2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Tires Problems

SYSTEM WARNING WENT OFF THAT WE WERE LOOSING AIR IN THE TIRE. WITHIN SECONDS, WE PULLED OVER AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT. RECEIVED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE SO WE COULD DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME. STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO CHECK THE AIR IN ALL THE TIRES. COULDN'T PUT AIR IN ONE OF THE TIRES BECAUSE THE NUT HOLDING THE TIRE SENSOR ROTTED OFF. WHILE TRYING TO PUT THE AIR IN, THE STEM WAS GETTING PUSHED INTO THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRST TIRE (THE NUT ROTTED OFF). HAD WE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE FEEL THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE LOOKED IN TO. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE TIRE VALVE STEM AND PRESSURE MONITOR BLEW OUT OF TIRE WHEN NUT BROKE CAUSING IMMEDIATE FLAT. VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ALMOST WENT INTO DITCH. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE VALVE STEMS ON THE TRUCK .ONE CRACKED WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN QUICK TIRE DEFLATION THE OTHER YESTERDAY ,WHILE HAVING A TIRE REPAIRED THE VALVE STEM BROKE WHILE TRYING TO INFLATE THE TIRE.I WAS TOLD BY PROFESSIONALS THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH DODGE BECAUSE THEY USE CHEAP METALS IN THEIR VALVE STEMS.THE STEM WHICH ARE PART OF THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM ARE JUST CORRODING AWAY DUE TO SALT OR ROAD CONDITIONS. I`M FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO SEE IF MAYBE DODGE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.THE PART ITSELF IS ABOUT $ 60.00 [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE LEFT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 35W AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE PICKUP TRUCK UNDER CONTROL UNTIL STOPPING ALONG SIDE THE FREEWAY. THE SCHRADER TIRE STEM HAD LOST ITS OUTER LOCKING DEVISE AND THE MONITOR WAS INSIDE THE TIRE. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE THE MONITOR STYLE STEM WAS LOCATED IN THE TIRE AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS VERY DISTURBING. THE THREADS WHICH HOLD THE STEM IN PLACE WERE TOTALLY FILLED IN WITH CORROSION......NO THREAD LEFT TO HOLD THE STEM IN PLACE. THIS MAY EXPLAIN WHY CARS ARE SUDDENLY LOSING CONTROL AND GOING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD JUST HAD MY TIRES ROTATED ABOUT 400 MILES AGO OR THE FLAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH A FRONT TIRE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. I NOW NEED TO REMOVE THE OTHER THREE TIRES AND HAVE THEM INSPECTED AT A COST OF...

ABOUT A MONTH AGO I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE GAVE OUT. IT RUINED THE TIRE SO I BROUGHT IT TO A TIRE PLACE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER INSPECTION ,THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE NUT CAME OFF THE STEM AND THAT IS WHY THE TIRE GAVE OUT. WHEN I WENT HOME I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRE STEMS AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE TWO OUT OF THE OTHER THREE TIRE VALVE STEM NUTS ARE BROKEN. I'M CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT NOTHING HAPPENS BEFORE I GET THEM FIXED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOT HAD A RECALL. *TR

WE WERE ON A HIGHWAY GOING SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH AND OUR TRUCK NOTIFICATION SAID LOW TIRE PRESSURE. WE PULLED OVER AND LOOKED AND THE TIRES LOOKED OK. WE PULLED BACK OUT AND WENT LESS THAN HALF A MILE AND THE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT. THE VALVE STEM COVER NUT HAD SPILT AND BROKE OFF. THE WHOLE PIECE FELL INSIDE THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT. WE HAD THE TIRE LOOKED AT AND THE VALVE STEM COVER NUTS AND STEM THREADS ARE ALL CORRODED. WE PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON AND THEN AGAIN TODAY (APRIL 25, 2014) IT SAID LOW TIRE PRESSURE AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN A VALVE STEM COVER NUT SPLIT AND BROKE OFF DUE TO CORROSION. WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SPARE AND WE WERE QUOTED A PRICE OF $75 TO $90 TO REPLACE EACH OF THE VALVE STEM PIECES. THE OTHER TWO TIRES ON THE TRUCK HAVE...

TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON STATE ROUTE 17 IN ILLINOIS. AFTER 40MILES INTO TRIP, NOTICED IN SIDE MIRROR THAT DRIVERS SIDE SEEMED TO BE DOWN IN THE REAR COMPARED TO LAST TIME I CHECKED. VEHICLE BEHIND ME WAS ACCELERATING AS TO CATCH UP TO ME. AT THE SAME TIME FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION AND LOOKING AT DASH SAW LOW TIRE WARNING LIGHT COME ON. CONTINUED TO NEXT INTERSECTION AND TURNED LEFT , STOPPED AND INSPECTED TIRE, FOUND THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS MISSING FROM THE RIM OF WHEEL. CHANGE TO SPARE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE METAL VALVE STEM WAS IN FLAT TIRE AND RIM. 4-9-14 TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THE TIRE WAS SHOT BECAUSE OF SIDE WALL DAMAGE, NOTE DISTANCE TRAVELED 50FT. TIRES WERE NEW 15000 MILES PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE . DEALER CHECKED THREE OTHER VALVE STEMS AND FOUND CRACKS IN RETAINING...

MY CONCERN IS VALVE STEM FAILURE. THE VALVE STEMS ON MY TRUCK HAVE AIR PRESSURE SENSORS ON THEM AND ARE BOLTED IN THE VALVE STEM HOLE IN THE RIM. THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE VALVE STEM IN PLACE FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSED A INSTANT DEFLATION OF THE TIRE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VALVE STEM NUT CRACKING BEFORE. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER DUE TO A CONSTANT TIRE LEAK THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD VALVE STEM. THE VALVE STEM COST $50 AND $80 TO INSTALL. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON A SCHEDULED TIRE ROTATION AND THE TECH NOTICED THE NUT HAD CORROSION AND WAS CRACKED. HE REPLACED IT WITH A NEW NUT. THE THIRD TIME WAS THE BLOW OUT I DESCRIBED FIRST, WHICH ALSO RUINED THE TIRE....

NOTICED LOW TIRE PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING. DROVE ABOUT 10 MILE WITH INDICATION. PARKED IN DRIVE WAY. WHEN I UNSCREWED THE VALVE STEM CAB THE VALVE STEM WENT ALMOST COMPLETELY INTO THE TIRE. THE TIRE WENT FLAT IMMEDIATELY. I FOUND THAT THE LOCKING NUT WAS CORRODED AND ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. I HAD THE TIRE REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE SENSOR AND LOCKING NUT ARE ALL ONE UNIT AT A COST OF 70.00. YESTERDAY I CHECK THE PRESSURE IN ALL 4 TIRES AND FOUND THE LOCKING NUT ON THE FRONT TIRE BROKEN MISSING ABOUT 1/3 OF THE METAL. *TR

IN JULY OF 2012, I HAD THREE CRACKED METAL PRESSURE SENSING VALVE STEMS. ONE OF THEM BLEW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED, RUINING THE TIRE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THREE STEMS THAT WERE BAD AT THAT TIME BUT NOT THE FOURTH. I ALSO COMPLAINED TO DODGE AND GOT SOME REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, I NOTICED THE FOURTH VALVE STEM HAD CRACKED. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $160.00 TO REPLACE IT. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AGAIN BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH, NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. PULLED OVER TO CHANGE IT AND I NOTICED THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS MISSING. WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE BACK TO THE PLACE I PURCHASED THEM (LESS THAT ONE YEAR) THEY INFORMED ME OF THE PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER IS HAVING WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS IN THE TPMS. HAD TO REPLACE TIRE AND VALVE STEM. WAS TOLD BY MY DODGE DEALER THAT AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

