NHTSA Complaint #10145299 — 2003 DODGE RAM 1500

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT A STEERING LINKAGE FAILURE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. LATER, WHILE ENTERING A CURVE, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STEERING FAILED, RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A FENCE. UPON INSPECTION HE DISCOVERED THE STEERING LINKAGE LYING ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE DEALER. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS A DODGE, RAM VAN, 1500.*AK