Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 02/13/2013 | 31750 | ||
| Truck circulating dirt road after 25 miles constant. the billet shock tower, left deformed material fatigue. deforming the chassis support area, and the shock is destroyed. generating a wobble uncontrollably, cutting rods. both wheels being uncontrolled. the upper coil support, shows a clear in its zone fatigue. this same fault happened at 3500 miles, and chrysler dealer in chile, just change the bars tracks. | |||
| 12/19/2012 | 42000 | 1 | |
| While driving at speeds above 55mph, if an expansion joint, pot hole, or any form of a larger bump is hit, the vehicle will go into what is commonly known as death wobble. to be more specific, the front axle is shifting side to side underneath the body of the truck, causing a violent shake that is impossible to describe. being an ase certified technician, i inspected my personal vehicle with two other ase certified technicians, and discovered no logical causes for such a shake, but proceeded to retorque every nut and bolt under the vehicle along with adding a new heavy duty steering stabilizer, per dodge dealer suggestion. to no avail, the problem still persists. i can no longer allow my six month old daughter to ride in my truck for fear of death wobble occurring. i refuse to allow my wife to drive my truck for fear of her safety. make this situation right with ram truck owners, before it takes a life. *tr | |||
| 01/10/2013 | 10500 | 1 | |
| Tell us what happened: i noticed a severe wobble which almost caused me to wreck in the left front after hitting a small bump in the freeway whils traveling 70 m.p.h. the wobble stopped when i slowed down. this continues to happen when i hit any kind of a bump at speeds of 70 or more. i took the vehicle to the dealer, it was there for 4 days, they said they repaired the problem, the dealer recommended i have the tires rotated and balanced, which i did and paid for it myself. the next time i drove on the freeway and hit a bump the truck went into a dangerius wobble again .. i took the truck back to the dealer,which time the mechanic rode with me and felt the wobble when i hit a bump at 70 m.p.h. the mechanic said he was going to have to take the front end apart to find the problem ,which he said would take a entire day. i left the truck,, 4 days later i was told that there was nothing wrong with the front end and it might be the tires..( the truck has 11000 miles on it) i picked the truck up and left,as i was driving home i hit a bump in the road at 70 m.p.h. and almost wrecked.. i'm lost.. paid $50.000.00 for a death trap and no where to turn. *tr | |||
| 12/19/2012 | 42000 | 1 | |
| While driving at speeds above 55mph, if an expansion joint, pot hole, or any form of a larger bump is hit, the vehicle will go into what is commonly known as death wobble. to be more specific, the front axle is shifting side to side underneath the body of the truck, causing a violent shake that is impossible to describe. being an ase certified technician, i inspected my personal vehicle with two other ase certified technicians, and discovered no logical causes for such a shake, but proceeded to retorque every nut and bolt under the vehicle along with adding a new heavy duty steering stabilizer, per dodge dealer suggestion. to no avail, the problem still persists. i can no longer allow my six month old daughter to ride in my truck for fear of death wobble occurring. i refuse to allow my wife to drive my truck for fear of her safety. make this situation right with ram truck owners, before it takes a life. *tr | |||
| 12/10/2012 | 10000 | 1 | |
| I noticed a severe wobble which almost caused me to wreck in the left front after hitting a small bump in the freeway whils traveling 70 m.p.h. the wobble stopped when i slowed down. this continues to happen when i hit any kind of a bump at speeds of 70 or more. i took the vehicle to the dealer, it was there for 4 days, they said they repaired the problem, the dealer recommended i have the tires rotated and balanced, which i did and paid for it myself. the next time i drove on the freeway and hit a bump the truck went into a dangerius wobble again .. i took the truck back to the dealer,which time the mechanic rode with me and felt the wobble when i hit a bump at 70 m.p.h. the mechanic said he was going to have to take the front end apart to find the problem ,which he said would take a entire day. i left the truck,, 4 days later i was told that there was nothing wrong with the front end and it might be the tires..( the truck has 11000 miles on it) i picked the truck up and left,as i was driving home i hit a bump in the road at 70 m.p.h. and almost wrecked.. i'm lost.. paid $50.000.00 for a death trap and no where to turn... *tr | |||
| 12/19/2012 | 42000 | ||
| While driving at speeds above 55mph, if an expansion joint, pot hole, or any form of a larger bump is hit, the vehicle will go into what is commonly known as death wobble. to be more specific, the front axle is shifting side to side underneath the body of the truck, causing a violent shake that is impossible to describe. being an ase certified technician, i inspected my personal vehicle with two other ase certified technicians, and discovered no logical causes for such a shake, but proceeded to retorque every nut and bolt under the vehicle along with adding a new heavy duty steering stabilizer, per dodge dealer suggestion. to no avail, the problem still persists. i can no longer allow my six month old daughter to ride in my truck for fear of death wobble occuring. i refuse to allow my wife to drive my truck for fear of her safety. make this situation right with ram truck owners, before it takes a life. | |||
| 12/10/2012 | 10000 | 1 | |
