2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WE HAVE A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT WAS PURCHASED USED FROM A DEALER ON 8/15/19. VIN RECORDS INDICATE THAT RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN 2014 TO SECURE THE PINION NUT. ON 8/31/20, WE WERE DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD SOUND, OUR VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE, FISHTAIL AND THE REAR END LOCKED UP CAUSING US TO COME TO A STOP SIDEWAYS ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC JUST MISSING HITTING A PEDISTRIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHOM AFTER INSPECTION STATED THERE WAS NO SECUREMENT DEVICE IN PLACE WHICH RESULTED IN THE PINION NUT COMING OUT CAUSING OUR DRIVESHAFT TO FALL OUT AND THE REAR END LOCK UP.

ON 8/31/20 WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET (SHORTLY AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY) WE HEARD A LOUD SOUND, OUR VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE, FISHTAIL AND THE REAR END LOCKED UP CAUSING US TO COME TO A STOP SIDEWAYS ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. WE BARELY MISSED HITTING A PEDISTRIAN. THE DRIVESHAFT HAD FALLEN OUT. AFTER A MECHANIC INSPECTION FOR REPAIRS, WE WERE TOLD THE PINION NUT CAME OUT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FALL OUT AND THE REAR END TO LOCK UP.*DT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ENGINE COIL PACKS HOWEVER, THE FAILURES RECURRED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

AROUND THE 115,000 MILE MARK THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL STARTED TO MAKE A WEIRD NOISE WHEN I WASN'T ACTIVELY ACCELERATING. WHEN I WAS COASTING I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE REAR END OF MY VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP I BROUGHT IT TO CONFIRMED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BEARINGS HAVE GONE BAD. AT ONLY 115,000 THOUSANDS MILES I THOUGHT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE AND A SAFETY ISSUE. ANYWHERE FROM 10PMH OR FASTER THE GRINDING NOISE CAN BE HEARD.

DROVE DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A HUMMING SOUND FROM THE REAR END THAT PROGRESSIVELY GOT LOUDER THEN STARTED TO MAKE A RATTLING SHAKING SOUND AND LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID THEN WHEN WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD A LOUD BANG AND BACK WHEELS SEIZED UP COMPLETELY WHICH RESULTED IN MY SWERVING VIOLENTLY AND ENDING UP IN A DITCH. WHEN I GOT OUT AND LOOKED THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS IN THE ROAD. I HAD A TOW TRUCK TOW IT TO MY FAMILY'S HOUSE WHERE IT STILL SITS NOW BUT DRIVE SHAFT IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. THIS ALL IS FOUND IN RECALL N08

THE LIFTERS AND CAM HAVE FAILED, BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU CAN GATHER ONLINE THESE DAYS- SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FACTOR AND DOES NOT MATTER HOW WELL YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR ENGINE (MAINTENANCE) THIS WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN! THIS WORK/PARTS SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST (RE-CALL) TO THE VEHICLE OWNER. I HAVE NOT MADE THE REPAIRS DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

MY TRUCK WHICH HAS 40 THOUSAND MILES I FEEL IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED LN THIS CAMPAIGN 10V200000 BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED I HAVE ROLLED 4 TIMES AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STOP THE TRUCK ONCE IT ROLLED INTO A PARKING BOARD , BECAUSE THE SELECTOR WAS NOT IN PARK BUT THE KEY COMES OUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL [XXX]THANKS*DT*DT*DT VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC. REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)*DT*JB*JB*JB*DT*AS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WITH SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBUS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2806 23RD ST, COLUMBUS, NE 68601) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE ENGINE SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000. *BF*JB

I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK FOR 30 MINUTES I PARK THE TRUCK ACROSS FROM DEPARTMENT STORE I COMEBACK TRYING TO START AND DOESN'T MAKE A SOUND LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING WORK JUST FINE I DID TRY A NEW BATTERY AND STILL DON'T MAKE A NOISE. *TR

WHILE TRACING THIS ANNOYING TICKING NOISE DOWN I NOTICED IT COMING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I LOOKED AROUND IT AND SAW THAT TWO BOLTS WERE LOOSE AND BROKEN INSIDE THE BLOCK. I SEARCHED THIS UP ONLINE AND SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HELP *TR