NHTSA Complaint #10606286 — 2003 DODGE RAM 2500

LET ME START BY STATING THAT I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 33 YEARS AND HAVE AN IMPECCABLE DRIVING RECORD. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 65 MPH. I WAS CHANGING LANES WHEN I HIT A FEW SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. MY TRUCK IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. I PULLED TO BREAKDOWN LANE WHILE SLOWING THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK DIDN'T STOP SHAKING UNTIL APPROX. 30 MPH, THOUGH IT WAS STILL SHAKING, I HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED SUCH A LOSS OF CONTROL BEFORE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I DECIDED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB. I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT I FOUND. THIS PHENOMENON IS DUBBED 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THOUGH IT SEEMS THIS IN NOT AN UNCOMMON EVENT, NO-ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE VIOLENT SHAKING. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERING OPINIONS. MY MECHANIC CHECKED OUT TRUCK AND I WAS TOLD THAT OTHER THAN VERY SLIGHT WEAR IN DRIVERS SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT. I'VE SINCE REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS EVEN THOUGH MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THEY WEREN'T BAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT REPLACEMENT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED SHIMMY SHOCK ON STABILIZER AND INSTALLED AFTERMARKET STABILIZER AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM EVEN MORE. WE ALSO REALIZED PREVIOUS OWNER HAD NUMEROUS NEW PARTS INSTALLED TOO. SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WAS CHASING THIS AS WELL. SINCE REPLACING THESE, THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WON'T EVEN GO OVER 55 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. IS DODGE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE? AND WHAT ABOUT RECALLS? I'VE LOOKED AND CANNOT FIND ANY RECALLS THAT PERTAIN TO THIS PROBLEM. THE SUSPENSION ITSELF SEEMS FLAWED EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT PINPOINT ONE FAILED COMPONENT IN ITSELF. THANK YOU