2008 Dodge Ram 2500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, A TANKER TRUCK MADE A LEFT TURN, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TANKER TRUCK. A CRASH OCCURRED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT ARM, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000. *BF *TR

I WAS DRIVING PAST MY HOUSE, I PUT THE DRIVE TRAIN IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN. I TRIED TO STEER CLEAR OF ALL OBSTRUCTIONS BUT WHEN I HIT MY DRIVEWAY THE TRUCK WENT SIDEWAYS AND IT ROLLED DOWN A CULVERT AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DECLARED A "TOTAL LOSS". I SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES BUT CAME OUT OK. I DOWNLOADED THE OBD2 DATA FROM THE COMPUTER AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND IT SHOWED CODE P0731 G PEND GEAR 1 INCORRECT RATIO???. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE 2008 RAM DATA. *TR

MY 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN WHICH NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. SPEED OF IMPACT WAS APROX. 50-55 MPH. *TR

THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILED WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE FAILURE WAS A SEPARATION OF THE BALL AND BOLT FROM THE CUP THAT IS PRESSED INTO THE CUP. TOTAL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WAS LOST AND A MINOR ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE TRUCK ENDED UP ON A MEDIAN WITH THE LEFT (DRIVER'S) TIRE ON THE MEDIAN AND THE OTHER TIRES ON THE ROAD. THE MEDIAN IS APPROXIMATELY 16 INCHES ABOVE THE ROAD BED. THE BALL JOINT IS PART OF THE STEERING MECHANISM. THE STEERING ARM ENDED UP PUSHING THE RIGHT TIRE OUT AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE OUTSIDE OR TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS ON A CITY STREET NEARING AN INTERSECTION TO A 55 MILE AN HOUR HIGHWAY THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO TURN LEFT ON. THE DRIVER REPORTED A SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL SIMILAR TO A FLAT AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST DUE TO THE MECHANICAL FAILURE OCCURRED. HAD THIS FAILURE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE DODGE RAM WOULD HAVE ROLLED. THE MILES ON THE TRUCK WERE 99,455. A BALL JOINT SHOULD NOT FAIL WITH LESS THAN 150K MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON 2 MAY, 2017 AND THE LEFT (RECALLED) BALL JOINT, ALL STEERING HARDWARE AND THE FAILED BALL JOINT WERE REPLACED BY A DODGE DEALER. THE RECALLED PART HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE TRUCK IN DECEMBER, 2016. THE CRASH ENDED UP IN MINIMAL TO NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALER AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO USE PLASTIC SLIDERS TO GET THE TRUCK SAFELY ONTO THE FLATBED TILT TOW TRUCK.

TIPM (TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) FAILED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER, POWER STEERING, AND BRAKES. -TON TRUCKS ARE VERY HEAVY AND ARE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AND CONTROL WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND DO NOT STOP WITHOUT POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE BODY. I WAS LUCKY TO NOT CAUSE A BIGGER ACCIDENT AND LUCKY NOT TO INJURE MYSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE. THIS TIPM FAILURE IS VERY COMMON WITH DODGE VEHICLES AND I AM DISGUSTED HOW CHRYSLER-DODGE HAS CONDUCTED THEMSELVES IN REGARD TO RECALLS AND WARRANTY. HAD I BEEN TOWING A TRAILER ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I FEAR THIS TIPM FAILURE WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF IT HASN'T SO ALREADY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAD TO CRASH INTO A MOUNTAIN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,869. UPDATED 7/21/15*CN UPDATED 9/23/15 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY SUDDENLY FRACTURED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE. HE THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE, WHO SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO FURTHER EXAMINE THE FAILURE. THE REPRESENTATIVE CONCLUDED THAT THE DEFECT WAS ERRONEOUS. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NO ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. *TR

I OWN A 2005 AND A 2008 DODGE DIESEL 4X4,AUTOMATIC TRANS. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH STABILIZER BARS AND LINKS AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER BARS RUNNING ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCKS. I'VE ALREADY REPLACED THE LINKAGE AND STEERING BOX ON THE 08 DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING INVOLVING AN ACCIDENT. I NOW HAVE THE STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE GOING OUT ON THE 05. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE'S NO RECALL ON MY PROBLEMS. FUNNY HOW ITS HAPPENING W.BOTH TRUCKS. THE 05 HAD ABOUT 50,000 WHEN THE PROBLEMS STARED OCCURRING AND THE 08 STARTED AT APPROX. 2,000 MI, MY SHOP HAD TOLD ME MY WHEEL BEARINGS WERE ALREADY GETTING WORN AND NEEDED REPLACING SOON IN THE 08, AND ITS STILL NEW!! THE TRANNY HAS BEEN REBUILT IN THE 05 AT 50,000. THE 08 HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEAST 5 TIMES ALREADY AND NOW HAS 14,000 ON IT. IM SURE SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY ON BOTH TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I WISH SOMEONE WOULD LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES. ITS PRETTY STRANGE BOTH TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. DODGE ACKNOWLEDGES THESE PROBLEMS BUT TELLS ME I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ITBECAUSE THEY'RE USING BETTER PARTS THAT ARE MORE COSTLY. IF IM PAYING FOR IT ANYWAY I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM TO ANOTHER SHOP I TRUST. I WOULDN'T ADVISE ANYONE TO BUY A DODGE. NOTHING BUT A HEADACHE AND IM GOING BROKE! I'VE LOST MY FAITH AND AM SCARED TO EVEN TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL! *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I OWN A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 HEAVY DUTY PICKUP ON MARCH 1, 2010 AT 6:15 GOING DOWN W MAIN STREET A STRAIGHT ROAD MY VEHICLE LOST STEERING CONTROL AND STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT INTO THE OPPOSING LANE AND THEN TO GO OFF ROAD. I WAS DRIVING AT APPRX 20-25 MILES PER HR . I HAVE LEARNED THERE IS A RECALL H46 THRU CHRYSLER BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME MY VEHICLES DIRTY AND WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 36,000 MILES I HAVE 46,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY TELL ME TO GO THRU MY INSURANCE THE SAY I HIT CURB. THAT ONLY HAPPENED AFTER THE FACT THAT THE STEERING HAD NO CONTROL . I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER PAUL SERVICE PERSON THAT IT HAS A RECALL FOR SOMETHING WITHIN A PART IN THE STEERING LINKAGE BUT IT WILL NOT BE COVERED AND CHRYSLER HAS A NEW OR REDESIGNED STEERING LINKAGE THAT CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED $1350.00. THE RECALL STATES DURING A PRIOR SERVICE APPT A MOPAR SERVICE PART STEERING LINKAGE MAY BEEN INSTALLED ON YOUR TRUCK [XXX] THE DRAG LINK INNER JOINT MAY FRACTURE UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING WHICH CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING ALSO STEERING DAMPER BRACKET AT THE TIE ROD MAY LOOSEN ,THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT CHRYSLER IS WHERE MY CLAIM IS THERE # IS 1 248 944-7084 AND THEY ARE SENDING A INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT THIS [XXX]. PLEASE HELP ME I HAVE MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK AND HAVE NO VEHICLE OR RENTAL AND MY TWIN DAUGHTERS THAT ARE 12 HAVE TO WALK HOME FROM BUS STOP ABOUT A HALF MILE ON A COUNTRY ROAD, NOT SAFE PLEASE HELP ME ! [XXX] *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE U-JOINT AXLE FAILED, WHICH JAMMED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO CALL THE DODGE MANUFACTURER AND HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER HE STRUCK THE TELEPHONE POLE; HOWEVER, HE STATED THAT THE AXLE FAILED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,177. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE U-JOINTS FAILED DUE TO LACK OF GREASE. WHEN THE U-JOINT BROKE, THE AXLES BINDED WITH EACH OTHER AND THE AXLE JAMMED THE SPINDLE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE CENTER. . THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF A NOISE DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, BUT WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. UPDATED 04/22/09.*JB UPDATED 05/04/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE HEARD A BANGING NOISE IN THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. RIGHT AFTER THE NOISE, THE STEERING WENT TO THE RIGHT AND HE JUMPED THE CURB. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER NOTICED 2 PARTS FROM HIS VEHICLE WERE ON THE STREET. THE PARTS WERE 2 EARS OFF THE LEFT FRONT AXLE U-JOINT. ONE WAS MALE AND THE OTHER WAS A FEMALE AND THEY WERE STUCK TOGETHER. UPDATED 05/04/09.*JB

