Driving vehicle and heard a clanking noise from rear end, it got louder over the next 2-3 miles then drive shaft dropped from rear differential. Called chrysler to ask if there were any known problems and was informed there was none. Had vehicle towed over 50 miles to a garage to have drive shaft reinstalled, noticed a grinding sound while driving both on accelerate and decelerate. Received a recall notice later in 2012 about the rear axle pinion nut being faulty. Called dealer and set appointment to have recall fixed along with a second recall for A/C blower motor door, took 2 days down time and when I went to pick up truck, the m34 recall as its known was not addressed but A/C was fixed. I was told that they would have to fix any damage caused to the rear end from the recall which is the noise im hearing but unfortunately chrysler does not even have the part nor an expected release date for the part to be available and that they would repair everything at the same time. After over a month of checking back on progress of part I informed the service writer that the noise is getting worse, at that time he stated to make an appointment to bring vehicle in and they would expedite the part and get it fixed and they would get me into a loaner or rental since I use my truck daily for work. When I went to set the appointment a week or so later I was told they cant give me a loaner or rental......another cost out of my pocket besides the repair an tow I already paid and the two days down I had to take for the first recall visit.... I then proceeded to call the number on the recall notice to speak with someone at chrysler and they said they would see what they can do....that was 3/5/2013.... Only to find out that because my truck is now over the 60 month 100k mileage im not eligible for warranty rental coverage.....the problem occurred almost a year ago.
2010 Dodge RAM 1500 transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the rear suspension failed and detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated there was a recall but the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v474000 (power train). The was being repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 54,000.
Drive shaft and rear differential failed. Vehicle stopped in left turn lane of intersection. With green light, pressed accelerator and loud bang was heard. Vehicle would not move and upon inspection found broken drive shaft and broken differential.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact was driving approximately 50 MPH when the steering wheel began to shift to the side and the vehicle would not respond to acceleration attempts. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the technician advised that the rear drive shaft and the transfer case would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. While driving approximately 35 MPH the rear end of the vehicle locked. The contact stopped the vehicle on the shoulder of the road to inspect it and noticed the drive shaft detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000.
Vehicle was traveling at 70 MPH. Vibration and howling/whining noise started coming from the rearend,owner slowed down to exit the highway,as the vehicle was braking to a stop loud clunking and grinding noise coming from the rear end.the drive shaft separated from the rear end of the vehicle,right rear wheel locked and slid about 8 feet.. Driver exited the vehicle,took picture of drive shaft on the ground underneath the truck. No previous indications of any problems. Chrysler hot line was called. Vin was identified as be involved in a recall m-34. Recall notice had not been received by owner,dodge rep said recall notices were being sent out starting 5 dec 2012. Vehicle was towed to nearest dodge dealer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the rear differential froze on the vehicle and knocked out the rear axle, drive shaft and the transfer case. The contact was traveling 35 MPH at the time of the failure. The contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer and was told that the pinion nut on the rear differential was loose, causing the rear wheels to seize. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were 42,000.
The driveshaft completely fell off my truck locking up the rear end. The truck bounced violently down the road leaving skid marks and holes in the pavement where the driveshaft hit it until the whole thing finally came off. Smoke rolled from under the vehicle when it finally stopped. Luckily I was on a side road and not in traffic when the failure occurred. Under different road conditions & speed this failure could definitely have LED to a roll-over and potentially fatal accident. I was not notified by chrysler of any potential failure.
Drive shaft dropped out from the rear axle on the main road, rear axle locked up. Both rear tires would not spin freely. All differential fluid leaked out from where the drive shaft once entered. Truck is now in a dodge certified dealership.
Driving on highway in traffic, heard a loud clunking, scraping noise. Pulled over and assessed that the drive shaft was hanging and had broken away from the rear differential. Rear wheels were locked.
