2009 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

THE FRONT BUMPER ON MY 2009 DODGE RAM TRX/4/OFFROAD IS RUSTING IT IS A PAINTED BUMPER NOT CHROME I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO TOOK PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO DODGE THEY INTURN SAID IT IS NOT COVERED. AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE REAR PINION NUT I DECIDED TO RESEARCH RECALLS ON MY DODGE RAM AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CHROME BUMPERS FOR THIS YEAR AND FEEL THAT MY BUMPER SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE AS IT WAS SOLD TO ME WITH THE TRX/4/OFFROAD PACKAGE IT SHOULD HAVE MORE PROTECTION THEN THE CHROME BUMPER EVEN THOU IT WAS PAINTED IT SHOULD OF BEEN CHIPGUARDED OR A VINAL COVERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE REAR END SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT DID REPLACE THE DRIVER SHAFT AND PERFORMED MINOR REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR LATER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000. *TR

WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE, SIDE STEP ON DRIVERS' SIDE DISLODGED FROM 2 OUT OF THREE MOUNTING BRACKETS AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 INCHES. DRIVER FEEL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE SIDE STEP ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE. THE FAILURE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE FACT THE DEALER HAD REMOVED THESE TWICE FOR DEFECT RELATED ISSUES. THE MOPAR PART NUMBER IS 82211496AE32841. THE DEALER INDICATED THE MOUNTING HOLES WERE NO LONGER USABLE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BY AN AFTERMARKET PRODUCT

WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK AND THE PUMP IS OFF GAS IS EXPELLED FROM THE TANK. DEALER EXAMINED AND STATED IT WAS A FAULTY CHECK VALVE IN THE GAS TANK. THE TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH DODGE GAS TANKS. *TR

FACTORY RECOMMENDED RUNNING BOARDS WERE INSTALLED BY DEALER WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND BOUGHT 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THEY WERE LOOSE IN FIVE MONTHS. DEALER TIGHTENED THEM. THEY WERE LOOSE AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER DEALER TIGHTENED THEM AGAIN. THEY WERE LOOSE WITHIN A FEW WEEKS I CHECKED THEM RECENTLY AND FOUND THEY WERE STRIPPED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT REPAIRABLE AND SUGGESTED I GET AFTERMARKET BOARDS TO REPLACE THEM AT MY COST OF COURSE. THE ASSIST SERVICE MANAGER COMMENTS "[XXX] I WOULD GET AFTERMARKET BOARDS THE SAME THING IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE." OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN OTHER ISSUES WITH THESE BOARDS. THEY ARE STRIPPED AND THE DEALER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER TIGHTENED THEM HE OBVIOUSLY HAD A CYA STORY FOR DODGE ABOUT HOW I MUST HAVE STRIPPED THEM ETC. THESE BOARDS ARE OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THEY FALL OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT I'M OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE WITH LEGAL FEES ETC. 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER SHOULD COVER ESP WITH SAFETY ISSUES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE HAS HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF HEATER/DEFROSTER FAILURES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN ISSUE WITH ALL THE DODGE TRUCKS. FIRST THE RECIRC DOOR/ACTUATOR BROKE, THEY WANTED $1000.00 TO FIX, THEN THE HEATER CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. PAID FOR THAT TO BE FIXED. NOW THE BLEND DOOR BROKE, $1500.00 TO FIX. ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAPPENED IN 1 YEARS TIME. CHEAP PLASTIC PARTS TO SAVE MONEY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SAVING ANYONE MONEY EXCEPT THEM. THIS IS A DANGER TO ALL DODGE TRUCK OWNERS. WHEN THE DEFROSTER NO LONGER WORKS, IT IS PRETTY HARD TO SEE, AND WHEN IT IS HARD TO SEE..HOW CAN YOU DRIVE SAFELY? THEY DON'T WANT TO RECALL ALL THE TRUCKS AT $1000.00 PER TRUCK TO FIX, SO THEY JUST LET THE OWNERS PAY FOR IT. CAN'T SAY I WILL EVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE. *TR

LOSS OF REAR AXLE PINION NUT, REAR AXLE LOCKUP AND DAMAGED DRIVESHAFT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, A RATTLE NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT THE TIRES SEIZED AND CAUSED HIM TO SKID TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE NOTICED AN OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE PINION NUT AND DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,100.

