2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO INSPECT IT AND NOTICED THE DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH. VIBRATION AND HOWLING/WHINING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE REAREND,OWNER SLOWED DOWN TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY,AS THE VEHICLE WAS BRAKING TO A STOP LOUD CLUNKING AND GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END.THE DRIVE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE,RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOCKED AND SLID ABOUT 8 FEET.. DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE,TOOK PICTURE OF DRIVE SHAFT ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. NO PREVIOUS INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS. CHRYSLER HOT LINE WAS CALLED. VIN WAS IDENTIFIED AS BE INVOLVED IN A RECALL M-34. RECALL NOTICE HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY OWNER,DODGE REP SAID RECALL NOTICES WERE BEING SENT OUT STARTING 5 DEC 2012. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NEAREST DODGE DEALER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FROZE ON THE VEHICLE AND KNOCKED OUT THE REAR AXLE, DRIVE SHAFT AND THE TRANSFER CASE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PINION NUT ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS LOOSE, CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO SEIZE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000.

THE DRIVESHAFT COMPLETELY FELL OFF MY TRUCK LOCKING UP THE REAR END. THE TRUCK BOUNCED VIOLENTLY DOWN THE ROAD LEAVING SKID MARKS AND HOLES IN THE PAVEMENT WHERE THE DRIVESHAFT HIT IT UNTIL THE WHOLE THING FINALLY CAME OFF. SMOKE ROLLED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT FINALLY STOPPED. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD AND NOT IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. UNDER DIFFERENT ROAD CONDITIONS & SPEED THIS FAILURE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE LED TO A ROLL-OVER AND POTENTIALLY FATAL ACCIDENT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY CHRYSLER OF ANY POTENTIAL FAILURE. *TR

DRIVE SHAFT DROPPED OUT FROM THE REAR AXLE ON THE MAIN ROAD, REAR AXLE LOCKED UP. BOTH REAR TIRES WOULD NOT SPIN FREELY. ALL DIFFERENTIAL FLUID LEAKED OUT FROM WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT ONCE ENTERED. TRUCK IS NOW IN A DODGE CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC, HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING, SCRAPING NOISE. PULLED OVER AND ASSESSED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS HANGING AND HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. REAR WHEELS WERE LOCKED. *TR

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IN MY RAM LOCKED UP AT 35 MPH CAUSING THE DRIVESHAFT TO BREAK, THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO JUMP IN THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 2FT, AND MAKING IT SKID FOR 40FT TO A HARD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NEAR A BUSY INTERSECTION. DODGE HAS YET TO RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE AND TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT DESPITE IT HAPPENING TO MULTIPLE RAMS. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!! EVEN THE DEALERSHIPS FAIL TO SHOW ANY CONCERN OVER THIS ISSUE. IT WAS TAKEN TO MILLER DODGE IN MARTINSBURG AND WILL BE LOOKED AT MONDAY. *TR

DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH STARTED TO HEAR WHINING NOISE. IT KEPT GETTING LOUDER THEN ALL THE SUDDEN ALOT OF BANGING AND THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING ME TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL. GOT OUT LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK FOUND MY DRIVE SHAFT ON THE GROUND. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE FOR PROOF. DEALER SAID THE NUT FOR THE RING AND PINION FELL OFF. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

I AS DRIVING ALONG THE REAREND STARTED WHINING A LITTLE AS I CAME TO A STOP. AS I STARTED TO PULL AWAY IT VIBRATED AND THEN THE DRIVELINE FELL TO THE PAVEMENT. I CALLED A TOWTRUCK AND THEN THE SERVICE DEPT AT TWO DIFFERENT DEALER SHIPS AND BOTH TOLD ME IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. SO I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP MY EMPLOYER USES AND THEY FOUND THAT THE PINION NUT BACKED OFF AND THE DRIVELINE WAS BENT. ALSO IT CAUSED MY REAREND TO LOCK UP AND HAVE TO BE REBUILT. *TR

I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE 5 TIMES TO HAVE THEM REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL AS THEY ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEY DON'T SHIFT WHEN NECESSARY, THEY DON'T ENGAGE WHEN NEEDED AND AS A RESULT I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS. THE FIRST HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN AFTER THEY HAD FAILED TO DETECT ANY PROBLEMS WHILE MY TRUCK WAS IN FOR SERVICE AND MY COMPLAINT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE DRIVE SHAFT ACTUALLY FELL OFF THE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION AND THE BOLT HOLDING THE U-JOINT FOR THE DRIVE SHAFT SHOT INTO THE DIFFERENTIAL RESULTING IN THE REAR WHEELS LOCKING UP. I WAS IN THE MIDST OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND 2 CARS SWERVED TO MISS ME. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND THE REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT AND A COUPLE PIECES IN THE DIFFERENTIAL, BUT DIDN'T ADDRESS THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND NOW THE DIFFERENTIAL WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY AND MAKING NOISE. AFTER CONTACT DODGE ABOUT IT AGAIN, THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE DEALER SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG SO THEY WONT REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OR THE DIFFERENTIAL EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME THAT THEY KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT THEY AREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT AND THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY FIX THE ISSUES WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENTIRE DIFFERENTIAL BECAUSE THEY EACH HAVE SOME MANY PARTS TO THEM. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO FILE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT AS IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY DODGE WILL HONOR THEIR WARRANTY IS IF SOMEONE DIES. YESTERDAY I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ENGAGE IN GEAR FOR THE TRUCK TO MOVE FORWARD. *TR