Tl*the contact owns a 2002 dodge ram 1500. While driving approximately 60 MPH the front passengers side wheel detached from the vehicle. The contact was able to control the vehicle and pull over to the emergency lane. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technicians diagnosed the failure and stated that it was caused by the front wheel hub bearing assembly which had separated. The technician stated the upper and lower control arms, front steering, knuckle hub, rotor assembly, brake caliper, ABS speed sensor, brake line hose, wheel, and lug bolts all needed to be replaced. The vehicle also sustained damage to the fender. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.
2002 Dodge RAM 1500 suspension complaints
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Replaced rack and pinion four times along with the upper control arm, upper/lower ball joints, and tie rod ends. This last time the boots on the rack and pinion busted power steering fluid was lost causing steering to lock up. The severe underlying issue to the failure of the rack and pinion is the left and right steering knuckles are faulty causing the tires to turn to far which is causing the damage to the rack and pinion busting which is causing the drainage of power steering fluid and locking up the steering.
2002 dodge ram 1500 wheel hub bearing assembly separation / wheel separation, while traveling at a speed of 35 -40 MPH on the highway, my vehicle began to shake and pull to the right and then the wheel right front wheel hub bearing assembly failed causing my vehicle to become disabled during a snow storm.
The 2002 dodge ram 1500 slt was bought in 2006. 2 months later, the rear end had to be replaced. No warranty. (2000.00 out of pocket). Six months later, the front end went out. (2083.00 out of pocket). No more problems until 6 months ago. Had to replace all wheel bearings and brakes ( 1500.00 out of pocket) now, my mechanic says that the brakes and front suspension has to be replaced(another 2300.00 out of pocket) this truck has never been taken off-road. It has been very well taken care of. Dodge has been notified,no response. How can they expect us to keep buying their vehicles, when they can't or won't tell us what is going on? I have not received a recall for any of the things that have happened.
I own a 2002 dodge ram 1500 and I have been noticing that the dash has been cracking and then it began to crack more to the point of having no dash at all. I don't think this is just a cosmetic defect it is a safety issue. It doesn't take a hoard of inspectors to see how this can cause damage to occupants in the truck. Lets just forget about the safety issue for a second, after buying a dodge intrepid and have the motor fail at 60,000 and I said " I will never buy another dodge", but I gave dodge a second chance because I liked the look of the truck inside and out. With that said I don't mind replacing the control arms where the ball joints are welded in, at a cost of 600.00 dollars. Wish I would have looked at that too, but having to replace the dash is not justified as an expense that I should have to pay for. If I sold this truck to someone I know the first thing they would say, "that doesn't look safe and makes you wonder what else is unsafe with the truck." it does make you wonder about the rest of the truck, did they cut corners on other parts of the vehicle? Let me ask the federal safety agency when you get in your vehicle to go home after work and your dash started cracking, to the point of your speakers falling out when you hit the brakes would you feel safe. That's my story and I am sticking to it.
Dodge slt-1500 4x4, short bedshops around curves if you hit the slightest bump in roar, bridge or whatever. It seem the back end is to light or something is wrong back there.
While driving to work early in the morning, roads were wet, temperature was 23 degrees. Was driving on a two lane roadway about 40 MPH. Was on a straight stretch when truck started to fish tail slightly. Rear of the truck slid slightly toward drivers side. I turned the wheels slightly in the direction of the slide and then started to turn the wheels back the other direction as truck started to straighten out. At that point I felt something give in the front end on the drivers side. The truck started pulling across the center line and off the other side of the road. I was heading straight for a telephone pole. I tried pushing the brakes fully, but the pedal went to the floor. I cut the wheels all the way to the right , just missing the telephone pole. My front fender struck a steel pole filled with cement next to a split rail fence. When I got out of the truck, the front drivers side tire was laying under the truck, only held on by the tie rod end. This was by no means a very bad case of sliding and over steering. The upper ball joint had just separated causing the tire to buckle under. I was lucky to have escaped this accident without injury or having my truck roll over. I have seen alot of problems with the dodge durangos with the ball joint separation and I can only imagine it is the same suspension parts used in the dodge ram 1500 4x4 trucks. This needs to be checked into before someone gets killed.
Pinion gear failure. Replaced rear end from a different vehicle. Many people have told me that while driving down the road the rearend will lock up causing the vehicle to skid to a stop,causing damage to transmission,and drive shaft. Not to mention the 'safety hazards' of possibly causing a wreck,and worse injuring someone.
Front axle, I have replaced the front axles of my 2002 dodge ram 1500 4x4 on both sides at 100,000 miles and the axle on the right side is now gone out again, 1.5 years later. The oil pump has gone out along with all the tensioners, rear axle is going out, truck overheats and no one can find the problem.
I have a 2002 dodgeram 1500 truck approx. 70,000 miles, the upper balljoint (passenger side) bearing failed, and caused undo stress on the lower balljoint causing it to brake. Causing the truck to pull to the right into a tree.
Right front wheel broke off.
When driving on rough pavement, this truck jumps all over the road. I almost was thrown into a retaining wall yesterday. You have no control of the steering on rough surfaces!! Dangerous.
