2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. CALLED EXPRESSWAY DODGE, THEY SAID THERE WASN'T ONE. THE FIRST OF JULY 2013 RECEIVED FORMAL NOTICE IN MAIL. CALLED EXPRESSWAY DODGE TO FIND OUT IF THE PART WAS IN STOCK, IF SO TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. IHELD ON THE LINE FOR THE STOCK CLERCK TO CHECK FOR THE PART, HE CAME BACK AND SAID YES THEY HAD THE PART, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK MY TRUCK TO HAVE IT CHECKED. NO PART, THEY DIDN'T EVEN OFFER TO INSPECT MY TRUCK TO SEE IF IT NEEDED THE SAID PART. VERY DISSAPOINTED *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A 2 LANE PAVED ROAD AT APPROX. 55 MPH, A HUMMING SOUND COULD BE HEARD FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE UPON RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR. THE HUM INCREASED IN INTENSITY VERY QUICKLY, RESULTING IN A LARGE BANG AND NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL LESS THAN 1 MINUTE AFTER FIRST HEARING THE SOUND. I WOULD LATER LEARN THAT THE REAR-AXLE PINION NUT HAD DETACHED, RESULTING IN THE REAR WHEELS LOCKING AND HAVING THE SIDE-EFFECT OF DROPPING THE DRIVESHAFT ONTO THE GROUND. I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF THE HIGHWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE, AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED 1 MINUTE SOONER OR 1 MINUTE LATER, I WOULD HAVE MOST CERTAINLY LOST CONTROL AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND OTHER VEHICLES WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, OR IN THE CASE OF HAPPENING 1 MINUTE LATER I WOULD HAVE RE-ENTERED A DENSE HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC AREA AND THE CHANCES OF INVOLVING OTHER VEHICLES WOULD HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY. FORTUNATELY, FOR THAT BRIEF STRETCH OF ROAD, I WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS, GRANTING ME THE ABILITY TO REGAIN CONTROL AND GET OFF THE ROAD AT A SAFE TURN-OFF, THAT HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY TURN-OFF IN THE AREA. TO SUM UP MY EXPERIENCES, IF THIS EVENT HAD OCCURRED AT ANY OTHER LOCATION DURING MY COMMUTE, IT WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT MUCH WORSE, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THIS WAS THE PERFECT SPOT AS I DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER VEHICLES AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT COMPONENT, BUT I HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED BY MAIL OR BY MY LOCAL DEALER WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT ANY OPEN RECALLS BARELY A MONTH BEFORE WHEN PERIODIC MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED. THEY DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING IN THEIR SYSTEM AND MY VEHICLE REMAINED 'OFFICIALLY ROADWORTHY' UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. THIS IS DISTRESSING, AS MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING OR I COULD HAVE HAD PASSENGERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V03800 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THERE WAS NO TIME FRAME GIVEN FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT HE WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2013, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REMEDY AVAILABLE. THE RECALL STATED THAT THE EXPECTED DATE TO BEGIN SERVICING VEHICLES WAS DURING MAY OF 2013 AND IT WAS CURRENTLY MID AUGUST OF 2013. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BOOM AS THE REAR END DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER AND UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PINION NUT HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,074.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND A SECOND NOTICE WOULD BE SENT ONCE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2013 AND THE RECALL STATED IT WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY OF 2013, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PARTS AVAILABLE IN AUGUST OF 2013. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. .... UPDATED 10-17-13 *BF

2010 DODGE RAM TRUCK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE REAR WHEEL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS TOWING A SMALL U-HAUL TRAILER WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND CAUSED THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP, AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL # 12V474000. UPDATED 10/22/13 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RECEIVING NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE RECALL. TWO MONTH AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTIFICATION, THE MANUFACTURER STILL DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REMEDY THE RECALL. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) SIX MONTHS AGO AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ

2010 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REAR AXLE PINION NUT RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE CALLED HIS LOCAL DEALER REGARDING THE RECALL, HE WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED IT HAS BEEN FIVE MONTHS, AND NO ONE CAN GIVE HIM A DEFINITIVE ANSWER AS TO WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.