2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Power Train Problems

Pinion nut became loose. It was caught before it totally fell off, however if it did fall off the rear axle could possible seize up and cause loss of control of the vehicle. This is a 2002 Dodge Ram with the 9.25" rear axle and they appear to still have issues to this day with that axle model. The recall Dodge had in 2009/10 does not even begin to cover the number of Dodge Ram/Dakota vehicles with this issue. The axle in this vehicle was replaced in 2009 for another issue with an axle retainer clip falling off and causing the internal assembly to grind on the boss for the axle. So as the original owner, and with only 137,140 miles on the vehicle in 19 years, it has had multiple problems fixed under warranty, including total axle replacement and now it will have rebuilt again. There should be a...

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 5.9L WAS DRIVING DOW HEY 10 WHEN MY BACK TRIES LOCKED UP COULDN'T GET IT IN GEAR OR OUT ALMOST CRASH WHEN GOT IT ON TO SIDE OF ROAD AND STOPPED WHEN IT FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GO IN A GEAR IT WAS REVERSES AND IT WOULD JUST MAKE THIS GOD AWFUL GRINDING NOSE TRUCK WAS TOWED BACK HOME

DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED FROM REAR AXLE AND WHEELS LOCKED.VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF AND REAREND LOCKED UP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE PINION BOLT LOOSENED AND FELL OFF, WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FRACTURE AND ALSO DETACH. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SEIZE. ROBERT GREEN CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP IN MONTICELLO, NEW YORK WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 197,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SURGED FORWARD OUT OF GEAR MORE THAN ONCE WHILE IN PARK. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE STOPPED AND FORCE WAS APPLIED TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE DEALER (GILLMAN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM, 10585 W SAM HOUSTON PKWY S, HOUSTON, TX 77099, (713) 776-4900) WAS NOTIFIED AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT *TR

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH AND NEXT THING WE KNOW WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG AND THEN MY REAR END LOCKED UP AND ABOUT CAUSED US TO HIT THE CAR BESIDE US ONCE I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY I GOT OUT AND FOUND MY DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE REAR END SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE HAD INFORMED ME THAT MY PINION NUT HAD CAME LOOSE AND BACKED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT PROPERLY TORQUED I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CORPORATION OF RAM AND NEITHER WILL OWN UP TO IT EVEN THOUGH THEY INFORMED ME THERE WAS A PENDING RECALL FOR MY YEAR MODEL FOR THAT PINION NUT AND THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT I DO HAVE THE SAME REAR END AS THE 05 MODEL THAT DID HAVE A RECALL ON THE PINION NUT WHICH...

WHILE DRIVING HOME A NOISE STARTED TO OCCUR WHEN LETTING OFF GAS PEDAL, GOT LOUDER THE MORE I DROVE, I DRIVE 25 MILES TO AND FROM WORK, WELL AS I WAS COASTING TO SLOW TO ENTER MY DRIVEWAY (I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY) AND THE THEN BOOM AND NO POWER REAR END LOCKED RIGHT AT END OF MY DRIVE AND WOULD NOT MOVE, FOUND DRIVE SHAFT GONE AND PINION WAS PULLED INTO DIFFERENTIAL, STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF AS STATE ROUTE HAD TO DRAG TRUCK OFF OF ROAD REMOVED COVER AND FOUND REAR END CHEWED UP, MY QUESTION IS WHY IS DODGE ONLY COVING THIS REA END BACK TO 2005 AND NOT TO WHEN THEY STARTED USING IT IN 2002, GLAD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT OR WORSE SOMEONE ELSE WOULD HAVE

TODAY AROUND 1AM COMING HOME FROM WORK, I WAS GOING 65 MPH AND I WAS COMING UP ON MY TURN.I SLOWED DOWN AND MY 2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAP DID A NOSES DIVE FELT LIKE I WAS SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. TOOK THE TURN BRING IT BACK UP TO 40MPH TO SEE IF I CAN SEE WHAT IT WAS ( THINKING I HIT MY E BRAKE) AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HURD A BIG BOOM AND MY TRUCK LOCK UP GOING AROUND A DIRT ROAD ALMOST GOING IN TO THE TREES, NOW MY TRUCK IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SIDE WAYS.