TIRE VALVE STEMS ----- TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE, FRONT PASSENGER GOODYEAR TIRE BLOWS. ENTIRE TREAD FLIES PAST TRUCK INTO THE PATH OF OTHER TRAFFIC & ALMOST HITS THE WINDSHIELD OF CAR BEHIND US. WE PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER. WE GET THE SPARE TIRE PUT ON. ALL THAT WAS LEFT ON THE RIM OF THE BAD TIRE WAS THE SIDE WALLS. NO VALVE STEM W/TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR. 45 MINS LATER, WE CONTINUE ON OUR TRIP. 28 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, WE HEAR A SIMILAR NOISE & SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE. WE PULL OVER AGAIN. WE SEE THE REAR TIRE IS SHREDDED & THE VALVE STEM W/TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR IS MISSING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE STEMS FALL OUT OF PLACE & THE TIRE GOES FLAT. THIS CAUSED VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR US & THE SURROUNDING TRAFFIC. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS, VEHICLE DAMAGE, BODILY INJURY, OR...

VALVE STEM POPPED OUT OF RIM AND TIRE WENT FLAT, HAD TO REPLACE TIRE AND VALVE STEM AND COMPUTER CHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE LOCKING NUTS ON ALL FOUR TIRES WAS CORRODED AND CAUSING THE VALVE STEMS TO FRACTURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 72 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRE SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE DUE TO IT BECOMING CORRODED. THE FAILURE HAD RECURRED ONE TIME BEFORE TWO MONTHS PRIOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 07/02/13*LJ

APRIL 18, 2013 AT ABOUT 4:30 PM, DRIVING ON RT 400 EXPRESSWAY SOUTH, WITH MY SON IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,THE LOW TIRE ALARM WENT OFF AND I PROCEEDED TO THE NEAREST EXIT, AND PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. UPON INSPECTION, MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. HAD TIRE CHANGED TO SPARE. ON FOLLOWING MONDAY, TOOK TIRE FOR REPAIR TO MY MECHANIC, WHERE HE FOUND THE VALVE STEM INSIDE THE TIRE. THE THREADED COLLAR THAT GOES ON THE VALVE STEM TO HELP HOLD IT IN PLACE WAS COMPLETELY GONE FROM CORROSION. MY MECHANIC INSPECTED THE CONDITION OF THE OTHER VALVE STEMS. HE ADVISED I REPLACE OTHER VALVE STEMS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ON MAY 1, I WAS WASHING MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED AIR BUBBLES FORMING WHERE THE VALVE STEM MEETS THE ALUMINUM RIM ON THE OTHER FRONT TIRE. I NOTICED THE THREADED COLLAR WAS MISSING FROM THAT VALVE STEM. THAT...

FAILURE OF VALVE STEM CAUSED RAPID TIRE DEFLATION. INSPECTION OF REMAINING VALVE STEMS INDICATED IMMINENT FAILURE. VALVE STEMS INTEGRATED WITH TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) SENSORS AND CAN CAUSE TPMS SYSTEM FAULTS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR SAME TIRE STEM ISSUE REPORTED TO NHTSA. COUPLED WITH PINION NUT FAILURE POTENTIAL THAT HAS YET TO BE ADDRESSED BY ISSUANCE OF RECALL NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS BY CHRYSLER CORP, TOTAL LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF VEHICLE IS A VERY REAL AND PRESENT DANGER THAT RENDERS THESE VEHICLES INOPERABLE UNTIL ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED, CAUSING THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR TO FRACTURE. ALL FOUR ALUMINUM VALVE STEM WERE REPLACED WITH RUBBER VALVE STEMS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,761. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE TIRE SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT THAT POINT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL WITH THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE OR THE ORIENTATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT THING HE KNEW. HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THEN FELT SOMETHING OCCURRING WITH A WHEEL ON THE REAR OF TRUCK. THE TIRE QUICKLY WENT FLAT AS HE WAS...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED ,RAPID TIRE DEFLATION CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEERING OFF ROAD,,,INSPECTION REVEALED RIGHT FRONT VALVE STEM HAS A DISSIMILAR METAL CORRODED ISSUE ,CORRODED AND FELL APART ALLOWING VALVE STEM TO FALL INTO WHEEL CAUSING RAPID DEFLATION,,, INSTALLED SPARE TRAVELED DOWN ROAD ABOUT 60 MILES NOW THE TPMS LAMP IS ON AS THAT RT TIRE IS FLAT LAYING IN BED OF TRUCK,AN HOUR LATER TRUCK LOST CONTROL AGAIN AND I WENT OFF ROAD,,,I WENT TO LOOK AT THE SPARE ON RT FRONT AND IT WAS FINE,,,,THE OPPOSITE SIDE LEFT REAR TIRE THIS TIME WENT FLAT AND AS THE TPMS WARN LAMP ALREADY ILLUMINATED NO WARNING AVAIL ,,SAME THING THE VALVE STEM FELL INSIDE THE RIM,,THERE WAS A PIECE OF THE RETAINER CAP FOR THE TPMS VALVE STEM LEFT AND IT EASILY CRUMBLED INTO AN ANEALED ALUMINUM STATE ,,,,TWO TIRES SAME THING,,,,,,I WENT AND LOOKED...

