2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

AFTER COMPLETION OF HVAC RECALL, FAILURE OF MODE DOOR ACTUATOR CAUSED INABILITY TO DEFROST WINDOWS. NO REMEDY FROM CHRYSLER AS RECALL HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED 6 MONTHS PRIOR. HAVE A 2006 DODGE WITH SAME PROBLEMS WITH HVAC IN DASH FAILURES OF MODE DOOR AND RECIRCULATION DOOR WITH 3 DEALER REPLACEMENTS OF BOTH SINCE PURCHASED NEW. LAST ADVISED IN JANUARY OF 2013 THAT ENTIRE IN DASH HVAC DUCTING/ DOOR HOUSINGS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF OVER $1500. 2009 DODGE HAS SAME/ SIMILAR DESIGN AND IS NOW EXPERIENCING SAME FAILURES. INABILITY TO SELECT DEFROST IS CAUSITIVE OF WINDOW FOGGING AND ICING LEADING TO POOR VISIBILITY IN INCLEMENT CONDITIONS AND WILL LEAD TO ACCIDENTS FROM SAME. RECALL ON 2009 DOES NOT ADDRESS DESIGN ISSUE THAT HAS PLAGUED THESE TRUCKS SINCE 2006 (AS EVIDENCED BY MY OTHER TRUCK). THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED NHTSA AND CHRYSLER BEFORE LOSSES OF LIVES MOUNT. 2009 CURRENTLY UNDRIVABLE DUE TO FEAR OF REAR WHEEL LOCK UP DUE TO PINION NUT LOSS AND STILL NO NOTIFICATION OF RECALL ISSUED FROM CHRYSLER. *TR

DRIVING ON 390N IN ROCHESTER N.Y. AT APPROX. 5PM HEAVY TRAFFIC .LOUD BANG AND REAR TIRES LOCKED UP,, BOTH GRANDDAUGHTERS BEGAN TO SCREAM" WHATS HAPPENING". I HAD NO CLUE. LOOKED TO RIGHT TO TRY TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY DRIVESHAFT SPIT OUT FROM UNDER R R TIRE.. WE WERE LIFTED UP IN AIR AT BACK OF TRUCK AND I LOST ALL PROPULSION, MIND YOU MY 5 AND 6 YEAR OLD ARE SCREAMING AS THE OTHER HALF OF THE DRIVE SHAFT POUNDS ON THE PAVEMENT AND BOTTOM OF TRUCK .I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING. SOMEHOW AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD THE SHERIFF I GOT THE TRUCK WHICH WAS NOW FREEWHEELING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD APPROX. 75-100 FT FROM MY DRIVESHAFT THAT HIT THE BRIDGE GUARDRAIL AND STOPPED FROM HITTING ANYONE IN TRAFFIC. I COLLECTED MYSELF ,CALMED THE GIRLS WHOS BIG CONCERN WAS NOW,, SOMEONE IS GOING TO SMASH US AND CALLED 911 AND MY DAUGHTER. THEN I LOOKED. MY DRIVESHAFT WAS TORN IN TWO ,OIL AND PARTS WERE EVERYWHERE WE SHOULD BE DEAD BUT WE ARE NOT HONESTLY I HAVE NO CLUE HOW I GOT THAT TRUCK OVER AND STOPPED. ME AND THE GIRLS PRAY EVERY NIGHT FOR GOD TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY AND ANGELS ROAD IN THAT TRUCK THAT DAY.THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO SKID THE TRUCK UP ONTO THE FLATBED IT WAS SEIZED SO BADLY,, AND MY DAUGHTER CAME AND SAFELY GOT THE GIRLS OFF THE BUSY HIGHWAY AND HOME. THE HELP TRUCK SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT..THE DODGE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN HELPFUL BUT CHRYSLER HAS BEEN UNHELPFUL TO ITS DEALER AND MYSELF WITH AN INDIFFERENCE THAT DISCUSSED ME. I HOPE YOU DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE DIES!!!! *TR

MANY OF MY DOORS HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE, AND ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS SPRAY WD40 ON THE HINGES. THIS ONLY WORKS FOR A SHORT TIME. *TR

