NHTSA Complaint #10971784 — 2011 DODGE RAM 1500

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE A 2011 RAM 1500 WITH 82,000 MILES ON IT. I GOT MY TRUCK TOWED TO DODGE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT STARTING. IT WOULD CRANK OVER BUT NEVER START AND THEN WOULD LOCK UP COMPLETELY LEAVING ME LOCKED OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND SOMETIMES MY KEY WOULDN'T EVEN COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. I TOLD THEM ALL OF THIS INFO AND THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED TO BE FLASHED! I PAID $200 FOR THEM TO FLASH MY TRUCK AND SUPPOSIVELY "UPDATE" IT. A WEEK LATER, IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. IT WOULDN'T START OR UNLOCK! IT EVEN STALLED ON ME WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALL CONTROL! LUCKILY I GOT IT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY: EVEN WITH IT BEING LOCKED UP AND HAVING NO CONTROL!! NOT TO MENTION THAT I AM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT!!! THE NEXT MORNING I WAKE UP TO GO TO THE STORE, AND IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL!!! ONCE AGAIN, GOT IT TOWED TO THE SAME DODGE DEALERSHIP!! I TOLD THEM I WANT IT DONE RIGHT THIS TIME SINCE I PAID FOR THEM TO FIX IT THE FIRST TIME!!! I WAS NOT ABOUT TO GO INTO LABOR AND NOT HAVE A RUNNING VEHICLE TO GET US TO THE HOSPITAL!! THEY FINALLY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT IT'S A BAD TIPM! CHARGED ME $1,400 TO REPAIR IT!! I GET ONLINE TO READ ABOUT IT, AND I SEE THOUSANDS OF OTHER RAM 1500 OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!!! THEN I SPEAK TO A FRIEND WHO OWNED A RAM 1500 WHO RECENTLY CRASHED AND TOTALED IT DUE TO THE TIPM GOING BAD. IF I WOULD HAVE CRASHED AND LOST MY BABY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM! I DO NOT GET WHY THIS PART HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET FOR THE 1500. 7 MILLION OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY TIPM! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET HURT OR DIE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!