AT APPROX 1PM ON JAN 22ND I WAS DRIVING NORTH ALONG A SECONDARY ROAD IN MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 40 MPH WITH MY SEATBELT ON WHEN I BEGAN TO HEAR A WHISTLING NOISE FROM THE TRUCK. AS I SLOWED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE TRUCK SPUN VIOLENTLY IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION. AS IT DID, THE TRUCK WENT AIRBORNE AND CROSSED OVER THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT CHROMED OFF THE BOTTOM OF SOME LOW HANGING TREE BRANCHES AND CAME TO A REST IN THE DITCH TO THE RIGHT OF THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE ROAD. INITIALLY I DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN BUT CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS I BEGAN TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PAIN IN MY LEFT SHOULDER/NECK AND MY RIGHT RIBCAGE AREA. FIRE AND EMS WERE DISPATCHED AND ARRIVED APPROX 5-10 MINUTES LATER. I WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL ER, EVALUATED AND RELEASED WITH CRACKED CARTILAGE IN MY LOWER RIGHT RIBCAGE AREA. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALER FOR EVALUATION. I WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THE REAR PINION NUT HAD COME OFF CAUSING THE GEAR TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE DRIVESHAFT, LOCKING UP THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. THERE WAS AN APPARENT RECALL FOR SIMILAR TRUCKS FROM JULY-SEPT 2009, HOWEVER MY TRUCK WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH 2009. SINCE THE ACCIDENT DODGE HAS RE-ISSUED THE RECALL TO INCLUDE MY TRUCK. I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY TRUCK IS INCLUDED IN WHATEVER ANALYSIS IS DONE AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE STARTER AND THE BATTERY TERMINAL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE MECHANIC STATED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHILE COMING TO MY DESTINATION,AS I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR,I NOTICED A PULL TO THE SIDE,AND FELT INCREASED DRAG WITHOUT FOOT ON BRAKES.WHILE EXITING VEHICLE,I NOTICED A BURNING/METALLIC SMELL FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE AND SAW STEAM/SMOKE COMING FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL.I LOOKED CLOSE AND SAW DISCOLORATION OF BRAKE CALIPER AND KNEW THAT IT COULD NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL CORRECTED. ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEEL WAS TOO HOT TO TOUCH. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN(BREAKDOWN).THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL BRAKES FROM WHEN PURCHASED NEW ON TRUCK FROM ME.IT HAD 42,227 ON IT WHEN THIS OCCURED.WAS FLAT-BED TOWED TO DODGE DEALER WHO SAID BOTH SIDES NEEDED REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS,PADS,BRAKE HOSES,CALIPERS WHICH CAME OUT TO $1200.00 WHICH IS CRAZY FOR THE LOW MILEAGE.DEALER ACTED LIKE THIS IS NORMAL MAINTENANCE. *TR

THE EMERGENCY AND RUBBER BRAKE LINE GOING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ACCUMULATED ENOUGH SNOW TO BREAK WHILE DRIVING. CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND INJURY. *TR

THE STEEL COOLER LINES FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE FACTORY INSTALLED TRANSMISSION COOLER STARTED LEAKING AT THE CRIMPED AREA BETWEEN THE STEEL AND RUBBER JOINTS. CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS A LONG DELAY FOR GETTING REPLACEMENT PARTS. THEY WILL NOT BE RELEASING THE PARTS UNTIL LATER IN FEBRUARY. THIS LEAK COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM AND CAUSE A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT TO COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY AND IT COULD IMPACT THE POWER TRAIN (WHICH IS UNDER A LIFETIME WARRANTY). THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED TO SEE IF IT IS A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM THOSE COULD CAUSE INJURY OR LOSS OF PROPERTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE VALVE MONITORS MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE METAL IN THE TIRE RIM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ROAD SALT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING, THE FUEL TANK WOULD LEAK AROUND THE FUEL FILLER HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR 50% OF THE PART COSTS BUT NOT THE LABOR COSTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A WHINING NOISE WHEN I RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS GOING TO GET MY WIFE TO HAVE HER HELP ME TO DROP IT OFF AT MY MECHANIC. I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO DRIVE FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER TO THE CURB. I GOT OUT AND FOUND THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD FALLEN OFF THE REAR PUMPKIN. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO 4WD DO GET OFF THE STREET BUT WAS UNABLE TO AS THE REAR TIRES HAD LOCKED UP. THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND HE TOLD ME THE PINION NUT HAD GIVEN OUT. HE WINCHED THE TRUCK ONTO HIS FLATBED AND TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY DID A VIN CHECK AND FOUND NO RECALLS. I DID A SEARCH AND FOUND A RECALL ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION NUT, JUST NOT INCLUDING MY VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND THE AXLE AND DRIVE SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 60,992.

