2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Steering Problems

SERIOUS SHAKE IN STEERING AND ABILITY TO CONTROL STEERING. *TR

HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2002/STEERING/RACK_AND_PINION_FAILURE.SHTML CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY DEFECT LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER LCC IS NOT STANDING BEHIND. PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE ABOVE AND SEE ALL THE COMMON COMPLAINTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY DODGE OR BY PRESSURE OF THE NHTSA TO HAVE DODGE REIMBURSE AND RECALL THIS COMMON PROBLEM. IF CHRYSLER IS GOING TO ASK FOR A BAILOUT THEN THEY NEED TO USE SOME OF OUR MONEY TO MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND NHTSA NEEDS TO PRESSURE THEM TO GET THIS SAFETY, POOR ENGINEERING PROBLEM FIXED! I FILED WITH BBB OF AUBURN HILLS, MI. THEY ONLY LOOK AT WARRANTY ISSUES. VEHICLES SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR POWER STEERING AND RACK AND PINION GOING OUT AT 36K MILES! CHEVY, FORD, NISSAN, TOYOTA DOESN'T! LOOK AT THE WEBSITE COMPLAINTS AND DO YOUR JOB NHTSA...I AM FORWARDING THIS ONTO...

TODAY 11/13/08 MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, PURCHASED NEW. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING COMPLETELY GAVE OUT ALMOST CAUSING A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT TOOK ALL HIS STRENGTH TO GET THE STEERING TO TURN ENOUGH TO AVOID CRASHING. UPON TAKING IT TO A DEALER HE WAS TOLD THE MANIFOLD SHIELD WAS RUSTED AND FELL INTO THE LINKAGE. ALTHOUGH THIS IS BEING REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY THE DEALER I AM NOT READY TO LEAVE IT AT THAT, I EXPECT SOME KIND OF EXPLANATION FROM DODGE WHY SOMETHING THIS DRAMATIC WOULD HAPPEN TO A VERY HIGH END VEHICLE ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. THE THOUGHT OF WHAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS NEGLECT ON DODGES PART IS UNTHINKABLE. I EXPECT THIS INCIDENT TO BE FULLY EXAMINED AND WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING DODGE REGARDING THIS UNACCEPTABLE FAULT IN THEIR VEHICLE. NO WARRANTY CAN COVER DAMAGED LIVES AND POSSIBLE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN TURNING OR WHILE STOPPED. THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE PRESENT. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED IN COLD WEATHER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO FAILURES. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,250 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,500.

THIS HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIMES THE FIRST TIME DECEMBER 2003 TWO MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED JUNE 2004, AND THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 2004. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. I HAD NO INDICATION THAT IT STALLED EXCEPT FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD ABOUT 35 TO 40MPH. I WAS COMING UP ON A CURVE IN THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. AGAIN I LOST POWER STEERING, AND CAME CLOSE TO GOING INTO THE DITCH WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD BOY. THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TWICE FOR THIS, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID...

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SRT-10 (1/2 TON P/U W VIPER ENGINE & 22 INCH WHEELS) IS SUBJECT TO VERY SERIOUS OVER-STEERING.*AK TKU

2004 DODGE 1500 RAM QUAD CAB TRUCK PURCHASED THE TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION DURING SPEEDS 60-70 MPH - TEAM DODGE STONE MOUNTAIN, WHERE WE PURCHASED, HAS TRIED TO SERVICE TWICE BEFORE AND NOW THE SERVICE MANAGER, TOM HUDSON, AND THE CHRYSLER FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE SAY THIS TRUCK CANNOT BE REPAIRED. WE HAVE REQUESTED A BUY BACK SINCE DODGE DID NOT OFFER A TEMP VEHICLE WHILE THIS WAS TRYING TO BE REPAIRED OR NOT EVEN NOW AS THEY HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE 7-1. WE HAVE PURCHASED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DIFFERENT MAKE AND MODEL, AND ARE NOW OUT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WOULD PURCHASE THIS AUTOMOBILE BACK. HERE WE SIT 7-13 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. NHTSA NEEDS TO KNOW THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE DODGE IS NOT SAYING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS JUST THAT IT IS UNREPAIRABLE. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IF THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES WHITHOUT...