NHTSA Complaint #10991714 — 2006 DODGE RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LOUD HOWLING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE REAR TIRES LOCKED, FAILED TO ROTATE, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE. THE CONTACT HEARD METAL DRAGGING ON THE ROAD AND HITTING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AND THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLUID LEAKING UNDERNEATH, AND PART OF THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE POLICE WAS NOTIFIED, BUT A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN DEALERS WERE CONTACTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT VISITED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) FOR THE 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.