2010 RAM 3500 Steering Problems
87 NHTSA complaints on file
Steering Issues in the 2010 RAM 3500
87 steering complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2010 RAM 3500. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 4 resulted in injury.
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All Steering Complaints
Fobik key ignition vibrates causing switching from (RUN) position to (ACC) position, shutting off the engine and making it almost impossible to steer a 3000kg machine without power steering increasing the risk for accidents.
WHILE DRIVING, THE TRUCK JUST SHUTS OFF. RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING, LIGHTS AND POWER BREAKS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION MODULE SOLENOID MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE KEY TO FALL OUT OF THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WOULD NOT LOCK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. GREEN DODGE (3801 WABASH AVE, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62711, (217) 522-1222) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,400. THE VIN WAS INVALID.*JB *TR*JB
TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY BETWEEN 60 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR DRIVING OVER A ROUGH PART OF ROAD, POT WHOLE, OR BUMP THE FRONT TIRES START WOBBLING SEVERELY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE UNTIL I REDUCE SPEED TO 40 MILES OR UNDER THEN I'M ABLE TO STEER OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE TIRES STOP WOBBLING I'VE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES AND SPENT OVER 5000.00 DOLLARS AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WHEN MAKING TURNS AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THOMAS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (67791 MALL RD, ST CLAIRSVILLE, OH 43950, (877) 268-3302) AND THEY UPGRADED AND REPLACED THE STEERING BOX, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO TROUBLESHOOT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND CANNOT TURN. *JB
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. STOPPED AND LOOKED FOR A PROBLEM. COULD NOT SEE ANY ISSUES. THOUGHT IT MAY BE MUD COMING OUT OF WHEELS CAUSING A BALANCE PROBLEM. CONTINUED TRIP. DROVE ABOUT 130 MILES. WENT OVER SMALL BUMPS AND FRONT END STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING.HAD TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. CAME HOME AND RESEARCHED PROBLEM. FOUND OTHERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE" THIS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IF IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR IF PULLING A TRAILER. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 53235 MILES AND IS USED MAINLY FOR ON HIGHWAY USE.
WHILE MY DEALERSHIP HAS TAKEN CARE OF MY 3 ISSUES HERE, I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW: FRONT END STEERING. 2 YRS AFTER PURCHASE, I STARTED TO HAVE FRONT END STEERING SHIMMY. THE FIRST TIME, THE TIE ROD BECAME LOOSE, AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. 2ND TIME, I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, (LOOSE SAND) AND THE TIE ROD END LITERALLY SNAPPED IN 2, RENDERING THE STEERING USELESS. READING THE LADIES STORY ABOUT HER HUSBAND BEING TICKETED FOR FALLING ASLEEP WHEN I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN TO MY TRUCK I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO SPEAK OUT. DRIVE LINE ISSUE: THE SUPPORT BEARING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT, WENT WHILE DRIVING WITH OUT NOTICE. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY DRIVE WAY WHICH IS ABOUT 500 FEET LONG AND WASN'T GOING BUT ABOUT 15 MPH. IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN AND WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I LOVE MY TRUCK...
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY,DOING APPROXIMATELY 67 MPH, THE DRIVERS FRONT WHEEL HIT A BUMP IN ROAD AND THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHIMMY AND VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY."THE DEATH RATTLE".WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE STEERING ISSUE IN THE 2015 RAM BUY BACK.WHY ARE THESE DEFECTIVE TRUCKS STILL BEING SOLD?
