2008 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I HAD THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL COMPLETED AT THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP (AUTO NATION, CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, RAM SOUTHWEST, 7980 W. TUFTS AVE., LITTLETON, CO 80123), AND I CAN TELL THAT MY AIRBAGS WERE NOT REPLACED. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WIPED DOWN, AS THERE IS DIRT IN PATTERNS OF THE TEXTURE AND CRACKS. A NEW AIRBAG WOULD NOT BE DIRTY. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AS THE PAPERWORK THAT I RECEIVED AFTER PICKING UP MY TRUCK FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE REPLACED. I WILL INCLUDE PHOTOS WITH THIS REPORT. THE AIRBAG RECALLS WERE PERFORMED ON 05/25/2018, AND TODAYS DATE IS 05/31/2018. THE DIRT ACCUMULATED IN THE CREASES OF THE AIRBAGS, AND WITHIN THE TEXTURE OF THE AIRBAGS, IS NOT INDICATIVE OF SIX TO SEVEN DAYS WORTH OF DUST ACCUMULATION. UPON FIRST GLANCE WHEN PICKING UP THE TRUCK THE AIRBAGS LOOKED CLEAN; HOWEVER, AFTER CLOSE INSPECTION, TODAY, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THEY WERE NOT REPLACED. THE INVOICE FROM THE DODGE DEALERSHIP INDICATES 1 PART ISSUED FOR THE DRIVER AIRBAG AND 1 PART ISSUED FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, INDICATING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE NOTE THAT A THIRD RECALL WAS ADDRESSED, WHICH WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING LINKAGE, WHICH IS CLEARLY A NEW PART ON MY TRUCK. THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE OCCURRED AT THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHEN PARTS WERE TO BE REPLACED PER A SAFETY RECALL, BUT WERE NOT REPLACED.

THE STEERING WHEEL IS SUDDENLY VERY LOOSE AND THERE IS A CLUNK UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THIS ISSUE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I DO NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK OFTEN AND I DID NOT NOTICE ANY INCIDENCE OF NOTE; THERE WAS NO TIME WHEN I NOTICED A SUDDEN BUMP OR CLUNK IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT CAME ON GRADUALLY, BUT RAPIDLY. THESE SYMPTOMS SEEM TO ALIGN WITH A PRIOR RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE CONCERNING THE LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD, WHICH CAN FRACTURE AT LOW SPEEDS WITHOUT NOTICE, RAPIDLY BECOMING DANGEROUS FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AS THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BECOME INOPERABLE.

TAKATA RECALL RECEIVED NOTICE, CALLED DEALER . THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARTS AND WOULD CALL WHEN THEY GOT THEM. HAVEN'T CALLED YET!

"TAKATA RECALL", MOUNTAIN HOME ARKANSAS ULTIMATE CHRYSLER TOLD ME THEY COULD DO THE RECALL BUT IF THEY BUSTED MY DASH THEY HAD NO ACCESS TO A REPLACEMENT.

I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND WAS FILLING MY VEH. WITH GAS AND IT BEGAN TO VIGOROUSLY SPRAY OUT OF THE FILLER NECK WHERE THE GAS CAP FITS AND THE STATION'S FILLER NOZZLE, ALL OVER MY SKIN, CLOTHS, THE SIDE OF THE VEH. AND THE GROUND. THIS WAS A GUSHER OF GAS SPRAYING OUT WITH FORCE AND WOULD NOT LET ME FILL THE VEH.! THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OF THE DODGE RAM TRUCKS AND IS COVERED ON ALL MODELS EXCEPT MINE. THE DEALER TELLS ME IT IS RECALL# X49 ON OTHER TRUCKS ALL AROUND MY VIN # AND AGE BUT NOT MINE. THIS A BIG FIRE ISSUE AND IF OTHER TRUCKS DO IT AND GET FIXED WHY IS MINE LESS LIKELY TO CATCH FIRE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE HAD TO FILL IT FROM A CAN WITH A FUNNEL TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE. THIS NEGATES ANY EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROLS I HAVE. PLEASE HELP ME!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, A TANKER TRUCK MADE A LEFT TURN, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TANKER TRUCK. A CRASH OCCURRED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT ARM, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000. *BF *TR

LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. AS A LAST MINUTE THOUGHT I DECIDED TO STOP AT A CONVENIENCE STORE BEFORE HEADING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOWN A HILL WHICH HAD A SHARP U SHAPED TURN AT THE BOTTOM. WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DISENGAGED AND BEGAN TO SPIN COMPLETELY AROUND WITHOUT ANY CONTROL. HAD I CONTINUED ON MY WAY I HATE TO THINK HOW I WOULD HAVE SURVIVED WHAT WAITED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. I'M NOT A MECHANIC BUT IT SEEMS THE STEERING ROD BOLT WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY AND WAS NOT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE HOLES TO THE CONNECTION. THANKFULLY, I HAD TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN IT LOST CONNECTION. I'M SURE THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH RECALLS: N62, N49, L16, H46, H36.

THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD FELL APART. THE BALL SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE TIE ROD. THIS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED AS I WAS VEERING TO THE RIGHT, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF STEERING. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THIS WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. LITHIA DODGE OF HELENA, MONTANA 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. UPDATED 11/13/17 *BF UPDATED 11/16/2017*JS

I BOUGHT MY TRUCK BRAND NEW IN 2008 ..IT HAS WHAT THEY CALL A DEATH WOBBLE , IT ONLY DOES IT AT SPEEDS 50 OR HIGHER .. MANY DODGE TRUCK OWNERS ALSO EXPERIENCE THE SAME TROUBLE.. IT OCCURS AT HIGHER SPEEDS WHEN YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP , OR ROUGH PATCH ..THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WILL COME UNGLUED , AND START SHAKING VERY VIOLENTLY ..IT FIRST DID IT IN 2011 , AND IT STILL DOES IT .. I CONTACTED THE DODGE CORPORATION ABOUT IT , BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT ..