2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

RECEIVED MY SAFETY RECALL 3 MONTHS AGO. ISSUES COULD CAUSE "CRASH WITHOUT WARNING". CHRYSLER STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX MY VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 72 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRE SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE DUE TO IT BECOMING CORRODED. THE FAILURE HAD RECURRED ONE TIME BEFORE TWO MONTHS PRIOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 07/02/13*LJ

RECALL FOR THE LOOSE PINION NUT AND RESULTING DIFFERENTIAL LOCKUP/ DRIVE SHAFT BREAKAGE HAS STILL NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED YET. 7 MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL RECALL. WHAT IS THE NHTSA DOING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE IS NOT TAKING CARE OF. WE NEED ACTION ON THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

WHILE NEGOTIATING SOFT RIGHT TURN, I HEARD A VERY LOUD POPPING, BANGING NOISE, THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAD LET GO. GOT HOME 2 MINUTES LATER. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD METAL-ON-METAL GRINDING NOISE THAT STOPPED WHEN I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. FROM THEN ON, I NOTICED A ROARING/HUMMING THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HEARD THE LOUD POPPING/BANGING/SCREECHING A COUPLE OF MORE TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MINIMIZED DRIVING. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED HUB FAILURE. DROVE A COUPLE OF MILES TO TRUSTED INDEPENDENT GARAGE. HAD LEFT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED. GARAGE OWNER SURPRISED I MADE IT TO HIS SHOP WITHOUT THE WHEEL LOCKING AND COMING OFF. LOOKING AT INTERNET, THE HUB PROBLEM SEEMS VERY COMMON ON DODGE PICKUPS (RECALL ON 2006 MODELS). MANY COMPLAINTS REPORTED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AFFECTING MODELS FROM 2002-2009, WITH MOST OCCURRING AROUND 53000 MILES. SEVERAL CRASHES REPORTED DUE TO WHEEL SEPARATIONS FROM HUB/BEARING ASSEMBLY FAILURE AND LOCKUP. *TR

2009 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS AND FLASHED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE DEALER JUST RESET THE LIGHT.

II CUT MY VEHICLE OFF AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE IN THE DASH.... NOW MY A/C AND HEAT ONLY COMES FROM THE FLOOR VENTS. I HAVE NO DEFROST OR VENT DASH AIR FLOW. *TR

FOR THE PAST WEEK, MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, THE LIGHTS FOR THE STABILITY CONTROL ARE ON AS WELL AS THE LIGHTS FOR THE AIR BAG. IN ADDITION, THE REAR WINDOWS DO NOT WORK. ALL OF THESE COULD BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DEPENDING ON THE DRIVING CONDITIONS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ROUGHLY $1800 TO REPAIR/REPLACE THE TIPM. I FIND THIS EXTREMELY DISTURBING CONSIDERING I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN NUMEROUS TIMES FOR OTHER ISSUES AND THEY HAVE MESSED WITH THE WIRING ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I BELIEVE THE NHTSA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR INJURED OR WORSE BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

APRIL 18, 2013 AT ABOUT 4:30 PM, DRIVING ON RT 400 EXPRESSWAY SOUTH, WITH MY SON IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,THE LOW TIRE ALARM WENT OFF AND I PROCEEDED TO THE NEAREST EXIT, AND PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. UPON INSPECTION, MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. HAD TIRE CHANGED TO SPARE. ON FOLLOWING MONDAY, TOOK TIRE FOR REPAIR TO MY MECHANIC, WHERE HE FOUND THE VALVE STEM INSIDE THE TIRE. THE THREADED COLLAR THAT GOES ON THE VALVE STEM TO HELP HOLD IT IN PLACE WAS COMPLETELY GONE FROM CORROSION. MY MECHANIC INSPECTED THE CONDITION OF THE OTHER VALVE STEMS. HE ADVISED I REPLACE OTHER VALVE STEMS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ON MAY 1, I WAS WASHING MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED AIR BUBBLES FORMING WHERE THE VALVE STEM MEETS THE ALUMINUM RIM ON THE OTHER FRONT TIRE. I NOTICED THE THREADED COLLAR WAS MISSING FROM THAT VALVE STEM. THAT SAME DAY, I HAD THAT VALVE STEM REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS THE SAME DESIGN AND MATERIAL AS THE ORIGINAL. MY MECHANIC SAID THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. I DID APPROACH THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL REGARDING THAT PROBLEM. HE STATED LATER MODEL DESIGNS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO CORRECT THIS. *TR

FAILURE OF VALVE STEM CAUSED RAPID TIRE DEFLATION. INSPECTION OF REMAINING VALVE STEMS INDICATED IMMINENT FAILURE. VALVE STEMS INTEGRATED WITH TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) SENSORS AND CAN CAUSE TPMS SYSTEM FAULTS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR SAME TIRE STEM ISSUE REPORTED TO NHTSA. COUPLED WITH PINION NUT FAILURE POTENTIAL THAT HAS YET TO BE ADDRESSED BY ISSUANCE OF RECALL NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS BY CHRYSLER CORP, TOTAL LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF VEHICLE IS A VERY REAL AND PRESENT DANGER THAT RENDERS THESE VEHICLES INOPERABLE UNTIL ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED. *TR