2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

NO ACCIDENT YET BUT FORSEEN. THE U-JOINT PART OF INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT IS ABOUT TO COME APART. THE TRUCK HAS 110K MI. AND IF THIS COMES APART I WILL LOSE ALL STEERING CAPABILITY ALSO HAVE 2"OFPLAY IN STEERING WHEEL CAUSING DIFFICULITY IN STEERING AND WEAVING I BELIEVE THIS PART SHOULD HAVE MUCH LONGER LIFE THAN THIS AND SOME SORT OF SECONDARY MECHANISM TO HOLD THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE IF IT COMES APART WHILE DRIVING IT WILL BE A DISASTER.IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE

AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL ON SERVAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE TRUCK WILL SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS OR SERVICE LIGHTS. THIS CAUSES THE POWER STEERING AND EVERYTHING TO STOP. WHEN AT A STOP SIGN IT CAN BE STARTED SAFELY FROM PARK OR NEUTRAL BUT WHEN MOVING IT HAS TO BE PUT IN NEUTRAL TO RE START BECAUSE THE BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK GOOD EITHER. IT HAS HAPPENED AT STOP SIGN AND STOP LIGHT AS WELL AS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH

THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK HAS BEEN GOING OUT. TIE RODS, SWAY BAR END LINKS, CV AXLES, UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. MY BACK GLASS ISN'T SEALED PROPERLY AND POURS WATER IN THE CAB WHEN IT RAINS DRENCHING MY PASSENGERS OR WHATEVER I AM CARRYING IN THE BACKSEAT, THE WATER POOLS UP UNDER THE SEATS AND I ROUTINELY HAVE TO MASK THE SMELL FROM IT

2008 DODGE RAM THAT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING TO WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK SHUTS OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY SCARY AND INCONVENIENT ASIDE FROM BEING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE INTO A DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PATTERSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (3435 E END BLVD S, MARSHALL, TX 75672, (903) 935-9355) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NUT ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER; HOWEVER, NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE AND STOPPED MIDWAY ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HIGH SPEED SETTINGS WORKED PERFECTLY FINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. ATHENS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (4145 ATLANTA HWY, ATHENS, GA 30606, (706) 549-7555) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V084000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION FELL INTO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TACOMA DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (253-475-7300, LOCATED AT 4101 S TACOMA WAY, TACOMA, WA 98409) WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000. *TP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND POLICE REPORT NUMBER: SP19360029 WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP AND DECLARED TOTALED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILURES. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,573.*DT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE MOVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, A LOUD CRUNCH SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE INNER TIE ROD PULLED OUT OF THE OUTER TIE ROD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED BURNWORTH-ZOLLARS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM AT 574-773-7878 (LOCATED AT 2450 N MAIN ST, NAPPANEE, IN 46550) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,000. *TT*JB

I HAVE 332,683 MILES ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 MY CATALISTIC CONVERTER WENT I CANNOT GET IT INSPECTED I THOUGHT THEY WERE TO LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE TRUCK? CAN YOU HELP I THINK THAT THIS IS A RECORD FOR A GASOLINE ENGINE STILL RUNS GREAT EXCEPT FOR THIS PROBLEM IF YOU CAN HELP I THANK YOU (XXXX) REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)