WHILE IN MOTION PINION NUT CAME LOOSE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF VEHICLE REAR AXLE LOCKED UP I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND AVOID CRASH AND INJURY TO OTHERS, THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT WHERE I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO PINION BEARING AND NUT COMING LOOSE, DODGE TOOK CARE OF THIS ISSUE ON 11/09/10 AT 150,768 AND THIS OCCURRED AGAIN ON 2/17/17 AT 187,568 VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 36,000 AND HAS FAILED AGAIN I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THE 05,09,10 RAM MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR BUT DODGE CONTINUES TO DENY.

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT 4X2 1. GAS PEDDLE HAS TO BE PRESS DOWN AT ALL TIME IN ORDER FOR TRUCK TO STAY ON ONCE I LET GO OF GAS PEDDLE TRUCK STALLS. 2.FIRST DAY I BOUGHT TRUCK FROM DEAL I ASK IS THIS FAINT SOUND COMING FOM TRANSMISSION, I WAS TOLD DODGE DEALER THATS A SOUND THAT TRASMISSION MAKES, I SAID REALLY. 3.INTERIOR TOP DSAH SO THIN SUN IS ABLE TO CRACK DASH BY IT SELF WITH THE HOT HEAT AND SHARP PLASTIC AND ITS NOW DANGEROUS ITS BECOME A HAZAD TOALL OCCUPANTS OR PEDESTRIANS PASSEGERS. 4. THE WHOLE BACK TAIL LIGHT FOUND HANGING TRIED TO HOOK IT BACK UP ITS MADE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS CRACK WITH NOWAY OF HOOKING IT WITH NUTS SO FOR NOW I TYPE IT IN PLACE, ITS TRULY FALLS UNDER A RECALL. 5.AC WORKS BUT NO HEATER. 6.MIRROR COVER ON PASSENGER SIDE...

2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB SPORT 4X2 (1.)GAS PEDDLE HAS TO BE PRESS DOWN AT ALL TIME IN ORDER FOR TRUCK TO STAY ON AND ONCE I LET GO OF GAS PEDDLE TRUCK STALLS. (2.)FIRST DAY I BOUGHT TRUCK FROM DEALERSHIP I ASK, IS THAT FAINT SOUND COMING FROM TRANSMISSION, I WAS TOLD BY DODGE DEALER THATS THE SOUND TRANSMISSION MAKES,I SAID REALLY. (3.)INTERIOR TOP DASH SO THIN SUN IS ABLE TO CRACK DASH BY ITS SELF WITH THE HOT HEAT AND DASH PLASTIC IS SHARP AND DANGEROUS ITS BECOME A HAZARD TO ALL OCCUPANTS OR PEDESTRIANS, PASSEGERS. (4.)THE WHOLE BACK TAIL LIGHT FOUND HANGING TRIED TO HOOK IT BACK UP ITS MADE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS CRACK WITH NO WAY OF HOOKING IT WITH NUTS, SO FOR NOW I TAPE IT IN PLACE, IT TRULY FALLS UNDER A RECALL. (5.)AC WORKS BUT NO HEATER SLITE WARM. (6.)MIRROR COVER ON PASSENGER...

THE BOLT ATTACHING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION CAME OFF AND THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF. THE PINION WAS THEN ABLE TO SLIDE BACK AND LOCK THE DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER CAUSING THE REAR AXLE AND TIRES TO LOCK IN PLACE, THE DEALER EXPLAINED THIS IS A PROBLEM AND THEY ACTUALLY RECALLED THE 2005 MODEL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. BECAUSE I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE CHECKED, SEVERE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED WHICH WILL COST SEVERAL THOUSAND TO FIX. I WAS FORTUNATE THIS HAPPENED ON A SIDE ROAD GOING 30 MPH, IF THIS HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY OR WORSE YET WHILE HAULING A TRAILER, CHANCES ARE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED (SERIOUS SAFETY RISK). THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF NOTIFICATION TO OTHER RAM TRUCK OWNERS THAT THIS MAY OCCUR AND THE SIMPLE FIX OR MAINTENANCE THAT IS NEEDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN HILL AT 35 MPH, A LOUD CLANKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED OFF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE PERFORMED THE REPAIRS BY REPLACING THE DRIVE SHAFT AND PINION NUT. A YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

MY FRIEND WAS OUTSIDE THE 2002 DODGE RAM. IT WAS RUNNING AND IN PARK. HE LEANED IN THE DOOR TO CHECK THE MILEAGE ON THE OIL CHANGE STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD. SUDDENLY, IN PARK, THE TRUCK BEGAN ROLLING DOWN A VERY SLIGHT GRADE. IT DRUG MY FRIEND WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE TRUCK. IT ROLLED ABOUT 25 YARDS UNTIL IT HIT A PARKED CAR. THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE IN PARK! HE WAS BRUISED AND BANGED UP, AND WAS SORE FOR A FEW DAYS.

