NHTSA Complaint #10412391 — 2005 DODGE RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WOULD HEAR A RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD WAS AGAIN REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED OF A RECALL BUT THE RECALL ONLY PERTAINED TO LATER MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,883 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.