MY 2009 RAM DOESN'T HAVE ANY DEFROSTER.THE RECALL FOR THE AC MODULE WAS DONE ON 5/12/2012 AT BALD HILL DODGE WARWICK RI. AT THE TIME OF DOING THEN RECALL THE DEALER INSTALLED A DEFROSTER ACTUATOR IN THE TRUCK WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAVE NOTICED A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE DASH.I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR THE PROBLEM OF NOISE AND A MALFUNCTIONING DEFROSTER.I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE DASH AND LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM AND IT MY TAKE 8 HOURS TO DO SO AND I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE.I POINTED OUT THAT ACCORDING TO THE SLIP FROM 5/12/2012 IT ONLY TOO 2 AND A HALF HOURS TO DO THE RECALL AND CHANGE THE OIL. I HAVE FOUND OUT THRU THEN INTERNET THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL .I DON`T SEE WHY I HAVE TO PAY CLOSE TO A &1000 FOR A PROBLEM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED . IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL ME AT [XXX] THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR ..UPDATED 02/25/13 *BF

DEER RAN INTO ME. MY HEADLIGHTS ON MY RAM ARE SO INFERIOR THAT I COULDN'T SEE THE DEER. I DON'T THINK HE COULD SEE ME EITHER. THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE RAMS ARE SO POOR I HAVE STARTED LOOKING ON WEBSITES TO SEE IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER RAM OWNERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. WE ALL HAVE COMMENTED HOW WE CAN DRIVE WITH OUR BRIGHTS ON AND NEVER GET FLASHED BACK. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM ON THE 2013 MODEL. (FINALLY). CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL THE AFFECTED RAMS AND FIX THE HEADLIGHTS BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED AND KILLED, OR SHOULD I SAY BEFORE MORE ARE INJURED AND KILLED. *TR

AC/HEAT AS YOU ARE DRIVING AND THE AC IS ON HEAT COMES OUT AT THE SAME TIME. SYSTEM DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER IS ON AC/HEAT. NOW A LOUD TICKING SOUND HAS COME ON. THIS HAS HAPPEN SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE DEFLATED RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE SPARE WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TPMS SENSOR SLEEVE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. THE TPMS SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. ...UPDATED 04/25/13 *BF UPDATED 05/14/2013 *JS

DEFROSTER / HEATER/ AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL FAILS. THIS PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ADDRESSED IN K17 RECALL. K17 RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON 03/22/2011. HEATER / DEFROSTER / AIR CONDITIONER CONTROLS ARE STILL DEFECTIVE AS PER DESCRIPTION OF K17 RECALL. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS. IN THE WINTER THERE IS NO DEFROSTER AVAILABLE AND THERE IS NO WAY TO MANUALLY SWITCH TO THE DEFROSTER MODE.

2009 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIRE PRESSURE PROBLEMS AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TWO OF THE FOUR VALVE STEMS CAME APART AND BROKE. THE FIRST VALVE STEM CAME APART WHILE USING ONLY HAND PRESSURE, AND THE SECOND CAME APART USING A SOCKET AND RATCHET, DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE MADE A SLIGHT ROAD NOISE SOUND, SUCH AS A ROCK STUCK IN THE TIRE TREAD. WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF THE SOUND STARTING, THERE WAS A LOUD "POP" SOUND AND THE DRIVESHAFT FLEW OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WAS SHATTERED INTO MANY PIECES. WHEN THE WRECKER ARRIVED, THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE REAR AS THE REAR END WAS LOCKED UP. THIS TRUCK WAS THE LARAMIE 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODEL AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING WITH ISSUES AT ALL. I BOUGHT IT USED AT WESTGATE DODGE IN PLAINFIELD INDIANA WITH 40,000 MILES IN FEBRUARY 2012. I HAD THE WRECKER DRIVER TOW IT TO ANDY MOHR CHEVROLET IN PLAINFIELD THE SAME DAY AND I TRADED IT IN. I LOST $7,000 DUE TO THE DAMAGE. I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THIS TRUCK AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. THE TRUCK HAD A CLEAN CAR FAX WHEN PURCHASED AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER. *TR

