NHTSA Complaint #10323028 — 2007 DODGE RAM 2500

DODGE 2007, MODEL 2500 TURBO DIESEL CREW CAB, WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,500 MILES. AT 55 MPH, A SUDDEN BUMP CAUSED BY A FREEWAY EXPANSION JOINT RESULTED IN SEVERE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WITH FRONT END OF TRUCK GOING OUT OF CONTROL. I REGAINED CONTROL THROUGH GENTLE BRAKING. INITIALLY I BELIEVED THE ISSUE TO BE WITH THE ROAD, HOWEVER, FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER AT 55 MPH, AND HITTING A HARD BUMP THE STEERING VIOLENTLY SHOOK AGAIN, WHILE THE FRONT END JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND LEFT AND RIGHT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK EXITING THE PAVED SURFACE AND CAME TO REST IN THE BARROW PIT. BOTH INCIDENTS WERE ON PAVED FREEWAY (INTERSTATE 215 AND INTERSTATE 80 IN UTAH). I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE NARROWLY AS I NARROWLY MISSED A TRACTOR TRAILOR. I HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM HENRY DAY FORD OF WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH. THEY CERTIFIED THE USED TRUCK WITH A FULL INSPECTION OF THE STEERING SYSTEM. APPARENTLY, A KNOWN ISSUE WITH A "RECALL" FOR STEERING LINKAGE (SAFETY RECALL H46-MOPAR STEERING LINKAGE). RECALL WAS COMPLIED WITH DURING SEPTEMBER 2009. PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY STILL EXISTS EVEN AFTER RECALL COMPLIANCE.