Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Dodge Ram 2500

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500. While driving 35 mph, the contact suddenly depressed the brake pedal. The vehicle shook side to side violently. The contact noticed that the lower control arms on both the driver and passenger sides folded or bowed like an inverted v. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the lower control arms needed to be replaced as well as the front driveshaft. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

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The right lower control arm has broken, as if it had been cut, down the middle. Even though I purchased this vehicle from a friend, I have never abused this vehicle in any fashion. The person from whom I purchased it did use it to pull a 5th wheel RV. I was jsut amazed by the way the control arm broke.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that during an oil change, the mechanic stated that the bracket that holds the control arm to the front axle corroded. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 119,000. Mf.

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This truck started experiencing reverberation/wobble/bounce/shake after hitting a series of small bumps or pothole w/ one front tire. The wobble shakes the truck so hard that pieces of the interior break/fall off and the driver completely loses control of the steering of the vehicle. This began happening very intermittently (conditions/bumps/speed must be just right) this spring (2015) soon after we took the truck in for the recall on the driver's side tie rod linkage (they also told us the ball joint needed to be replaced). Since the dealership did not seem knowledgeable about our problem, we took the truck to multiple private repair shops during the summer trying to fix this intermittent, difficult-to-duplicate problem. We have replaced every part of the steering and suspension that had any "play" or wear including a ball joint, tie rods, control arm, pittman arm, steering stabilizer, heavy-duty shock for steering stabilizer, front shocks, various bushings, and steering gear box tightening . We even replaced the tires and wheels in case there was a mild warp/lack of balance. We have spent around $5000, but the truck is still not fixed. A search on youtube revealed that we are part of a large group of Dodge truck owners experiencing what is coined "the death wobble. " when the July 26 NHTSA press release came out, we were overjoyed! our apparently unfixable truck would be "bought back!" I was informed by chrystler that this is not the case. Since we "fixed" the recalled tie rod linkage (that would be the recall that led to all of these problems), our truck is not eligible for the buy back. I believe that chrystler not only knows that this problem is inherent in the design of these trucks (they changed the front end on 2014/15 models), but that they are shirking their buy-back responsibility. This truck is unsafe in its "fixed" state. How should we proceed?.

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When driving at 50-75 mph my truck has a very bad woble. It is very hard to control when it does this and I have to slow down in order for it to stop. With this being my only transportation to work and everything else I have nothing elsle to drive. I have took it to the dealership and one person say their is nothing wrong with my truck and the other say I need to sale it because Dodge will never fix it or own up to their is a problem. I have had so many things replaced the shocks, control arms, steering rack, pitman arm and steering damper.

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Upper and lower ball joints are failing in our fleet (33000+ miles).

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