The power steering failed without warning.
2001 Dodge RAM 1500 steering complaints
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The power steering shaft broke when a turn was made. Which resulted in lost of steering and almost caused an accident.
Consumer states that while driving the vehicle and no warning the steering gear would pop out of gear.dealer notified.
Front wheels turning far enough making contact with lower control arm. Which caused extreme wear on the tire cutting the groove in the sidewall approviamately 1 1/2 inches from the tire bead. The dealer staed that the turning stops in the steering box were worn and caused the problem. Mr scc
The tie rods failed on the vehicle, they had been repaired previously.
Unable to steer vehicle straight. It will either pull to the left or the right and when driver accelerates vehicle will turn to the left.*akconsumer has had vehicle in for the same problem on six different occasions. The problem was almost corrected. Within 1000 miles the problem reoccured. Chrysler refuses to obide by illinois law which states that a vehicle repaired four times without correcting the problem, the vehicle will be replaced. Consumer was told not to call again.
When turning steering wheel completely to right or left, the wheel turns too far. There is no stop in gear box. Also when this happens, tire hits shock absorber bracket, and is slowly shredding the tire.*ak consumer replaced tires with narrower tires. They still rub against the shock absorber bracket. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the advice given was to replace the steering gear box that had internal stops. This vehicles gear box was not equipped with that feature.
While driving on flat surface and with no warning if vehicle hit a bump in the road steering wheel will jump around,and it could cause consumer to lose steering control. Dealer notified.
There is vibration when hitting a bump at 60-65 MPH. Dealer has replaced front tie rod.but, it has not remedied the problem.*akconsumer adds that this is not just vibrations but intense ascillations that alternate left to right. The bouncing makes the vehicle difficult to control and will not subside until broughtr to a complete stop. Upon checking several times, the tires were choppy and needed replacing, the track bar needed replacing, and a special part for the tie rod was ordered, also the left mirror was not heating, also the clock spring was replaced, also tires were showing wear..
My wife was driving the truck when it began making a noise and the wheel began to wobble. When she stopped, the wheel was wobbly. Her dad investigated the cause thinking it was a bearing going out but found out that the spindle nut that holds the wheel on had backed off. The wheel has never been worked on and it had the new type of nut that does not have a kotter pin in it and is the type that is "self locking". Needless to say, it did not lock and could have caused an accident if the wheel had come completely off.
While making a slow right turn at about 5-10 MPH steering wheel became very hard to turn. Consumer then heard a loud popping sound and airbag light came on. Vehicle not taken to dealer yet. Please add further comments.
After many visits to the selling dealer, and a meeting with the chrysler rep. My truck still exhibits problems such as sat.4/28/01 while driving I turned the truck right and noticed the steering was extremely tight, when the steering wheel was turned back to the straight position, something inside cracked, almost immediately the (air bag) light came on and remainred on, truck was brought to dealer and was set for an appointment for monday, 4/30/01. The ownersmanual states ( warning ignoring the air bag light in your instrument panel could mean you won't have the air bags to protect you in a collision) the dealer failed in attempt after attempt to investigate my complaints, and now caused me to have to drive this defective truck. The brakes at times while comming to a stop shudder, or do you call it wheel hop , 3/15/01 dependable dodge replaced the brake drums on the rear after the service director drove the truck on 3/9/01. The truck now three times is exhibiting front tire wear, first time they match mounted the tires as well as took one of the front tires off the rim and exchanged it with the spare tire under the truck, second time they aligned the frontend and rotated the tires, 200 miles later the tires showed signs of wear again, truck was taken to 2 different michelin tire dealers and they informed me that the tires are wearing prematurely, to soon with only 1000 miles on them since the alignment. The truck ehibits what the service director says is a ping, I was informed to increase the octane from 87 to 89, which has done nothing. I am in the process of entering into the lemon law process and am very dissapointed with the response I have received from the dealer as well as the manufacturer. Thank you.
My wife had been driving the truck shopping. Before she returned home she stopped at our daughters house. The truck was parked at the curbside and was shut off. She had been in the house just a few minutes when the horn started blowing from melt down and they looked out window and saw the engine area in flames and smoke. The battle creek, mi. Fire dept. Was called to put out the fire. Per state farm ins. Investigation they determined that a hose had come off of the power steering and sprayed on to the hot engine causing it to go up in flames. We do not have any reports in hand, but the claims contact is [xxx] [xxx], at state farm ins. We do want this investigated, however my wife does not want anything done until the dealership/chrysler has tried to make a settlement with us prior to stirring up any problems. Thank you, [xxx]. If you need to contact her at work her name is [xxx], @[xxx]. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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