NHTSA Complaint #10704099 — 2004 DODGE RAM 1500

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SLOWED BY ROAD CONSTRUCTION A GRINDING NOISE STARTED AT THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS LATER AND A LOUD POP THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING . I VEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD BARELY GETTING IT OFF THE ROAD . LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK FOUND THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL WITH THE U JOINT A YOKE STILL ATTACHED TO THE DRIVESHAFT .I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE ON A ROLLBACK TOW TRUCK BECAUSE THE REAR END WAS LOCKED UP. I SEARCHED ONLINE FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM AND FOUND A RECALL FROM CHRYSLER FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER WHO TOLD ME MY VEHICLE HAD NO RECALLS ON IT . I ALSO CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP WHO TOLD ME THE SAME THING . I NEED THIS TRUCK BACK ON THE ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A DEFECT AND THEIR RECALL SHOULD INCLUDE MY TRUCK . THANKS *TR