NHTSA Complaint #10402793 — 2006 DODGE RAM 1500

SUSPENSION, WHEEL BEARING FAILURE 5/26/11 2006 RAM 1500 STARTED AS A LOUD HOWLING NOISE, RANGED FROM 25 >70MPH THEN WENT TO A GRINDING NOISE WITH A VIBRATION IN TURNS MAINLY RIGHT HAND OUT OF WARRANTY 68000 MILE, PAID BIG BUCKS TO DEALER TO REPLACE LEFT FRT BEARING ASSEMBLY, IT HAD FAILED, FOUND A RECALL 07V038000 HAD BEEN DONE WHEN TRUCKS WERE BUILT FOR SAME ISSUE, MANUFACTURE STATES TRUCK WAS JUST A COUPLE MONTHS OUT OF RECALL PERIOD RECALL TIME11/7/05 AND 4/27/06, FACTORY TAG ON TRUCK SHOWS MFG DATE OF 06/06 SORRY FOR YOUR LUCK, HAVE FOUND SO FAR 19 MORE JUST LIKE MINE SINCE THE RECALL HAS HAPPENED THAT HAS FILED WITH ?NHTSA? HOW MANY HAS NOT, KNOWING THERE IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM , HOW MANY CLOSE CALLS OR FATALITY?S MUST HAPPEN BEFORE NHTSA TAKES NOTICE THAT IT ALLOWED DODGE TO SHORT CHANGE THIS RECALL, 07V1038000 NEEDS BROUGHT BACK WITH AMENDMENTS, REPLACE WITHOUT PREJUDICE NOTE- DEALER WAS ASKED DURING REPAIR HOW MANY OF THESE THAT HAS HAD A PROBLEM, ANSWER VERY FEW TO NONE WAS THE ANSWER, OUCH AT TIME OF THE RECALL OVER 38000 VEHICLES IS CONSIDERED ONLY A FEW ?? *TR