2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

REAR END MADE LOUD WHINING NOISE AND KNOCKING BEFORE THE DRIVESHAFT BECAME COMPLETE DISCONNECTED AND THE REAR END SEIZED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED-EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE COVERED UNDER NHSTA RECALL # 13V-038.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK, IT WOULD TRY AND GO INTO 4W DRIVE LOW. WE CHANGED THE ACTUATOR AND IT SEEMED TO WORK FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THEN PROBLEMS BECAME WORSE. AGAIN IT WOULD GO INTO 4W DRIVE LOW WHILE DRIVING. BUT ALSO WHEN WE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS IT WOULD MOVE AT ALL. WE WOULD SHUT THE TRUCK OFF THEN IT WOULD GO. WE WOULD HEAR A WHINING SOUND AFTER THE TRUCK WAS SHUT OFF ABOUT 30 MINUTES COMING UNDER THE TRUCK. THE END OF JULY WE HAD TO CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP. THEN WE HAD TO CHANGE THE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT. WE HAD IT AT 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS BEFORE FINDING THE PROBLEM OF IT GOING INTO 4W DRIVE LOW. IT WAS THE TIMP AND THE TRANSFER CASE. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ACTUATOR 3 TIMES.

AT ABOUT 89,000 MILES I NOTICED WHEN FILLING THE TRUCK THE NOZZLE WOULD CLICK OFF MANY TIMES BEFORE IT WAS FILLED. IT STEADILY GOT WORSE AS TIME WENT BY, IT STARTED TO SPIT GAS BACK ALL OVER THE TRUCK AND MYSELF. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS EITHER THE FILLER TUBE OR THE WHOLE GAS TANK BOTH OF WHICH ARE OVER $2200.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THEY SAID IF I PAID $150.00 THEY WOULD NARROW IT DOWN. I PAID THE FEE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE FILLER NECK. THEY REPLACED IT ONLY TO FIND IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I TRIED TO FILL IT UP AND WAS GREETED BY A GAS SPRAY AS IT HAD DONE BEFORE, IT WAS NOT FIXED! ON TOP OF THAT, THE SERVICE MANAGER, CRAIG REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE WORK ON THE VEHICLE AND TO TAKE IT ELSEWHERE!

THE VEHICLE WAS STABLE AT A COSTCO GAS STATION. WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK, GASOLINE SPEWS OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE AND SPRAYS ALL OVER, INCLUDING ON ME! THE FUEL SPRAYED FROM OUT AND AROUND THE TANK FILLER NECK GASKET. I CALLED THE DEALER AND ASKED THE SERVICE WRITER WHAT IS GOING ON? HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE ROLL-OVER VALVE THAT WAS IN THE FILLER NECK. HE SAID IT COULD ALSO BE THE FUEL TANK ITSELF, WHICH IS COSTLY. I ASKED ABOUT WARRANTY OR GOODWILL HE SAID NO. THE PROBLEM, IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY, IT WOULD SPLASH BACK OCCASIONALLY THEN IT BLOCKED THE FILLER COMPLETELY WHERE I COULD ONLY FILL AT A VERY SLOW DRIBBLE. I STOPPED DRIVING ANY MORE THAN SHORT DISTANCES AND COULD ONLY GET A QUARTER OF A TANK IN AT ABOUT 25 MINUTES OF HOLDING THE NOZZLE. NOT ONLY IS IT A FIRE DANGER, AND A CAUSTIC CHEMICAL IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM WITH GASOLINE SPILLING ON TO THE PERSON FILLING THE TRUCK, THE GROUND, AND THE AIRBORNE FUEL PARTICLES! I HAD THEM REPLACE THE FUEL FILLER TUBE AND IT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE THE PROBLEM! NOW THEY ACTUALLY TOLD ME AT THE DEALERSHIP, MCPEEKS DODGE OF ANAHEIM THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE FIXING MY CAR AND SAID TO TAKE IT ELSEWHERE! THIS IS A VERY BASIC SAFETY COMPLAINT ON A SYSTEM THAT IS A BASIC FAULT OF THE DESIGN. I NEED HELP! PLEASE CONTACT PHILIP COPELAND STATE OF CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF AUTO REPAIR, WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF LOOKING INTO MY COMPLAINT. HIS NUMBER IS (949) 988-5233. HE HAS CONTACTED THE DODGE FACTORY AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT WAS MY GOTO REPAIR FACILITY. HE GOT NOWHERE BUT TALKED TO EVERYONE CONCERNED AND HAS MUCH INFORMATION. I HAVE A LARGE NOTEBOOK FILLED WITH DOCUMENTATION, PLEASE CALL ME [XXX] THANKS IN ADVANCE.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM MEGA CAB 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. MOSS BROTHERS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (8151 AUTO DRIVE, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 92504, (951) 688-6200) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT UPDATED 12/20/18*JB