SIMILAR TO ONLINE REPORTS OF PAST DODGE RAM TRUCK "DEATH WOBBLE," TRUCK WOBBLES AND SHAKES DANGEROUSLY DESPITE NUMEROUS FIXES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO TIRES/ALIGNMENT AND OTHER. TIRE ROD SNAPPED OFF, LUCKILY WHILE NOT ON THE FREEWAY. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND HAD TO STOP MID-TRIP ON OUR WAY TO WYOMING TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES. RAM 3500 2010.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A CONDITION WIDELY KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING THE MOST AWFUL GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THEN MY ABS LIGHT AND SERV 4WD LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE TUCKED BOBBLED AND WEAVED AND I COULD NO LONGER STEER IT. WHEN I GOT OUT TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM THE WHEEL ITSELF WAS RESTING ON THE HUB ASSEMBLY. PREVIOUS TO THIS I'VE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT END PARTS LIKE CRAZY. NEW BALL JOINTS AND I JOINTS ANNUALLY. BRAKES TWICE A YEAR, AND IT WILL EAT UP TIRES ON THE FRONT. ALSO THE TRUCK WILL NOT STAY ALIGNED. I'VE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND FIRST THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL, BUT THEN THEY STARTED TO GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND. I'VE HAD TO HAVE THEIR TIE ROD END RECALL FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL.
MY HUSBAND AND I TOTALED OUR 2010 DODGE RAM 3500 LESS THAN 24 HRS AFTER PICK UP THE TRUCK FROM THE LYTHIA DODGE WHICH THEY HAD FOR 5 DAYS STRAIGHT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. FOR THE STEERING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE BRAKES. IN 18MOS MY TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP 6 TIMES, FOR REPAIRS {UNACCEPTABLE}. WE WERE DRIVING ON A ARTERIAL ST AT ABOUT 35, WHEN I HEARD A SNAP. WE SUDDENLY WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHERE WE SIDESWIPED A SM SUV. WENT THRU TWO FENCES AND CRASHED INTO A HUGE SHOP TRAVELING ABOUT 210 YARDS. MY HUSBAND WAS CITED FOR NEG 2. HE STATED HE CAME TO IN THE SHOP, THE OFFICER REPORTED HE FEEL ASLEEP. MY VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE AUTO SOURCE FROM THE INS. FOR THE PAYOFF , HAD A LIST OF RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THE TIE-ROD. WE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VEERED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING AND SHOOK CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT UNDER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,500. UPDATED 05/26/16*LJ *TR
IT WAS REPORTED TO ME BY GRADY AMBULANCE IN ATLANTA GEORGIA THAT THEIR RAM 3500 AMBULANCES, YEARS 2010 THRU 2013, WERE EXPERIENCING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING DUE TO THE FRACTURING OF THE DRAG LINK TO PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT DURING LOW SPEED HIGH TURN ANGLE PARKING LOT MANEUVERS. ELEVEN VIN'S WERE SENT TO ME, WHICH RANGED BETWEEN 2010-2013 MODEL YEARS, AND MILEAGE RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY 80K -140K MILES. IT WAS REPORTED AND VERIFIED THROUGH WARRANTY THAT SOME OF THESE 11 VEHICLES HAD RECALL 13V-529 PERFORMED FOR THE TIE ROD PRIOR TO THE DRAG LINK BALL JOINT FRACTURING, AND SOME OF THE 11 VEHICLES DID NOT HAVE 13V-529 CAMPAIGN PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE DRAG LINK BALL JOINT FRACTURING. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DRAG LINK "END" WHERE THE BALL JOINT WAS FRACTURING WAS NOT PART OF RECALL CAMPAIGN 13V-529 SO GRADY WAS PURCHASING THE DRAG LINK END SERVICE PARTS FROM LOCAL DEALERSHIPS...
2010 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALL NOTICES 14V-635 AND 13V-529. *LD
I FILED A CLAIM WITH FCA REGARDING THE ABILITY TO SURRENDER MY VEHICLE UNDER THE CONSENT ORDER REACHED WITH FCA IN JULY 2015 . I SUBMITTED MY CLAIM WITH THEM ON 10/1/2015. I BEEN GIVEN NOTHING BUT A RUN AROUND. I NOTIFIED FCA ON 9/04/2015 REGARDING MY DESIRE TO BE APART OF THE RECALL PROCESS. I HAVE SUBMITTED ALL DOCUMENTS REQUESTED. I CALLED ON 10/27/2015 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FCA HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE RECALL PROCESS AND THAT THERE WAS NO CURRENT SOLUTION. MY LAST CONTACT WAS ON 11/2/2015 WHEN I WAS ASKED FOR A CURRENT PAY OFF WHICH I RESPONDED ON 11/3/2015. I JUST RECEIVED LAST WEEK THE RECALL NOTICE FOR THE FUEL HEATER ISSUE, BUT NOTHING ON THE STEERING RECALL. A DODGE DEALER THAT I WAS TO WORK WITH IN HUNTINGTON BEACH CA. WHICH I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE BECAUSE THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I SPOKE WITH...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 11/18/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIE RODS FAILED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD BALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11350000 (STEERING) BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,355.
