2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO MULTIPLE TREES. THE AIR BAGS HAD A DELAYED DEPLOYMENT AND EMITTED METAL FRAGMENTS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE ABRASIONS TO THE FACE AND A COLLAPSED LUNG, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 218,000. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. .....UPDATED 06/22/16 * BF THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE SEAT BELT DID RESTRAIN HIM PROPERLY . THE CONSUMER HAD A SECOND ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. UPDATED 06/29/16

INTERMITTENT SHUT DOWN AT ANY TIME. CRANK POSITION SENSOR WIRE SHORTING OUT AGAINST ENGINE BLOCK. POOR DESIGN, WIRE SHOULD BE ENCLOSED IN SUCH AWAY THERE IS NO CHANCE OF THIS OCCURRING.

I WAS PULLING MY 19FT. BOAT, AND I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, AND I HIT THE GAS. THERE WAS A KNOCK IN THE REAR END AND A LOUD POP. I LOOKED UNDER THE REAR END, AND I NOTICED THAT THE REAR END WAS LEAKING AT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED THE REAR WHEELS WOULD NOT ROLL. THE REAR END LOCKED UP. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS WENT OUT. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 34,000 MILES. THE FIRST TIME THE REAR END WAS MAKING GROUNDING SOUNDS BEFORE I TOOK IT IN. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT UNDER THE ORIGINAL SERVICE WARRANTY. WHEN THEY TOOK THE REAR END APART, THEY FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL. THIS TIME THE TRUCK NOW HAS 94,000 MILES. BOTH DIFFERENTIALS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 45,000 MILES EACH.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO 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 CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE BEEN ON A REPAIR LIST AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP SINCE LATE DECEMBER OF 2015 AND AM TOLD THAT AS OF 3/10/16 THEY DO NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS SEEMS TO BE FAR BEYOND A REASONABLE TIME FOR THIS REPAIR.

I WAS DRIVING AND I STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD NOISE AND THE TRUCK DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. SO I TOOK IT TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY REAR END WAS MESSED UP. I HAD TO REPLACE THE PINION BEARINGS, REAR WHEEL SEALS AND ALL THE BEARINGS IN THE REAR END. THEN AFTER ALL THAT WAS FINALLY FIXED I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I START TO HEAR THE SAME NOISE AGAIN SO YET AGAIN I TOOK IT TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND YET AGIAN THEY TELL ME THAT THE REAR END IS MESSED UP. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT MY TRUCK WAS UNDER RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM . MY ENTIRE REAR END IS MESSED UP BECAUSE OF THIS AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE THE MECHANICS HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS UNDER RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO 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 CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WHILE COASTING TO A STOP LIGHT FROM 45MPH, ENGINE SHUT DOWN LOOSING POWER STEERING, THUS 100% CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TRUCK STOPPED IN THE INTERSECTION BLOCKING 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP, ALTHOUGH DID NOTICE RPM FLUCTUATED JUST PRIOR TO EPISODE. TRUCK STARTED UP SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I CONTINUED ON MY WAY, NO CLUE'S ON WHAT OCCURRED.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 09V084000 (VISIBILITY). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE BEYOND A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME TO SUPPLY THE PARTS TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 04/22/2016*LJ