NHTSA Complaint #10143449 — 2004 DODGE RAM 1500

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES DUE TO ENGINE STALLING. ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. EVENT HAS OCCURRED SIX TIMES NOW. ONCE RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEN AGAIN AT 7642, 9861, 11487, 11898 AND 12,009 MILES. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DURING ONE EVENT AS THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS TURNING A SHARP CORNER. I WENT INTO THE OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC BUT DUE TO LIGHT TRAFFIC AT THE TIME THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH. THE LOCAL DEALER SAYS THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THE FACTORY HASN'T PROVIDED A SOLUTION. I FEEL THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED BY THIS DEFECT AS THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAN EASILY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. *NM