NHTSA Complaint #10919781 — 2009 DODGE RAM 1500

THANK FULLY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AS OF YET. HOWEVER ALL FOUR TPMS VALVE STEM RETAINING NUTS THAT WERE USED ON MY MODEL ARE CRACKED AND GETTING WORSE OVER TIME. I SAW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD RAPID DECOMPRESSION OF THEIR TIRE PRESSURE DUE TO CRACKED RETAINING NUTS. THESE WERE REPORTS ON THE COMPLAINTS SECTION HERE. I WAS INFLATING ONE OF MY TIRES AND THE WHOLE VAVLE STEM CRACKED OFF AND I HAD TO REPLACE ONE OF THEM ALREADY. I BROUGHT IT UP WITH MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID "THAT'S JUST WHAT ALUMINUM VALVE STEMS DO" IM AFRAID THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL FAIL AT HIGH SPEED AND JUST WANT TO PUT A COMPLAINT IN. A PART LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT JUST BE EXPECTED TO "DO" SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE.