2007 DODGE RAM 2500 Fuelpropulsion System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE ODOR OF DIESEL FUEL WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN WHICH HAD CAUSED RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS FOR THE DRIVER. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE ODOR WAS MORE PRESENT WHILE THE ENGINE WAS IDLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER LENOIR CITY CHRYSLER (1206 EAST BROADWAY, LENOIR CITY, TN.) WHO REPLACED THE BOLTS ON THE EGR COOLER BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKES FAILED COULD NOT STEER CORRECTLY AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK SLAMMING INTO AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. IT FELT LIKE I WAS STEERING TO GO STRAIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL JUST TURNED ON ITS OWN. NOW I HAVE A $2800 BILL TO PAY THE BODY SHOP AND I NEED TO GET MY STEERING BOX REPLACED. I WOULD LIKE HELP WITH THAT. AND MOST IMPORTANT I NEED THESE RECALLS DONE ONCE I GET MY TRUCK OUT OF THE BODY SHOP. MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT WHEN I BRING IT IN TO THE DEALER I WOULD LIKE THEM TO ALSO FIX MY STEERING BOX AT NO CHARGE.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN HWY 29 IN LAKE COUNTY AND STARTED HEARING A NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE ONLY WHEN DRIVING SHE PULLED OVER AND COULDN'T SEE THE PROBLEM SO SHE CONTINUED DRIVING TILL SHE COULD GET TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WHERE I COULD CLIMB UNDER THE VEHICLE AND INSPECT IT WHERE I FOUND THAT THE SHIELD ON THE FUEL TANK HAD BROKE AND WAS FLOPPING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT WEARING A GROVE IN IT. I HAD TO TEAR OFF THE FLIMSY METAL UNTIL I COULD HAVE IT REPLACED . I PURCHASED THE NEW PIECE FROM DODGE THAT WAS INCREDIBLY HEAVIER DUTY THAN THE ORIGINAL, I WAS TOLD BY DODGE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL TANK SHIELDS BUT MY TRUCK WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH MY TRUCK CLEARLY HAD THE SAME PART THIS COULD OF DAMAGED THE FUEL TANK CAUSING A FUEL...

WHILE DRIVING 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 MEGA CAB 5.9L I6 CUMMINS DIESEL NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, STOPPED VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED FUEL RUNNING OUT OF VEHICLE BELOW ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE #4 CYLINDER FUEL INJECTOR LINE FROM THE COMMON RAIL WAS CRACKED AND SPRAYING FUEL OVER THE ENGINE AND SOAKING HOOD AND FIREWALL INSULATION AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND EXHAUST. THE RETENTION BRACKET FOR THIS LINE HAD BECOME LOOSE DUE TO VIBRATION WHICH LEAD TO THE LINE CRACKING. AS A RESULT OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ISSUE I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A SEEMINGLY INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, MORE SO IN THE 2006 AND 2007 MODEL YEARS, THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF BUT HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT. AT THE VERY LEAST, A TSB SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO INFORM OWNERS OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF TRACTION AND POTENTIAL FIRE RESULTING IN...