I HAVE HAD TWO RECALLS FROM CHRYSLER ON THIS TRUCK AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARTS TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE FIRST RECALL WAS N49 FROM NOV. 6TH 2013. YES, THAT'S 2013, OVER TWO TEARS AGO. THIS IS TO REPAIR A STEERING COMPONENT THAT COULD FAIL AND CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I ALSO HAVE A RECALL P65 FROM OCT. 7TH 2014. THIS IS TO REPAIR A FUEL COMPONENT THAT COULD FAIL AND CAUSE A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. BOTH OF THESE ITEMS PRESENT SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES TO THE OPERATORS AND PASSENGERS OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP ME TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE UNRESPONSIVE AUTO MANUFACTURER.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOUR TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRACK BAR, UPPER TIE RODS, UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND THE LEFT LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE TIE ROD COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE LINKAGE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,746.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO ADVISE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 12/09/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON 11-4-2014. UPDATED 6/1/2015 *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE ONLY RECEIVING ONE PART PER WEEK AND PLACE THE CONTACT ON WAITING LIST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED THE REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE DEALER ORDERED PARTS 3 MONTHS AGO AND THE PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY.
THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING RECALL NOTICE ON MY VEHICLE, N49. DODGE TOLD ME THERE IS A DELAY FROM THE MANUFACTURER, AND CAN GIVE NO ESTIMATE ON TIME TO REPAIR. THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS CAUSED CRASHES DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL. *TR
I RECEIVED MY RECALL NOTICE N49/NHTSA 13V-529 A FEW MONTHS AGO. WHEN I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE I ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE RECALL. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE 4 TO 6 MONTHS FOR PARTS. I CALLED DODGE AND THEY SAID THERE IS A RESTRICTION ON THESE PARTS. IT IS SUMMER TRAVEL TIME AND I WANTED THIS DONE BEFORE MY TRIPS WHEN HAULING A 34 FOOT TRAILER. WHY SEND OUT RECALLS WHEN NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIRS WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 10/10/14*CN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT TWO PARTS PER WEEK WERE BEING MAILED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 8/19/14*CN THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED. UPDATED 09/16/14
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) WAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT, THE PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY SINCE THE PARTS WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING). THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THERE WERE NO FAILURES.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD WAS FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO REMAIN IN AN INWARD POSITION. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) AND THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE REMEDY PART TO BE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME. RK
RECALL FOR TIEROD LEFT SIDE AND UNABLE TO GET THE PARTS AS OF OCT 2013 AND UP UNTIL NOW NO PARTS AVAILABLE AND STILL DRIVING WITH DANGEROUS TIEROD AND NO PARTS FOR THE REPLACEMENT. NEED HELP WE ARE NOT GETTING HELP FROM THE US GOVERNMENT AT ALL SO SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE BEFORE YOU ALL STEP IN AND IT IS TO LATE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. 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. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REMEDY AVAILABLE BEFORE MAY OF 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
NOTICED THE FRONT TIRES WERE ODDLY WORN AND TOOK TRUCK TO TIRE STORE. REPLACED FRONT TIRES AND TRIED TO HAVE THE FRONT END ALIGNED. STORE SAID THEY COULD NOT ALIGN THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE TIE RODS WERE TOO WORN AND SUGGESTED I CHECK WITH CHRYSLER ABOUT A RECALL. TALKED WITH CHRYSLER WHO SAID WHILE THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON TIE RODS MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. TIE RODS SHOULD NOT BE WORN AFTER 27,000 MILES OF REGULAR DRIVING - SOMETHING IS WRONG. *TR
THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON MY TRUCK, DEC 2013. LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD. I HAVE TAKEN TO ROTOLO'S DODGE DEALER IN CHARLEROI PA FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. DEALER SAID IT NEEDS REPAIRED AND I WAS PLACED ON A LIST OF THIRTY. AND WOULD BE GIVEN A CALL WHEN DODGE SENDS THEM THE PARTS TO REPAIR. THAT NOW HAS BEEN FOUR MONTHS. AM I GOING TO DIE BECAUSE DODGE WILL NOT GET THE PARTS TO FIX MY TRUCK? CAN YOU HELP ME. WHY IS DODGE DRAGGING THIS OUT? *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V529000(STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE.
