Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS - CAP/COVER/HUB | ||||||||||||||||
| 10E040000 | FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION | E (Equipment) | 34604 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 08/23/2010 | 08/23/2010 | |||||||||
| Defect Summary | Federal-mogul is recalling certain carquest, national, and percision brand wheel hub assemblies, p/nos 515073 and 515073, sold for use as replacement equipment on model year 2002 through 2008 dodge ram 1500 pickup trucks. the inboard roll form used to maintain the hub assembly can fatigue resulting in noise and/or wheel separation on the two wheel drive (2wd) applications. the risk of these issues do not occur on the four wheel drive (4wd) applications, and installation on the 4wd applications are not part of this recall. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A vehicle crash can occur if the wheel separates from the vehicle. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Federal-mogul will notify owners of record and technicians will replace the affected hub assemblies free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin during august or early september 2010. owners may contact federal-mogul at 877-489-6659. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to replacement carquest and national wheel hub assemblies and has no relation to any original equipment installed on dodge ram 1500 vehicles manufactured by chrysler llc.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 02/06/2013 | 88000 | ||
| On 2/6/13, at 5:30pm, while driving on the interstate, out of nowhere the truck started to shake violently pulled to the left, tried to brake (not working) driverside wheel sheared off the truck. | |||
| 02/24/2012 | |||
| On february 24, 2012, i heard a grinding noise from left front wheel. took it to repair shop, when truck lifted the entire front left wheel was shaking and about to fall off. this vehicle has 55,600 miles on it. regular maintenance has been performed on it every 3000 miles or sooner if maintenance needed. the hub assembly had to be replaced at a cost of $303.95. i was told that had this not been taken care of, there was an extremely high fact that the wheel woudl of fallen off while traveling at any speed. | |||
| 10/07/2011 | 49412 | ||
| Drivers side front wheel bearing failed, lost all grease in bearing | |||
| 09/21/2011 | 36000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. while the vehicle was parked at an independent mechanic for a tire rotation the mechanic stated the lug nuts could not be removed due to rust. the lug nut caps swelled and the wrench the vehicle was equipped with would not fit over the lug nuts. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the warranty would not cover the repair cost. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 36,000. | |||
| 09/21/2011 | 36000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. while the vehicle was parked at an independent mechanic for a tire rotation the mechanic stated the lug nuts could not be removed due to rust. the lug nut caps swelled and the wrench the vehicle was equipped with would not fit over the lug nuts. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the warranty would not cover the repair cost. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 36,000. rvk | |||
| 09/21/2011 | 36000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. while parked at an independent mechanic for tire rotation the mechanic noticed the lug nuts could not be removed due to rust. the lug nut caps had swelled and the wrench the vehicle was equipped with would not fit over the the lug nuts. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the warranty would not cover the repair. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 36,000. ds | |||
| 03/16/2010 | 30093 | ||
| Experienced strong vibration in front left side of vehicle, as though driving on rumble strip on highway. speed was irrelevant, anywhere from 25 mph and above. felt as though it was a locked caliper or other wheel/brake issue. brought to dealership where truck was always maintained, and after their inspection, they find nothing. this was march, 2010. experienced same vibration intermittently throughout summer of 2010. vibration became a common occurrence. at times it feels as though i was driving on the rim. in november, 2010, brought to another dealership for same complaint. they find front axle shaft requiring replacement, which was covered under powertrain warranty. also found was front hub and bearing requiring replacement, which was not covered under warranty. this failure appears to be the subject of 2006 model year recalls. | |||
| 10/30/2010 | 29490 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. the contact had the oil changed on the vehicle and was told by the dealer that the tire rod on the vehicle were extremely loose. the failure was found on the two front wheels. the contact was concerned that the mileage was not high and this is a failure. the vin was not available at the time of the complaint. the failure mileage and current mileage was 29490.rl | |||
| WHEELS - RIM | |||
| 10/23/2007 | 500 | 1 | 09/26/2007 |
| Us customer service - dodge brand site brief description: wheel problems comments: hello, i owned a 2001 ram 1500 for 7 years & 400,000 miles with no complaints. i recently bought a 2007 4x4. i am really glad that dodge has not made too many changes to the truck. i only have one major complaint about this truck. the wheels! i live in the country down a dirt road. the wheels are made wrong. everytime i go in out from my house when it's muddy, the mud gets in a groove on the inside of the rim that makes the frontend shimmy really bad. it is so hard to dig this dirt and mud out you almost have to take the wheels off to get it all. this is going to really wearout the frontend parts very prematurely. the wheels are 17 and on gravel roads, rocks get hung between the rim and brake caliper, and cut the rims. 20 rims have plenty of clearance. this is an issue that needs to be addressed. the shaking is very dangerous on a wet highway!! i have talked with several other owners even chevy owners that are having the same problem. i contacted dodge and they replied it wasn't of any concern to them and that i was on my own. it seems a truck that list for $32,000 would have a set of wheels that would not give this much trouble. thank you, mike gentis mileage: 24,000 servicing dealer: steve jones,wynne, ar. *tr | |||