2005 Dodge Ram 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES, WHICH WERE EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND INDICATED THAT A FRACTURED REAR AXLE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CRASH CAUSED A FATALITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. ..UPDATED 09-09-14 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT SUFFERED AN UNKNOWN MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD AND CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A DELIVERY TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED. AS A RESULT, THE PERSON LOADING THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD, NECK, HANDS, AND CHEST WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. ..UPDATED 10/11/17 *BF, UPDATED 03/28/18*JB *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHERE THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN FATAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CRASH WERE NOT MADE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. UPDATED 5/29/15*CN UPDATED 9/17/2015*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE CRASH WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL BRUISES AND SWELLING TO THE FACE, AND A LACERATED LIVER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE HOSPITAL, BUT LATER PASSED AWAY. THE OTHER OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE WAS A CANINE AND WAS UNINJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED DUE TO BUMPER AND GRILL DAMAGE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ADVISED OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: CAIR 28006955. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE INSPECTION DID NOT SHOW ANY FAULT CODES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. ....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF ......UPDATED UPDATED 9/5/18*JB

MY SISTER WAS IN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT JUNE 23RD 2015. ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AFTER HER DEATH WE RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE TRUCKS REAR AXLE PINION NUT. THEN A WEEK AFTER THAT WE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR. DURING THE INCIDENT HER TRUCKS RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS SNAPPED AT THE AXLE LEAVING US TO BELIEVE THAT THE PINION NUT WAS LOOSE AND CAUSED THIS REAR AXLE TO SEIZE AND BREAK. IN THE CRASH ALL OF THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE PINION NUT RECALL WAS ISSUED IN FEBRUARY OF 2015 AND WE ARE QUESTIONING WHY IT TOOK CHRYSLER 5 MONTHS TO PROVIDE US WITH THIS INFORMATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, HE BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. SHE THEN STATED THAT SHE REMEMBERED THAT THE BED OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO COME TOWARDS HER PASSENGER SIDE AND LOST ALL CONSCIOUSNESS. WHEN THE CONTACT HAD REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, SHE WAS BEING CUT OUT OF THE VEHICLE BY FIRST RESPONDERS; HER GRANDSON WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE BACK SEAT. THE CONTACT, HER HUSBAND AND HER GRANDSON WERE ALL RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR INJURIES. HER HUSBAND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND CRACK RIBS; THE CONTACT HAD INJURIES TO HER ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE WHICH INCLUDED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, BROKEN ANKLE, AND EIGHT BROKEN RIBS. HER GRANDSON HAD SUFFERED BROKEN TEETH WHICH REQUIRED DENTAL SURGERY; HE ALSO SUFFERED SEVERE MENTAL TRAUMA DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AS A RESULT OF THE ROLL OVER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND STATED THAT ONE OF HER TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TOW YARD AND WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. IN 2018, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) WHICH SHE LINKED TO HER FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.*DT*JB

TAKARA RECALL THE 4X4 SHIFT LINKAGE GOING TO TRANSFER CASE FALLS OUT OF THE SHIFT LEVERS DUE TO THE USE OF PLASTIC GROMMETS TO SECURE AND HOLD MEDAL ROD IN PLACE. THE PLASTIC GROMMETS GET DRY ROTTED FROM THE HEAT OF THE ENGINE CAUSING THE GROMMETS TO CRACK AND BREAK THEREFORE LOSEING THE MEDAL SHIFT LINKAGE WHILE DRIVING . THE MEDAL SHIFT LINKAGE FALLING WHILE DRIVING HITTING OTHER VEHICAL CAUSING DAMAGE TO HURT THE VEHICAL AND POSABLE HURTING THE PASSENGERS OF THE VEHICAL FROM AN ACCIDENT. *DSY

2005 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK 4X2 QUAD, WAS IN MOTION AT POSTED HIGHWAY SPEED, WITH MINIMAL WIND PRESENT. AS AN EYEWITNESS & OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, ROLLING THE TRUCK 4 -5 TIMES BEFORE LANDING ON ITS TOP (UPSIDE DOWN). DAMAGE THROUGHOUT WAS SEVERE AND EXTENSIVE. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING THEIR SAFETY BELTS. FRONT PASSENGER HEAD REST RIPPED AWAY FROM SEAT AND WAS FOUND ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY FROM ACCIDENT SCENE, STUCK IN A BUSH. RIGHT REAR TIRE (PASSENGER SIDE), SNAPPED OFF AND BROKE AWAY FROM THE REAR AXEL. TIRE WAS FOUND MORE THAN 100 YARDS AWAY FROM THE TOTALED VEHICLE & TIRE WAS NOT BLOWN OUT. CONCERNS ABOUT 2 SAFETY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE IS THE REASON FOR SUBMITTING COMPLAINT: RECALL INVOLVING A PROBLEM/DEFECT WITH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, AND RECALL CONCERNING A REAR AXEL PION NUT COMING LOOSE WHILE IN MOTION & CAUSING REAR WHEEL TO COMPLETELY BREAK AWAY FROM VEHICLE. DEFECT COULD SUDDENLY CAUSE DRIVER TO LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH AND/OR VIOLENTLY ROLLOVER. THIS VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR BOTH RECALLS, TWICE. HOWEVER, IN THIS ROLLOVER CRASH THAT OCCURRED, THE REAR WHEEL WITH BRAKE SYSTEM STILL ATTACHED, COMPLETELY SNAPPED OFF THE REAR AXEL. ALSO, THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE OR MENTION A REPAIR CHARGE FOR THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL OR THE REAR AXEL. THE TAIL GATE WAS ALSO RIPPED OFF OF THE TRUCK AND WAS FOUND ABOUT 75 YARDS AWAY FROM THE TOTALED VEHICLE. NO FATALITIES RESULTED FROM THIS HORRIFIC CRASH, BUT MY SON WHO WAS THE PASSENGER, DID SUFFER SERIOUS AND PERMANENT INJURIES, WHICH INCLUDE A HEAD INJURY (TBI), MULTIPLE FRACTURES TO HIS CTL-SPINE, INJURED RIGHT FOOT, LEG AND HIP, AND ABRASIONS AND DEEP SCRAPES THROUGHOUT HIS BODY. THE DRIVER, MY SONS GIRLFRIEND, SUFFERED SCRAPES AND BRUISING, BUT NO SERIOUS INJURY. *TT UPDATED 10/1/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE DROVE IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND CAUSED A COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AFTER THE COLLISION. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SKIDDED ON AN ICE PATCH AND CRASHED INTO THE CEMENT WALL OF A BRIDGE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND SPINE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 03/03/17*LJ *TT *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON A WET AND OILY SURFACE AT 30 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED NECK AND BACK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,500. UPDATED 11/17/16*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE STOPPED, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS CRASHED HEAD ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. BOTH DRIVERS SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 159,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHIN AND COLLAR BONE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND LATER DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,810.

GETTING OFF THE OFF RAMP I COULD NOT STOP IN A SECOND VIBRATIONS STARTED ANOTHER CAR IN THAT CAR WENT TO ANOTHER CAR WITH A PREGNANT GIRL...... I HAVE ASKED OVER AND OVER FOR HELP AND COSTS ARE KILLING MY BUSINESS AND HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS ETC. YOU GUYS PLEASE HELP ME HERE...?

CONTACT PLEASE CONTACT ME SO I CAN DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED..[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL AND THE VEHICLE STRUCK VARIOUS GUARDRAILS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES TO THE TORSO, NECK BACK, ANKLE, AND LEFT ARM. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASH INTO A TREE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR TIRE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT'S PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO ROLL OVER. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED IT TO ROLL OVER. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.