Other Fuel System Tank Mounting Problems of Dodge Ram 3500

Steering became loose and had 1-2inches of slack before guiding the vehicle properly. Replaced with new steering unit. Transmission would not shift into low gear at busy intersection entering freeway. Started in second or third required costly rebuild. Fuel gauge reads empty required new unit in fuel tank.

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Driving my diesel, 1 ton, 2004, 4x4 truck with 66,000 miles, turning left across traffic into a business. Engine stops, no brakes, no steering, no warning, nothing. Never had a problem with this truck before this event. Traffic is coming at us and I am headed into a ditch as I cannot turn vehicle. Frantically trying to get vehicle started, will not start, but able to roll forward and make it into business barely missing ditch. People come out to help push vehicle into safe spot. Called tow truck, they get there about 1. 5 hours later. He got truck started, said to drive it down the street that probably something clogged the diesel tank inlet, but ok now. Truck seemed ok, so we hooked up our boat that was in this business, proceeded home. Got about 1 mile away on twisty mountain road, truck again dies, no brakes again, cannot hardly steer and cannot stop boat and truck and proceed down hill holding on trying to stay on road. I managed to get it stopped. Had it towed to dealer this time. Dodge dealer explains that the "lift pump" that pulls diesel fuel from tank to engine had gone out, they state "this is common problem that Dodge knows about. " they refuse to replace the "lift pump" that is fairly inexpensive saying that Dodge knows there is a problem and the consumer has to pay to have a "fuel pump" put into the fuel tank as the fix. This cost is over $1400. Upon hearing that I cannot have the "lift pump" just replaced, I went to the internet forums on cummings diesel "lift pumps" turns out there are lots of pages showing this is a common problem with the cummings diesel and most all will experience it. If Dodge knows there is a problem and people can be killed due to how the truck suddenly dies, they should be responsible for addressing the problem!.