2009 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A WHINING NOISE WHEN I RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS GOING TO GET MY WIFE TO HAVE HER HELP ME TO DROP IT OFF AT MY MECHANIC. I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO DRIVE FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER TO THE CURB. I GOT OUT AND FOUND THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD FALLEN OFF THE REAR PUMPKIN. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO 4WD DO GET OFF THE STREET BUT WAS UNABLE TO AS THE REAR TIRES HAD LOCKED UP. THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND HE TOLD ME THE PINION NUT HAD GIVEN OUT. HE WINCHED THE TRUCK ONTO HIS FLATBED AND TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY DID A VIN CHECK AND FOUND NO RECALLS. I DID A SEARCH AND FOUND A RECALL ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION NUT, JUST NOT INCLUDING MY VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2009 RAM DOESN'T HAVE ANY DEFROSTER.THE RECALL FOR THE AC MODULE WAS DONE ON 5/12/2012 AT BALD HILL DODGE WARWICK RI. AT THE TIME OF DOING THEN RECALL THE DEALER INSTALLED A DEFROSTER ACTUATOR IN THE TRUCK WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAVE NOTICED A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE DASH.I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR THE PROBLEM OF NOISE AND A MALFUNCTIONING DEFROSTER.I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE DASH AND LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM AND IT MY TAKE 8 HOURS TO DO SO AND I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE.I POINTED OUT THAT ACCORDING TO THE SLIP FROM 5/12/2012 IT ONLY TOO 2 AND A HALF HOURS TO DO THE RECALL AND CHANGE THE OIL. I HAVE FOUND OUT THRU THEN INTERNET THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL .I DON`T SEE WHY I HAVE TO PAY CLOSE TO A &1000 FOR A PROBLEM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED . IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL ME AT [XXX] THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR ..UPDATED 02/25/13 *BF

DEER RAN INTO ME. MY HEADLIGHTS ON MY RAM ARE SO INFERIOR THAT I COULDN'T SEE THE DEER. I DON'T THINK HE COULD SEE ME EITHER. THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE RAMS ARE SO POOR I HAVE STARTED LOOKING ON WEBSITES TO SEE IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER RAM OWNERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. WE ALL HAVE COMMENTED HOW WE CAN DRIVE WITH OUR BRIGHTS ON AND NEVER GET FLASHED BACK. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM ON THE 2013 MODEL. (FINALLY). CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL THE AFFECTED RAMS AND FIX THE HEADLIGHTS BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED AND KILLED, OR SHOULD I SAY BEFORE MORE ARE INJURED AND KILLED. *TR

AC/HEAT AS YOU ARE DRIVING AND THE AC IS ON HEAT COMES OUT AT THE SAME TIME. SYSTEM DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER IS ON AC/HEAT. NOW A LOUD TICKING SOUND HAS COME ON. THIS HAS HAPPEN SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE DEFLATED RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE SPARE WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TPMS SENSOR SLEEVE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. THE TPMS SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. ...UPDATED 04/25/13 *BF UPDATED 05/14/2013 *JS

DEFROSTER / HEATER/ AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL FAILS. THIS PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ADDRESSED IN K17 RECALL. K17 RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON 03/22/2011. HEATER / DEFROSTER / AIR CONDITIONER CONTROLS ARE STILL DEFECTIVE AS PER DESCRIPTION OF K17 RECALL. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS. IN THE WINTER THERE IS NO DEFROSTER AVAILABLE AND THERE IS NO WAY TO MANUALLY SWITCH TO THE DEFROSTER MODE.

2009 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIRE PRESSURE PROBLEMS AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TWO OF THE FOUR VALVE STEMS CAME APART AND BROKE. THE FIRST VALVE STEM CAME APART WHILE USING ONLY HAND PRESSURE, AND THE SECOND CAME APART USING A SOCKET AND RATCHET, DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE MADE A SLIGHT ROAD NOISE SOUND, SUCH AS A ROCK STUCK IN THE TIRE TREAD. WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF THE SOUND STARTING, THERE WAS A LOUD "POP" SOUND AND THE DRIVESHAFT FLEW OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WAS SHATTERED INTO MANY PIECES. WHEN THE WRECKER ARRIVED, THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE REAR AS THE REAR END WAS LOCKED UP. THIS TRUCK WAS THE LARAMIE 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODEL AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING WITH ISSUES AT ALL. I BOUGHT IT USED AT WESTGATE DODGE IN PLAINFIELD INDIANA WITH 40,000 MILES IN FEBRUARY 2012. I HAD THE WRECKER DRIVER TOW IT TO ANDY MOHR CHEVROLET IN PLAINFIELD THE SAME DAY AND I TRADED IT IN. I LOST $7,000 DUE TO THE DAMAGE. I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THIS TRUCK AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. THE TRUCK HAD A CLEAN CAR FAX WHEN PURCHASED AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER. *TR

THE PINION NUT HAS BACKED OFF THE YOKE ON MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT 4X4 CREW CAB. I WAS LOOKING UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK AND FOUND OIL FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SPLATTERED EVERYWHERE. THE TRUCK IS GOING IN 19 DECEMBER TO BE LOOKED AT. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT APPARENTLY MY BUILD DATE DOESN'T FALL IN LINE. I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS HAPPENING TO RAM 1500'S ACROSS THE BOARD. MY BUILD DATE IS 1/09. THE RECALL DATE NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL 4TH GENERATION DODGE RAM'S BUILT IN 2009 AND 2010. THANK YOU. *TR

ESP/BAS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE WAITING IN THE GAS LINES. THE TRUCK FISH TAILS / SKIDS MORE FREQUENTLY ON SLICK / RAIN ROADS. THE LIGHTS DID NOT GO OUT AFTER CHECKING FLUID LEVELS, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, ETC. IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR RAM 1500SLT TRUCKS AFTER DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH ON THE CONDITION. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER YET IN HOPES OF THE CONDITION CORRECTING ITSELF, BUT WILL SHORTLY. ALSO, IT APPEARS TO BE THE BEGINNING OF RUST IN THE REAR BODY / TOW FRAME OF THE TRUCK AFTER LESS THAN FOUR YEARS. *TR