NHTSA Complaint #10474384 — 2008 DODGE RAM 1500

WE WERE DRIVING OUR DODGE RAM 1500 MEGA CAB (51,000 MILES) ON INTERSTATE 25 JUST SOUTH OF DOUGLASS WYOMING. WE WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 77 MILES PER HOUR AND IN AN INSTANT I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND WE ENDED UP OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK JUST OVER A YEAR AGO FROM A DEALER OUTSIDE DENVER, CO. WHEN THE TOW DRIVER ARRIVED, HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME THAT MY TIE ROD PROBABLY BROKE AS MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT COMPLETELY SIDEWAYS AND WAS NOW RENDERED USELESS. HE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE VERY LUCKY AS MOST TIMES HE SEES THESE TYPES OF THINGS, THE TRUCK ROLLS OVER. HE ALSO MENTIONED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE TIE RODS. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER IN DOUGLASS AND ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ON MONDAY. I RAN MY VIN# ON DODGE'S WEB SITE TO SEE IF ITS A RECALL, BUT ITS TELLING ME THAT MY TRUCK DOESN'T HAVE ANY ON IT. CANDIDLY, AFTER TALKING TO MECHANICS LOCALLY, THEY SAID A TIE ROD SHOULD NEVER BUST LIKE THAT AND WITH SO LITTLE MILES ON THE TRUCK. TO SAY THIS IS DANGEROUS IS CLEARLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THIS TYPE OF "DEFECT" IS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE AS IT ALMOST DID US. I SURE HOPE DODGE DOES THE RIGHT THING WITH OUR TRUCK. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE THE DAY WE TOOK IT OFF THE LOT. WITHIN A MONTH, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND ONCE AGAIN, DODGE SAID IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT - 40,000 MILES AND A TRANSMISSION GOES OUT? AFTER FIGHTING WITH THEM FOR ANOTHER MONTH, THEY DID REPAIR AND PAY FOR THE FIX... *TR