WOKE UP TO A RAIN FILLED DAY. I WENT OUT TO MY TRUCK AND ENTERED THE VEHICLE. I LOOKED IN THE REAR BEFORE BACKING UP. I NOTICED THAT MY HEAD LINER WAS SOAKING WET ON BOTH CORNERS OF THE C POST. I PUT MY TRUCK INTO PARK AND CHECKED THE REAR OF MY CAB. NOT ONLY WAS MY ROOF LINER WET BUT, THE REAR SEAT AND FLOOR WAS FULLY WET. THE WATER KEPT COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY EVEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY I GOT IT CHECKED. I FOUND OUT THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT SEAL WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TO ME 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK FOR 2YRS 3 MONTHS. I AM UNAWARE IF MY SEATS OR CARPET HAVE MOLD OR MILDEW DO TO THIS WATER DAMAGE. PLEASE HELP AS I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A RUST OR MOLD IN MY TRUCK. *TR

RIGHT FRONT TIRE SLID ON A PATCH OF ICE THE SIZE OF 2 DINNER PLATES WHEN APPROACHING A PARKING STALL. THE REST OF THE PARKING LOT WAS VIRTUALLY FREE OF ICE AT THE TIME. MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH APPEARED AND THE ABS NO LONGER WORKED. WHEN TAKEN TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC, A FAILED ABS MODULE WAS SUSPECTED. THEY COULD NOT COMPLETELY CONFIRM, OR REPAIR DUE TO CHRYSLER PROPRIETARY CODES. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALER, 60 MILE ROUNDTRIP, WHERE A FAILED ABS MODULE WAS VERIFIED. SCHEDULED A RETURN TRIP 11 DAYS LATER FOR REPAIR AS THE PART WAS NOT ON HAND AND REQUIRED ORDERING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN A MODERATE RAIN, WATER BEGAN LEAKING INTO THE BACK SEAT ON MY DAUGHTER. I DO NOT HAVE A SUNROOF. IT APPEARS TO BE LEAKING INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK VIA THE TWO ROOF SEAMS WHERE THEY MEET THE REAR WINDSHIELD. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE THAT INDICATE IT COULD BE FAULTY SEALS ON THE ROOF SEAMS, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT SEAL (CREATING A HAZARD OF SHORTING OUT THE LIGHT), OR THE SEAL OF THE REAR WINDSHIELD. *TR

I AM GETTING PERIODICAL NOISE FROM MY REAR AXLE. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE RECALL FOR THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TODAY AND WAS TOLD NO PARTS TILL SEPT @ 2013! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND THERE ARE OVER 45 DOCUMENTED CASES WITH INJURIES INVOLVED. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED, CAUSING THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR TO FRACTURE. ALL FOUR ALUMINUM VALVE STEM WERE REPLACED WITH RUBBER VALVE STEMS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,761. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE TIRE SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT THAT POINT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL WITH THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE OR THE ORIENTATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT THING HE KNEW. HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THEN FELT SOMETHING OCCURRING WITH A WHEEL ON THE REAR OF TRUCK. THE TIRE QUICKLY WENT FLAT AS HE WAS SLOWING DOWN . ONCE HE STOPPED, HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SAW THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS TOTALLY FLAT AND TRUCK WAS SITTING ON THE RIM. THE CONSUMER CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRE INSPECTED. THE DEALER DISCOVERED WHAT CAUSED THE BLOW OUT. IT WAS NOT ANYTHING THE CONSUMER RAN OVER, OR A DEFECT IN THE TIRE. AS THEY DESCRIBED IT, THE TIRE STEM ACTUALLY BROKE OFF DUE TO OXIDATION OCCURRING BETWEEN THE ALUMINUM STEM AND WHEEL/RIM METAL THUS CAUSING THE STEM TO RUST AND ULTIMATELY BREAK. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, CHRYSLER HAD ISSUES WITH THE ALUMINUM STEMS AND WERE GOING BACK TO USING SYNTHETIC RUBBER BASED SENSOR TIRES. UPDATED 06/04/13 THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ADVISED THE FUEL TANK STRAP RUSTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME CAUSING THE FRONT PART OF THE TANK TO DROPPED. THE STRAP WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE DRIVE SHAFT WHENEVER THE TANK SHIFTED CAUSING A GRINDING NOISE. THE STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS. UPDATED 06/27/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE FOR POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR THE A REMEDY PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURE AT THIS TIME. ...UPDATED 07-10-13 *BF UPDATED 07/16/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER BLEND DOOR WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE DEFROSTER SYSTEM TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD, ONLY TOWARD THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.