2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

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), HOWEVER THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY ISSUES MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. THERE WAS NO FAILURE.

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE CHRYSLER M34-N08/NHTSA 12V-474 IN DECEMBER 2012, PRIOR TO HAVING 100,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. NOW IN LATE MARCH 2013 (OUT OF WARRANTY-MILEAGE), THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS STARTED MAKING A LOUD WHINING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE A PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS OF BEARING FAILURE AND SUGGESTED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BE REBUILT. I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL PM'S AND FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS FAILING AT 111,000 MILES. OF COURSE THE PARTS FOR RECALL ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND NEITHER CHRYSLER OR THE DEALERSHIP WILL RECOGNIZE THE SUBSEQUENT FAILURES OF THE RECALLED REAR AXLE PINION NUT FAILING. I NEED MY VEHICLE FOR WORK RELATED PURPOSES AND AM TERRIFIED OF DRIVING MY VEHICLE. CHRYSLER AND THEIR DODGE DEALERSHIPS NEED TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THIS RECALL, RECOGNIZE THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT FAILING CAN/WILL CAUSE SUBSEQUENT FAILURES IN A REAR DIFFERENTIAL, AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE REPAIRS TO MITIGATE ANY FUTURE ISSUES WITH THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE SWERVED LEFT AND RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP WAS LATER TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE SEIZED, THE PINION SHAFT HAD BECOME DETACHED, AND THE U JOINT DETACHED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS USED FOR TOWING, IT WAS INELIGIBLE TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000...UPDATED 10/30/13 *BF UPDATED 11/4/2013 *JS

DRIVING VEHICLE AND HEARD A CLANKING NOISE FROM REAR END, IT GOT LOUDER OVER THE NEXT 2-3 MILES THEN DRIVE SHAFT DROPPED FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL. CALLED CHRYSLER TO ASK IF THERE WERE ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NONE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED OVER 50 MILES TO A GARAGE TO HAVE DRIVE SHAFT REINSTALLED, NOTICED A GRINDING SOUND WHILE DRIVING BOTH ON ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE. RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE LATER IN 2012 ABOUT THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT BEING FAULTY. CALLED DEALER AND SET APPOINTMENT TO HAVE RECALL FIXED ALONG WITH A SECOND RECALL FOR A/C BLOWER MOTOR DOOR, TOOK 2 DAYS DOWN TIME AND WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP TRUCK, THE M34 RECALL AS ITS KNOWN WAS NOT ADDRESSED BUT A/C WAS FIXED. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIX ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE REAR END FROM THE RECALL WHICH IS THE NOISE IM HEARING BUT UNFORTUNATELY CHRYSLER DOES NOT EVEN HAVE THE PART NOR AN EXPECTED RELEASE DATE FOR THE PART TO BE AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME. AFTER OVER A MONTH OF CHECKING BACK ON PROGRESS OF PART I INFORMED THE SERVICE WRITER THAT THE NOISE IS GETTING WORSE, AT THAT TIME HE STATED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING VEHICLE IN AND THEY WOULD EXPEDITE THE PART AND GET IT FIXED AND THEY WOULD GET ME INTO A LOANER OR RENTAL SINCE I USE MY TRUCK DAILY FOR WORK. WHEN I WENT TO SET THE APPOINTMENT A WEEK OR SO LATER I WAS TOLD THEY CANT GIVE ME A LOANER OR RENTAL......ANOTHER COST OUT OF MY POCKET BESIDES THE REPAIR AN TOW I ALREADY PAID AND THE TWO DAYS DOWN I HAD TO TAKE FOR THE FIRST RECALL VISIT.... I THEN PROCEEDED TO CALL THE NUMBER ON THE RECALL NOTICE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE AT CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO....THAT WAS 3/5/2013.... ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS NOW OVER THE 60 MONTH 100K MILEAGE IM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR WARRANTY RENTAL COVERAGE.....THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ALMOST A YEAR AGO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED AND DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN). THE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

DRIVE SHAFT AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. VEHICLE STOPPED IN LEFT TURN LANE OF INTERSECTION. WITH GREEN LIGHT, PRESSED ACCELERATOR AND LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND BROKEN DRIVE SHAFT AND BROKEN DIFFERENTIAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT THE INVESTIGATOR WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIFT TO THE SIDE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT AND THE TRANSFER CASE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

AFTER HAND WASHING MY TRUCK, I NOTICES SIGNIFICANT DEFECT IN THE CHROME PARTS ON THE TRUCK. MOST OF THE CHROME IS COVERED IN CORROSION AND DISCOLORATION. THIS PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS ONE YEAR OLD BUT WAS VERY MINOR. THE DEFECTS HAVE SPREAD AND BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE ON THE BUMPERS, WHEELS, STEPS, AND TRIM. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND MET WITH THE REGIONAL CHRYSLER REP WHO INFORMED ME THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THEY TOOK THE STANCE THAT THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO SOMETHING PICKED UP ON THE ROAD. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE TRUCK AND HAVE DRIVEN NOTHING BUT HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS. THIS CORROSION IS CONCERNING FOR A 2 YEAR OLD TRUCK WITH 18000 MILES THAT IS WELL CARED FOR AND GARAGE KEPT. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STAND BY ITS PRODUCTS AND ENSURE A QUALITY PRODUCT. IF A 2 YEAR OLD TRUCK IS COVERED IN RUST IT'S VALUE IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. *TR

FUELED UP AND FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE TIME THE FUEL HAS COME SPITTING OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE. NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM ON RAMFOURMZ.COM. *TR