITY TO STEER AND BRAKE SEIZED. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE CENTER DIVIDER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A DISLOCATED RIGHT ARM, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT DID NOT SPECIFY IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES PER HR IF I HIT A BUMP OR THE SPACES ON THE ROAD BY OVERPASSES( THE SPACE BETWEEN THE REGULAR ROAD AND THE OVERPASS) THE WHOLE FRONT-END OF THE TRUCK VIBRATES TO THE EXTENT THAT I LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER OF SLOW DOWN (USING THE BREAKS) DUE TO THE SEVERE VIBRATIONS( I RESEARCHED THIS AND IN MY RESEARCH THEY REFER TO THIS AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I THINK THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ATTENTION BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED DUE TO THIS WELL KNOWN DEFECT KNOWN BY DODGE AS THEY HAVE CHANGED CERTAIN PARTS KNOWN TO CAUSE THIS SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. PLEASE ADVISE IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS DANGEROUSLY DEADLY PROBLEM. *TR
BRAKE PEDAL IS SO LOOSE IT CAN COVER THE GAS PEDAL. DODGE PART 55366 032A/C NOT AVAILABLE AND DISCONTINUED..BUSHING KIT 68079239AA WAS INSTALL IN OCT 2011. STILL HAS PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP SAID NO PARTS AVAILABLE AND I SHOULD GET AT THE JUNK YARD. SO THEY TAPED IT UP WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE THAT DID NOT WORK. *TR
THE ABS CONTROL MODULE ON MY 2005 DODGE RAM 3500 HAS FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS INDICATED BY THE BARKING BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE MODULE MOTOR CONTINUING TO RUN WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. TURNING THE IGNITION OFF WOULD NOT STOP THE MODULE MOTOR FROM RUNNING. MY DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE MODULE IN STOCK AND CHRYSLER CORP IS BACKORDERED ON THE ITEM.THE DEALER'S MECHANIC SAID HE HAD PERSONALLY SEEN 5 OR 6 OF THESE FAILURES. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM, AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BRAKES. 1.) IF THE MODULE IS ALLOWED TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY THERE MAY BE A FIRE DANGER, OR POSSIBLY A FURTHER DEGRADATION OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. 2.) THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS RENDERED INOPERATIVE. 3.) IF THE MODULE IS DISCONNECTED TO STOP THE MOTOR, OTHER SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED SUCH AS THE SPEEDOMETER, AND DATA SYSTEMS DISPLAYED ON THE OVER HEAD. 4.) SINCE CHRYSLER IS BACK ORDERED ON THIS SAFETY ITEM, THIS MAY INDICATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RASH OF FAILURES. THE UNIT IS MANUFACTURED BY KELSEY-HAYES AND HAS PART NUMBERS: P52121408AD TJZBK1984K0584 IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE ON THE PART OF CHRYSLER NOT TO HAVE THIS ITEM READILY AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT. *TR
MY BRAKE PEDAL IN MY DODGE RAM 3500 IS LOOSE. IT ACTUALLY MOVES LEFT TO RIGHT A COUPLE INCHES. I FEEL IT TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. DODGE CLAIMS ITS NOT A WARRANTY COVERED ITEM. AND I WOULD NEED TO PAY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THEN THEY SAY THERE IS ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ON THE BACKORDER LIST FOR THIS PART. *TR
STEERING GEAR BOX EXPLODES DURING SERVICE, CAST IRON GEAR BOX BREAKS WHILE DRIVING, LOSS OF FLUID NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES HYDROBOOST SYSTEM. *TR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN 2005 DODGE 1 TON TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. IF IT WAS DEPRESSED SLIGHTLY HARDER THAN A NORMAL STOP, IT WILL PUSH COMPLETELY DOWN. DEALER, FRONTIER MOTORS, BOONVILLE MO, 660-882-8800, CHECKED VEHICLE AND COULD FOUND NOTHING THEY COULD IDENTIFY AS A CAUSE. HOWEVER, THEY CHECKED OTHER HEAVY PICKUPS, 1 TON AND 3/4 VEHICLES NEW AND USED THAT WERE ON THE LOT AND FOUND 3 OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, INCLUDE ONE THAT WAS BRAND NEW. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK SEEMED TO STOP NORMALLY THE BRAKES HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THEM. FRONTIER MOTORS CALLED CHRYSLER, AND TO DATE HAS GOTTEN NO RESPONSE OR SUPPORT. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK WILL STOP NORMALLY AT THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT PASS THE STATE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE BRAKE PEDALS WILL NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND AT THIS TIME IT WAS BEING IGNORED.*AK
AT 1000 MILES A 2005, RAM STARTED TO SQUEAK. AFTER TAKING IT TO A DEALER IT WAS REPORTED AS A STICKER IN THE CALIPER BRACKET.*AK
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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