2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

INTERMITTENT RANDOM STALLING OF VEHICLE. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND AT VARIOUS SPEED. OCCURRED ONCE AFTER A SUDDEN STOP, THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. HAS HAPPENED WHEN TURNING CORNER AT SLOW SPEED, ENGINE STALLED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BUT NOT ON ANY REGULAR BASIS SO THAT I COULD HAVE IT INVESTIGATED.

2008 DODGE RAM 1500 4X2 - QUAD CAB. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE. HAD FRONT END ALIGNMENT CHECKED AND TIRES WERE BALANCED AND ALIGNED CORRECTLY. TECHNICIAN AT PRIVATE SHOP INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL WEAR AND TEAR NOTED IN THE BALL JOINTS EITHER. STILL DRIVING VEHICLE WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS OCCURRING. HAVE NOT NOTIFIED DEALER/MANUFACTURER YET.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE FRONT END WANTS TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT PULL IT FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS TURNING. I HAVE HAD THE ALINEMENT CHECKED AND HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON. STILL HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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.

THE KEY EASILY DISENGAGES FROM THE "RUN" POSITION AND CUTS OFF THE ENGINE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL. THIS CAN EVEN OCCUR IF THE KEY IS ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED BY YOUR KNEE. THIS IS IDENTICAL TO THE REPORTED AFFECTS OF THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000. MY 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 IS NOT LISTED IN THAT NOTICE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE, AND DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS THAT HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE.

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 NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I'VE BEEN A DODGE TRUCK ON HER FOR YEARS WHEN I WANT ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT I HAVE CONCERNS REFERENCE MY 2008 DODGE WITH THE STEERING PROBLEM I DRIVE THE INTERSTATE EVERY DAY I DON'T FEEL SAFE SO WHAT DOOR NEED TO DO THE TRUCK IS PARKED RIGHT NOW

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 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.

STEERING BECAME VERY LOOSE AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AT 35,900. THE TRUCK FELT LIKE THE FRONT END WAS GOING TO FALL OFF AND WAS WANDERING AND BOUNCING. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER (ROYAL DODGE OWEGO, NY) FOR EVALUATION IN THE SUMMER OF 2011 AND WAS TOLD THE LEFT TIE ROD END WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I OBTAINED A QUOTE OF APPROXIMATELY $200 TO REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD END AND DO AN ALIGNMENT. I ENDED UP REPLACING THE TIE ROD END MYSELF ($50) AND HAVING THE TRUCK LINED UP ($80) AT MOORE'S TIRE SALES IN OWEGO, NY. UPON EVALUATION OF THE DEFECTIVE TIE ROD, I NOTICED THERE WASN'T ANY GREASE FROM THE FACTORY ON THE TIE ROD BALL ONCE I CUT THE BOOT OPEN. I ALSO ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE TIRES DUE TO THE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. I AM AWARE OF THE RECALLS ON THIS TRUCK BUT I HAVE THE EXTENDED CAB VERSION AND THE RECALL IS ONLY FOR THE MEGA CAB VERSION???? I THINK THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE EXTENDED CAB VERSION ALSO. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE FOR FIAT CHRYSLER TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE EXPENSE? I ALSO JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD FOR THE SAME CONDITION AT 58,000 MILES. UPDATED 9/28/15 *LN UPDATED 12/13/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. MA 10/19/2015 UPDATED 12/13/2017*CN