NHTSA Complaint #10334154 — 2005 DODGE RAM

I HAVE A 05 DODGE RAM AND I SNAPPED MY AXLE FOR THE SECOND TIME! THE FIRST TIME I DID IT I SLID INTO A CURB AND SNAPPED THE END OF MY AXLE CLEAN OFF WITH THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM STILL ATTACHED TO RIM AND TIRE WHICH WAS COMPLETELY INTACT. ALL HIT HAD DAMAGED ON IT WAS A SCRATCH ON THE RIM. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT SO I TOOK CARE OF IT MYSELF AND PURCHASED THE SAME EXACT AXLE. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT DIRT ROAD AT ABOUT THIRTY MILES PER HOUR WHEN A COYOTE RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME. TO DODGE IT I SWIRVED INTO A DRY UP MUD RUT WHICH IS USUALLY NO BIG DEAL TO DRIVE INTO BUT WHEN I WENT INTO IT MY TRUCK QUICKLY TURNED SIDEWAYS THEN WHIPPED ME BACK AROUND IN THE DIRECTION I WAS HEADING IN. I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK AND SAW THAT MY DRIVER SIDE WHEEL RIPPED COMPLETELY OFF! I WENT AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND SAW THAT MY AXLE WAS SNAPPED IN THE EXACT SAME WAY THAT I DID IT THE FIRST TIME! LIKE SOMEBODY CUT IT OFF WITH A KNIFE! I WAS FURIOUS TO SEE THIS SO THAT NEXT WEED I CALLED DODGE AND COMPLAINED BECAUSE ONE TIME IS A FREAK ACCIDENT BUT TWO. THE MAN TOLD ME HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF AN AXLE BREAKING AND THAT IS NOT SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN AND MY WARRANTY SHOULD COVER IT. DODGE SENT OUT A WARRANTY ADJUSTER TO LOOK AT MY VEHICLE AND AFTER THAT I GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY IT BECAUCE THE DAMAGE WAS DO TO IMPACT. I RESEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM AND SAW ALOT OF BAD INFO ON CHRYSLER VEHICLES. I EVEN SAW A VIDEO OF MY EXACT SAME TRUCK WITH ITS AXLE SNAPPED JUST LIKE MINE WAS! I ALSO READ THAT DODGE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THERE AXLES SHEARING/HUBS SEPERATING CAUSING WHEELS TO FALL OFF! CHRYSLER LIED TO ME SAYING THAT THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF AXLES BRAKING WHEN IT CLEARLY SHOWS ON THAT WEBSITE THAT THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND DO NOTHING ABOUT AND REFUSE TO FIX THERE BROKEN PRODUCTS. THESE VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT. ITS BEEN A MONTH AND MY KNEE IS STILL SWOLLEN. *TR