I was driving approximately 35 mph (mileage 172,500) when I heard a noise coming from the rear end. I started slowing down immediately. Then I heard the drive shaft hit and drag on the pavement and the rear end locked up causing the truck to start skidding. I came to a stop in the road and unable to move the vehicle until a tow truck could come. I was towed to a local shop for repair. The mechanic told me the pinion nut came off and the drive shaft disconnected. The rear differential gears were damaged. Full replacement required. I see many cases listed here and would like to see the 2005 model year 1500 Ram added to the current recall.....updated 01/12/15

- Chambersburg, PA, USA

While driving down the highway the drive shaft fell off the truck at the differential side. The pinion gear fell into the housing locking the rear end up. I hit my head on the side window, and my back has been hurting ever since. The pinion gear was not broken, the only thing missing was the nut. It cost over $2500 out of my pocket to fix and a rental car. My truck is a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 slt 4X4....updated 01/07/15

- Port Arthur, TX, USA

I was driving (speed 35 mph) (mileage 92,201) when the pinion nut came off and the drive shaft detached from the rear-end allowing the pinion to move freely into the rear-end causing damage. I was still rolling forward and was able to exit the 4 lane road I was on without causing an incident. My vehicle required a tow back to my home and then had to be towed to my mechanic after being told my vehicle was out of warranty. This seems to be a common occurrence and I would like to see the 2005 year 1500 Ram added to the current recall. Have repair bill on file.

- Whitehouse, OH, USA

1st incident 2/21/13: Driving on a 4 lane highway w/center left turn lanes at 40 when a car cut across from the right to make a left turn. Hit the brakes causing the front to lock up (rear ABS only). Truck started stopping, but continued moving forward against the front brakes and into the car. Truck left unusually long skid marks. Police and insurance reports made. Damaged to front bumper. 2nd incident 3/5/13: Driving at 40 on curved section of highway with 2 lanes in direction I was going and 1 lane on opposite side separated by large grass medium when a car pulled out from the left hand U-turn in the medium. Hit the brakes causing the truck to slide straight through curve onto grass shoulder. Truck came to complete stop and heard the right rear spinning in the dirt. Put my left foot on the brake to hold truck from moving. I checked to make sure I was not on the gas. It spun for several seconds before stopping. Truck left normal length of skid marks. Did not smell burnt brakes in rear; possibly not engaged at all. I am currently looking to see if I can test the braking at a local dirt track to verify this issue, and to have outside observation of the occurrence. I have replaced all four disk brakes with high performance brake rotors and brake pads to assist with better braking in the last week. I will post the results here once I can arrange the test. Have not had any problems with normal or heavy braking; only emergency braking. First incident resulted in an accident, luckily no injuries. The drive wheel was in the dirt for second incident; there was not an accident. This is a very serious safety issue, and may be the cause of other accidents and not reported because driver could not realize it happened. It appears to be the problem where the ABS system causes excessive heat build up resulting in computer malfunction.

- Toms River, NJ, USA

While driving at approx 30mph, I heard a growling sound coming from underneath the vehicle, which stopped. A few seconds later, another, louder, growling sound was heard. As I started to pull off the road, there was a loud boom, followed by the real wheels locking up. Upon inspecting, found the driveshaft had come off the differential.

- Kempner, TX, USA

While driving on interstate 195 I entered exit lane 28A and without warning at 60mph my rear tires locked up, the driveshaft disconnected from rear and my truck went into an uncontrolled spin. It was 5 seconds of terror that I thought would surely end in disaster. I stopped dangerously blocking the exit ramp and had to risk my life to pull the shaft out of the front switch to four wheel drive and drag my truck onto the shoulder as cars sped around me. I have a 9.25" rear with a 3.92 ratio and the pinion nut came off lodged in the shaft as the pinion gear jammed up the rear axles. Sound familiar? help!! I was told by Chrysler there are no issues with my model year truck but I see a number of complaints like this one. I was lucky that I wasn't killed. Hopefully Chrysler fixes this fault before someone isn't so lucky.

- Williamstown, NJ, USA

Driving heard noise from rear of truck. Sounded like a very harsh grind, then a loud bang. Rear wheels locked up and truck went into a hopping skid. Drive shaft and yoke still together was on the ground and pinion nut, in tact, trapped between universal joint and yoke. Towed to shop, found extensive damage to ring and pinion gears, pinion bearing, carrier (gear housing) and cracked outer housing. Gear oil in great condition, no signs of overheating....updated 01/07/15 updated 06/2/2015

- Havertown, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, a loud noise sounded outside of the vehicle as the drive shaft disengaged and the rear wheels seized. The vehicle violently turned a full 180 degrees. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and towed to an independent auto mechanic. The mechanic advised that one of the nuts had dislodged from the rear differential. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 178,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- Williamstown , NJ, USA

My rear differential completely locked up. Both tire locked sending me and my kids into the dash and back seat. Bought truck new had only 50K miles but was 2 weeks out of the 7 year warranty. Spoke w Dodge rep towed to nearest dealer they had truck for 1 month, was then told not covered. Originally was told I would pay $1000 & Dodge would cover rest. 11th hr was told no coverage.

