NHTSA Complaint #11360885 — 2009 DODGE RAM 1500

RECALL BELOW MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPURCHASE AS STATED BELOW THANK YOU FEB 05,2013 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBERN08 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER13V-038 RECALL STATUSRECALL INCOMPLETE SUMMARY THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT ON ABOUT 278,000 OF THE ABOVE VEHICLES MAY LOOSEN DUE TO UNDERSIZED PINION SHAFT SPLINES. SAFETY RISK A LOOSE PINION NUT COULD CAUSE THE REAR AXLE TO SEIZE OR CAUSE THE DRIVESHAFT TO SEPARATE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. EITHER SITUATION COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. REMEDY THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT MUST BE INSPECTED. REAR AXLES FOUND WITH A LOOSE PINION NUT AND/OR A SEIZED UP REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY MUST BE RECONDITIONED. REAR AXLES WITH A 6-POINT PINION NUT THAT HAS NOT LOOSENED WILL HAVE A PINION NUT RETAINER INSTALLED. ALL REAR AXLES WITH A 12-POINT PINION NUT REQUIRE NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. TO REQUEST A PRELIMINARY REPURCHASE ESTIMATE FOR YOUR VEHICLE FOLLOW THIS LINK HTTP://WWW.FCAUSREPURCHASE.COM/