NHTSA Complaint #10236847 — 2005 DODGE RAM 1500

I OWN A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT 4X4 5.7L V-8 HEMI. THIS TRUCK AND STALLING OUT HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS. WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OWNING THE TRUCK I NOTICE THAT WHENEVER I WOULD COLD START THE TRUCK AND PUT IT INTO GEAR THE RPMS WOULD DROP AND THE TRUCK WOULD STALL. SIMILARLY IT WOULD STALL OUT WHENEVER I WAS COMING OUT OF REVERSE AND INTO DRIVE (AFTER BACKING UP). I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY CRIMP IN THE SPIN UP TRANSMISSION FILTER. THEY REPLACED THE FILTER AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE TRUCK STARTED DYING ON ME AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF AT RANDOM INTERVALS (NOT SEEMINGLY RELATED TO THE TRUCK DYING). I TOOK IT IN AND THIS TIME THEY DIAGNOSED A FAULTY EGR VALVE. APPARENTLY IS WAS STICKING OPEN AND CAUSING THE TRUCK TO RUN LEAN AND STALL OUT. THEY REPLACED IT AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW...ABOUT A YEAR LATER (YESTERDAY) I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHUDDERING AND DYING AND HAD NO POWER UNDER ACCELERATION...THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW HERE IT SITS IN THE SHOP...AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THREE TIMES THIS TRUCK HAS ACTUALLY PUT MY SAFETY IN JEOPARDY BY DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (THE SECOND TIME WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AND I NEARLY AVOIDED A COLLISION). I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE EVEN FOUND PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE GOTTEN INTO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE STALLING. DODGE CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND BECAUSE THEY CANT/WONT INVESTIGATE HARD ENOUGH THEY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INTO ACCIDENTS OR DIE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT GETS ELEVATED TO HIGHER ATTENTION LEVELS? *TR