2009 DODGE RAM 3500 Steering Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REMEDIED BUT WAS INFORMED THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS COULD NOT PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND CONFIRMED THE PART UNAVAILABILITY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) AND CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE PART UNTIL APRIL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUFACTURER ALSO CONFIRMED THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE PART UNTIL APRIL. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) AND ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE DODGE 3500 WAS EAST BOUND IN INTERSTATE 40 WEST OF COOKVILLE, TN. THE DODGE WAS PULLING AN ENCLOSED CAR TRAILER LOADED WITH A 1955 CHEVY SHOW CAR. THE DODGE HAD JUST PASSED AN 18 WHEELED VEHICLE AND WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. WHEN THE PAVEMENT CHANGED, A SLIGHT BUMP, THE FRONT TIRES OF THE DODGE BEGAN TO BOUNCE OUT OF CONTROL, AKA "THE DEATH WOBBLE". OPERATOR WAS NOT ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE DODGE AND IT VEERED INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND OVER PASSING THE SHOULDER HALFWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE DODGE AND TRAILER WOULD HAVE GONE INTO A RAVINE OFF THE HIGHWAY HAD THE TRAILER BRAKES NOT LOCKED UP AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. HAD THIS HAPPENED NEXT TO THE 18 WHEELER, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. OPERATOR HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE STEERING UNTIL AFTER THE DODGE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP....

FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS A BUMP ENTERING AN OVERPASS. THE TRUCK WENT INTO A VIOLENT SHAKING AND BOUNCING AND WENT OFF THE ROAD ON RIGHT SHOULDER. I HAD TO HAVE IT NEARLY STOPPED FOR THE UNDAMPED SHAKING TO STOP. ON NOV 7, 2011 I WAS DRIVING ON A PERFECTLY SMOOTH PIECE OF HIGHWAY AT 65-70 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK "EXPLODED" INTO A VIOLENT BOUNCING AND SHAKING. THE TRUCK WAS BOUNCING UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL I FINALLY LOCKED THE BRAKES AND SKIDDED OFF THE SHOULDER AND INTO A BANK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF ANY VEHICLES HAD BE IN THE ADJACENT LANE, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID HITTING THEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY DOWN MY MILE LONG LANE THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD END FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED PARTIAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. I COULD ONLY STEER THE RIGHT SIDE, (PASSENGER) WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE SLOWLY TO THE END OF THE LANE, REVERSE MY DIRECTION, AND RETURN MY TRUCK TO MY SHOP FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DECREASING SPEED AT 2 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD FRACTURED WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND PERFORMED THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,220. I DID NOTIFIED DODGE AND SENT THEM THE BILLING ON THE REPAIR. THE TOTAL COST OF $455.39. UPDATED 10/18/2011 *LN *TR

WE WERE ON THE FREEWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WRECK. THE TIE ROD HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THIS INITIAL INCIDENT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU ARE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. WE THEN REPLACED THE STABILIZER SHOCK AND THOUGHT WE FIXED THE PROBLEM ONLY TO HAVE IT DO IT AGAIN. WE THEN WENT TO BIG O TIRES AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT REPLACING THE SHOCKS. WE TOOK THE MANAGER OUT TO SHOW HIM WHAT IT DOES AND ONCE AGAIN, WHEN WE GOT UP TO ABOUT 75 MPH IT HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, ALMOST CAUSING US TO GO OFF THE ROAD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! THE MANAGER...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TIE ROD FRACTURED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE AGAIN WAS DRIVEN INTO A DITCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE REVERSE PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY MY DODGE RAM 3500, 2009 MODEL, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND I LOST STEERING CONTROL. I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE TIE ROD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD BROKEN WITH THE WHEEL AT RIGHT ANGLE TO THE TRUCK. *TR

DODGE 3500 RECALL #09V00500 STEERING LINKAGES/TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. SWIFT DODGE, 4318 CHILE ROAD, DAVIS CA INFORMED ME IN AUGUST 09 THAT MY TRUCK WAS SUBJECT TO THIS RECALL. IN DECEMBER 09 THEY PURPORTED TO HAVE COMPLETED THE RECALL WORK AS SPECIFIED IN INVOICE #25289. THIS WAS VERBALLY DESCRIBED AS NECESSITATING COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY/REASSEMBLY OF THE FRONT END/STEERING. IN JUNE 2010 THE STEERING TRACK BAR BOLT FAILED AND LODGED BETWEEN THE DRAG LINK AND TIE ROD END CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF STEERING. THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND SPRING BLOCKS WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE LOOSE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEAD CHRYSLER IN WALNUT CREEK. THEY ATTRIBUTED THE FAILURE TO THE INSTALLATION OF AFTERMARKET LEVELING KIT (INSTALLED JUNE 09.) WHEN I INSISTED THAT SWIFT DODGE HAD THE FRONT END APART IN DECEMBER 09, THEY RESEARCHED THE INVOICE AND STATED THAT IT SHOWED ONLY AN INSPECTION WAS DONE. I CONTACTED SWIFT DODGE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V005000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS ON A MASSIVE BACK ORDER, CONSISTING OF 47,000 CONSUMERS. THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 500.