2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD END SNAPPED DURING A ROUTINE SERVICE INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER MADE THE CONTACT AWARE THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPAIRED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIE ROD END SNAPPED AT THE SHAFT THAT CONNECTED TO THE BALL JOINT WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TO TURN SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, WHICH LEFT NO ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. UPDATED 12/01/11 CHRYSLER INFORMED THE CONSUMER HIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED AT A DIFFERENT PLANT AND THEREFORE HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 04/26/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE PULLING TOWARDS THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIE ROD ENDS WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING: LINKAGES: TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AT A LOWER SPEED OR OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SHIFTED INTO THE NEXT LANE. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS DESIGNED TIGHTLY THEREFORE NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER FILED CASE NUMBER 21400501. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 10/18/11*LJ

TURNED STEERING WHEEL AND HEAR LIKE A GRINDING SOUND. I NOTICED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING STEERING FLUID. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS CRACKED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND INQUIRED ABOUT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING: LINKAGE AND TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

RE: 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 2 WHEEL DRIVE. THERE IS A RECALL L16 FOR A DEFECTIVE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD NHTSA ACTION # PE1109, CAMPAIGN # 11V350000 FOR VARIOUS MODEL RAM'S. ON JANUARY 14 AT 37,733 MILES I REPLACED THE RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD PART #5175790AC. I WOULD THINK THAT AT 37,733 MILES THE TIE ROD SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS NOT A WORK TRUCK! *TR

2008 DODGE RAM 1500 LEFT FRONT TIE ROD REPLACEMENT. I HAD TO HAVE THE TIE ROD AND STABLIZER BAR REPLACED DUE TO A DEFECT. VEHICLE HAD ONLY 52,000 MILES DRIVEN. *KB

2008 DODGE RAM 1500 . CONSUMER STATES CONTAMINATED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE MASTER CYLINDER, FRONT CALIPERS, AND FRONT BRAKE PADS ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB UPDATED 09/06/11*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT AS WELL AS NEW TIRES INSTALLED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIGOROUSLY WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000.