| I noticed a severe wobble which almost caused me to wreck in the left front after hitting a small bump in the freeway whils traveling 70 m.p.h. the wobble stopped when i slowed down. this continues to happen when i hit any kind of a bump at speeds of 70 or more. i took the vehicle to the dealer, it was there for 4 days, they said they repaired the problem, the dealer recommended i have the tires rotated and balanced, which i did and paid for it myself. the next time i drove on the freeway and hit a bump the truck went into a dangerius wobble again .. i took the truck back to the dealer,which time the mechanic rode with me and felt the wobble when i hit a bump at 70 m.p.h. the mechanic said he was going to have to take the front end apart to find the problem ,which he said would take a entire day. i left the truck,, 4 days later i was told that there was nothing wrong with the front end and it might be the tires..( the truck has 11000 miles on it) i picked the truck up and left,as i was driving home i hit a bump in the road at 70 m.p.h. and almost wrecked.. i'm lost.. paid $50.000.00 for a death trap and no where to turn... *tr | |||
| 12/19/2012 | 42000 | ||
| While driving at speeds above 55mph, if an expansion joint, pot hole, or any form of a larger bump is hit, the vehicle will go into what is commonly known as death wobble. to be more specific, the front axle is shifting side to side underneath the body of the truck, causing a violent shake that is impossible to describe. being an ase certified technician, i inspected my personal vehicle with two other ase certified technicians, and discovered no logical causes for such a shake, but proceeded to retorque every nut and bolt under the vehicle along with adding a new heavy duty steering stabilizer, per dodge dealer suggestion. to no avail, the problem still persists. i can no longer allow my six month old daughter to ride in my truck for fear of death wobble occuring. i refuse to allow my wife to drive my truck for fear of her safety. make this situation right with ram truck owners, before it takes a life. | |||
| 12/01/2012 | 34456 | 1 | |
| At highway speeds of 65-70 truck started to shake very bad were i almost lost control slowed down and stopped check all tire and started going again and as soon as i hit 65mph it happened again till i slowed down to 30mph i once again stopped check tires all good this is a common thing with the dodge ram from doing a search of the internet on what other dodge ram owners are calling the death wobble and to this date dodge says nothing is wrong this problem needs to be looked in to and either make dodge do a recall to fix there problem before someone gets killed or injured because of this. *tr | |||
| 11/07/2012 | 16000 | 1 | |
| I was driving my truck on the interstate at about 65 mph and hit a bump in the road. my truck went all over the interstate almost throwing me into the ditch. i thought i had a flat tire but i didn't. i continued down the interstate and nothing happened. a week later it happened again on the interstate. i was told by a truck company that i was experiencing the death wobble. i called the dodge dealership and they said they knew nothing about the death wobble. i cant drive my new truck on the interstate fearing for my safety and others i may hurt. *tr | |||
| 11/07/2012 | 16000 | ||
| I was driving my truck on the interstate at about 65 mph and hit a bump in the road. my truck went all over the interstate almost throwing me into the ditch. i thought i had a flat tire but i didnt. i continued down the interstate and nothing happened. a week later it happened again on the interstate. i was told by a truck company that i was experiencing the death wobble. i called the dodge dealership and they said they knew nothing about the death wobble. i cant drive my new truck on the interstate fearing for my safety and others i may hurt. | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 18200 | ||
| While driving my 2011 ram power wagon from speeds of 35mph to 70 mph any small bumps in the highway or expansion joints in the road put this vehicle into an extremely violent wobble with uncontrollable steering issues. i immediately brought vehicle to dealership and dealership had said they never heard of this, they agreed to replace the steering damper and the problem still persists. i'm a professional driver of fire apparatus and have never been as deeply concerned about my safety as now driving this truck. i looked up on the internet and there are countless wobble issues associated with ram 2500 and ram 3500 trucks. i am not positive if my local dealership understands the severity of the situation. this can and will result in injury or much worse, death. please address this issue in a timely manner to protect not just the thousands of dodge owners but the innocent bystanders on the same road with this truck. | |||
| 05/04/2012 | 22250 | ||
| At normal driving speeds, when a bump or expansion joint is hit, a violent shimmy occurs in the front end. the way to make this stop is by hitting the brakes lightly bringing the speed down. the steering feels loose. it's happened 6-8 times in the last 5 days. the truck sways back and forth, this is a serious potentially dangerous issue. | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 06/16/2011 | 22000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 2500. the contact state while driving at low speed he heard a snapping noise lost control of the steering and found the driver side tire was out of place. the vehicle was towed to the locate dealer who performed a diagnosed the failure was located at the driver left tie rod stud failed. the manufacture took report 20991683. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure and the current miles was 22,000. li | |||