NHTSA Complaint #11256354 — 2015 RAM 1500

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GRADUALLY FAILED INCIDENT TO A STRIKE ON A CONCRETE VERTICAL POLE WHILE IN A TURN APPROX 10MPH IN PARKING LOT. ALIGNMENT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OFF. ALIGNED, BUT THE STEERING STILL CAUGHT/ FRICTION DURING TURNS, STEERING WOULD NO LONGER SCENTER UP. TOOK TO 3RD PARTY, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE. BARELY USED VEHICLE, AND AFTER PARKING AND POWER OFFF, AT NEXT START THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING TOTALLY FAILED, NEEDED TO APPLY 40-50 LBS OF FORCE ON STEERING WHEEL TO GET IT TO DO LIMITED TURNING, AND IT WOULD FREEZE IN THE NEW POSITION. UNDRIVEABLE, PAID TO TOW TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS NOT DUE TO STRIKING THE BOLLARD, BUT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT STARTED RIGHT THEN AFTER STRIKING THE BOLLARD, AND THAT IT BECAME WORSE OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS WITH VERY LITTLE USE THEN TOTALLY FAILED. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT NOT MY VIN.