Steering Pinion Shaft Problems of Dodge Ram 1500

I was driving on the interstate with my family enroute to south carolina when I started hearing a noise and felt a little vibration on the pedal at first I thought I may have ran over something. Then all of a sudden I just heard a boom and the truck just started fish tailin. Luckily there werent any vehicles around me at the time, I was able to get to the side of the shoulder. When I looked under the vehicle the drive shaft had come completely out and there was smoke and oil leaking. When we got the truck to the shop and they looked it over the pinion had come completely a loose the seal was shot and chunks of the gears inside was mangled, the transfer case was cracked from the impact of when the drive shaft came apart. I also learned that the truck had a recall on it for this same problem. I managed to get the truck towed back to NY to my mechanic shop. Where we have been trying to get Dodge to do something enregard to the repairs. What we have been told was that the recall doesnt include my month! my year make and model but not my month. Yet I have the same issue as what is stated in the recall.

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The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the rear drive shaft detached and the front tires seized causing the vehicle to spin out of control. The contact was able to regain control the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the pinion nut on the rear drive shaft detached. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500. While driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle started to shake violently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the rack and pinion, dry shaft, and the tie rods needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown.

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Rear axle pinion nut came out causing the drive shaft to fall out and the rear differential to freeze up. This happened with no noise or notice while driving at 65 mph on the interstate.

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The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, there was a loud abnormal noise from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated that the pinion nut had fractured causing the drive shaft to fracture as well. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.

Safety recall n08/NHTSA 13v-038 issued 2/13. Letter recieved that 'parts required to provide a permanent remedy for this condition are currently unavailable. Chrysler will contact you again by mail, witha follow up recall notice when remedy parts are available. ' continued to call dealer and continuously told parts have not been recieved yet. In may 2013, had dealer confirm rear axle pinion nut was tight (they still did not have parts to fix recall). Have in writing that nut was tight and all was fine. Aug. 16, 2013, the nut fails and driveshaft snaps free (gears sheared off). Lost complete control of vehicle due to rear wheels locking. Luckily had just exited rt 80 on to side road. Dealer confirmed all due to pinion nut failure. Dealer ordered all new parts to rebuild truck. When asked if this will render the recall 'fixed' he says no. We still have to get the recall pinion nut fixed on the new part. But there is no fix!! so they are basically placing my family in a death trap again. Who is going to stop the blatant negligence at this point? isn't this site for the protection of the people? help us! this isn't a hot spilled cup of coffee. This is not a frivolous request.

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I was sitting at a red stop light. When the light turned green I released my foot from the brake and put my foot on the gas pedal. At that time I heard a loud boom and the truck shook as if we were hit from behind. We were not hit. The truck would run, but would not drive when it was in gear. My truck was towed to the local dealership and it was determine the rear pinion shaft snapped in half.