Ball Joint Problems of Dodge Ram 2500 - part 2

Ball joints and tie rod ends wore out and rusted parts on a 2003 ram that almost resulted in the loss of a wheel.

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The contact owns 2003 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that he looses control of the vehicle while driving at any speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the tie rod and ball joint was replaced, but failure was not corrected. The contact continues to loose control of the vehicle. The manufacturer took a report 21276257 and advised the failure was not recalled. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000 and the current 100,000.

Front-end noise gradually getting worse until front-end play in steering and wheels around 55,000 miles. Ball joints and u-joint parts were replaced (my expense) and now again at 95,500 miles the same problem is occurring again.

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Truck vibrates or shakes when going over 60 mph. When it hits a bump it does the same thing. I was told it was ball joint defect which is on recall.

The contact owns a 2003 Dodge truck 2500 4x4. The contact stated that the vehicle shakes violently while driving 70 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer three times and they changed the cable stabilizer and replaced the ball joints. The failure mileage was 100,000 and current mileage was 117,000. Updated 03-27-09 updated 04/01/09.

My Dodge Ram 2500 truck has a violent death wobble issue. At freeway speeds when hitting an uneven bump in the pavement the truck goes into a sustaining death wobble type motion in the front end. It is extremely scary, and quite dangerous. The truck is completely out of control and must be slowed to approximately 30 mph for the wobble to stop. I've taken my truck to the Dodge dealer several times and they cannot find the problem. I've replaced everything, the axle, steering dampener 3 times, ball joints, alignment adjustments, new tires. The problem goes away for a short time but then always returns. I'm afraid to drive my truck on the freeway and my kids are afraid to drive in my truck period. When it happens it's very wild and scary. All the traffic around me slows down and swerves to get away from my truck. It's not only dangerous and scary, but embarrassing too. I don't know what to do. I've tried everything and nothing is working. Dodge is pretty much useless. They turned their back on me since all the components check out fine. They said there's nothing that they can do. I need a resolution for this problem.

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On 3-24-08, my vehicle failed state inspection at shaffer's auto service center; 422 taylor st. ; new castle, PA 16101 (724-654-1088). Since it was under an extended warranty plan, I took it to king's Chrysler; 3239 wilmington rd. ; new castle, PA 16105 (724-654-7761) to be fixed. They replaced both front universal joints. But they said that all four ball joints were within specifications for allowed movement. My 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 had 32083 miles on it then. A remark was made that the balljoints should last another 5 thousand miles or so. Today I wanted to have them checked, since I have 37,000 miles on the vehicle. I have been continually worried that a wheel might break off since this vehicle failed inspection at shaffer's. And this is the second time that I took it back to king's to see if the balljoints were bad enough to change. Today, they told me I voided the warranty because I had locking hubs installed on the vehicle to improve fuel mileage. I had the hubs installed after it failed inspection and they said it would last a while longer. I plan on changing the balljoints at my own expense now. But am troubled that they didn't change them at the time because if one breaks, then a wheel could fall off my vehicle and I could be injured as well as anyone else who was near me on the highway. I have recently been doing a lot of traveling on interstate rt. 80, across PA and am afraid one will break at 65 mph as I travel rt. 80. Should vehicle dealers be permitted to defy the authority of another state vehicle inspection station to keep from doing warranty work? I believe that their negligence has put me and others at risk on the road ways I travel.

Have had premature failure of front end parts: ball joints, tie rods, ujoints. I have replaced 3 times in last 5 years and again now having to replace.

: the contact stated that the ball joints are worn therefore the vehicle cannot pass the state inspection. The dealer alerted the contact that vehicles of the year, make and model have a lot of problems with the ball joints. The contact expressed concern about the safety of the vehicle in regards to steering.

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My Ram 2500 4x4 diesel truck started shaking uncontrollably at 60-65mph around 30k miles on vehicle, had to completely stop the vehicle to make the shaking stop. I thought I had problems with tires and balancing, so went to tire shop and bought new tires and had front end aligned. But about a week after new tires were installed it happened again, so I had dealership examine vehicle, they changed steering damper, and ball joints after 3 weeks in shop. Again, the vehicle started shaking, so brought it again to dealership, where they stated I needed to have the truck aligned, so I told them to have it aligned. The problem continued until I noticed the front tires were loosing its shape going bald on the outside, obviously alignment wrongly performed. I called the dealership and they said there was nothing they could do as alignment was not performed at their site. That's when I decided to bring the vehicle to my technician and pay for a real technician to do the job correctly. Here's what he found out: all tie rod ends and bars were damaged, steering damper was bad, and the front end was displaced wrongly via the eccentric adjustments. To our surprise, all new repalcement parts (tie rods, and bars) had problems, went back to mopar parts store three times to exchange parts. This is when we decided to go all the way and exchanged all tie rods and bars with aftermarket ones with grease cups and added a second steering damper to the principal bar coming from the pitman arm. Problem has been solved with $$$ and time to think about the problem. I can forwrd pictures of how the front end suspension looks now, not different from original but with grease cups and additional steering damper (mopar clamp on type). Please forward this to Chrysler and Dodge engineers.

Tl the contact owns a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that the front end of the vehicle wobbled while driving. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but a failure could not be found. The technician replaced the steering box, ball joint, and front stabilizer shocks; however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that the failure began when the vehicle was purchased, but no one could repair the failure. The contact called lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge of billings (2229 king Ave w, billings, mt 59102, (406) 206-3601) and was informed to schedule an appointment. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 250,000.