NHTSA Complaint #10733395 — 2004 DODGE RAM 1500

WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH HAD JUST MADE A LEFT TURN, AND OUT OF NO WHERE MY TRUCK WENT SIDE WAYS HEARD A SCREECHING TIRE SOUND THEN A BANG, THEN THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY. I BRAKED IMMEDIATELY AND THE BANGING CONTINUED, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY AND TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS TO GET TO THE EDGE OF THE STREET BUT THE BANGING GO WORST, TURN OFF AND EXITED THE TRUCK, NOTICED A BIG PIECE OF METAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ALONG WITH A LOT OF OIL , RAN UP TO IT TO ONLY NOTICE IT WAS HALF OF MY DRIVE SHAFT, IT HAD SNAPPED IN TWO STILL ATTACHED TO A PIECE OF THE REAR END, ALONG WITH FRAGMENT PIECES ALL OVER THE FLOOR OF THE DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING BLEW UP IN THE DIFFERENTIAL. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THE BANGING NOISE AND VIOLENT MOVEMENT WAS COMING FROM THE OTHER HALF OF THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT WAS STILL ATTACKED TO THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS STILL SPINNING WHEN I HAD IT IN GEAR. THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO AVOID THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT SNAPPED OFF SINCE HE SAID IT FLEW OUT THE REAR OF MY TRUCK AS I WAS DRIVING. HAD TO GET TOWED HOME AND HAVE THE DIFFERENTIAL OIL CLEANED OF THE ROAD WAY. I WENT HOME AND NOTICE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY SAME THING AT IT COVERED TRUCKS MANUFACTURED JANUARY 28 OF 2004 THROUGH AUGUST 3, 2005, MY TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED APRIL 2004 SO IT SHOULD BE COVERED BUT THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURE ARE GIVING THE RUN AROUND. PLEASE HELP! *TR