2005 Dodge RAM 1500: check engine light

Filed Mar 10, 2019 · Transmission · 45,000 miles · ID

The vehicle will intermittently stall when stopping or stopped at a traffic light or stop sign. It can be immediately restarted. It will also intermittently flash a check engine light with chime while driving down the road. This has been an ongoing problem since purchased in 2008. It happens with cold or warm engine. It may happen once a week, once a month, or several times in one day. Usually more frequently when the air temperature is below 65 degrees. There are no codes stored and no check engine light displayed (other than the intermittent light & chime).. The dealership says there are no tsb's covering my engine/transmission. There are hundred of similar complaints online with owners 4.7 engines in other dodge & jeep products. Many people have spent well over $1,000 on this problem and not solved it. We recently moved from a rural area to a large city. Dealing with this problem in heavy traffic is very stressful. We recently started transporting a baby in this vehicle and the impatience of other cars waiting for us to restart ours leads to other vehicles to take aggressive actions which will eventually lead to an accident.

Filed Mar 18, 2018 · Acceleration · 251,600 miles · CA

I was driving on an on-ramp to enter the freeway and was accelerating. The accelerator pedal went to the floor and the rpms climbed. The cruise control was off at this time. I tried turning the cruise control on and off, but the vehicle continued to accelerate. I stomped on the accelerator pedal several times and the vehicle's rpms and speed rolled back. The check engine light did not illuminate and I didn't notice if the electronic throttle control light was on or off. The truck drove normally after that. Approximately 1 week later, I was driving on the interstate @ 70mph. The cruise control was off. I pulled into the passing lane and pressed the accelerator pedal, but not all the way to the floor, to accelerate. The engine immediately accelerated and the pedal seemed to go all the way to the floor. I stepped on the accelerator pedal several times, but could not disengage it. I tried turning the cruise control on and off, but that did not disengage the pedal either. I was standing on the brakes at this time, but the vehicle continued acceleration. The check engine light did not illuminate, but the electronic throttle control light illuminated red. This is the first time I have ever seen this light. I put the vehicle into neutral (rpms still high) and stepped on the accelerator pedal several times. The engine started idling down.

Filed Aug 17, 2016 · Engine, Steering · 89,040 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge ram 1500. While driving various speeds under 20 MPH, the rpms dropped below one and the vehicle stalled. In addition, the steering failed and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle restarted on the first attempt, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 89,040.

Filed Aug 5, 2016 · Engine · 160,750 miles · AL

My 05 dodge ram has been stalling in traffic at low speeds regularly of late. It also happened recently while parked for the first time. It ocasionally (1 failure out of 7) gives an error code and check engine light which reads as a bad crank shaft position sensor. I have put 3 on in the last 2 years. It started as intermitent and has become a steady issue. Truck has never run hot, no noises from engine to indicate a bad bearing or mis alignement. Wheel teeth are not broken or worn and there is not buildup of flakes or shavings anywhere that would be causing a fualty signal. Wiring rings out as good. Replacing the sensor was allowing normal operation for a short period but it is re-occuring at a faster rate each time. Truck does, so far, continue to resart almost imediately but still presents considerable risk in heavy traffic conditions. This was looked at previously and tsb 18-013-05 was released as a "fix." it has not been a successful fix as the issues continue to re-occur with what apears to be a fairly alarming rate. Truck currently has 160,750 miles on it. The last 3 sensors were installed in 2 years and less than 20,000 miles.

Filed Jul 8, 2015 · Engine · 107,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge ram 1500. While driving at 40 MPH, an abnormal popping sound was heard and the engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the push rod lifter failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 107,000.

Filed Apr 23, 2015 · Transmission · 137,700 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge ram 1500. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the rear of the vehicle seized and jerked. The check engine light illuminated. The failure recurred several times. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v796000 (power train); 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. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 137,700.

Filed Apr 19, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 96,000 miles · MA

Truck keeps stalling in drive and reverse. The truck will only run good if its in neutral. The rpms just drop suddenly, but the truck is able to start right back up with no problem. Truck also has had throttle body replaced along with o2 sensors. The engine light keeps coming on and sometimes the engine light would flash for a period of time.

Filed Mar 18, 2015 · Transmission · NV

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the contact heard a loud noise underneath the vehicle. The vehicle lost power and the check engine warning light illuminated. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed fluid leaking underneath the vehicle. In addition, the contact noticed that the rear differential fractured from the drive shaft. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Feb 18, 2015 · Engine · 100,000 miles · KS

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v817000 (air bags), 14v796000 (power train), and 14v770000 (air bags) exceeded a reasonable amount of time. The dealer informed that the parts were not available for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the delay. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Feb 18, 2015 · Engine · 55,000 miles · AR

The first time this happened, I was turning at an intersection and the truck just stalled. No warning or check engine light nothing. I had no power steering or brakes. Luckily no one hit us or we didn't hit anyone. My husband and brother pushed the truck into a near by parking lot. After about 20 min. The truck started back up. Three days later I was driving down the street pulling a trailer. The truck stalled again I was able to get it to roll into a parking lot. It started back up. We took it to a mechanic. He couldn't find a code on it. This continued to happen quite often. The mechanic finally changed out a sensor , that cost us $385.00. After a week the check engine light came on. The mechanic said the code could be several things and I don't have the money to keep changing things that are not working. So now if I let my fuel tank get down less than a half tank the truck misses and tries to cut out like its not getting enough fuel. I can't even drive it because I am afraid it will stall and I am a small women. I can't fight it with no power steering and brakes.

Filed Feb 15, 2015 · Transmission · 71,035 miles · PA

Started 2005 ram 1500 and went up slight incline (30 degree) over a speed bump on road and traveled approximately 50 feet and the truck would not move. Put on brake to stop going backwards down the incline. Put into reverse still would not move, tried all forward gears 1st, 2nd, drive still would not move. Went onto internet to search for any similar complaints and found that other owners had found the transmission filter becoming loose caused their problem. We changed the 2 filters in transmission and replaced 8 quarts of atf4+ fluid. The engine light came on when started, but truck did move after it warmed up several minutes. Engine light went out after a few start ups and trips, seems to work alright at present time.

Filed Jul 21, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 60,000 miles · TX

My 2005 dodge ram has been stalling on the freeway when slowing down in traffic and when coming to stops at intersections. It has been doing this for years. I have had engine lights come on and had mechanics work on it. This problem continues and is very scary. I can not trust to take it on long trips.after goggling on the internet I found that most dodges have this problem. I will use social media to let my family and friends know that dodge is not the truck to buy. I can not believe they are not recalling this issue in their trucks some thing needs to be done to correct this issue. Starter will go out if this continues also putting in neutral will not do the transmission any good,it feels like it is messing up now.