2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FAILURES AT THIS TIME; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THE RECALL REPAIR PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE IS 37,507. UPDATED 10-24-13 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT DID NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF DRIVING VEHICLE WITH THE DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL FOR PARTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

IN OCTOBER 2012 I RECEIVED RECALL M34/NHTSA 12V-474 STATING THAT MY DODGE 1500 TRUCK HAD A SAFETY RECALL BUT THAT PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2013. IT IS NOW 6/16/2013 AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM CHRYSLER LLC. THEIR WEBSITE SAYS THAT I SHOULD TAKE MY TRUCK TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIR ASAP. THE LOCAL DEALER SAYS THAT CHRYSLER HAS NOT YET "RELEASED THE PARTS" TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO DATE AVAILABLE WHEN CHRYSLER WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN SHIPPING THE NECESSARY PARTS. THE RECALL NOTICE INDICATES THAT IF THE PART FAILS, A CRASH COULD OCCUR "WITHOUT WARNING". WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER RELEASED THE PARTS TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE? WHY HASN'T THE GOVERNMENT FORCED THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM? *TR

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

THE PART RECALL WAS A GASKET FOR THE AXLE. THE RECALL LETTER CAME TO ME ON NOV. 12/2012 AND WAS TOLD TO TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO ACTION JUST THE RUNAROUND GAME, CALLED THE CHRYSLER NUMBER PROVIDED BY DEALER, AND THE SAME THING, NOW IT'S JUNE 2013 CALLED AGAIN, BUT WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT MANUFACTURED THE PART YET. SO, THE 4-WHEEL POWER DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AS A WARNING TO SERVICE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE, I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL PART FOR THE VEHICLE, DODGE RAM 1500-2010. I WANT TO BUY AMERICAN VEHICLE BECAUSE I WANT TO SUPPORT THE MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO KEEP AMERICANS JOB IN OUR FACTORY'S, BUT TO GET SOMETHING DONE FOR A RECALL, AFTER SEVEN MONTHS, THIS WILL BE MY LAST AMERICAN PRODUCT I WILL EVER PURCHASE, AND DA HELL WITH ALL THE AMERICAN WORKERS, FIRST THEY SEND OUT A LETTER, AND THEN THE RUNAROUND. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL. *TR

DRIVING UP A STEEP MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY WHEN TRUCK LURCHED VIOLENTLY TWICE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A SWITCHBACK CORNER WITH A HORRIBLE DRAGGING SOUND AND SMOKE EVERYWHERE. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. OIL AND DRIVELINE PARTS WERE ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY. DENTED THE GAS TANK (POSSIBLY PUT A HOLE IN THE GAS TANK), WE WERE TOLD THE GAS TANK WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACED. THE REAR-END PINION NUT CAME LOOSE AND LOCKED UP THE REAR END CAUSING THE DRIVELINE TO FALL OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, TORE A HOLE IN THE TRANSFER CASE AND DAMAGED THE GAS TANK. WE WERE SIMPLY LUCKY THERE WERE OTHER MOTORISTS ON SAME HIGHWAY THAT COULD STOP AND HELP US AVOID A MAJOR COLLISION ON THE STEEP, BLIND CORNER/ON THE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY. DODGE IS GIVING US THE "RUN AROUND" ON GETTING THIS FIXED. THEY FINALLY REPAIRED THE TRUCK, PUTTING THE SAME, BUT NEW FAULTY PART THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECALL PROCESS, INTO OUR TRUCK AND WANTING US TO BE HAPPY WITH IT. WE ARE NOT. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE TRUCK WITH THE SAME FAULTY PART IN THE PICKUP. DODGE HAS NO "FIX" FOR US. THEY WANT US TO DRIVE OUR PICKUP WITH THE RECALLED PART UNTIL THEY COME UP WITH A FIXED PART. WE ARE NOT WILLING TO DO THIS. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE A DATE FOR EXPECTED AVAILABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEIZED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PINION NUT FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD ALSO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) THAT WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY STILL DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY FRO THE RECALLED FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,100. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE RECALL WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MAY OF 2013, HOWEVER THE REMEDY PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED FAILURE. .

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013 I NOTICED A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE UPON BRAKING AND/OR LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR. THE NOISE CONTINUED TO GET LOUDER THROUGHOUT MY DRIVE UNTIL I DECIDED TO PULL OVER AND INSPECT FOR A PROBLEM. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND AT ALL 4 WHEELS AND COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM AREA. UPON LEAVING THE PARKING LOT I PULLED BACK ONTO THE FREEWAY ACCESS ROAD AND REACHED 40 MPH. I BEGAN TO YIELD TO EXITING TRAFFIC AND STARTED SLOWING DOWN. FROM THE MINUTE I STARTED BRAKING I HEARD THE HUMMING NOISE AND FELT A STRONG RESISTANCE. THE SLOWER MY TRUCK GOT THE LOUDER THE NOISE WAS. WHENEVER I REACHED 20 MPH MY TRUCK WHEELS SEIZED UP AND I LOST ALL CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE CAME TO STOP IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE OF THE ACCESS ROAD. UPON EXITING MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THE DRIVE SHAFT LAYING ON THE GROUND. I TRIED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE IT. *TR