NHTSA Complaint #10292661 — 2006 DODGE RAM 2500

2004 DODGE RAM PICK UP HAD REPEATED EPISODES OF VIOLENT SHAKING, LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, AND ALMOST FLIPPED OVER 2 OUT OF THE 10 EPISODES. HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING OVER 45MPH, USUALLY ON THE HIGHWAY, AND 50% OF THE TIME STARTED SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. TOOK THE TRUCK TO DODGE SEVERAL TIMES, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WE WERE SO TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT, THAT WE ENDED UP TRADING IT IN ON ANOTHER VEHICLE. UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE WE PAID CASH FOR THE TRUCK, WE ENDED UP TAKING A TREMENDOUS LOSS ON IT. NOT TO MENTION THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WE SPENT TRYING TO GET IT FIXED. ON ONE OCCASION WE WERE STRANDED A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME, AND HAD TO STAY AT A CAMPGROUND FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL IT WAS " SO CALLED FIXED". DODGE PAID FOR NOTHING! AFTER PICKING THE TRUCK UP AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP FOR 10 DAYS, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS LATER, WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF PULLING OUT OF THE SHOP AND ACCELERATING TO 45MPH, THE SHAKING BECAME SO VIOLENT IT SNAPPED A TIE ROD AND PUT ME IN A DITCH. WHEN I CALLED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT HAD JUST FIXED IT, THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR TOWING IT BACK TO THE SHOP. THIS WAS VERY FRUSTRATING! WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE OTHER MOTORISTS IN IT'S PATH. *TR