general problems of the 2009 Dodge Ram 3500

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the rear axle locked up and caused the vehicle to skid. The contact called shields motor CO inc. , (814 w cherry st, chanute, KS 66720, (620)-431-0483), and was informed to bring the vehicle in to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The technician stated that the failure was a known issue and that it was unsafe to drive the vehicle. The technician suggested that the vehicle be towed to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,503.

Tl the contact owns a 2009 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact stated that when he pulled into a parking lot and made two quick turns, the steering wheel malfunctioned and the drag link detached from the vehicle. The contact was a truck mechanic and believed that the part was defective. The contact was concerned that if the toe link had detached on the highway, there could have been a major accident and loss of life. The toe link was replaced in a recall repair 5 years ago. The repairs were done at the dealer fisher Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram (349 e 32nd st, yuma, az 85365 (928) 344-2650). The manufacturer declined the contact's request for reimbursement and placement into a recall. The failure mileage was 99,126.

Death wobble while driving down the interstate going around 50/60 miles I hit a bump in the road and the truck shakes out of control. The truck doesn't stop shaking until you slow down til about 30. It's very dangerous, just today I hit a bump going across a bridge on the interstate and the truck started shaking dangerously and another truck was behind me and on the side of me. The vehile on the right side of me had to hit the shoulder because while my truck was shaking the truck was going in that persons lane. I was scared out of my mind, it seemed that the truck just wouldn't slow down while I was on my breaks. This is very dangerous and an accident waiting to happen. These trucks need to be recalled and fixed correctly before a life is lost or someone hurt badly because of a faulty vehicle by Chrysler/Dodge.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact stated that the vehicle while driving at speeds above 30 mph the vehicle would experience severe shaking and vibration after driving over a pump in the road. After reducing the speed to under 30 mph the shaking would cease. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the stabilizer was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 145,000. Jft.

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 13v529000 (suspension). After contacting the dealer and manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available. The contact was not given an estimated time for when the parts would become available. The VIN was unavailable. The contact had not experienced a failure.

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 13v529000 (steering) and was unable to have the vehicle repaired because the required parts for the repair were not available by the authorized dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the issue but did not provide a date for when the parts would become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 4/4/cn.

The Dodge 3500 was east bound in interstate 40 west of cookville, TN. The Dodge was pulling an enclosed car trailer loaded with a 1955 chevy show car. The Dodge had just passed an 18 wheeled vehicle and was in the left lane. When the pavement changed, a slight bump, the front tires of the Dodge began to bounce out of control, aka "the death wobble". Operator was not able to gain control of the Dodge and it veered into the right lane and over passing the shoulder halfway into the grass. The Dodge and trailer would have gone into a ravine off the highway had the trailer brakes not locked up and brought the vehicle to a stop. Had this happened next to the 18 wheeler, there would have been a serious accident. Operator had no control over the steering until after the Dodge came to a complete stop.

We were on the freeway going approximately 75 mph and hit a pothole in the road and the truck began to shake violently. My husband was able to gain control of the vehicle. I thought we were going to wreck. The tie rod had previously been replaced about a month before this initial incident. This is very dangerous because you are traveling at a high rate of speed. We then replaced the stabilizer shock and thought we fixed the problem only to have it do it again. We then went to big o tires and talked to them about replacing the shocks. We took the manager out to show him what it does and once again, when we got up to about 75 mph it hit a hole in the road and began to shake violently, almost causing us to go off the road. This is very dangerous!!! the manager from big o wasn't familiar with the problem but did some research and found an article about the "death wobble" that has been occuring in 2500 and 3500 Dodge trucks between 2006 - 2010. The article said the problem is under investigation. In the mean time, how many people are going to crash and/or be killed because the problem is "being investigated"?? we paid a good price for our truck and want to be able to use it as it was intended. At this point we are not able to because we don't trust it. We called our local Dodge dealer, dale white motors, and voiced our concerns and they seemed like they weren't aware of the problem.

8-10-10 3500 ram e/b hwy 47 at 55 mgh passing fruit stand heard loud pop and vehicle veered right jumping curb headed toward guardrail. I pulled as hard as I could to avoid ramming the guardrail and imminent injury to both myself and son in right front seat. Dropped about 20 down into ravine in 4 foot grass and struck pile of 4 foot logs thrown there by road . Crew. Front end including steering tie rod had to be replaced. 10-8-10 while droving on mountain blm road in four wheel low. I stopped to backup and left front tire turned sideways. The tie rod lock nut had come undone fell off (unknown location) tie rod dropped to ground. Had to use hay twine to tie up and hold together in order to get back to ranch out of the mountains. It took 4 hours to creep home with my son walking the vehicle around every corner to assure the tie rod stayed together. Vehicle towed to and repaired by roseburg lithia Dodge. I filed safety complaint about tie rod safety hazard. Approximately a year and a half ago, noted loud snapping when turning front end. Tire shop could hear and feel, but we were unable to locate problem. Recall came out and recall parts had to be recalled. No repair. Just notified again of recall and had to have vehicle inspected to confirm recall parts needed. 6-4-14 wife took truck into roseburg lithia Dodge for the inspection to get the recall parts ordered. She brought the loud snapping to service writers attention. He advised approximately 70 customers ahead of us and it would be about 4 months till repair could be make. She advised problem getting worse and possed an imminent safety hazard. Service writer showed no concern for safety and advised the problem was between us and chysler. Should another accident or tie rod failure be proximate cause, both roseburg lithia Dodge and chysler will be held responsible for gross neglegence.