Bought 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 truck in Sept of 04. Since Oct of 06 the truck shakes violently. You never know when it will happen. Dodge serviced the truck once in Nov of 06 and again in Dec of 06 for the same problem. I have the violent shaking on a video from inside the truck. Once the shaking starts, the truck must be pulled over no matter how many cars are on the road and brought to a complete stop. Then you can start the truck up again and hope the shaking does not start again. It happens intermittently which is why it is such a death trap. Several complaints listed about this on complaints.com. Dodge replaced some things but since they cannot "see" the problem when their mechanic drives our truck and wastes our gas, they refuse to repair it. It is not a repairable issue. It is a death trap waiting to kill our family or another family. Dodge needs to refund our money in full so we can buy a "safe vehicle". Dodge has seen the video several times but they ignore the evidence. They don't care if we go to the news they said. The truck is not even 3 years old. I would love to email the video to you also.
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Posted by Jmzmyr25 on 12/06/2007
I have the exact same problem with my 1999 Dodge 1500 Ram pickup truck.
the strange, seemingly, harmonic vibration starts mild, after series of bumps. Then progresses, quickly, to shaking, then a violent hammering begins. The vehicle cannot be controlled, and I must come to a full stop (wherever I am) to make the terrible pounding, stop! Dealer said my truck checks out "fine". "No problems".
when this happens the steering wheel is slamming back and forth about 3" and it sounds like someone is pounding the firewall, with a sledge hammer.God help you if you are in a turn, because the truck will GO STRAIGHT, because the wheels are off the ground!
A friend following me, on a three lane highway, watched as it happened! He said, "The front, passenger side, wheel, looked like it was going to FLY OFF!!!" Said the wobble seemed to be a 9:00 oclock, 3:00 oclock, wild flopping movement.
Posted by jkramer on 09/30/2009
I am having the exact same problem with my 2005 Diesel P/U. Dodge service has made several "repairs" that were supposed to fix the problem. I've spent over $3000
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