Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 02/09/2013 | 110373 | 1 | |
| Just purchase my 2001 dodge ram the day before, took it for a drive to neighboring town. was going 45 mph and the road was somewhat bumpy, the vehicle began to shake violently and very bouncy. the town was 10 miles away. arrived, turned vehicle off and went into market for approximately 20 minutes. drove back home with the same thing happening(violent shaking and very, very bouncy) all the way back. very scary and definitely not right. steering was difficult due to the bounce and shake. interestingly my father drove this vehicle 300 miles to bring it to me the previous day with no incident of the shaking or bouncing. a friend told me about the death wobble and after looking it up on the internet, i cannot believe this issue has not been resolved, either by a recall or dodge! not even a concrete fix for the problem? i am a single mother without a large sum of money to purchase a vehicle, let alone fix major repairs. i need a safe vehicle for myself and my children. i feel like i have been scammed by the dealer, dodge, the previous owner, and the nhtsa. this is not an isolated problem in my vehicle! *tr | |||
| 02/09/2013 | 110373 | ||
| Just purchase my 2001 dodge ram the day before, took it for a drive to neighboring town. was going 45 mph and the road was somewhat bumpy, the vehicle began to shake violently and very bouncy. the town was 10 miles away. arrived, turned vehicle off and went into market for approximately 20 minutes. drove back home with the same thing happening(violent shaking and very, very bouncy) all the way back. very scary and definitely not right. steering was difficult due to the bounce and shake. interestingly my father drove this vehicle 300 miles to bring it to me the previous day with no incident of the shaking or bouncing. a friend told me about the death wobble and after looking it up on the internet, i cannot believe this issue has not been resolved, either by a recall or dodge! not even a concrete fix for the problem? i am a single mother without a large sum of money to purchase a vehicle, let alone fix major repairs. i need a safe vehicle for myself and my children. i feel like i have been scammed by the dealer, dodge, the previous owner, and the nhtsa. this is not an isolated problem in my vehicle! | |||
| 09/14/2012 | 135714 | 1 | |
| The under the bed spare tire assembly cable broke at the junction of where the cable ends and the holding metal assembly begins. the spare tire came loose and hit the highway bouncing off of the pavement and becoming airbourne behind my truck . at that time it became a hazard for any vehicle especially a motorcycle behind me. my spare is a 16 inch tire and weighs over 35 pounds. i got off the interstate at the next exit and tried to find the tire but could not locate it . i suspect it went off the road and down a steep embankment. no cars behind me struck the tire and no was hurt. after inspecting the spare tire crank assembly i found the cable was rusted and suspect the holding nut assembly was too. i have not used my truck for off road use only to travel back and forth to work and to haul material when needed. i went to the local junk yard and was bought another spare tire crank assembly off of a 2000 dodge ram 1500 4 wheel drive and found the whole assembly was also rusted. i suspect that it may fail in the future just like mine did. i believe this to be a design flaw for on inspection it is easy to see how rust can make the holding nut and washer fail. i am afraid this is going to happen or already has happened on dodge trucks using this type of spare tire holder. if this tire coming free and hitting the highway at 70 mph could have cause serious harm to another vehicle or could have led to serious injury or death. my guess is that many times this has happened but has not been reported. *tr | |||
| 09/14/2012 | 135714 | ||
| The under the bed spare tire assembly cable broke at the junction of where the cable ends and the holding metal assembly begins. the spare tire came loose and hit the highway bouncing off of the pavement and becoming airbourne behind my truck . at that time it became a hazard for any vehicle especially a motorcycle behind me. my spare is a 16 inch tire and weighs over 35 pounds. i got off the interstate at the next exit and tried to find the tire but could not locate it . i suspect it went off the road and down a steep embankment. no cars behind me struck the tire and no was hurt. after inspecting the spare tire crank assembly i found the cable was rusted and suspect the holding nut assembly was too. i have not used my truck for off road use only to travel back and forth to work and to haul material when needed. i went to the local junck yard and was bought another spare tire crank assmebly off of a 2000 dodge ram 1500 4 wheel drive and found the whole assembly was also rusted. i suspect that it may fail in the future just like mine did. i believe this to be a design flaw for on inspection it is easy to see how rust can make the holding nut and washer fail. i am afraid this is going to happen or already has happend on dodge trucks using this type of spare tire holder. if this tire coming free and hitting the highway at 70 mph could have cause serious harm to another vehicle or could have led to serious injury or death. my guess is that many times this has happend but has not been reported. | |||
| 06/11/2009 | 111000 | 1 | |
| My front end rim and tire locked up at 59 mph-causing a severe swerve to the left/right-then i swerved into an 18 wheeler;air bags did not deploy;seatbelts were not unlatching prior to accident so not usable at the time. *tr | |||
| 11/28/2003 | 27000 | 1 | |
| While driving 45 mph front left wheel detached from the vehicle. *ak | |||
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 10/14/2005 | 37890 | 1 | 11/08/2004 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving 65 mph the right rear tire detached from the vehicle. afterwards the vehicle fell to the ground and was pulled to the side of the road. after the tire was located the vehicle was towed to a local independent repair shop for inspection. the mechanic replaced the brake shoes and drums, wheel nuts and studs, combination spring kit and self adjuster kit. the manufacturer was alerted.*ak | |||