2009 RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. DEMONTROND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 888 INTERSTATE 45 S, CONROE, TX 77304, (281) 528-1700) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

2009 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LOOSE REAR AXLE PINION NUTS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE TO COME A SUDDEN STOP CAUSING THE DRIVERS' CHEST TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER SIGNIFICANT CHEST PAINS. THE CONSUMER STATED FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL TO THE REAR AXLE RECALL. *JS *BF VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR SAFETY RECALL 13V038 (PINION NUT) IN JANUARY 2014. UPDATED 8/14/18*JB

MANIFOLD BOLTS TO THE HEADS BROKE OFF. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN VEHICLE AND LOST CONTROL. THE NEED TO BE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT "IT FELT LIKE THE BED OF THE VEHICLE WAS FALLING OFF." THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC IN TEMPLE HILLS, MD WHERE PREVIOUS REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PREVIOUS REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF A DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR FOR HEATER, DEFROSTER DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK SO DEFROST OR HEATER WILL NOT PUT OUT ANY HEAT AND THEREFORE WINDSHIELD WILL NOT DEFROST AND HEATER WIIL NOT PUT OUT HEAT, IN MY PICKUP THIS IS ON PASSENGER SIDE. IN MONTANA WHERE IT IS STARTING TO GET COLD THIS CAN BE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION