NHTSA Complaint #10573831 — 2007 DODGE RAM 2500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME OVERHEATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER INTERMITTENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MANUAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR, REFLASH MODULE, AND THE SENSOR EXHAUST MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE DEALER THEN DIAGNOSED THAT THE DIESEL EXHAUST SENSOR, EGR VALVE, GASKET, CRANK CASE SENSOR AND THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, IN ADDITION TO AN UNKNOWN COMPONENT OF THE STEERING GEAR BOX.THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COMPLETELY REPAIRED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,492.