2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WAS DRIVE A 2009 RAM 1500 AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A BACK ROAD WHEN I NOTICED A HUM AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. ABOUT A 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE ABRUPT STOP AND WOULDN'T MOVE. GOT OUT AND NOTICED THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE REAR END. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD FOR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 84000 MILES TO BE FALLING APART LIKE THAT. UPON LOOKING UP ON THE INTERNET FOR THE CAUSE, I NOTICED THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS VERY THING. RECALL #12V-474 AND POSSIBLY #13V-038. TOOK IT TOO THE SHOP AND THEY REFUSED TO HONOR ANY RECALL, SO I CALLED CHRYSLER WHO REALLY COULDN'T GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER, BUT STATED THAT WE MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS, BUT HAD TO PAY UPFRONT FOR IT. THE QUOTED COST WAS $2200 TO REPAIR AS I'M SURE IT TORE UP THE REAR IN.

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I SAFELY MADE IT TO THE CENTER TURN LANE. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT DRIVE, I COULD FEEL AND HEAR A NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH, THE DRIVELINE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR AXLE. I PULLED THE DRIVE LINE FROM THE TRANSFER CASE PUT IT IN 4WD AND TRIED TO DRIVE TO A SIDE STREET, BUT THE REAR AXLE WAS SEIZED. AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECH TO GET FIXED THAT NIGHT. I CHECKED AND APPARENTLY THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I DO ALL MY MAINTENANCE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGH THE TRUCK BRAND NEW AND THEY NEVER TOLD ME, NOR DID I SEE A LETTER IN THE MAIL. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS IT SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSE A CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP LOOSENED CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO PARTIALLY DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS TEMPORARILY RECONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE WITH A NYLON STRAP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK FRAME RAIL WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,200. UPDATED 09/02/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED AS OF 8/3/15 CHRYSLER OFFERED TO RE-PURCHASE VEHICLE AT MSRP. THE FRAME RAIL RUSTED WHERE THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP ATTACHES TO THE FRAME CAUSING THE TANK TO DISLODGE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 12/16/2015 *JS...UPDATED 08/08/17 *BF UPDATED 11/02/2017*CN

I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH MY FAMILY ON RT 280 EAST DOING ABOUT 65MPH WHEN TIRE VALVE/SENSOR POPPED OFF OF RIM AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHCILE. THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE VALVE/SENSOR SEPERATED FROM EACH OTHER. THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF SUCH A SAFETY ISSUE. CALLED DODGE TO FILE A COMPLAINT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND NOTHING WAS DONE ! PAID $450. TO REPLACE ALL 4 VALVE/SENSOR JUST SO I CAN FEEL SAFE IN MY TRUCK. WHEN I LOOKED AT NEW VALVES THEY HAD BEEN REDESIGNED WITH A RUBBER STEM INSTEAD OF ALUMINUM THAT CORRODES. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD PROBLEMS AND MODIFIED THEM WITHOUT CONTACTING VEHICLE OWNERS! THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO THE FOURTH GEAR FROM DRIVE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE GEAR BACK INTO DRIVE AND IT FAILED TO SHIFT POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED AND THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIRE VALVE STEM WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO VERIFIED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. MA 08/13/15 UPDATED 10/19/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONER EMITTED WARM AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE NUMBER TWO CONTROL FAN SPEED WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPEWED FROM THE FILLER NECK AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE HOSE CONNECTOR FOR THE GASOLINE WAS TOO SMALL AND THE SMALL SIZE OF THE HOSE ALLOWED FUEL TO SPILL OUT PREVENTING THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO FILL THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING SOUND UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THE KNOCKING SOUND STOPPED, THE VENTILATION SYSTEM FAILED AND CAUSED THE DEFROST TO FAIL. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE AIR BLEND DOOR AND THE ACTUATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.