2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER PROVIDED AN UNREASONABLE ESTIMATED TIME FRAME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO FAILURES.

I HAVE A DODGE RAM 1500 AFFECTED BY THE K17 RECALL FOR PARTS CDEA1K171AA (REPROGRAMMING) AND CDJ1K172AA (RECIRCULATION DOOR). THE SECOND IS A ACTUATOR FOR THE RECIRCULATION DOOR. THIS RECALL WAS COMPLETED ON 12/22/2010. IN JAN AND AGAIN IN MAR 2014 TWO MORE ACTUATOR DOORS WENT OUT DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE ACTUATOR. FIRST, PART NUMBER 68089742AA, FOR THE BLEND DOOR AND SECONDLY, PART NUMBER 68089742AA, FOR THE FOOT ACTUATOR AND THE DEFROST. THE GEARS WERE STRIPPED ON BOTH DOORS AND THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD THUMPING FROM UNDER THE DASH. BOTH WERE REPLACED AT MY COST. THERE ARE FOUR ACTUATOR DOORS IN THIS MODEL RAM TRUCK. THIS IS FAR PAST COINCIDENTAL THAT "ACTUATORS" ARE DEFECTIVE IN THIS TRUCK, BUT THE RECALL ONLY REPLACED ONE WHEN THE RECALL CLEARLY STATES "ACTUATORS", PLURAL. THE FIRST I REPLACED IN JAN. CAUSED ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUT THE FRONT WINDOW FROM ICE AND FOG. THE SECOND IN MAR. DISABLED THE A/C AND HEATER USAGE COMPLETELY. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUATORS INSTALLED ON THIS VEHICLE AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED BY THE AUTO MAKER AT THEIR COST. IN THE CHRYSLER RECALL, K17, IT STATES THAT "IF THERE ARE MODE DOOR ACTUATORS THAT NEED REPLACING, UP TO 4 ADDITIONAL HOURS MAY BE REQUIRED". THE RECALL STATES PLURAL ACTUATOR DOORS. I HAVE SUBMITTED A CLAIM TO CHRYSLER AND THEY STATE THAT THE ACTUATORS I REPLACED WERE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FOUR IN THIS VEHICLE AND THREE OF THE FOUR HAVE GONE BAD. *TR

ABOUT A MONTH AGO I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE GAVE OUT. IT RUINED THE TIRE SO I BROUGHT IT TO A TIRE PLACE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER INSPECTION ,THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE NUT CAME OFF THE STEM AND THAT IS WHY THE TIRE GAVE OUT. WHEN I WENT HOME I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRE STEMS AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE TWO OUT OF THE OTHER THREE TIRE VALVE STEM NUTS ARE BROKEN. I'M CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT NOTHING HAPPENS BEFORE I GET THEM FIXED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOT HAD A RECALL. *TR

WE WERE ON A HIGHWAY GOING SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH AND OUR TRUCK NOTIFICATION SAID LOW TIRE PRESSURE. WE PULLED OVER AND LOOKED AND THE TIRES LOOKED OK. WE PULLED BACK OUT AND WENT LESS THAN HALF A MILE AND THE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT. THE VALVE STEM COVER NUT HAD SPILT AND BROKE OFF. THE WHOLE PIECE FELL INSIDE THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT. WE HAD THE TIRE LOOKED AT AND THE VALVE STEM COVER NUTS AND STEM THREADS ARE ALL CORRODED. WE PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON AND THEN AGAIN TODAY (APRIL 25, 2014) IT SAID LOW TIRE PRESSURE AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN A VALVE STEM COVER NUT SPLIT AND BROKE OFF DUE TO CORROSION. WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SPARE AND WE WERE QUOTED A PRICE OF $75 TO $90 TO REPLACE EACH OF THE VALVE STEM PIECES. THE OTHER TWO TIRES ON THE TRUCK HAVE SPLITS IN THE VALVE STEM COVER NUTS AND ALL HAVE CORROSION TOO. SO NOW I'VE GOTTA REPLACE THESE ON ALL FOUR TIRES AND REPLACE ONE WHOLE TIRE.. *TR