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM PICKING UP MY PAYCHECK DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE DOING AROUND 70 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING AND THEN RESTARTED. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TOOK BACK ROADS. ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM MY HOME AT A RED LIGHT THE TRUCK ONCE AGAIN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, NO ENGINE, NO ELECTRIC, NOTHING, IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD ON A FAIRLY BUSY ROAD. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED HOME AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AT ALL. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE THE CAUSE AND HAVE FOUND MANY RELATED CASES TO WHAT I AM DEALING WITH.

MY TRUCK HAS A FAULTY REAR END THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT.. DODGE WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX WHAT IS A LARGE SCALE PROBLEM AFFECTING ALL TRUCKS LIKE MINE.. PLEASE HELP US GET THIS TRUCK RECALLED .. IT'S A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM.. THANKS MIKE

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD, A LOUD SOUND CAME FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR AXLE SEIZED UP. REAR SPRINGS DETACHED AND DRIVE SHAFT ALSO CAME LOOSE.

ON JULY 8, 2012, THE MOTHER CARRIED HER 2 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO HER HUSBAND'S PARKED 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP EQUIPPED WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE MOTHER OPENED THE PASSENGER DOOR, INSERTED THE IGNITION KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH, TURNED THE KEY AS THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE AIR CONDITIONER AND COOL THE VEHICLE DOWN BEFORE HER HUSBAND CAME OUT TO DRIVE THEM HOME FROM CHURCH.THE VEHICLE WAS IN 1ST GEAR AND LURCHED FORWARD WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED.THE SPEED OF 2 MPH AT TIME OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION ONLY. THE MOTHER WAS STRUCK BY THE MOVING VEHICLE WHICH KNOCKED HER CHILD FROM HER ARMS TO THE PAVEMENT. THE CHILD SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND WAS REMOVED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE CHILD LATER DIED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH WAS CAUSED BY FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH IGNITION INTERLOCK SAFETY SWITCH, COMPRESSION SPRING, AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PINION NUT WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,622. UPDATED 4/30/15*CN UPDATED 05/12/15*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FRACTURED IMPACTING THE DRIVE SHAFT WHICH THEN FRACTURED THE TRANSFER CASE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BOLT FRACTURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND PARKED TO BE FURTHER TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 5/4/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO FIX THE TRUCK WITH USED PARTS AND WAS ALSO ABLE TO SAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE. THE REAREND AND DRIVESHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 11/16/2015*JS

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOT OF VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR END AND A LOUD BANG. THE TRUCK WOULD KEEP ROLLING EVEN IN PACK. AFTER PARKING BRAKE APPLIED THE TRUCK STOPPED. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS LYING ON THE GROUND SHEARED IN TWO ABOUT 75% WAS SHEARED OFF. THE LARGEST FRONT SECTION WAS ON THE GROUND AND THE REAR SECTION STILL ATTACHED TO THE DIFFERENTIAL. *TR

REAR AXLE SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF. MECHANIC STATED THAT PINION NUT LOOSEN, CAUSING THE REAR AXLE TO SEIZE. THE DRIVE SHAFT ALSO DETACH, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. CAN FORWARD PICTURES IF NEEDED.. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING, MY TRUCK MADE A ODD SOUND AND THEN CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. TO MY SURPRISE, THE REAR DRIVESHAFT HAD DISCONNECTED AND FELL OUT OF MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED AND INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE NUT CAME OFF OF THE PINION GEAR. THE AXLE AND COMPANION GEAR SLIPPING OUT OF THE PINION GEAR AND THE YOLK CAME COMPLETELY OFF. THE MECHANIC WAS AS CONCERN AND SURPRISED AS I WAS, CONSIDERING THIS TYPE OF THING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A VEHICLE. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER VIA THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE WEBSITE AND ADVISED THEM OF MY SITUATION. SADLY, I RECEIVED A RESPONSE STATING THERE WAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING MY ISSUE. I CONDUCTED MY OWN RESEARCH ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DEFECT, AND FOUND THE NHTSA DETAILS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM WITH DODGE RAM TRUCKS. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE ONLY REVIEWING 2008-2014 MODELS. CONSIDERING MY...

