NHTSA Complaint #10475939 — 2009 DODGE RAM 1500

I AM REQUESTING THE NHTSA EXPLORE THE POWER TRAIN ISSUES AFFECTING THE 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. DRIVER WAS ON HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 60MPH WHEN TRUCK STARTING MAKING A WHINING AND GRINDING SOUND WHICH CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 1 MILE BEFORE TRUCK STARTED TO RUN FUNNY . DRIVER SLOWED DOWN AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THERE WAS A BIG BANG AND A CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM BACK END OF TRUCK. AT THE SAME TIME THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND TRUCK WENT SKIDDING OFF THE ROAD. WHEN DRIVER EXAMINED CAR FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT ROD AND TRANSFER CASE WERE LAYING UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE ALONG WITH MULTIPLE OTHER PIECES OF HARDWARE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO LOCKED UP AND UNABLE TO RELEASE EVEN IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. WHEN THE DODGE DEALER LOOKED INTO THE INCIDENT THEY STATED A " PIN FELL OUT OF THE DRIVE SHAFT AND BACKED UP INTO THE REAR CAUSING THE PIN TO JAM THE TRANSFER CASE". THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE ENTIRE POWER TRAIN SYSTEM. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GUIDE RAIL MADE MANDATORY FOR DODGE VEHICLES AS THIS ROD FALLOUT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FLIPPED VEHICLE. FURTHERMORE LESS THAN 4 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING SAME VEHICLE AT 15 MPH THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE OF A SHREDDED BOLT IN THE REAR STABILIZER BAR THAT CONNECTS THE REAR TO THE AXLE. VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN TO DEALER WHO CLAIMS IT IS ALL DUE TO THE INITIAL ISSUE. *TR