general problems of the 2013 Dodge Ram 1500

Driving home from work on highway at 11pm. Traveling 80mph on a 75mph freeway. Truck in 4 wheel drive since 8 degrees out and light snow. Rear axle seized and locked up. Lost control of rear wheels. Able to steer it to median since front axle was working. Had to be towed. Took it to Dodge dealership. Had to replace both rear axles at a cost of $4063. 91 using rebuilt parts.

Right side tire (passenger side) showing feathering on outside of tire . It was determined that front end was out of alignment from purchase date and was aligned by Dodge dealership to Dodge specifications. Tire still showed excessive outside wear same side outside of tire. Tire was rotated at 9000 miles. Rotated tire now showing outside wear on front right side. Alignment was checked for alignment and found to be out of alignment and realigned. Wear persisted as tires were rotated, tires finally had to be replaced with 22, 530 miles. New tires and an alignment was performed at 22530 miles to Dodge specifications tire showing wear at 700 miles alignment checked and in alignment. Now at 1945 miles right side tire is showing severe feathering and left front is show slight feathering. Dodge notified and in process of 4th alignment. . At least 4other Dodge Ram 1500 trucks in neighborhood are all showing same wear pattern same symptoms . . . Dodge seems not to want to acknowledge problem. Have been in touch with Dodge customer care have been assigned an agent and Dodge dealerships from September of 2014 to present date.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while he drove the steering wheel rattle and the front end made a clocking noise the contact was able to drive the vehicle to the dealer whom performed an inspection that located the rack and pinion bolt separated. The dealer did not replace the defective bolt instead the bolt was tightened. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 23,987. Li.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, the rear axle failed and the vehicle became uncontrollable, causing the contact to crash into a divider. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and was towed to salvage yard. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 41,000.

While vehicle was in park and lowering the four corner suspension system to entry/exit mode, an extremely loud pussst (like disconnecting an air tool from an compressed air tank). This caused the driver/passenger to jump and and pets to bolt into the driver/passenger seat. My concern is this may happen while the vehicle is in motion at a high rate speed and cause the driver to become distracted and cause an accident. Several posts to forums from Jeep owners have experienced smililar issues in their Chrysler made vehicles with air suspension.