THE PINION NUT HAS BACKED OFF THE YOKE ON MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT 4X4 CREW CAB. I WAS LOOKING UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK AND FOUND OIL FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SPLATTERED EVERYWHERE. THE TRUCK IS GOING IN 19 DECEMBER TO BE LOOKED AT. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT APPARENTLY MY BUILD DATE DOESN'T FALL IN LINE. I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS HAPPENING TO RAM 1500'S ACROSS THE BOARD. MY BUILD DATE IS 1/09. THE RECALL DATE NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL 4TH GENERATION DODGE RAM'S BUILT IN 2009 AND 2010. THANK YOU. *TR

THE REAR END LOCKED UP. *TR

ESP/BAS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE WAITING IN THE GAS LINES. THE TRUCK FISH TAILS / SKIDS MORE FREQUENTLY ON SLICK / RAIN ROADS. THE LIGHTS DID NOT GO OUT AFTER CHECKING FLUID LEVELS, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, ETC. IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR RAM 1500SLT TRUCKS AFTER DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH ON THE CONDITION. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER YET IN HOPES OF THE CONDITION CORRECTING ITSELF, BUT WILL SHORTLY. ALSO, IT APPEARS TO BE THE BEGINNING OF RUST IN THE REAR BODY / TOW FRAME OF THE TRUCK AFTER LESS THAN FOUR YEARS. *TR

AIRBAGS FAILED TO GO OFF AFTER COLLISION WITH A FARM IMPLEMENT BEING PULLED BY A FARM TRACTOR. DODGE VEHICLE HAS DAMAGE TO FRAME, PASSENGER SIDE AND FRONT OF VEHICLE. *TR

UPON START-UP OF THE VEHICLE A TICKING NOISE IS HEARD. THIS SOUND IS LESS NOTICEABLE AS THE ENGINE WARMS TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. SIMILAR CASES HAVE BEEN SEEN IN 2009 MODELS CAUSED BY BROKEN OR LOOSE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS FOR CYLINDERS 7 AND 8. CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT THEY STATED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THAT RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME YEAR AND ENGINE TYPE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE REAR AXLE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN: DRIVE LINE: DIFFERENTIAL UNIT) THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MPH, THE DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE PINION NUT FELL OUT CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN: DRIVELINE: DIFFERENTIAL UNIT). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,433...UPDATED 01/30/13 *BF UPDATED 2/1/2013 *JS

I WAS DRIVING THE 2009 DODGE RAM THAT I PURCHASED IN JULY 2010. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON I-20W IN GEORGIA, THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF. THE WHOLE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF. LUCKILY NO ONE GOT HURT. THE CARS BEHIND ME HAD TO STOP. THE RAM QUICKLY LOST SPEED, AND I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME THAT I WAS LUCKY THE TRUCK DID NOT FLIP OVER. A BUNCH OF FLUIDS CAME OUT OF WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO ATTACH THE RAM TO HIS TRUCK IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE REAR TIRES LOCKED UP. HE SAID THE DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP. I HAVE CHECKED SOME DODGE ONLINE FORUMS, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ENOUGH PROBLEM THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF MY 2009 RAM 1500 SLT 4X4 HAS GONE OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 56,000 MILES. THE MECHANICS HAVE ADVISED ME THAT IT IS THE PINION GEAR OR OTHER GEAR IN THE DIFFERENTIAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HER AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

2009 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REAR AXLE PINION RECALL. *TGW RECALL # 12V474000. *JB

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 45 MPH MY AXLE FELL OUT OF MY 2009 DODGE RAM. WE LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WERE STUCK IN THE STREET WHILE AWAITING A TOW TRUCK. THIS WAS CAUSED DUE TO MY PINION NUT COMING OFF.I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DODGE AND I ASK IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESES TRUCKS,THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL. I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE WHICH COST ME $1898.66. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD IN FACT DID A RECALL RECENTLY. I WROTE TO CHRYSLER AS I WAS DIRECTED.I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL TODAY 11/01/2012 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 07/01/09 30/11/09. MINE WAS MANUFACTURED IN DEC OF 08. PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME !! I KNOW THAT IM NOT GONNA BE THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS . *TR

