2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED ,RAPID TIRE DEFLATION CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEERING OFF ROAD,,,INSPECTION REVEALED RIGHT FRONT VALVE STEM HAS A DISSIMILAR METAL CORRODED ISSUE ,CORRODED AND FELL APART ALLOWING VALVE STEM TO FALL INTO WHEEL CAUSING RAPID DEFLATION,,, INSTALLED SPARE TRAVELED DOWN ROAD ABOUT 60 MILES NOW THE TPMS LAMP IS ON AS THAT RT TIRE IS FLAT LAYING IN BED OF TRUCK,AN HOUR LATER TRUCK LOST CONTROL AGAIN AND I WENT OFF ROAD,,,I WENT TO LOOK AT THE SPARE ON RT FRONT AND IT WAS FINE,,,,THE OPPOSITE SIDE LEFT REAR TIRE THIS TIME WENT FLAT AND AS THE TPMS WARN LAMP ALREADY ILLUMINATED NO WARNING AVAIL ,,SAME THING THE VALVE STEM FELL INSIDE THE RIM,,THERE WAS A PIECE OF THE RETAINER CAP FOR THE TPMS VALVE STEM LEFT AND IT EASILY CRUMBLED INTO AN ANEALED ALUMINUM STATE ,,,,TWO TIRES SAME THING,,,,,,I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE LEFT FRONT VALVE STEM AND IT ALSO IS EXPLODED AND CORRODED TWICE IT'S NORMAL SIZE,,,,,I LOOKED AT THE REMAINING RT REAR VALVE STEM AND IT HAS ONE CRACK IN IT SO IT IS OBVIOUS NEED REPLACEMENT. ALL 4 FAILING AT SAME TIME IS A PRODUCT ISSUE AND DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL THIS NEEDS ADDRESSING AS SOMEONE WILL GET HURT,,,IT IS APPARENT THAT DODGE HAS CHANGED THE STYLE ON THE NEWER 2012 VERSIONS TO RUBBER BUT IT APPEARS THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY CONCERN,,,,,I DID ATTEMPT SAME WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT TO NO AVAIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE UPON ACTIVATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE TIMES AND THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED EACH TIME. THE FAILURE WAS MOST FREQUENT DURING HUMID MORNINGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SERVICE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD 35 MPH REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP TRUCK WENT INTO SKID OUT OF CONTROL DRIVESHAFT BROKE SLID OFF ROAD. *TR

THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT ON YOUR TRUCK VIN:([XXX]) MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHOUT AN ADHESIVE PATCH ON THE PINION NUT THREADS. THE LACK OF THIS ADHESIVE PATCH COULD ALLOW THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT TO LOOSEN AND/OR THE REAR DRIVESHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE REAR AXLE. A LOOSE PINION NUT COULD CAUSE THE REAR AXLE TO SEIZE AND A SEPARATED DRIVESHAFT COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. EITHER SITUATION COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. SAFETY RECALL N08/NHTSA 13V-038 I CALLED EARNHARDT DODGE, LOCATED AT 1300 S. ARIZONA AVE, GILBERT,AZ AT 480-926-4000 AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE DODGE DIDN'T SENT THEM THE PARTS AND THE REPAIR MANAGER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL GET THE PARTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE FRONT BUMPER ON MY 2009 DODGE RAM TRX/4/OFFROAD IS RUSTING IT IS A PAINTED BUMPER NOT CHROME I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO TOOK PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO DODGE THEY INTURN SAID IT IS NOT COVERED. AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE REAR PINION NUT I DECIDED TO RESEARCH RECALLS ON MY DODGE RAM AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CHROME BUMPERS FOR THIS YEAR AND FEEL THAT MY BUMPER SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE AS IT WAS SOLD TO ME WITH THE TRX/4/OFFROAD PACKAGE IT SHOULD HAVE MORE PROTECTION THEN THE CHROME BUMPER EVEN THOU IT WAS PAINTED IT SHOULD OF BEEN CHIPGUARDED OR A VINAL COVERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THAT THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING SYSTEM FAILED. THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING ACTUATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,110.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE REAR END SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT DID REPLACE THE DRIVER SHAFT AND PERFORMED MINOR REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR LATER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000. *TR

WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE, SIDE STEP ON DRIVERS' SIDE DISLODGED FROM 2 OUT OF THREE MOUNTING BRACKETS AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 INCHES. DRIVER FEEL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE SIDE STEP ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE. THE FAILURE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE FACT THE DEALER HAD REMOVED THESE TWICE FOR DEFECT RELATED ISSUES. THE MOPAR PART NUMBER IS 82211496AE32841. THE DEALER INDICATED THE MOUNTING HOLES WERE NO LONGER USABLE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BY AN AFTERMARKET PRODUCT

WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK AND THE PUMP IS OFF GAS IS EXPELLED FROM THE TANK. DEALER EXAMINED AND STATED IT WAS A FAULTY CHECK VALVE IN THE GAS TANK. THE TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH DODGE GAS TANKS. *TR

FACTORY RECOMMENDED RUNNING BOARDS WERE INSTALLED BY DEALER WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND BOUGHT 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THEY WERE LOOSE IN FIVE MONTHS. DEALER TIGHTENED THEM. THEY WERE LOOSE AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER DEALER TIGHTENED THEM AGAIN. THEY WERE LOOSE WITHIN A FEW WEEKS I CHECKED THEM RECENTLY AND FOUND THEY WERE STRIPPED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT REPAIRABLE AND SUGGESTED I GET AFTERMARKET BOARDS TO REPLACE THEM AT MY COST OF COURSE. THE ASSIST SERVICE MANAGER COMMENTS "[XXX] I WOULD GET AFTERMARKET BOARDS THE SAME THING IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE." OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN OTHER ISSUES WITH THESE BOARDS. THEY ARE STRIPPED AND THE DEALER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER TIGHTENED THEM HE OBVIOUSLY HAD A CYA STORY FOR DODGE ABOUT HOW I MUST HAVE STRIPPED THEM ETC. THESE BOARDS ARE OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THEY FALL OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT I'M OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE WITH LEGAL FEES ETC. 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER SHOULD COVER ESP WITH SAFETY ISSUES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR