NHTSA Complaint #10553861 — 2003 DODGE RAM 1500

DIFFERENTIAL/ REAR END HAS GONE OUT ON ME TWICE NOW. THE FIRST TIME WAS AFTER CAMPING, WHERE I WAS TOWING A LIGHT TRUCK BED TRAILER WITH CAMPING STUFF. NOISE DEVELOPED AND INCREASED OVER A FEW MONTHS. TOOK IT IN BEFORE IT FAILED. HAD TO HAVE IT REBUILT - CLIPS COMING OFF, ETC. THE 2ND TIME WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER - I WAS ON CITY STREETS , GOING ONLY 5MPH SINCE IT WAS BUSY, WHEN I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. I FELT / HEARD A CLUNK. MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD TOTALLY LOST THE CLIPS, AND COILS BROKE. THANK GOD I WAS NOT GOING FAST. I HAD IT TOTALLY REBUILT AGAIN. I KNOW FROM FACEBOOK AND THE WEB THAT IT IS KNOWN THAT RAM 2002 TO 2005 REAR END C-CLIPS ARE BAD, AND HAVE CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS, SOME AT HIGH SPEED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NOT A RECALL!!! I HAVE SPENT MY OWN MONEY 2X TO GET THIS FIXED AND I DO NOT TOW EVEN THOUGH I BOUGHT A TRUCK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WORK / TOWING TRUCK. *TR