2011 DODGE RAM 2500 Steering Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:13V529000 (STEERING) AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 3/25/14*CN UPDATED 04/09/14

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) AND WAS STILL WAITING FOR PARTS FROM AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. DYD

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE DEALERS WERE RECEIVING ONE PART PER WEEK. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, THERE SHOULD BE A REMEDY AVAILABLE BEFORE FEBRUARY OF 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. DR

NOTICE OF RECALL RECEIVED 12 24 13 CALLED DEALER (BARTON AUTO) 1/6/14 TOLD THEY WILL ORDER RECALLED PART CALLED DEALER YESTERDAY THEY WERE NOT SURE IF PARTS WERE ORDERED . THEN CALLED [XXX] @[XXX]AFTER SOME RESEARCH SHE REDIRECTED ME BACK TO DEALER. DEALER REQUESTED I HAVE TRUCK INSPECTED TODAY I WENT TO DEALER SERVICE REP. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK INSPECTED TIEROD STATED THEY NEEDED TO ORDER PARTS. CANNOT EVEN TELL ME IF PARTS ARE ORDERED. THESE DELAYS ARE UNACCEPTABLY TIME DELAYS AND ENDANGERING MYSELF AND GENERAL PUBLIC. RECALL STARTED 2/28 /11. NOTIFICATION TO ME OF RECALL 12/24/13. DEALER DELAY IN ORDERING PARTS. NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELAYING SERVICES (DEALER OR CHRYSLER) THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE DEALER WAS ONLY RECEIVING ONE PART PER WEEK. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REMEDY AVAILABLE BEFORE FEBRUARY OF 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED A TURN AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000. UPDATED 03/21/14*LJ UPDATED 03/27/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SAFETY AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SIX MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND WENT TO GET OFF AT THE EXIT. POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHEN TAPPING BRAKES ALMOST HIT THE GUARDRAIL. DONE IT TO ME 3 MORE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, THERE SHOULD BE A REMEDY AVAILABLE BEFORE JANUARY OF 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) MID JANUARY 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. ..UPDATED 02-28-14 *BF UPDATED 3/13/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HAD SURPASSED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. BOTH THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HAD SURPASSED THE REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER WAS ONLY PROVIDING ONE PART PER WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 03/05/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) HAD SURPASSED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 02/27/14*LJ UPDATED 02/27/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY ONLY RECEIVED ONE REMEDY PART PER WEEK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED TIMELY MANNER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARD OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 02/27/14*LJ THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, CHRYSLER WAS ONLY SENDING ONE PART PER WEEK. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO EXCUSE, WHY A RECALL SHOULD TAKE 70 WEEKS TO COMPLETE. UPDATED 02/27/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V529000 STEERING EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL RECEIVE ONE PART EVERY SEVEN DAYS. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME.

I RCVD RECALL NOTICE N49/ NHTSA 13V-529 FOR MY DODGE. I CALLED JIM CLICK DODGE, IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD 65 WEEKS (OVER ONE YEAR) FOR THE PART TO COME IN FOR THE REPAIR. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A PART TO BE ORDERED AND COME IN FOR A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HAD SURPASSED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER WAS ONLY PROVIDING ONE PART PER WEEK TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE ISSUED TO THE DEALER IN LIMITED QUANTITIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING ). THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT WAS TOLD THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT THREE MONTHS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT DID NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) AND THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY RECEIVED ONLY ONE RECALL PART PER WEEK. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WHILE ROUNDING A LEFT HAND CURVE, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED HARD TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED AN UNCONTROLLABLE SPIN AND WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A DRY CREEKBED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ON INSPECTION THE FRONT LEFT TIE ROD ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN. MYSELF AND MY 14 YR SON SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. WE LATER RECEIVED NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER ON 12/24/2013 OF THE RECALL OF OUR VEHICLE FOR SAME FAILURE OF TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. *TR

WHEN I BUY THE VEHICLE IT SHOW THAT WAS FIX, WHEN I BUY THE VEHICLE IT BROKE AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH IN 4 MONTH OF THE BUY. NOW FOR THE 3RD TIME I GET A RECALL NOTIFICATION TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. MY COMPLAIN IS THAT I BEING DRIVING ALL THIS TIME THINKING THAT WAS FIX GOOD AND MY LIVE ITS BEING ON RISK BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT IT NEVER WAS FIX PROPERLY. I BUY THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE MY JOB THE DEPENDS ON THIS TRUCK AND I CAN DRIVE SOMETHING THAT CAN KILL ME WITH OUT KNOWING IT. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE SHAKING CEASED ONCE THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONSTANTLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER OVER A TWO YEAR SPAN. THE TECHNICIANS WERE NEVER ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM IF THE FAILURES WERE RELATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON I-10 GOING WEST BY BLTHE, CA I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND RAN OVER THE JOINT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE ROAD THE TRUCK WENT INTO A SPEED WOBBLE IT DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I GOT ON THE BRAKES HARD DOWN TO 40 MPH I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES MORE ALWAYS AT BRIDGES OR ROUGH SPOTS ON THE ROAD. *TR