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE ABOUT JANUARY 6, 2014 FOR OUR 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. RECALL NUMBER N49 / NHTSA 13V-529. I HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER MONTHLY SINCE THAT TIME (BERGSTROM AUTOMOTIVE, KAUKAUNA, WI 54130, AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR. I NEED TO WAIT FOR A SECOND NOTICE. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THIS RECALL? *TR

FRONT PASSENGER TIRE TO DEFLATED IN LESS 10 SECONDS WHILE TRALING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TIRE WAS LESS THAN 1YEAR OLD AND HAD UNDER 1500 MILES ON IT. UPON INSPECTION THERE WERE NO PUNTURES/LEAKS, HOWEVER THE VALVE STEM WAS SEVERLY CRACKED AND FELL INTO THE TIRE UPON REMOVAL OF THE WHEEL. THIS IS THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THIS HAPPENING IN LESS THAN A YEAR ON THE TRUCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT KEY FOB BECAME TRAPPED IN THE IGNITION AND CAUSED THE AUTOMATIC LOCK SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE CONTACT HAD TO LOCK THE DOORS MANUALLY AND DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO SHUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DOWN. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE IGNITION MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V200000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,551.

UPON START-UP OF THE VEHICLE A TICKING NOISE IS HEARD (POSSIBLE EXHAUST LEAK). THE SOUND BECOMES LESS NOTICEABLE AS THE ENGINE WARMS TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. SIMILAR CASES HAVE BEEN SEEN IN 2009 MODELS CAUSED BY BROKEN OR LOOSE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS FOR CYLINDERS 7 AND 8. CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT THEY STATED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THAT RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME YEAR AND ENGINE TYPE. *JS

HEATING AND AIR WILL NOT BLOW AIR ON WINDSHIELD OR PASSENGER WHICH IN A HIGH HUMIDITY SITUATION(RAIN) WOULD CAUSE THE WINDOWS TO FOG OVER AND NOT CLEAR UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. *JS

TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON STATE ROUTE 17 IN ILLINOIS. AFTER 40MILES INTO TRIP, NOTICED IN SIDE MIRROR THAT DRIVERS SIDE SEEMED TO BE DOWN IN THE REAR COMPARED TO LAST TIME I CHECKED. VEHICLE BEHIND ME WAS ACCELERATING AS TO CATCH UP TO ME. AT THE SAME TIME FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION AND LOOKING AT DASH SAW LOW TIRE WARNING LIGHT COME ON. CONTINUED TO NEXT INTERSECTION AND TURNED LEFT , STOPPED AND INSPECTED TIRE, FOUND THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS MISSING FROM THE RIM OF WHEEL. CHANGE TO SPARE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE METAL VALVE STEM WAS IN FLAT TIRE AND RIM. 4-9-14 TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THE TIRE WAS SHOT BECAUSE OF SIDE WALL DAMAGE, NOTE DISTANCE TRAVELED 50FT. TIRES WERE NEW 15000 MILES PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE . DEALER CHECKED THREE OTHER VALVE STEMS AND FOUND CRACKS IN RETAINING NUTS? STEMS ARE ALUMINUM. ALL STEMS REPLACED ALONG WITH 1 NEW TIRE. COST OF MOUNTING AND BALANCE AND BREAKING DOWN THREE OTHER TIRES AND REPLACEMENT OF NEW RUBBER STYLE VALVE STEMS. TOTAL$ 376.97. LABOR 42.50 PARTS 310.52 SHOPS SUPPLIES 2.13 SALES TAXES 21.82. A RELATIVE OF MINE OWNS SAME TRUCK AND TOOK TO DEALER AND FOUND HIS STEMS WERE CRACKED ON HIS TRUCK ALSO. THIS WAS AS OF TODAYS DATE 4-10-14. DODGE NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND NOTICE THE THOUSAND'S OF OTHERS WITH SAME EQUIPMENT. THESE TIRES ACTUALLY BLOW OUT, ACCIDENTS WILL MOST LIKELY HAPPEN. PLEASE ADVISE DODGE THAT OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED AND THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAID IN FULL FOR THE TROUBLES THIS HAS CAUSED. THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS ALONG, THIS IS A VALUABLE SITE FOR THE GOUGED CONSUMER. G M COULD GET A NEW CUSTOMER HERE. *TR