2005 DODGE RAM 1500 Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

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....

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

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...

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.

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

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