2005 Dodge Ram 2500 suspension problems

80 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2005 Dodge Ram 2500, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 80 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 86,000 miles 72 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Based on 72 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	5
20k to 40k miles	7
40k to 60k miles	10
60k to 80k miles	8
80k to 100k miles	14
100k to 120k miles	9
120k to 140k miles	4
140k to 160k miles	7
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	4

What the data shows

Of the 72 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My husband was driving a 2005 dodge ram 2500 when the front left tire blew. For a few seconds he was able to keep control of the truck but then it made a sudden jerk to the left and pulled him off the road, he fought it for a few more seconds until it did the sudden jerk thing again to the left and he slammed into 2 oak trees where the seat belt failed and he was ejected from the truck. After impact and me running to the truck I noticed he had been ejected, began looking for him then the air bag went off.

August 2011 CrashInjuryDeath

My truck shakes violently at 70MPH then it stops when I slow down to 45MPH. I've put my stock tiers and rims on and still does it. No one is able to find any thing wrong with the truck.

Reported at 78,800 miles, September 2009

Suspension problems in other years

Suspension problems across all Dodge models