2003 Dodge RAM 2500 Brakes Problems

“Driving in the mountains on dirt road heard horrible sounds in the front of truck. Noticeably louder and very concerned to driving the truck any more, my two small children and I 9 months pregnant are very lucky. Made to our home 15 miles away. I called mechanic and truck was in the shop next day.”

“Abs and brake light remain on anytime my truck is running. Took it to a Dodge dealer to fix the problem. Quoting from my bill... Replaced wheel speed sensor. Further diagnosis revealed corroded connection at ABS module. Need to replace ABS module connection and module. Customer declined repairs at this time/quote for $1200.00 I had already spent $191.90 for wheel speed sensor above. Dealer says the ABS problem is not showing as recalled for my truck's VIN. I have found a recall (d20 issued in september 2004) for corroded ABS connectors on 2003 Dodge rams. …”

“The Dodge RAM 2500 truck has a cummins diesel engine with common rail fuel injection. March 2013 while on a trip pulling a trailer, the number 5 & 6 fuel injector lines were severely rusted / corroded which resulted in a bad fuel leak. I lost close to 30 gallons of diesel fuel in 40 miles driving distance. The under hood and underbody of the truck was coated in fuel. Vehicles behind me had some fuel spray as well. It was smoking bad behind me due to the fuel being on the exhaust system. I had a Dodge dealer replace two of the six fuel injector lines. No choice. …”

“The vehicle without warning shakes violently and the only way to stop it is to slow down. I hit the brakes a couple of times and that only made it worse and controlling the vehicle in a safe manner was impossible. The only way to stop the shaking is to take foot off of accelerator pedal and ride it out, this creates another major problem. The vehicles behind you do not know what is happening and someone almost rear ended me because my brake lights did not go on. He passed me and honked his horn at me and gave me the finger self explanatory. …”

“On a road trip I was driving on a highway at 65 MPH and I hit a small light decal that delineates the lines on the road and my truck began to shake violently and so severely that I nearly lost control. Braking did not stop the shaking, not accelerating until it slowed to about 35 MPH did stop the shaking. I pulled over immediately because I was terrified that it would happen again. Since I was in the middle of nowhere I decided that I would drive again but at a slower pace. This time I drove at 55 MPH and when it hit a tiny bump again it began to shake horribly again. …”