2008 DODGE RAM 2500 HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING CONTROL DUE TO A FAULTY PART. CONSUMER STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE PART THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT AFTER BEING TOLD PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO FAULTY PART. *NJ THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE STUD WHICH HELD THE TIE ROD END TO THE PITMAN ARM WAS BROKEN IN A LOCATION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON I405 IN WASHINGTON STATE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT...I PULLED OVER POPPED THE HOOD AND TOOK A QUICK LOOK.. I NOTICED FLAMES ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MOTOR ALMOST BEHIND THE FIREWALL...CALLED 911...

DEATH WOBBLES: I HAVE REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS. REPLACED THE TIE RODS AND ENDS. REPLACED THE STABILIZER SHOCK, REPLACED THE TRACK BAR RUBBER BUSHINGS, REPLACED THE OTTER UNIVERSAL JOINTS ON THE AAM 9.50 14 BOLT ELECTRIC HUBS. NEW SHOCKS ALL AROUND. DROVE TO SALT LAKE CITY AND THE DEATH WOBBLES CAME BACK HAVE TO PULL OFF THE HWY AND COME TO A STOP WHILE IT IS SHAKING THE TRUCK APART. 15 TIMES FROM IDAHO.. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM THE STEERING BOX HAS PROBLEMS AND IT IS NOT LISTED UNDER ANY RECALLS. NEW ALIGNMENT ALSO. NEW TRANSMISSION, AT 163,000 BOILED OVER ONTO THE TURBO, THE DIPSTICK NEVER FIT IN THE TUBE AND FLUID CAUSED THE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE. 3 YEARS AGO.

TRANSMISSION BURNED UP AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE DUE TO IMPROPER DIPSTICK FIT. FLUID SPEWED ONTO THE TURBO AND STARTED FIRE. BURNT STUFF UP PRETTY BAD.

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN DASH. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND SMELT SOMETHING BURNING. AS HE WENT TO PULL OVER FLAMES STARTED SHOOTING OUT THE VENTS. TRUCK IS A TOTAL LOSS PER INSURANCE.

THE 08 DODGE RAM WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING THE DODGE TO LOOSE ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT SAFELTY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THANK GOODNESS AND GET ALL ITS PASSENGERS OUT. THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP NOR WOULD THE ENGINE START AFTERWARDS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED,. BOTH OTHER TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND WE PAID $1000 TO REPLACE THE FUSE BOX. IT HAPPENS ONCE EVERY YEAR. HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE FUSE BOX APART AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE. I FOUND THE FOLLOWING LINK OF OTHERS REPORTING THE PROBLEM TO THE NEWS WHICH MAY BE OUR PROBLEM. HTTP://KDVR.COM/2017/02/05/FIRE-UNDER-THE-HOOD-DEFECTIVE-HEAVY-DUTY-RAM-TRUCK-ALTERNATORS/

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, A STRONG BURNING ODOR OF COOLANT EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED RAPIDLY AS THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE COOLANT WAS DISPENSED INTO THE RESERVOIR. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,577. UPDATED 02/10/16*LJ *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE LOOKING UNDER HOOD, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,472. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXHAUST PIPE OVERHEATED WHICH CAUSED THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO MELT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO FILED A REPORT AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.