- Massapequa Park, NY, USA

Well I was about 2 to 5 miles from home the truck lost power and then about half way up the drive way the oil pressure dropped to zero and never came back up I started it back after it died and it started to knock so I turned it off and it has not been started since.

- Philadelphia, TN, USA

Driving on route 3 South in tyngsboro, MA. 55 mpg at 7:00am rear differential pinion bearing seized. Locked up pinion and yoke. Snapped off driveshaft, breaking front driveshaft and yoke. Also shattered transfer case.

- Chelmsford, MA, USA

Vehicle stalled once after reversing approximately 20 feet then going back into drive, immediate restart was possible (6/18/2012). The following day (6/19/2012) this truck stalled at a red light, again, immediate restart was possible. No other problems have been determined in the vehicle that would be responsible for stalling.

- Waialua, HI, USA

I drive a Ram 1500 4WD with the following rear differential: Dmds 3.55 axle ratio, drbs corporate 9.25 ld rear axle. While driving on a dry, bare road at 40 mph, I started to hear a low pitched growling noise from the rear end of my truck. I was trying to locate a place to pull over to, but within about 30-60 seconds I heard a single loud booming type noise from the rear end of my truck and the I wasn't able to accelerate after that (power loss to the wheels). The booming noise was my drive shaft that had just fallen off due to the pinion nut coming undone. Once the pinion nut/driveshaft came off the truck, something started flying around inside of the rear end differential case and cracked the bottom of my rear diff case (plus the rear diff was totally locked up). I recovered the driveshaft and found the pinion nut floating around inside of the driveshaft yoke flange assembly which was still attached to the drive shaft (pinion nut was not broken). There haven't been any repairs needed to that side of the rear differential (e.g. like a pinion seal or the like), that would account for the pinion nut coming loose, only the standard fluid changes at the specified times using the proper fluids (per the tsb released by Dodge: 03-003-06). During the fluid changes, there was no evidence of metal pieces or issues in the rear differential. Luckily I was on a side road during the incident in the early morning hours, but had just been on the freeway 10 minutes earlier. I can't imagine the safety issues that would have occured if that driveshaft came off on the freeway.

- Mukilteo, WA, USA

I was driving down the road and the lsd rear differential of my 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 completely locked up and the drive line separated from the rear differential. The shop that fixed it said that a retaining clip must have come loose and destroyed the entire rear differential. Good thing I was only going about 25 mph in a residential neighborhood and not 75mph on the freeway, or the outcome could have been life threatening. Updated 5/29/2015

- Herriman, UT, USA

Truck stalls daily. Only stalls when coming to a stop. Once completely stopped the tachometer jolts up and down, making the truck lurch forward, and will sometimes stall completely. Does not happen while driving, or at low speeds, only at complete stop and in drive. If in neutral this does not happen. This is unsafe to lose control of your truck and at times it lurches forward trying to get the correct RPM. I have seen all over the internet how widespread this problem is and Dodge has done nothing about it. Many times I have seen where this has occurred to people while driving! this is an automatic transmission, everything checks out fine except this, it has to be a computer problem and needs replaced. I see often where people change many parts, sometimes helping but usually not.

- Plainfield, IN, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician replaced the front and rear brake kit, rotors, brake lines, hoses, fluids and the master cylinder cover. The contact stated that the failure recurred approximately three years later while driving approximately 55 mph. Shortly thereafter, the vehicle had become responsive to acceleration and was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The approximate failure mileage was 14,000.

- Shelton, CT, USA

2005 Dodge Ram 1500 with 5.7 hemi. As vehicle is slowed down for stop or turn engine shutters harshly and then stalls. Restart is possible, but each time a stop is completed engine stalls.

- Vestavia, AL, USA

I have a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 4.7 liter V-8. the problem like many others have had is that the truck will rev up and down at idle and slow speed. After the truck stalled, almost getting me in a sever crash at an intersection while towing my boat, I took it to the dealer. They said the egr valve was bad and replaced it. This worked for about a year. Then about 2 weeks ago it started again and I took it to the dealer where they replaced some part on the computer and reprogrammed it, but this only worked for about 2 weeks and its back.

- Gilbert, SC, USA

Engine shuts off randomly. During low speeds, up hills, down hills, around corners, it doesn't matter. Took it to the dealer and they replaced the "harmonic balancer" but it still didn't fix it.

- Henderson, NV, USA

My 2005 Dodge truck started having a vibration in it at 300 miles. Have had it in 5 times in 4 month to be fix. Dodge says there is nothing they can do. Told dealer I wanted to put it under wyo lemon law. Dealer say it is between my and Dodge. Dodge says it is between me and my dealer I just want a new truck.

- Cody, WY, USA