2008 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) NUMBER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE.

I RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NUMBER N49 / NHTSA 13V-529 IN JANUARY 2014. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER - (WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WHERE I HAVE WARRANTY AND REGULAR WORK DONE)TOMMY VAUGHN DODGE 4850 EAST INTERSTATE 10 ? COLUMBUS, TX 78934 ON TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN PERSON. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE PUT ON THEIR "WAITING LIST" BUT THAT THEY ONLY DID ONE RECALL REPAIR PER WEEK DUE TO PART SUPPLY RESTRICTIONS BY THE MANUFACTURER. I SENT E-MAIL REQUESTING TO KNOW WHEN MY REPAIR WOULD BE COMPLETED - THEY FAILED TO ANSWER MY E-MAIL. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500 QUAD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V528000(STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS MADE AWARE THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION IN THE CLUTCH. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, IT WOULD FEEL AS IF THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD SHIFTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE SPRINGS WERE WORN AND THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION IN JANUARY OF 2013. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY ONLY RECEIVED THREE RECALL KITS PER WEEK AND THAT THERE WAS A WAITING LIST OF 150 OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE IN NEED OF THE SAME RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR KIT WAS ALSO RECALLED AND THE DEALER WOULD RECEIVE THE NEWLY MANUFACTURED PART WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) IN DECEMBER 2013. HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME. UPDATED 05/28/14 MA UPDATED 06/04/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING ) IN FEBRUARY 2014 AND ATTEMPTED TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING AND THE FRONT TIRES BECAME PREMATURELY WORN. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS ALSO REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V529000 (STEERING) WAS RECEIVED HOWEVER THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR AND THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE DEALER WAS ONLY RECEIVING ONE PART PER WEEK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. *TR