NHTSA Complaint #10606290 — 2009 DODGE RAM 3500

8-7-2010, TRAVELING E/B HWY 26 AT 55 MPH NEAR MANNING, OR. JUST PASSING ROADSIDE FRUIT STAND HEARD POP, TRUCK PULLED TO RIGHT JUMPED THE CURB AND VEERED DIRECTLY TOWARD STEEL GUARDRAIL. TO AVOID HEAD ON T.C. WITH GUARDRAIL, I PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT TOWARD WHAT APPEARED TO BE CLEAR RAVINE. HAD TO STEER BETWEEN TWO TREES AT BOTTOM AND STRUCK PILE OF 4 FOOT LOGS LEFT BY DOT. VEHICLE CAME TO REST ABOUT ANOTHER 50 FEET. RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHREDDED, RIM DAMAGED, STEERING DAMAGED AS WELL AS MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE. HAVE DIGITAL OF SAME. NOTED THAT WITNESSES AT THE FRUIT STAND SAID THEY HEARD THE POP AND OBSERVED MY VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT AND JUMP THE CURB. ROSEBURG LITHIA DODGE BODY SHOP DID ALL REPAIRS. NOTE THAT LEFT FRONT TIE ROD FELL OFF WHILE ON BLM ROAD. HAD TO BE TOWED IN AND REPAIRS AGAIN MADE BY SAME SHOP.