NHTSA Complaint #10760169 — 2008 DODGE RAM 1500

WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE WHETHER UNDER A LOAD OR NOT, USING SUSTAINED HIGHER RPM'S THE STEERING WHEEL WILL FREEZE UP AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO STEERING AVAILABLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE MUD PULLING A TRAILER, IN SNOW NAVIGATING A LITTLE HILL AND NOW ON THE INTERSTATE ENTRANCE RAMP! TWICE JUST CHANGING LANES GOING AROUND 30 MPH! THE TWO LITTLE TIMES I KNEW TO LOWER THE RPM'S VERY QUICKLY AND OBSERVED A LOUD POP NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LET LOOSE. ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE I CAME SO CLOSE TO A CONCRETE WALL BEFORE THE STEERING CAME BACK. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 3 DAYS. ALL THEY SAID WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. I DUPLICATED IT THE VERY NEXT WEEK. ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER STALLING AT RED LIGHTS. I DO NOT THINK THEY LOOKED AT IT OR TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WHEN IT DID THIS IN THE MUD AND SNOW I AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS A ROCK LODGED INTO THE WHEEL BUT THEN LATER REALIZED IT FROZE UP.