2008 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I HAVE A 2008 DODGE DURANGO AND I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN IT HIT A BUMP YOU ALMOST LOSE CONTROL AND I DID NOT THINK IT SHOULD DO THAT. I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE STORE WHEN IT HAPPEN AND THE CAR WILL ALMOST JUMP INTO ANOTHER LANE THIS HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF DEFECT ON THIS CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V005000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART FOR THE REMEDY WAS ON BACKORDER. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED PROPERLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

STEERING LINKAGE BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, LOST CONTROL AND WENT ACROSS ONCOMING LANE. LEARNED OF RECALL AFTER THE INCIDENT. WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE U-JOINT AXLE FAILED, WHICH JAMMED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO CALL THE DODGE MANUFACTURER AND HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER HE STRUCK THE TELEPHONE POLE; HOWEVER, HE STATED THAT THE AXLE FAILED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,177. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE U-JOINTS FAILED DUE TO LACK OF GREASE. WHEN THE U-JOINT BROKE, THE AXLES BINDED WITH EACH OTHER AND THE AXLE JAMMED THE SPINDLE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE CENTER. . THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF A NOISE DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, BUT WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. UPDATED 04/22/09.*JB UPDATED 05/04/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE HEARD A BANGING NOISE IN THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. RIGHT AFTER THE NOISE, THE STEERING WENT TO THE RIGHT AND HE JUMPED THE CURB. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER NOTICED 2 PARTS FROM HIS VEHICLE WERE ON THE STREET. THE PARTS WERE 2 EARS OFF THE LEFT FRONT AXLE U-JOINT. ONE WAS MALE AND THE OTHER WAS A FEMALE AND THEY WERE STUCK TOGETHER. UPDATED 05/04/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM DODGE REGARDING THE STEERING DRAG LINK INNER JOINT AND DAMPER BRACKETS. THESE COMPONENTS CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL AND MAY FRACTURE, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR AND IT WOULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS FOR THE PARTS TO ARRIVE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,400.

2008 DODGE RAM 2500 HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING CONTROL DUE TO A FAULTY PART. CONSUMER STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE PART THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT AFTER BEING TOLD PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO FAULTY PART. *NJ THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE STUD WHICH HELD THE TIE ROD END TO THE PITMAN ARM WAS BROKEN IN A LOCATION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. *JB

AT ABOUT 4500 MILES NOTICE THAT MY RIGHT LEG WAS RUBBING THE FRAME OF THE SEAT HAS TIME WENT ON IT GOT WORSE. THE FRAMING AND SPRINGS HAVE LOST ALL SUPPORT AND HAVE CAUSED BRUISING ON MY LEG IF I DRIVE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME I CAN NOT DRIVE WITHOUT BEING IN PAIN. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FOAM BUT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE SEAT FRAMING. IT LACKS SUPPORT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. ON MARCH 13, 2009, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE STEERING DRAG LINK INNER JOINT AND DAMPER BRACKET. HE CALLED EVERY DEALER IN TEXAS AND NONE OF THEM HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR DUE TO A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FROM CHRYSLER. THE RECALL STATED THAT IF THE PART IS NOT REPLACED, A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSE A CRASH. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,700.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A NEW 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL A YEAR AGO. WITHIN THE FIRST 500 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL AND NOT TO WORRY, JUST DRIVE THE TRUCK, STOP, TURN IT OFF, RESTART AND DRIVE IT, UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OFF. THE LIGHT TURNED OFF THE NEXT TIME WE STARTED THE TRUCK, SO WE FIGURED IT WAS OK, MAYBE WE WERE OVERREACTING. WELL A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN, WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THE SAME THING, DON'T WORRY, JUST START IT, DRIVE, TURN IT OFF, AND TURN IT BACK ON. WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED, THEY TOLD US IT WAS NO BIG DEAL, THAT THIS WAS "A NORMAL PROBLEM" AND THE EMISSIONS SENSOR JUST NEEDED A CLEANING, WHICH THEY DID. WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE PICKED IT UP THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE, BUT TWO WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND THEY CLEANED THE SENSOR AGAIN. RIGHT AFTER WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK, WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER, IT STRUGGLED TO GET UP A SMALL HILL, WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP, AND THEY HELD IT FOR FOUR DAYS. WHEN WE GOT IT BACK THEY TOLD US THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENED BRING IT RIGHT BACK AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TURBO AND THE EMISSIONS SENSOR AGAIN. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR A YEAR, AND I HAVE CALLED DODGE WITH MY COMPLAINT BUT WAS TOLD TO EMAIL THE COMPLAIN, AND WHEN I EMAILED IT, I WAS TOLD TO CALL, WHICH TO ME SEEMS LIKE A RUN AROUND. WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER THIS WAS A ONGOING ISSUE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT, EXCEPT FOR CONTINUING TO CLEAN THE SENSORS OR REPLACING THE TURBO, WHICH WILL STILL NOT STOP THE PROBLEM. *TR

MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY MONTH OBNOXIOUS SMELL OF BURNING CHEMICALS IN CAB WHEN DOG FILTER ON DIESEL GOES THROUGH REGEN. CHRYSLER REPLACED TURBO THAT WAS SOOTED SHUT. THEN THEY WRAPPED EXHAUST. STILL DOES IT. MAKES YOU SICK. *TR