TAKATA RECALL. HAD TWO WRECKS IN 2008 & 2009. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, HAVE BEEN REPLACED, RECALL CSN 1. SUFFERED SERIOUS NECK INJURY ENDING IN COMPLETE CERVICAL FUSION & TRANSPLANTS. ALSO HAVE CHRYSLER 2005/300 4 SPEED AIRBAGS REPLACED UNDER SAME RECALL. HAD NO WRECKS WITH IT. I CAN'T FIND ANYONE TO REPRESENT ME IN SETTLEMENT. TRUCK WAS MOVING WHEN HIT DEER & STATIONARY WHEN A TRUCK HIT US IN REAR & SIDE BACK.

TOOK MY TRUCK TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP BC MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & STARTED TO BLINK & DING. BARELY MADE IT THERE & SO THEY CHECKED IT & SAID THE ROCKER ARM NEEDS REPLACING. SO THEY ORDERED IT & SAID ITS ON BACK ORDER & THAT THERE WERE 600 AHEAD OF ME. IF IT'S SO MANY THAT NEED THIS PART, IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ON IT. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 3 1/2 WEEKS & STILL I DON'T HAVE MY TRUCK.

WE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVE SHAFT ALONG WITH THE EVAPORATOR BOX ON THE GAS TANK WENT FLYING OUT THE [XXX] OF THE TRUCK. IT LIFTED US OFF THE GROUND PUT A WHOLE IN THE GAS TANK AND THE TRUCK COULD HAVE EXPLODED IF WE DIDN'T GET IT STOPED IN TIME SO IT DIDN'T SPARK. OUR HOLE FAMILY COULD HAVE DIED THAT DAY! INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

ABOUT 40% OF THE TIME WHEN LOCKING/UNLOCKING THE VEHICLE (EITHER FROM THE DOOR CONTROL SWITCH OR THE REMOTE), THE LOCKING MOTOR CYCLES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I'VE TAKEN IT TO A COUPLE OF DODGE DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH A TECHNICIAN WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. I WAS TOLD THIS COULD POTENTIALLY OVERHEAT AND CATCH FIRE! THIS STARTED HAPPENING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW.

AFTER I REFUEL, WHETHER IT'S 10 GAL. OR TOP IT OFF, THE TRUCK WILL STALL EVERYTIME AS I DRIVE JUST THE FIRST SEVERAL MILES(MAYBE AS SOON AS 100 YARDS OR UP TO 10-12 MILES OR SO). IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I COME TO A STOP, LIKE AT A RED LIGHT OR AT LOW SPEED MAKING A TURN. IT ALWAYS STARTS BACK UP, NOT ALWAYS EASILY THOUGH. OF COURSE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. THIS HAS PUT ME IN A COUPLE OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHILE MAKING A TURN AND SUDDENLY LOSE POWER STEERING. AFTER IT'S STALLED SEVERAL (4-5) TIMES, IT SEEMS TO RECOVER UNTIL I REFUEL AGAIN AND WE START ALL OVER. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO FINALLY FIX THIS RECURRING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SOME TIME NOW. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST 40,000 OR SO MILES. IT NOW HAS 65,000 MILES AND THIS PROBLEM RE-OCCURS WITH EVERY SINGLE REFUEL.