Eight problems related to steering gear box have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Ram 2500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
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Power steering is loose and vehicle wanders at 65 mph, constant leak in power steering gear box.
Steering loose at center, truck darts and weaves, steering drags while turning to the right. Dealer statement on repair ticket states "manufacture is aware of problem and cannot be repaired by the dealer".
Whenever traveling at 65 to 70 mph it's hard to keep control. Vehicle was drifting all over the road. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, and they said it was defective steering box. Please provide any further information.
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Steering loose , many items have been replaced, in arbitration now.
While driving vehicle wandered off the road. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined that steering gear box was the cause of the problem.
This is my second truck from Dodge. The first truck they replaced the steering box 4-5 times and tried many other things like alignment, tire pressure, tire rotation etc, to try to correct a severe wondering problem and they could not fix this. Chrysler offered me a new truck to replace this one and I reluctantly agreed. I finally took delivery after numerous paperwork problems and it turned out that this truck has the same problem along with several problems. I have had the truck to back to the dealer numerous times for the front end and they tried front end alignments, tire rotations, more tow on the front end, new steering boxes, replaced the brakes & turned the rotors at 8,000 miles, repainted about half the truck etc. When I first test drove the vehicle I told the salesperson (joe zappia) at wilsons that there was a front end problem with the vehicle and he assured me that it would be taken care of before delivery. I took delivery of the vehicle and I drove the truck down the street and realized that the truck was never fixed. I drove back to the dealership and spoke to the service manager on duty and he told me that they never told him that ther was a front end problem. So from that day on in January 1999 I have been very lucky to keep my truck in my own lane going down the road!.