NHTSA Complaint #10967910 — 2005 DODGE RAM 1500

RE-CALL (P77) REAR AXLE /PINION PRIOR TO MY VEHICLE BEING SERVED FOR THIS RE-CALL IT RAN WELL BUT SOON AFTER THE RE-CALL WAS REPAIRED I NOTICED THERE WAS A HESITATION ON ACCELERATION ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE ON THE INTERSTATE. MY DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A HEMI AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT ANY DELAY TO REACH THE MARKED SPEED AND MERGE WITH THE TRAFFIC. AFTER THE REPAIR ON THE RE-CALL MY TRUCK WOULD NOT GO INTO A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THE GEAR; IT WOULD HAVE A NOTICEABLE JERK IN ORDER TO GET TO THE SPEED NEEDED TO FLOW INTO THE TRAFFIC. AND I NOW MY POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT; THERE IS FLUID IN THE CONTAINER AND NO LEAKING I THE DRIVEWAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN THE RE-EXAM THERE WORK ON THE RE-CALL THEY PERFORMED AND THE DEALERSHIP STARTED TO CHARGE ME $99. TO EXAM MY COMPLAINTS. I THOUGHT THAT RE-CALL WERE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE AN EXPENSE TO THE CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP DEFINITELY TREATED ME DIFFERENT FROM A REGULAR "PAYING" CUSTOMER. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS RE-CALL.