When on the slightest rough surface, this truck jumps and bounces all over the road. I lose all control of the truck when it is jumping. Worse, the brakes bounce and grab when you apply them. Dangerous. Wide spread knowledge of these safety issues. Need a resolution and recall.
First the transmission is slipping in 3rd gear at times,this has been an on going issue that the dealer can't reproduce. The lamp out light goes on and off with the bell this will do it intermittently for as long as 30 min straight and this truck is all over the road when you hit bumps at high speed.
When driving down any bumpy road, the rear of the truck is all over the place have to drive at 5 MPH or less to maintain control of the truck. When it's rainy it's even worse. On the highway on wet weather you can see the rear of the truck swaying after a bump - very scary this started when the truck reached 40,000 miles - will there be a remedy for this - have taken it to different mechanics they also agree with the way the truck operates as described above.
Leaf spring breaks in the middle of bolt eyelit and rear axle slides back and driveshaft almost falls out.
Cluncking noise under hood. Left upper control arm and ball joint. This truck has only 55,000 no off roading
Dt: the consumer owns a 2002 dodge ram. The consumer says that at about 50,000 miles he started having problems with his upper ball joint. The upper ball joint on the passenger side completely went out. He contacted the dealer and the dealer said that they had several hundred in back order right now. The consumer has trouble driving the vehicle so he took it to the dealer and the dealer said that it was his ball joint and it was one of the worst ball joints that he has ever seen. The consumer is not driving the vehicle.
A month after purchasing the vehicle was having ongoing problem with the left front end pulling to the left while driving. Dealership has serviced the vehicle several times over the years to no avail. Currently, the problem became worse. Dealership indicated that the vehicle was unsafe to drive because the left front bearing was bad, which will result in the tire and rim separating and falling off while driving.
The driver's side seat belt retractor continued to fail. The parts were repaired/replaced three times, however the problem recurred. *ak both seat bet retractors were replaced, however problem still exist. Right rear door lock inoperative. Rattle sound over bumps. Right front sway bar link replaced. The steering wheel has been oscillating almost takes the wheel out of this hands. Dealer found ice in wheels/cleaned wheels. However vibration re-ocurred.
When driving any speed, the consumer would hear a squeaking noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. The dealership stated the upper ball joint was defective. *jb the consumer stated that the vehicle is rarely used off road. A noise is heard on bumpy surfaces.
While driving at interstate speed (70 MPH), and switching lanes while on a bridge, the excessive bouncing and bad suspension of truck make me lose control of the truck. The truck pulled to the right and the rear end of the truck ended up spinning around, making a complete 180--- on a bridge!! I ended up slamming into the safety rail of the bridge. And the air bags didn't go off. Luckily, I wasn't injured. At first I thought the accident was my fault, but after talking to a few owners of this model, I figured out that many of us have had the same problems with this truck. The question is, why is this problem not being fixed?? I have talked to the dealer, and they just keep referring me to dealers from other towns.
Vehicle was making noises in front end. Took vehicle to dealer,they said noise was just bushings were just dry. At 40,000 miles took in because the truck steering was funny, dealer said both control arms and both swaybar links wor out. And truck was unsafe to drive. And the repair would cost consumer about $1000.00.
My 2002 dodge ram has several potetial accident, causing problems, one when im driving in the rain or after a rain water in the road it causes m steering to lock up and I cannot steer. I reported this to a dealer in town and the service rep said that the steering will turn into manual drive and seem harder to steer, wow I could not believe I heard that and the problem has never been corrected and I have reported this to dodge on several occassions. Also when im driving down the road or highway in the 2002 dodge ram and I run over a small bump such as on overpasses when the bridge portion meets the ground side my truck will lose control sometimes to the point of the rear end attempting to spin the truck around I guess the only thing that has prevented this is the forward movement itself, however I have come upon situations when im turning in a particular direction and a bump is in the road prior to the turn and the truck leaves me limited control as the rear end suspension reacting to the small bump attempts to make the trucks rear end jump and attempt to spend around. This is a very sick feeling and numerous passangers have expressed concern for this trucks fault as they experience this while riding in the truck.
While driving 40 MPH consumer applied the brakes and vehicle did not stop. The front wheel hub assembly broke on driver's side, causing the vehicle to flip.
The rear right tire and assembly broke off my 2002 dodge ram while my wife and children were on the freeway. This caused the vehicle to rollover. Apparently a problem with the axle. I understand there has been a recall for a weak weld on the rear axle bracket. I never got such recall on my vehicle.
When driving over bumps front suspension shook and jerked. Consumer took vehicle to the dealership for alignment inspection. Mechanic stated that left upper ball joint failed.
I have a rattle under front finders of 2002 dodge ram 1500 brought to 3 different dealers none of them can find problem also rides rough.
The consumer stated when driving at 50 MPH or over, when the vehicle hit a bump or pot hole, the vehicle jumped into the next lane, the vehicle was taken to the dealer twice, and they could not duplicate the problem. *ak *ts
When the vehicle hit a bump in the road it swerved uncontrollably. The dealer indicated the factory installed wheels and tires were the problem. The manufacturer suggested the dealer change the steering and realign the wheels. * ak *nlm
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