THE DRIVELINE FELL OUT OF THE REAR AXLE OF MY 2009 DODGE RAM TRUCK ON MONDAY OCT 22, 2012. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE REAR AXLE DUE TO THE PINION NUT FALLING OFF AND LOCKED UP THE REAR AXLE. *TR

MY DODGE RAM BLEND DOOR MOTOR HAS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE AND WILL NOT DEFLECT THE HEAT TO DEFROST. THIS FAULT LIMITS VISIBILITY. I HAVE HEARD THIS FAULT IS COMMON WITH THE DODGE RAM SERIES. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION SNAPPED IN HALF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS. AFTER ROLLING BACK, THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP. I UNDERSTAND THIS TO BE A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND HAD THE FAILURE OCCURRED A FEW SECONDS EARLIER AT HIGHWAY SPEED THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS COLLISION. *TR

MY 2009 DODGE RAM WINDSHIELD BECAME REAL FOGGY WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 56MPH AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE DEFROST/DEFOGGER NOTHING HAPPEN. SO I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD SAFELY THAT TIME THANKS THE ALMIGHTY. THIS COULD BE DEADLY AND I AM GLAD I WAS DRIVING ANDNOTONE OF THE CHILDREN NOR MY WIFE. PLEASE RECALL ALL 2009 DODGE RAM PICKUPS AND REPLACE THE MANUAL CLIMATE VALVE MOTOR AND SENSORS IF NEEDED, I BEG DODGE TO MAKE OUR VEHICLES SAFER. THANK YOU!!! *TR

THE LEFT REAR SHOCK IS LEAKING AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE REAR AXLE LOCKED FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS AND THEN RELEASE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE THE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH AND WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,824 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,865.

DASH CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES. *TR

MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING A NOISE IN THE DRIVE SHAFT AREA, ON MY WAY HOME AS I WAS TURNING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MY SPEED LOWERED, I FELT SOMETHING DROP AND TRUCK JERKED AND SOMETHING WAS DRAGGING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OF ROAD AND PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AT WHICH TIME IT GAVE A SMALL JERK. ONCE I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED UNDER IT I COULD SEE THE DRIVESHAFT LAYING ON THE GROUND. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION NUT HAD CAME OFF. *TR

AFTER JUST GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY. I WAS DRIVING ALONG GOING ABOUT 30 MPH, WHEN I HEARD THIS NOISE COMING FROM THE REAREND OF MY VEHICLE. I PULLED OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED LITTLE DROPS OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE RACK AND PINION AREA. I GOT BACK IN MY TRUCK TO GO HOME AND NEXT THING I NOTICED THE REAREND OF MY TRUCK LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVELINE FELL OFF. I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO MIDWAY CHRYSLER IN POSTFALLS IDAHO. IT TOOK OVER 2 WEEKS FOR THEM TO FIX EVERYTHING. ON THE WAY HOME I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND NOTICED THE REAREND WAS SHAKING AND VIBRATING. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY NOTICED THEY PUT THE OLD DRIVELINE BACK ON INSTEAD OF THE NEW ONE THEY ORDERED FOR MY TRUCK. I HAD THEM REPLACE THE PINION SEAL ON THE TRUCK, BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING OIL AGAIN AFTER ALL THAT SHAKING. THE ONLY THING THEY COULD SAY WAS SORRY, THINGS HAPPEN. *TR

WENT TO CHECK AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES. WHILE UNSCREWING THE PLASTIC VALVE STEM CAP ON ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES, THE METAL VALVE STEM SHEARED OFF IN MY HAND. THE POINT OF SHEARING WAS ABOUT MID WAY DOWN THE METAL VALVE STEM. THE SHEARING OCCURRED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY IN A SMOOTH EVEN PLANE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL/PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE VALVE STEM FROM HITTING A CURB, ETC. I DID NOT EXERT LATERAL PRESSURE ON THE STEM, I JUST TWISTED THE PLASTIC CAP WITH MY FINGERS. THE STEM WAS ON A TIRE SENSOR UNIT WITH LABEL "SCHRADER ELECTRONICS" WITH APPARENT PART NUMBER "8CBFFCB4". *TR

