2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHE ATTEMPTED TO HITCH A TRAILER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RECEIVING HITCH BOLD WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE HITCH BOLD AND THE BOLT DID NOT SECURE THE AREA CAUSING THE BOLT HOLE TO EXPAND. THE HITCH HAD TO BE WELDED TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE TRAILER MOVED WHILE HAULING AND THE WELDING MAY FRACTURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

2010 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STALLED AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CONSUMER STATES REAR AXLE LOCKED UP. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE REAR AXLE LOCKED UP, HIS WIFE WAS THEN HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND SUFFERED INJURIES. *JB

ON MARCH 22, 2014 MY WIFE STEPPED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE NERF BAR TO ENTER THE TRUCK. BEFORE SHE COULD ENTER THE NERF BAR PULLED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND POSSIBLE REPAIR. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FACTORY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR UNLESS THERE WAS RUST OR CORROSION ON THE BODY. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING. I TRIED TO FILE WITH MY INSURANCE, BUT THEY REFUSED COVERAGE BECAUSE IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. I WAS ABLE TO FIND A SHOP TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THEY HAD TO SPECIAL ORDER SIX REINFORCED PLATES WITH RIVNUTS TO REPAIR BOTH SIDES BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE METAL AS WELL. THE TOTAL COST CAME TO $519.83. THE SHOP SAID THIS WAS A DODGE RAM SPECIFIC PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE. *TR

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FOWLER DODGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO HAVE A RECALL PERFORMED. (REAR AXLE PINION NUT-N08/NHTSA) I DROPPED MY VEHICLE OFF AT 9:30 A.M. AND INFORMED THE SERVICE TECH, [XXX], THAT I NEEDED MY VEHICLE BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE IT WAS MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. AFTER WAITING 8 HOURS I DEMANDED A LOANER SO THAT I COULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION WHILE MY TRUCK WAS BEING SERVICED. I HAD ALSO REQUESTED AN OIL CHANGE. WHEN I ARRIVED BACK AT THE DEALER TO SPEAK WITH A MANAGER ABOUT A LOANER I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR. AT ABOUT 5:00 P.M. I WAS TOLD MY TRUCK WAS READY. WHEN I ASKED [XXX] IF THE INSIDE OF THE AXLE LOOKED OKAY HE REPLIED THAT THEY DIDN'T INSPECT THE INSIDE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE THE TRUCK OVERNIGHT AND THAT THEY ONLY PUT A RETAINER ON THE NUT SO THAT I COULD HAVE MY TRUCK BACK. THE DEALER THEN UPDATED THE DATABASE TO REFLECT THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN COMPLETED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,300.

WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2010 DODGE RAM 1500 ON A COUNTY HIGHWAY WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD WHIRRING NOISE. AS WE APPROACHED A DOWNHILL SECTION AND MY HUSBAND TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE GAS THE NOISE WENT AWAY, BUT CAME BACK LOUDER AS SOON AS HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. INSTANTLY THERE WAS A BIG BOOM AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SWERVING WITH THE BACK END JACK KNIFING ON THE ROAD WHILE BOUNCING/BUCKING LIKE MOTION GIVEN THE TIRES FELT AS THOUGH THEY WERE ALSO LOCKED UP. WE COULD FEEL AND HEAR SOMETHING UNDER THE CAR BASHING THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THERE WERE NO ONCOMERS FORTUNATELY AND MY HUSBAND DID MANAGE TO STOP THE VEHICLE JUST SHORT OF THE GUARDRAIL AND GOING OVER THE RAVINE. THE CAR WAS STILL HALF IN THE LANE .. HORIZONTAL TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HE TURNED ON THE HAZARDS AND I JUMPED OUT, IT WAS DARK WITH NO LIGHTING ON THE ROAD AND HARD TO SEE UNTIL THE CAR BEHIND US STOPPED TO SEE IF WE WERE OK AND SAID OUR DRIVE SHAFT HAD DISCONNECTED. WE REMOVED OUR 2 YOUNG CHILDREN FROM THEIR CARSEATS, WAITED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE MEN TRIED TO MOVE THE TRUCK OUT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT THE TIRES WERE LOCKED. WE CALLED 911 FOR THE POLICE TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN A SAFER PLACE TO STAY OUT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS WE HAD A TOW TRUCK COME OUT TO BRING THE CAR TO THE NEARBY DODGE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT THE CAR, INFORMED US IT WAS PART OF A RECALL BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX IT IN STOCK. THEY DID NOT OFFER AN ALTERNATE VEHICLE TO US AND WE ARE STILL AWAITING WORD ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT ALMOST A WEEK AFTER THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. FOR ME THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT, UNDERCARRIAGE AND ALL EQUIPMENT/COMPONENTS OF THE VEHILE, TIRES WHICH WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXTREME WEAR AND LOW ON AIR ARE ALL NOW COMPROMISED. *JS

A/C DID NOT PUT OUT COLD AIR. ISSUES WITH A ACUATER DOOR BEHIND THE DASHBOARD AT 15K. THEN AT ABOUT 36K THE A/C WAS PUTTING OUT WARM AIR AGAIN. THE DEALER REPLACED A REGULATOR FOR THE COMPRESSOR. THE TRUCK HAS 75K AND THE EVAPERATIVE COOLER BEHIND THE DASHBOARD IS LEAKING AND NEEDS REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL POP HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES AND A LOUD THUD WAS HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE AXLE HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL SERVICE WERE NOT READILY AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000. UPDATED 10/1/14*CN

JUST GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE ABOUT A MILE UP THE ROAD HEARD A LOUD BAND/POP AND THE TRUCK JERKED CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND THE REAR WHEELS R LOCKED UP DEF. LOCKED UP THIS IS CAUSED BY A RECALL ON THE PINION NUT. *TR

WE HAVE A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH APPROXIMATELY 32000 MILES THE HVAC ACTUATOR GEARS ON OUR VEHICLE ARE BROKEN. I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY THING FOR 2010 DODGE RAM TRUCKS. HOWEVER WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER I WAS TOLD MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. BECAUSE IT WAS MANUFACTURED AT A DIFFERENT PLANT. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1000.00 I HAVE A LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO THE AFFECTED OWNERS IT WAS MARKED NOTIFICATION CODE K17 IT IS TITLED: REPROGRAM HVAC CONTROL HEAD AND INSPECT/REPLACE ACTUATORS. *TR