2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE HEATING SYSTEM AND THE DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT DEFROST AND THE HEATING SYSTEM BLEW COLD AIR IN THE WINTER OF 2015. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURES. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES OUTER TIE RODS TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V158000 (EQUIPMENT) PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN REGARDS TO THE HVAC SYSTEM FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

DUE TO POOR FRAME ENGINEERING THE FRONT GAS TANK STRAP LET GO CAUSING MY GAS TANK TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. THE STRAP ITSELF WAS PULLING ON THE BRAKE LINES AND CAUSING STRAIN. DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT RECALLED FOR IT AS OF YET. I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I FEEL THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE FUEL AND BRAKING SYSTEMS ARE BOTH INVOLVED.. ...UPDATED 08/02/17 *BF UPDATED 08/07/2017 *JS ...UPDATED 08/22/17 *BF *CN

LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER THE TRUCK WHILE IN MOTION. BROUGHT IN ON 5/17/17 TO DOVER DODGE, ROCKAWAY NJ. STEERING RACK WAS NOT AVAILABLE. NO NEW PARTS JUST REFURBISHED DIDN'T GET BACK UNTIL 5/20/17. PART #'S R5154492-AA, GEAR RACK 19001012. THREE WEEKS LATER HAPPENED AGAIN. BACK INTO SAME DODGE LOCATION ON 6/15/17. LESS THAN 24 HRS LATER HAPPENED AGAIN 200+ MILES FROM HOME! WE WERE BACKING INTO A CAMPSITE AND HEARD THE GRINDING. HAD TO BE TOWED FROM A CAMPGROUND WE WERE STAYING AT. IT PUT A DAMPER ON THE WHOLE TRIP. HAD TO LEAVE OUR CAMPER THERE PAYING FOR STORAGE AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE STEERING RACK TO COME IN. IT HAS BEEN A WHOLE WEEK ALREADY IT IS NOW IN FAIRFIELD DODGE, PA. WE FINALLY HAD TO MAKE THE 200+ TRIP BACK UP TO PICK THE TRUCK UP ON 7/2/17! FINGERS CROSSED SO FAR SO GOOD.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF.....RANDOMLY HAPPENS - EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY TOO. NO RECALL OR ANYTHING ON THIS ISSUE........WHY IS THIS NOT A HIGH PRIORITY......A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WON'T DO FAMILIES ANY GOOD WHEN A LIFE OR SEVERAL LIFES ARE LOST.....PLEASE MAKE THIS A TOP PRIORITY. THANK YOU.

NOTICED THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP HANGING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER LOOKING CLOSER I NOTICED IT WAS LOOSE BECAUSE THE SLOT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO IN THE FRAME WAS RUSTING OUT. DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND SAW THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 RAM. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS IF THE GAS TANK WERE TO DROP OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD IT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. *DSY 8/25/17 ..UPDATED 09/25/17 *BF ..UPDATED 10/04/17 *BF *JS

THE FRONT GAS TANK STRAP ANCHOR HAS ROTTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME, AND THE FUEL TANK WAS HANGING DOWN IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IF IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE GAS TANK WILL RUPTURE AND CAUSE A FIRE. THIS IS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR STOPPED. VISITED THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, THOUGH IF YOU GOOGLE IT, THIS IS A SYSTEMIC SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR BURNED TO DEATH. ...UPDATED 08/02/17 *BF *CN

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY. I WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH THE KEYS IN MY POCKET. I INSTRUCTED MY CHILDREN TO GET IN THE TRUCK. AS THEY CLIMBED IN, ONE CHILD LOST HER BALANCE AND HIT THE GEAR SHIFT. THE GEAR SHIFT INTERLOCK FAILED, ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO CHANGE GEARS FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL. THE TRUCK THEN PROCEEDED TO ROLL DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, WITH TWO OF MY KIDS IN THE CAB, AND MY THIRD CHILD HANGING ON THE DOOR BEING DRUG ACROSS THE GROUND. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT MY TRUCK PLOWED THROUGH MY DITCH, DESTROYED MY MAILBOX CAUSING $7,800 DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, WHO PERFORMED A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY CONCLUDED THE GEAR SHIFT INTERLOCK DID INDEED FAIL, THEY REFUSED RESPONSIBILITY STATING THAT "MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER." I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SHIFT INTERLOCK WAS FAILED. IN FACT, THE ENGINEER THAT DID THE INVESTIGATION STATED THAT IT EXHIBITED INTERMITTENT FAILURE. SO THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO KNOW IT WAS FAILED UNTIL I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. AFTER MY TRUCK ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, I REALIZED SOMETHING HAD FAILED. FURTHERMORE, THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES NOT SPECIFY ANY RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE FOR THE SHIFT INTERLOCK. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, BUT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT SET.....UPDATED 06/21/17 *BF *TR

WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AND THE TRUCK JUST DIED. I TRIED TO START IT BACK UP AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. THINKING THAT IT WAS JUST A BATTERY PROBLEM, I PUT A JUMP BOX ON IT AND IT STARTED. TOOK THE JUMP BOX OFF AND IT DIED. KNEW IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE SHOP. THEY PUT A NEW ALTERNATOR ON IT AND STILL WAS NOT CHARGING. CHANGED THE BATTERY AND STILL WAS NOT CHARGING. CHECKED THE FUSE BOX AND FOUND A BLOWN FUSE FOR THE PCM AND CHANGED IT. IT STILL WAS NOT CHARGING. LIKE ANYONE ELSE AND PRODUCT OF ELIMINATION, VOLTAGE REGULATOR. GO TO CHANGE THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND FIND OUT THAT THEY CHANGED IT TO A MODULE THAT THEY PUT INSIDE THE COMPUTER. NOW, I HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE COMPUTER CHANGED OR DO WITHOUT MY TRUCK WHILE THE COMPUTER IS FIXED. WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO TAKE SUCH A SIMPLE PART AS A VOLTAGE REGULATOR THAT COMMONLY GOES OUT AND COMBINE IT WITH A MAJAR PART SUCH AS A COMPUTER THAT COST $100'S OF DOLLARS TO FIX?

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. I WENT TO AN AUTO SHOP AND AFTER ASSESSING THE ISSUE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PINION WAS BAD AND THERE WAS A CHUNK OF METAL BROKE OFF IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. REPAIRS COST OVER 1600$.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND DRIVE SHAFT CAME OFF MAKING ME LOSE CONTROL OF MY TRUCK BEFORE STOPPING ON SIDE OF ROAD BOUGH THIS VEHICLE ALMOST A YEAR AGO NEVER RECIEVED ANYTHING ABOUT A RECALL