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2005 Dodge Ram 2500 engine and engine cooling problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2005 Dodge Ram 25003% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
3%
share of all complaints
23,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Excessive vibration since purchases truck new in 2005. Replaced serpentine belt 5 times and tensioner pulley 2 times, which is about every 30k miles. Chrysler agreed to pay for the last belt and pulley acknowledging something was wrong causing the issue. The issue was not known until recently. The…

    filed May 18, 2012

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, he started to hear a ticking noise coming from the motor. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the exhaust manifold overheated and twisted, causing the bolts to fracture. As a result both…

    filed Mar 9, 2012

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.