2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Steeringcolumn Problems

6 NHTSA complaints on file

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Steeringcolumn Issues in the 2001 DODGE RAM 1500

6 steeringcolumn complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. Of these, 3 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 4 resulted in injury.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

All Steeringcolumn Complaints

#10135900 | September 8, 2005 Crash

DT: 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 EXTENDED CAB PICK UP TRUCK. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO. DRIVER OF OTHER VEHICLE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT 60 MPH ON A WET SURFACE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND PUSHED THE BRAKES DOWN AND AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE CONSUMER FELT SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIT HIM, BUT ONCE THE CONSUMER LOOKED HE DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BRACKET SHEARED OFF DURING THE IMPACT ,AND THE STEERING WHEEL WENT UNDER THE AIR BAG HITTING THE CONSUMER'S LOWER RIGHT RIB CAGE. THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR DID NOT REALLY PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO THE STEERING WHEEL BRACKET THAT SHEARED OFF DURING THE CRASH. THE CONSUMER HAS PHOTOS OF THE CRASH, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK *NM WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED THE...

#10067804 | April 26, 2004 Crash

WAS HIT NEAR HEAD-ON, LEFT FRONT. STEERING COLUMN BROKE OUT COMPLETELY AND FELL IN DRIVERS LAP. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED.*AK

#10065160 | March 29, 2004

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN S MAKING A TURN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT HEARD A FUNNY NOISE. IT SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS A BROKEN BUSHING. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TILT UP OR DOWN . SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING WHEEL PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. CONSUMER THOUGHT THAT WARRANTY COVERED ALL PARTS OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE PURCHASED A BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED WARRANTY. IN ADDITION, CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT VEHICLE WAS UNDER A RECALL. HOWEVER, SHE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

#10064915 | March 25, 2004

DUE TO ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE, THE OWNER HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN. UPON INSPECTING THE TRUCK, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS AND STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *JB

#10056924 | February 10, 2004

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR DODGE PICKUP 4X4 HOME FROM HER MOTHER'S HOUSE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND STEERING COLUMN LOWERED INTO HER LAP. *AK RECALL#1003334. PER DIAGNOSIS THE U-BRACKET HAD BROKEN WHERE THE BOLTS GO THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SUPPORT ALSO THE STEERING SHOCK WAS WEAK AND LOOSE. *SC

#10027016 | July 10, 2003 Crash

CONSUMER STATES HER HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT TODAY, AND AIR BAGS ON THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. NOT ONLY DID THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOY BUT THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE PART WHERE THE GAUGES ARE ALL DROPPED DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE DRIVER INJURIED HIS LEGS. HIS CHEST WAS ALSO INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. SHE STATES THAT AT THIS POINT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK BECAUSE HE HAD NO STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 70 MPH.*AK

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