NHTSA Complaint #10424153 — 2007 DODGE RAM 1500

I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK A WEEK PRIOR TO THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 55 MPH. WHEN I HIT THE BUMP THE WHOLE TRUCK AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE TRUCK. IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK HAD BROKEN AND WAS COMING APART. I HIT THE BREAKS AND IT FINALLY STOPPED SHAKING WHEN I GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND THE TRUCK, AND I FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT SO I SLOWLY DROVE IT BACK HOME. HAD IT LOOKED AT THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS TOLD SINCE IT HAD ONLY DONE IT ONCE THAT I SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 3 WEEKS SINCE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, AND IT HAS DONE IT 5 TIMES NOW. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND LET THEM LOOK AT IT, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. 2 OF THE 5 TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE I WAS GOING ABOUT 65-70 MPH AND HAD TO SLAM ON MY BREAKS IN TRAFFIC TO SLOW IT DOWN TO TRY TO GET IT TO STOP BEFORE I LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, ALMOST CAUSING THE DRIVER BEHIND ME TO HIT ME. I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME TRUCKS AND THEY ARE CALLING IT A "DEATH WOBBLE", YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT? I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE NOW BECAUSE IM AFRAID THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD IF I LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHEN IT STARTS THE VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT ASAP. *TR