WAS DRIVING AND A LOUD NOISE STARTED TO COME FROM THE BACK PART OF THE TRUCK. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THE DIFFERENTIAL IS GONE. SPOKE TO OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT DODGE HAS YET TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TODAY ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 A SOUND STARTED AT SPEED, A SORT OF WHINING SOUND. I HAD LEARNED THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS VIA INTERNET FORUMS SO I SLOWED DOWN, AS I SLOWED DOWN THE DIFF LOCKED UP. LUCKILY SINCE I SORT OF KNEW WHAT MIGHT BE COMING I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BUT HAD I NOT KNOWN, WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. IT'S IN THE SHOP NOW WAITING ON PARTS. *TR

WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT 40 MPH AND SUDDENLY A LOUD BANG OCCURRED. MY REAR END LOCK UP AND THE TRUCK CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. I GOT OUT AND SAW MY DRIVE SHAFT HANGING DOWN AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK! NO INJURIES THANKFULLY, BUT IT SURE COULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME ON A HIGHWAY AT FASTER SPEEDS! EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE REAR END THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE METAL AND THE ENTIRE REAR END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE WHEEL BEARING FRACTURED AND THE KNUCKLE CAME OFF OF THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY REPLACED BOTH THE WHEEL BEARING AND KNUCKLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, WHEN THE CLUTCH PACK CLIPS BROKE OFF AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THIS CAUSED A FAILURE WITH THE REAR DIFFERIANTIAL. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.

OUR GEARS CAME APART, THERE WAS REAR END FLUID IN THERE BUT THE GEARS CAME APART. WHICH I WAS TOLD WHAT I NEEDED TO DO BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, BUT I WASN'T AND NOW I AM LOOKING AT A $4000 BILL TO GET THIS FIXED. HEARD IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS TO HAVE REAR END ISSUES. *TR

I WAS TOLD THE REAR END BRAKE THE LUBRICANT (REAR END OIL) OUT OF IT BECAUSE I HAD NOT CHANGED THE LUBRICANT TO A SYNTHETIC OIL AND AN ADDITIVE TO KEEP OIL IN LIQUID FORM AND FIGHT HEAT. IF I HAD BEEN LETTING THE DEALERSHIP DO MY MAINTENANCE ON MY TRUCK, THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB 03-002-02), WHICH CAME OUT IN JULY 2002, FOUR MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY TRUCK NEW. WELL NO ONE TOLD ME AND I FOLLOWED THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR MY MAINTENANCE AND SCHEDULES, WHICH IS NOT CORRECT, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT DID THE $3002.00 REPAIR. I HAD NEVER DRIVEN MY TRUCK OVER 50 MILES ONE DIRECTION (USED TO PULL BASS BOAT ONLY) UNTIL THE DAY THE REAR END WENT OUT, 500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. THAT DEALERSHIP WILL NOT ANSWER MY CALLS OR E-MAILS ANYMORE BECAUSE I REQUESTED ON PAPER...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL CLIPS WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT FAILED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE REAR PINION KNOB FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER USED OFF-ROAD OR FOR HAULING. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. *TR

RETAINING CLIPS FROM THE LIMITED SLIP CLUTCH PACKS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, FRACTURED AND FELL INTO THE GEARS, LOCKING THE REAR END. THE TRUCK SLID ON A DIRT ROAD INTO A GATE CAUSING MINOR BODY DAMAGE. THIS IS THE 9.25 INCH RING GEAR AXLE WITH A DANA TRU-TRAC LIMITED SLIP. *TR

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH MY POWER TRAIN AND WHEEL TWICE,THE FIRST INCIDENT THE FRONT WHEELS BROKE APART COMPLETELY, I WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED SO NO INJURIES EXCEPT TO THE HIGHWAY I HAD IT REPLACED AND LESS THAN THREE YEARS HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. MY DASH IS CRACKED SO BAD IT LOOKS JUST AWFUL.I HAD NO IDEA SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE POWER TRAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. I HAVE SEVERAL GRAND KIDS THAT RIDES WITH ME. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, AND SEND A REPLACEMENT LETTER. THE UNKNOWN OR OTHER IN THE AFFECTED PARTS IS MY DASH. *TR

WHINING NOISE IN DIFFERENTIAL AT ALL SPEEDS STRAIGHT AHEAD AND TURNING. REPLACED PINION BEARINGS, RACES, AND CARRIER BEARINGS AND RACES. PINION GEAR AND RING GEAR OK BUT BEARINGS WERE ROUGH. CRACKED DASH. REPAIR COST ON DIFFERENTIAL $800. PARTS. DID LABOR SELF. CRACKED DASH NOT REPAIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SCRAPING HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