WENT TO CHECK AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES. WHILE UNSCREWING THE PLASTIC VALVE STEM CAP ON ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES, THE METAL VALVE STEM SHEARED OFF IN MY HAND. THE POINT OF SHEARING WAS ABOUT MID WAY DOWN THE METAL VALVE STEM. THE SHEARING OCCURRED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY IN A SMOOTH EVEN PLANE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL/PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE VALVE STEM FROM HITTING A CURB, ETC. I DID NOT EXERT LATERAL PRESSURE ON THE STEM, I JUST TWISTED THE PLASTIC CAP WITH MY FINGERS. THE STEM WAS ON A TIRE SENSOR UNIT WITH LABEL "SCHRADER ELECTRONICS" WITH APPARENT PART NUMBER "8CBFFCB4". *TR

THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM (TPMS) ON MY WHEEL HAS CORRODED TO THE POINT OF BREAKING. THIS COULD CAUSE SEVERE BODILY HARM, UP TO INCLUDING DEATH TO A PERSON(S)IN MY VEHICLE ON A RAPID AIR LOSS OF MY TIRE(S). THESE VEHICLES VALVE STEMS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR NORTHERN TERRITORY WHERE SALT IS USED FOR WINTER MONTHS. ALSO CHECK FAULTY HUBCAPS THAT TRAP WATER IN AND AROUND VALVE STEM. *TR

FLAT TIRE TRIED TO USE JACK BUT IT FAILED METAL EXTENSION HANDLE TWISTED AND TORE IN HALF SO I REMOVED ONE EXTENSION AND SAME OCCURRENCE METAL RIPPING FELL TO THE GROUND ENDING UP WITH HEAT STROKE AND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAY 'S THESE JACK'S ARE FAULTY AND DANGEROUS TO THE SENIOR POPULATION. *TR

WE OWN A 2009 1500 DODGE TRUCK AND WERE STRANDED IN THE HIGH DESERT FOR WELL OVER TEN HOURS UP OFF OF HIGHWAY 377 IN NORTHERN ARIZONA WE HAD A FLAT WE PROCEEDED TO TAKE THE JACK THAT WAS BRAND NEW WE WERE JACKING THE TRUCK UP WHEN THE FIRST EXTENSION END TORE LIKE IT WAS SOFT METAL SO WE DISCARDED THE FIRST EXTENSION AND PROCEEDED TO USE THE SECOND WHICH ALSO TORE SO I USED THE LAST EXTENSION AND THEN THE HOOK THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE JACK BECAME TWISTED AND COULD NO LONGER BE USED THIS STRANDED US IN A PLACE THAT WHERE WE COULD NOT BE LOCATED WE CALLED ROADSIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE AND WAS TOLD BY DISPATCHER THAT HE HAD PIN POINTED US AND THAT THEY WOULD SEND OUT A TOW TRUCK BUT THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND US WITH THE COORDINATES THAT WE GAVE HIM . SO...