WHILE IN REVERSE AND TURNING LEFT, THE LEFT TIE ROD END SNAPPED AT THE BALL JOINT. IT APPEARS TO BE A GEOMETRY PROBLEM, NOT ALL ABOUT A FAULTY PART. CHRYSLER STATED THE PART HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED DURING RECALL L16, BUT IT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE PART ONCE UNDER THE RECALL. *TR

WHILE LEAVING CHURCH IN PARKING LOT TURNING LEFT BACKING UP HEARD LOUD CLUNK TRIED TO GO FORWARD TRUCK DID NOT WANT TO MOVE. GOT OUT AND LOOKED AND SAW TIE ROD HAD BROKEN. VEHICLE WAS IN DEALERSHIP MARCH 12 FOR TIE ROD RECALL 12600 MILES THEY SAID NO PROBLEMS WITH TIE ROD AND DID NOTHING WITH IT. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM TIE RODS DO NOT WEAR OUT IN 27000 EASY MILES. *TR

LEFT TIE ROD BROKE WHILE REVERSING. NEW TIE ROD REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. THIS DESPITE RECALL PREVIOUSLY BEING PERFORMED AND ORIGINAL TIE ROD FOUND TO BE "WITHIN SPECS." *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 DODGE RAM ON THE FREEWAY, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE HOOD LATCH POPPED, AND FORCED ME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TOWED TO DEALER NOTHING FOUND WRONG CONTINUED THIS 10 TO 15 TIMES UNTIL IT TOOK ME ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE CENTER MEDIAN ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH.THE STEERING ARM AND DAMPENER WAS REPLACED. CONTINUED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 MORE TIMES AND 3 SEPARATE DEALERS HAVE LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND MADE REPAIRS. I HAVE 15,000 MILES ON VEHICLE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE SAME ISSUES AND DODGE WILL NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. I HAVE A 50,000 DOLLAR DEATH TRAP THAT I AM EXPECTED TO DRIVE OR TRADE TO AN UNEXPECTED FAMILY! *TR

WHILE BACKING A TRAILER INTO MY DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD BROKE OFF. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE L16 SAFETY RECALL. STRANGE THAT MY TRUCKS VIN DOES NOT FIT INTO THE RECALL BUT IT BROKE JUST LIKE THE TRUCKS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE RECALL HAVE BROKEN. I HAVE THE BROKEN TIE ROD IF YOU WANT IT. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY AND TURNED THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND THE BALL JOINT BROKE IN HALF. *JB

VEHICLE WENT INTO THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE" WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH AS THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL. WE WERE NORTH OF AMARILLO TX WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED. IT DID IT AT LEAST 11 MORE TIMES AS WE DROVE TO OKLAHOMA CITY. WE KEPT DRIVING SLOWER AND SLOWER AS THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE" WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL WE GOT THE SPEED DOWN TO 30 MPH. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 3 TIMES ON 8/12/13 AS I DROVE FROM JONES, OK TO THE DEALER IN GUTHRIE OK. I DO HAVE VIDEO'S OF THE LAST 2 "DODGE DEATH WOBBLES". THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THEY FIXED THE VEHICLE BY PUTTING IN ONE BOLT THAT WAS MISSING. I FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I'D RATHER NOT EVER GET IT BACK, BUT IF I DO, I FEEL ALL THE PARTS IN THE FRONT END SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA ALL...

DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD END SNAPPED IN A TURN ON A CURVY COUNTRY ROAD. *TR

TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED BOUNCING ALL OVER THE ROAD. FELT AS THOUGH ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SUDDENLY GONE FLAT. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND WENT INTO ONCOMING LANE SIDEWAYS. INSPECTION DID NOT SHOW ANY FAILED COMPONENT (TIRE, STEERING SYSTEM, ETC). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A DAY, THEN WENT OFF. LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN, WITH NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM. LOSS OF CONTROL HAS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE FIRST OCCURRENCE. SIMILAR SPEEDS DURING EACH EVENT, WITH TWO DIFFERENT OPERATORS. SERIOUS DIFFICULTY RETAINING CONTROL TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND ROLL OVER/CRASH CONCERNS PRECLUDE ATTEMPTING TO DUPLICATE EVENT. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO DATE. I WILL NEVER TRUST THE ONCOMING DODGE TRUCK UNTIL THIS IS ADDRESSED. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE. IT IS SAD. *TR

THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED THE DODGE DEATH WOBBLE AND I HAVE SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WORKING TO CORRECT AN ISSUE WITH THEIR PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN KNOW ABOUT SINCE 1994 AND HAS HAD MANY RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT OR KILLED FROM THE VEHICLE LOSING CONTROL AND CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND HAS EVEN RIPPED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM MY HANDS WHILE DRIVING AND HAD TO COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT WOULD QUIT. *TR

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR 74 MILES, AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SUDDENLY THE STEERING AND OR FRONT WHEELS AND AXLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. SHAKING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL AND INTO THE MEDIAN.THE VIOLENT WOBBLE AND OR SHAKING WAS SO SEVERE IT BLEW THE STEERING HOSE OFF CAUSING THE LOSE OF FLUID , STEERING AND BRAKING. HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING, THERE WAS NO WAY SHE COULD HAVE HELD IT TOGETHER. THANKFULLY I GOT IT STOPPED WITHOUT A ROLLOVER OR INVOLVING ANOTHER VEHICLE. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BY THIS POORLY ENGINEERED FRONT END. I'VE LEARNED SENSE THEN MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE GET SOMETHING DONE IN BEHALF OF CONSUMERS ABOUT THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD STUD WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,975. *TR

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON HWY101 AT APPROX 70MPH I DROVE OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT WHEN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOSING CONTROL. I WAS FORCED TO BRAKE TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE NUMBER ONE LANE/SHOULDER AND THOUGH THE ABS WAS ACTIVATED IT DIDN'T SEEM EFFECTIVE DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING (I BELIEVE THE FRONT WHEELS WHERE ACTUALLY LEAVING THE GROUND). I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE VEHICLE IN A GENERALLY STRAIGHT DIRECTION BUT DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL. ONCE I CAME TO A STOP THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE NORMALLY. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE. I HAD THE ALIGNMENT AND STEERING COMPONENTS CHECKED AND ALL SEEMED TO BE WITHIN STANDARD TOLERANCES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN REVERSE HE NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL, BRAKE PEDAL, AND IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE RACK AND PINION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. *TR

TRUCK CIRCULATING DIRT ROAD AFTER 25 MILES CONSTANT. THE BILLET SHOCK TOWER, LEFT DEFORMED MATERIAL FATIGUE. DEFORMING THE CHASSIS SUPPORT AREA, AND THE SHOCK IS DESTROYED. GENERATING A WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY, CUTTING RODS. BOTH WHEELS BEING UNCONTROLLED. THE UPPER COIL SUPPORT, SHOWS A CLEAR IN ITS ZONE FATIGUE. THIS SAME FAULT HAPPENED AT 3500 MILES, AND CHRYSLER DEALER IN CHILE, JUST CHANGE THE BARS TRACKS. *TR

WHEN GETTING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY RAMP THE BRAKES SEEMED WEAK, THEN I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL AND HAD TO ALMOST STOP. I HAD NO POWER ASSIST ON THE STEERING AT THIS POINT. ONCE THE WHEELS WERE STRAIGHT AGAIN IT SEEMED FINE. THE NEXT FEW TURNS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HIT OBJECTS AND OTHER CARS AS I COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE. I WAS NOT PULLING ANYTHING AT THE TIME. MY SON-IN-LAW HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON HIS SAME MAKE/MODEL/YEAR DODGE TRUCK AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE LAST YEAR WHILE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL. HE TOOK IT IN AND THEY FLUSHED OUT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AS A FIX AND IT HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN....YET. PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO CONTAMINATION IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WHICH WILL JAM VALVES, OR IT COULD BE IN ELECTRONICS MODULES. EITHER WAY ITS NOT GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING A LARGE...

EXPERIENCED EXTREME VIBRATION, NEARLY LOST CONTROL. WAS ON FAIRLY SMOOTH FREEWAY. SMALL LOAD IN BED OF ABOUT 300LBS. DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER. NO TRAILER. TRUCK IS STOCK RAM 2500 POWER WAGON NO MODIFICATIONS.. AFTER GOING OVER A SLIGHT BUMP ON FREEWAY, TRUCK BEGAN VIOLENT SHAKING, SO VIOLENT THAT I WAS NEARLY UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. SAME EVENT HAS OCCURRED NOW MULTIPLE TIMES. ALREADY TAKEN TO DEALER ONCE, WILL TAKE BACK AGAIN. *TR

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED: I NOTICED A SEVERE WOBBLE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK IN THE LEFT FRONT AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE FREEWAY WHILS TRAVELING 70 M.P.H. THE WOBBLE STOPPED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHEN I HIT ANY KIND OF A BUMP AT SPEEDS OF 70 OR MORE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WAS THERE FOR 4 DAYS, THEY SAID THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED, WHICH I DID AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE ON THE FREEWAY AND HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DANGERIUS WOBBLE AGAIN .. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER,WHICH TIME THE MECHANIC RODE WITH ME AND FELT THE WOBBLE WHEN I HIT A BUMP AT 70 M.P.H. THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE...