FOUND METAL PIECES (BROKEN C CLIP) AND DAMAGE TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X2. THE WHOLE REAR END HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED KNOWN PROBLEM BASED ON HUNDREDS OF FORUM THREADS UNDER "C-CLIP", "RETAINER CLIP" AND/OR "CLUTCH PACK RETAINER" PROBLEMS. PAID OUT OF POCKET TO FIX AS WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR

WHEN THE TRUCK WAS A STOP AND I WOULD BEGIN TO DRIVE I WOULD HEAR A CLANKING NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THIS WENT ON FOR A MONTH I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING IN THE BED MOVING AROUND. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ONE NIGHT, I HEARD A CRUNCH NOISE THAT THEN RESULTED IN THE REAR TIRES LOCKING UP AND CAUSING ME TO START SKIDDING, I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND STOP IT SAFELY. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE TRUCK HOME THIS TIME, AT 15 TO 20 MPH. IF I WENT ANY FASTER IT WOULD LOCK AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE REAR IN THIS TRUCK HAS FAILED ME, THE FIRST TIME I WAS CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE REAR LOCKED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AS WELL...

2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE POWER STEERING QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I WAS IN A CURVE AND ALMOST WRECKED. I HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I THOUGHT SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE. BUT I GUESS THIS WILL NOT BE A RECALL UNTIL SOME ONE FROM YOUR OFFICE OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS KILLED IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. I HAVE READ THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAN OF THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED OR HAVE STRUCK A ROADSIDE OBJECT TRYING TO STOP. COME ON PEOPLE LETS FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

PINION GEAR FAILURE. REPLACED REAR END FROM A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE REAREND WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID TO A STOP,CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION,AND DRIVE SHAFT. NOT TO MENTION THE 'SAFETY HAZARDS' OF POSSIBLY CAUSING A WRECK,AND WORSE INJURING SOMEONE. *TR

INTERMITTENT LAMP FAILURES INTERNALLY, LAMP OUT CIRCUIT MALFUNCTIONING, REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED (APPROACHING THE SECOND FAILURE IN 40,000 MILES), REAR UNIVERSAL JOINT HAS FAILED TWICE, WITH A THIRD REPLACEMENT TO OCCUR SOON, TRANSMISSION FAILURES. ANY ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS FAILING WHILE ON THE ROAD COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, FOR MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS, AND OTHER DRIVERS. SO FAR, IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP, OLD PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, HOWEVER IF REQUIRED I WILL RETAIN THEM NEXT TIME THEY FAIL. I'VE CONTACTED DODGE, THE FIRST REPLY WAS A "SPAM MAIL" OF COUPONS FOR OIL CHANGES, AND TIRE ROTATIONS (THE MESSAGE I SENT THEM WAS PROFESSIONAL AND EXTENSIVE TO THE ISSUES I WAS HAVING), AFTER COPYING THE MESSAGE AGAIN THE NEXT DAY, A REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. I'VE RETAINED THE MESSAGE IF ANY PARTIES ARE INTERESTED. *TR

EVERYTHING BAD ON MY 2002 RAM 4WD. I HAVE HAD NEW BEARINGS IN MY TRUCK,RADIATOR 2X,FRON AXLES 3X,REAR AXLES 2X, NEW ENGINE, POWER STEERING HOSES 2X, I HATE THS TRUCK I WILL NEVER OEN A DODGE AGAIN... I HAVE ALREADY TOLD ALOT OF PEOPLE NOT TO BUY A DODGE. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH AND THE REAR END LOCKS UP... THEY PUT THE WRONG FLUID IN IT FROM THE FACTORY AND BURNT IT UP! ITS ONY 3 YEARS OLD AND I GOT IT IN NOV OF 2002.... I HAVE PUT 4 SETS OF FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ON IT SINCE I HAVE HAD IT! I TOOK IT IN TO BE FIXED EVERYTIME AND IT HAPPINS AGAIN WITH IN 6 MONTHS! LAST DODGE I WILL OWN!!!!

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING, THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND THE COMPUTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, THE SECOND TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE DEALER STATED IT WAS SENDING THE SAME CODE AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE SOLENOID. THE THIRD TIME AFTER HAVING NO TRANSPORTATION FOR THREE DAYS, THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE WERE TOLD THAT A BALL BEARING IN THE VALVE BODY OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE. *JB