NHTSA Complaint #10107936 — 2003 DODGE RAM 2500

FROM DAY ONE OF OWNING MY 2500 RAM IT SEEMED OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN LAS VEGAS WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE. THEN UPON MOVING TO COLORADO I AGAIN TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. A YEAR LATER I NOTICED SEVERE WEAR ON THE FRONT TIRES, INDICATING THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND WAS TOLD AT 38,000 MILES I NEEDED BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF 1,400! I DECLINED AND TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. ALSO THE DEALER TOLD ME TO CONSIDER AN ELIPTICAL SHAPED BALL JOINT IN LIEU OF THE STANDARD BALL SHAPED. ANYWAY, THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THEM. STILL I HEAR THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.*AK