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55MPH, IF AN EXPANSION JOINT, POT HOLE, OR ANY FORM OF A LARGER BUMP IS HIT, THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DEATH WOBBLE." TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, THE FRONT AXLE IS SHIFTING SIDE TO SIDE UNDERNEATH THE BODY OF THE TRUCK, CAUSING A VIOLENT SHAKE THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE. BEING AN ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN, I INSPECTED MY PERSONAL VEHICLE WITH TWO OTHER ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, AND DISCOVERED NO LOGICAL CAUSES FOR SUCH A SHAKE, BUT PROCEEDED TO RETORQUE EVERY NUT AND BOLT UNDER THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH ADDING A NEW HEAVY DUTY STEERING STABILIZER, PER DODGE DEALER SUGGESTION. TO NO AVAIL, THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I CAN NO LONGER ALLOW MY SIX MONTH OLD DAUGHTER TO RIDE IN MY TRUCK FOR FEAR OF DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRING. I REFUSE TO ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK FOR FEAR OF...

I NOTICED A SEVERE WOBBLE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK IN THE LEFT FRONT AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE FREEWAY WHILS TRAVELING 70 M.P.H. THE WOBBLE STOPPED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHEN I HIT ANY KIND OF A BUMP AT SPEEDS OF 70 OR MORE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WAS THERE FOR 4 DAYS, THEY SAID THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED, WHICH I DID AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE ON THE FREEWAY AND HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DANGERIUS WOBBLE AGAIN .. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER,WHICH TIME THE MECHANIC RODE WITH ME AND FELT THE WOBBLE WHEN I HIT A BUMP AT 70 M.P.H. THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE FRONT END APART...

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65-70 TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VERY BAD WERE I ALMOST LOST CONTROL SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED CHECK ALL TIRE AND STARTED GOING AGAIN AND AS SOON AS I HIT 65MPH IT HAPPENED AGAIN TILL I SLOWED DOWN TO 30MPH I ONCE AGAIN STOPPED CHECK TIRES ALL GOOD THIS IS A COMMON THING WITH THE DODGE RAM FROM DOING A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET ON WHAT OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS ARE CALLING THE DEATH WOBBLE AND TO THIS DATE DODGE SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED IN TO AND EITHER MAKE DODGE DO A RECALL TO FIX THERE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 RAM POWER WAGON FROM SPEEDS OF 35MPH TO 70 MPH ANY SMALL BUMPS IN THE HIGHWAY OR EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE ROAD PUT THIS VEHICLE INTO AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT WOBBLE WITH UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING ISSUES. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND DEALERSHIP HAD SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS, THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I'M A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER OF FIRE APPARATUS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN AS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AS NOW DRIVING THIS TRUCK. I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE COUNTLESS WOBBLE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RAM 2500 AND RAM 3500 TRUCKS. I AM NOT POSITIVE IF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION. THIS CAN AND WILL RESULT IN INJURY OR MUCH WORSE, DEATH. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN A TIMELY MANNER TO PROTECT NOT JUST THE THOUSANDS OF DODGE OWNERS BUT...

WHILE TRAVELING 5MPH OR LESS IN REVERSE WHILE TURNING THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD BALL STUD SHEARED OFF CAUSING THE LEFT WHEEL TO BE WITHOUT STEERING. THIS HAPPENED TWO DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS AT A DEALER FOR A SAFETY RECALL RELATED TO THE SAME COMPONENTS. THE DEALER ADVISED ME MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE THE AFFECTED PARTS THAT NEEDED REPLACED AND SAID THEY MADE A TORQUE ADJUSTMENT. WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENED THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR REPAIR, WHO STATED THE FIRST DEALER HAD LIKELY DONE SOMETHING IMPROPERLY OR INADEQUATELY DURING THE RECALL INSPECTION. *TR

AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS, WHEN A BUMP OR EXPANSION JOINT IS HIT, A VIOLENT SHIMMY OCCURS IN THE FRONT END. THE WAY TO MAKE THIS STOP IS BY HITTING THE BRAKES LIGHTLY BRINGING THE SPEED DOWN. THE STEERING FEELS LOOSE. IT'S HAPPENED 6-8 TIMES IN THE LAST 5 DAYS. THE TRUCK SWAYS BACK AND FORTH, THIS IS A SERIOUS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500 HD WITH 27,000 MILES. THIS TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW FROM THE DEALER. THIS TRUCK NOW HAS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH STEERING. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END WILL GO INTO A VERY VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS IS SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER A SIMPLE SEARCH OF THE INTERNET I FOUND THIS TO BE CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE AND APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD SHEERED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT LOST STEERING CONTROL. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.