13 problems related to suspension have been reported for the 2010 Dodge Ram 3500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Similar to online reports of past Dodge ram truck "death wobble," truck wobbles and shakes dangerously despite numerous fixes and adjustments to tires/alignment and other. Tire rod snapped off, luckily while not on the freeway. We had to have it towed out of our driveway and had to stop mid-trip on our way to wyoming to purchase new tires. Ram 3500 2010.
The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Ram 3500. While driving various speeds, the front of the vehicle shook violently. The contact stated that the vehicle had a condition widely known as the "death wobble". The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000. The VIN was not available.
There is an outstanding recall notice on my vehicle, n49. Dodge told me there is a delay from the manufacturer, and can give no estimate on time to repair. This safety issue has caused crashes due to loss of steering on left front wheel.
Changed lanes at approximate 65 mph the truck began to shank ( wobble) so bad it was hard to keep control of it. Had to come to complete stop to get it to stop . Felt it was unsafe to drive. After researching online there are other post with the same issue they have called the wobble as the death wobble. It has happen 4 times with this truck at different times you don't know or have any indication that it's going to happen. Had the tires balanced and rotated suspension checked all is good according to the repair garage.
Chrysler has sent out a recall notice on this vehicle stating the parts to fix it would be available Jan 6, 2014. After contacting the dealership, I was told Chrysler has limited them to how many parts they could order a day to fix the recall. I was put on a list with no guarantee of when the recall could be fixed or scheduled. The problem states on the recall that this part breakage could cause loss of directional control and/or crash without warning. I'm filing a complaint in that Chrysler is failing to repair this recall in a reasonable amount of time.
The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact stated that the recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 13v529000 (suspension) was received in December of 2013. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be provided. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Recall for tierod left side and unable to get the parts as of oct 2013 and up until now no parts available and still driving with dangerous tierod and no parts for the replacement. Need help we are not getting help from the us government at all so someone is going to die before you all step in and it is to late.
Hi, I received a notice regarding recall n49/NHTSA 13v-529 and went to my Chrysler dealer on 1/26/14 to schedule the service to address the issue with the left tie rod ball stud. To this date, the dealer has been unable to obtain the part from Chrysler. I called the Chrysler recall center at 800. 853. 1403 today and they informed me that Chrysler is still working on getting the parts to the dealers. What's the point of issuing a recall when Chrysler is not taking care of it?.
Received a safety recall in the mail . N49/NHTSA 13v-529. Went to dealer they said they would call me but never did. I went back in and they said they'd put my name on a list and get back to me. They say they don't know when the parts will be available. It's been a total of 3 months. Dealer should have told me from the beginning that they'd put my name on a list. I am concerned they will keep putting this off while parts are not available. Tie rod issues can cause a loss of directional control which is extremely dangerous and I am very concerned about mine and family's safety. Can someone please get back to me with an status on the replacement parts.
There was a horrible death wobble in the front end. The truck had to be brought almost to a complete stop in order to remedy this event. This is beyond unsafe. It is not only unsafe for my family it is a danger to others on the road. Buying a $50,000 + truck safety for my family was not a concern, I was highly mistaken. My fear is not only for my family but for the other motorist on the road. We had stopped driving the truck unless there is a major need, yet we continue to make our $850. 00 a month payments for our yard ornament, because that is what we agree to do. At 42,333 miles we had the front end worked on hoping to fix the problem the temporary repair lasted until we reached 68,482 miles and its back!! so like I said it sits in our driveway in the last 4 months that truck has only driven 256 miles. This is not acceptable!!.
After accelerating on an interstate highway on-ramp, the vehicle went over some bumps then started shaking violently at about 45 mph. There was a complete loss of steering as the truck vibrated and shook across lanes, but I was able to somehow avoid collisions with other vehicles and safely pull off the highway. After stopping and finding nothing wrong, the vehicle was slowly accelerated to interstate speed and driven another 300 miles to destination without further incident. A few days later, a tucson Dodge dealer inspected the truck and found two issues. First, the front steering damper was found to be defective and was replaced under warranty. The second item, an imbalanced front driver's side wheel, was found and corrected. The problem has not recurred, but I am extremely nervous about the event repeating itself, particularly if it happens when pulling a 5th wheel trailer. I am not confident that the violent shaking of the vehicle and loss of steering was caused by a defective steering dampener and a slightly out-of-balance front wheel. This problem, an apparently somewhat widespread occurrence among Dodge trucks, has been widely reported as the "death wobble" throughout the past 8 years or so. My understanding is that it had been fixed recently through suspension changes by Chrysler engineers, but obviously not.
On 10-17-11, I took truck to 5-star Dodge @3068 riverside dr-macon, GA 31210. It had 4 recalls - k-17,k-33,k-34 and l-16. The l-16 being left tie rod end. I pick truck up 10-18-11(tues). Sat - 10-22-11 I called service dept and tell them my steering wheel is not aligned and truck is pulling to right. They tell me to bring in 10-24-11 and they will take care of it. The steering wheel centered and truck alignment done. On 11-5-11, called service center to report that my new tires on front were showing wire sticking out and it was vibrating in front. Again it was sat and no one was there to look at it, so I took it back on 11-7-11, the dealership had to replace to front tires and said they were sending it to the warner robins dealership for the alignment, they could not do it, so they sent it to raffeild tire in warner robins. Upon picking truck up they tell me it is still not aligned. So I recommended a tire business in bolingbroke that works on big trucks and I knew they could align it, they do all our work trucks and we have never had any problems. Now 3-30-12, I pick up a load of hay for horses(2400lbs plus trailer) and come home, I leave to pick up my daughter from school and I loose control of truck in alley at cemetery behind our house, the left tie rod end is broken. The truck cannot be towed, it has to be repaired on sight. I called the dealership to report this and they do not seem concerned and never called me back to check status of truck. I had watts service center come and look at truck and replace the left tie rod end. It is my belief that the recall was never done (l-16) on my truck, I have the part that was taken off and it looks to be the original left tie rod end that came on truck when purchased . I had nothing but problems ever since I took the truck in and its only been 5 1/2 months since the recall. Did they get paid for something they didn't do?.
Upon hitting a bump, hump, or hole in the pavement while driving at highway speeds the steering wheel begins to vibrate and move side to side unexpectedly; the front end of the truck shakes and bounces violently until speed reduces to near stop. Brakes and steering are near ineffective until the violent shaking stops. It feels as if the whole front end is about to break loose from the vehicle, and driver control is severely compromised. This has happened 8-10 times in two years of ownership. It is always unexpected with no warning. I have become very uneasy about road trips in this vehicle. I am about to take it to a Dodge dealership one more time as the problem occurred again two days ago. I have only 700 miles of warranty left. Past trips to Dodge dealerships have given no relief with the comment always being "we could not get the problem to occur when we test drove the truck, and all front suspension tolerances are correct".