I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FROM DODGE IN DEC 2013. I THEN CONTACTED MY DODGE DEALER. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE JAN 2014 BEFORE THEY WOULD BEGAN REPAIRS BEGIN. I CHECKED BACK IN EARLY FEB AND WAS TOLD I WOULD BE PUT ON A LIST FOR REPAIRS. APRIL I HAD STILL NOT HEARD FROM DODGE SO I CONTACTED THEM AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THE MANUFACTORER HAD RECALLED THE RECALL PART AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. APRIL 11 WENT BY THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS GIVEN A RUN AROUND ABOUT REPAIRS. *JS
I HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON IT STILL. I DON'T OFF ROAD NOR DO I USE IT FOR COMMERCIAL USE. IN NOV 2011, WITH 19K MILES, I HAD THE LEFT TIE ROD REPLACED AS THE BALL JOINT PART WORE OUT AND WAS HANGING. THEN I GOT THE NOTICE IN DEC 13 OF THIS NEW TIE ROD ISSUE, I THOUGHT IT TO BE ONE IN THE SAME. I DEPARTED MY HOUSE FOR WORK. WITH NO NOTICE, AS I WAS BACKED OUT A DIRT DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A POP, IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS DRAGGING. I STOPPED, LOOKING UNDER THE FRONT AND BACK THINKING I HAD PICKED UP SOMETHING, THERE WAS NOTHING. AS I TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD, THE SCRAPING SOUND APPEARED AGAIN, I STOPPED, LOOKED UP UNDER THE FRONT END FINDING THE DRAG LINK HANGING ABOUT 8 INCHES OFF THE TIE ROD END. I CALLED THE DODGE CONTACT NUMBER IN THE...
CHANGED LANES AT APPROXIMATE 65 MPH THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE (WOBBLE) SO BAD IT WAS HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF IT. HAD TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO STOP . FELT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE THERE ARE OTHER POST WITH THE SAME ISSUE THEY HAVE CALLED THE WOBBLE AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT HAS HAPPEN 4 TIMES WITH THIS TRUCK AT DIFFERENT TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW OR HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED SUSPENSION CHECKED ALL IS GOOD ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR GARAGE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) IN JANUARY 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:13V529000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN THE RECALL PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NOTICE ID NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY AS A RESULT OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS VERY CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY SINCE THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THAT THE TIRES WERE FAILING BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE TIE ROD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
MY VEHICLE HAS A RECALL N49/NHTSA 13V-529 AND WHEN I CALLED TO GET THE RECALL WORK DONE I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL PARTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE THEY ARE FAILING TOO. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IF THE TIE ROD BREAKS ALL STEERING CONTROL IS LOST. THIS IS MY ONLY "RELIABLE" VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK, GROCERY SHOP, ETC. NOW I AM JUST SUPPOSED TO RISK MY LIFE EACH DAY I DRIVE IT? THE DEALER (CHAPMAN DODGE OF LAS VEGAS) WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE ME A DATE AS TO WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE IN TO FIX MY CAR OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. MY CO-WORKER ALREADY HAD HIS TIE ROD BREAK WHILE DRIVING ON HIS 2008 DODGE RAM 3500, LUCKILY HE HAD JUST COME TO A STOP OR WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. PLEASE GET DODGE TO DO THE RIGHT THINKING AND...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE NECESSARY PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE HER VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE MANUFACTURE HAD RECALLED THE ORIGINAL RECALLED PARTS FOR THE RECALL. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REMEDY AVAILABLE BEFORE MARCH 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 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE ONLY RECEIVING ONE RECALL KIT PER WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. *TR
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