I AM REQUESTING THE NHTSA EXPLORE THE POWER TRAIN ISSUES AFFECTING THE 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. DRIVER WAS ON HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 60MPH WHEN TRUCK STARTING MAKING A WHINING AND GRINDING SOUND WHICH CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 1 MILE BEFORE TRUCK STARTED TO RUN FUNNY . DRIVER SLOWED DOWN AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THERE WAS A BIG BANG AND A CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM BACK END OF TRUCK. AT THE SAME TIME THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND TRUCK WENT SKIDDING OFF THE ROAD. WHEN DRIVER EXAMINED CAR FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT ROD AND TRANSFER CASE WERE LAYING UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE ALONG WITH MULTIPLE OTHER PIECES OF HARDWARE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO LOCKED UP AND UNABLE TO RELEASE EVEN IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. WHEN THE DODGE DEALER LOOKED INTO THE INCIDENT THEY STATED A " PIN FELL OUT OF THE DRIVE SHAFT AND BACKED UP INTO THE REAR CAUSING THE PIN TO JAM THE TRANSFER CASE". THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE ENTIRE POWER TRAIN SYSTEM. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GUIDE RAIL MADE MANDATORY FOR DODGE VEHICLES AS THIS ROD FALLOUT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FLIPPED VEHICLE. FURTHERMORE LESS THAN 4 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING SAME VEHICLE AT 15 MPH THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE OF A SHREDDED BOLT IN THE REAR STABILIZER BAR THAT CONNECTS THE REAR TO THE AXLE. VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN TO DEALER WHO CLAIMS IT IS ALL DUE TO THE INITIAL ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A LOUD BANG EMITTED FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND BOTH OF THE REAR TIRES SUDDENLY SEIZED. THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,800.

HEARD A CLUNKING AND WHINING SOUND WHILE DRIVING. SUDDENLY, I HEARD A LOUD THUD SOUND REALLY LOUD, THE REAR END LOCKED UP AND WHITE SMOKE WAS FILLING UP THE AIR BEHIND MY TRUCK. I HAD TO WAIT FOR A CAR TO PASS. THE POUNDING BECAME SUPER LOUD. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE AND THE TRUCK JERKED, I TRIED MERGING TO THE RIGHT LANE AND AS I DID THAT, I COULD BARELY CONTROL MY STEERING WHEEL. MY TRUCK STARTED TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS DOWN THE HIGHWAY. LATER, ONCE THE TRUCK STOPPED SIDEWAYS ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 150 FT, I REALIZED THE LOUD THUD WAS MY DRIVE SHAFT, IT DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND HIT THE GROUND. THE TRUCK ALMOST FLIPPED OVER AND I WAS ON A BRIDGE. MY TRUCK WAS THEN PUSHED BY A HIGHWAY PATROL CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND LATER ONTO A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE MOVED. THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND. OIL WAS POURING OUT OF REAR DIFFERENTIAL. (PICS AVAILABLE) ONCE AT THE DODGE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE PIN IN THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD FALLEN OFF AND A LARGE PORTION OF IT WAS NOT THERE ANYMORE (PROBABLY STILL ON THE HIGHWAY). ONCE THAT BROKE OFF APPARENTLY IT STUCK IN THE REAR AXLE WHICH LOCKED UP MY BACK TIRES. AT FIRST THEY ASKED ME IF I HAD A REAR DIFFERENTIAL CHECK UP LATELY. I EXPLAINED THAT THEY SERVICED MY CAR LAST AND WOULD BE THE ONES TO KNOW IF IT NEEDED IT. THEN I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND SO MANY OTHERS WITH SAME TRUCK AND SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IT WAS SCARY AND GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE MY FAMILY IN THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. MY LOWER BACK IS STILL IN MAJOR

WHILE DRIVING THE REAR END LOCKED UP AND DRVIE SHAFT CAME UNATTACHED FROM REAR END. VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO ROLL AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR EVALUATION. AFTER INITIAL EVALUATION FROM DEALER OTHER ISUES NOTED WERE AT LEAST THE TRANSFER CASE WAS DAMAGED. *TR