2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH IN THE CENTER LANE OF VERY HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC WHEN MY TRUCKS 4-WHEEL LOW LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED TO FLASH AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER, MY TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND MADE A LOUD CRUNCHING GRINDING NOISE AND WITHIN SECONDS MY TRUCK HAD SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH. I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. NOW IN A PANICKED STATE OF MIND NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED, I SOMEHOW WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, GOT MY TRUCK ACROSS THE LANES OFF TRAFFIC AND OFF TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. MY TRUCK WAS NOW STUCK IN 4 WHEEL LOW. I HAD TO DRIVE AROUND 10 MILES HOME WITH THE TRUCK IN THIS CONDITION, DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITH MY FLASHERS ON. I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO MY DODGE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE TRUCK MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING IT TO SHIFT INTO 4 WHEEL LOW. NUMEROUS TRIPS BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAS MADE ME FEEL VERY UNSAFE ABOUT DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON THE FREEWAY. TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. CHRYSLER SPECIALISTS SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. BESIDES BEING A HAZARD TO DRIVE IT IS COSTING ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS AND THEY NEVER FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A WARRANTY ISSUE THAT THEY ARE REFUSING TO HONOR. THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED IS THE DRIVE TRAIN, THE TRANSFER CASE TO BE EXACT.

THE TRUCK BEGAN STALLING WHILE SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT IS NOW HAPPENING WHEN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO PARK. THERE ARE NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I LOOSE POWER STEERING. THE TRUCK ALWAYS RE-STARTS RIGHT AWAY.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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.

I AM CONCERNED WITH THE REAR PINION RETAINING NUT PROBLEM I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD ABOUT ON THESE VEHICLES. I FEEL IT SHOULD BE AN EXPANDED RECALL AS I DON'T WANT TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAVE MY REAR DIFF LOCK UP OR EXPLODE INTERNALLY IF ITS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FIXED. *TR

FRONT OUTPUT SHAFT(AXEL) ON TRUCK FAILED AT 68,768 MILES REPLACED WITH OEM PART, FRONT SHAFT FAILED AGAIN AT 92,440 MILES REPLACED AGAIN. *TR

TRUCK HAS HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF STALLING AND SHUTTING OFF WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING OR NOTICE. I COME TO A STOP OR TURN AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. POWER STEERING IS LOST AND EVEN THOUGH IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP WHEN PUT ON NEUTRAL IT HAS STARTED TO WORRY ME TO THE POINT WHERE I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR FEAR THIS MAY HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. I'VE HAD THROTTLE WORK DONE AND WIRES REPLACED BUT IT CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING AND NO CODES APPEAR AS TO WHAT MAY BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER ALSO CANNOT TELL ME THE REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF TRAFFIC AT 70 MPH WHEN MY 4WL LITE FLASHED,I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND MY TRUCK JERKED VIOLENTLY, I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED. MY TRUCK IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN TO 30MPH RIGHT AFTER THE LOUD NOISE. I THEN HAD TO GET ACROSS TWO LANES OF SPEEDING FREEWAY TRAFFIC TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE. AFTER I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CALMED MY NERVES, I DID DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND DISCOVERED THAT MY TRUCK HAD SHIFTED ITSELF INTO FOUR WHEEL LOW AT 70 MPH. I LIMPED MY TRUCK HOME, STUCK IN FOUR WHEEL LOW, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND TOOK IT TO MY DODGE DEALER. ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER AND NUMEROUS TRIPS BACK TO VARIOUS DEALERSHIPS TO GET THIS WARRANTY WORK FIXED, AND OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THE PROBLEM HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED AND CHRYSLER CONSIDERS THE CASE CLOSED. I'M AFRAID NOW AFTER THIS INCIDENT TO TAKE MY TRUCK ON THE FREEWAY AS I FEEL IT IS NOT SAFE FOR ME OR THE DRIVERS AROUND ME. NEXT TIME I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL SPILLED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL FILLER TUBE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FROM THE FLOOR AND VENTS. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE WAS VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND A POLICE AND A FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000.

DURING THE 5YR INSPECTION WAS TOLD THE LT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO BEARINGS WORN WITH APPX 50000 MILES ELECTRICAL/ENGINE; WHEN DRIVING GOING OVER ROUGH SURFACE, BUMP OR RXR TRACKS THE JARRING CAN CAUSE THE TRUCK TO LOOSE POWER SHUTTING DOWN ALL PWR STEERING AND BRAKES THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTI OCCASIONS. WHEN TRYING TO DUPLICATE UNABLE TO CAUSE SHUTDOWN. *TR