Today I was driving my 2005 Dodge Ram when I heard a loud squeak. Then my check gauges light came on, and my battery gauge read low. I drove to a parking lot and as I was parking my power steering went out. Once I was parked the truck started smoking so I popped the hood and there was water(?) all over and water pouring out of the underside of the truck. Someone suggested that my radiator blew. Any ideas what this may be, and if the problems are related.

 

Yes the problems are related. Could be radiator or hose or something else. Gotta clean it off and inspect everything.

 

Something else should have failed before the radiator, but it's possible one of the tanks blew. More likely a hose, though. The belt's either broken, gone or too slick to spin the pulleys.

 

When this happened to me, it was my water pump that had taken a dump