The rear differential in my ram locked up at 35 MPH causing the driveshaft to break, the rear of the truck to jump in the air approximately 2ft, and making it skid for 40ft to a hard stop in the middle of the road near a busy intersection. Dodge has yet to recognize this issue and to do something about it despite it happening to multiple rams. This is extremely dangerous!!! Even the dealerships fail to show any concern over this issue. It was taken to miller dodge in martinsburg and will be looked at monday.
Driving around 35 MPH started to hear whining noise. It kept getting louder then all the sudden alot of banging and the rear wheels locked up causing me to skid out of control. Got out looked under the truck found my drive shaft on the ground. I have pictures of the damage for proof. Dealer said the nut for the ring and pinion fell off. Please make this a recall before someone dies.
I as driving along the rearend started whining a little as I came to a stop. As I started to pull away it vibrated and then the driveline fell to the pavement. I called a towtruck and then the service dept at two different dealer ships and both told me it was not under warranty. So I took it to the shop my employer uses and they found that the pinion nut backed off and the driveline was bent. Also it caused my rearend to lock up and have to be rebuilt.
I have contacted dodge 5 times to have them replace my transmission and differential as they are not working properly. They don't shift when necessary, they don't engage when needed and as a result I have almost been in 2 accidents. The first happened a few weeks ago when after they had failed to detect any problems while my truck was in for service and my complaint that the transmission and differential were not working properly, the drive shaft actually fell off the truck while it was in motion and the bolt holding the u-joint for the drive shaft shot into the differential resulting in the rear wheels locking up. I was in the midst of traffic when this happened and 2 cars swerved to miss me. I had it towed to the dealer, and the replaced the drive shaft and a couple pieces in the differential, but didn't address the transmission issue and now the differential wasn't working properly and making noise. After contact dodge about it again, they are telling me that the dealer says there's nothing wrong so they wont replace the transmission or the differential even though they are covered under warranty. The dealer specifically told me that they know something is wrong, but they aren't sure exactly what and the only way to really fix the issues would be to replace the entire transmission and the entire differential because they each have some many parts to them. At this point, I would like to file an official complaint as it seems the only way dodge will honor their warranty is if someone dies. Yesterday I was making a left turn and oncoming traffic almost hit me because the transmission wouldn't engage in gear for the truck to move forward.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, he heard an abnormally loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the wheels seized and the drive shaft fractured. As a result, he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 49,000.
Was driving my 2010 dodge ram 1500 pickup at 40 MPH when I felt/heard something snap from underneath the truck, pulled off and saw the drive shaft had broke off the rear-end, damaged the transfercase, shredded out all the gears, and locked up the rear-end. Vehicle is under warranty and the dealership honored all repairs under warranty.
I was driving down the highway heard a high pitched whine and the boom the driveline came off the rear differential and the rear wheels locked up. I have researched this and many people have experienced the same problem. Dealer has to replace all components from the center of the truck back.
I went to huntsville, alabama and got my two grandchildren on july 23, 2012 and they spent three weeks with me in michigan. On friday august 10, 2012, I took them home. On saturday, august 11, 2012 as I was driving down pulaski pike getting ready to make a left turn my truck would not turn. The man at the service station was waving for me to let my window down and I did and he said ma your drive shaft is on the ground. I got out of my truck and was astonished that this big long pipe was on the ground. My father came and said your pinion nut backed itself off the pinion and that there was no loctite on the pinion nut and that could have been very danger had it happen when I was carrying my grandchildren home. My father is a mechanic and he put my drive shaft back on and I drove my truck back to michigan and took my truck to moran chrysler jeep dealership in st. Clair. And they said it was put back together ok but need a seal on the differential case but the people I work with knew they were using defected pinion nuts.I work at the marysville axle plant which it use to be detroit axle plant.
When slowing down kept hearing a humming noise coming from the rearend. About 10 minutes later I slowed down to make a turn and boom the driveshaft falls out of the rearend and the rear wheels lock up. The pinion nut had come off and pinion yolk (still attached to the driveshaft) came out of the rearend. The chrysler dealership determined that the driveshaft was not reusable and had to replace the rearend housing and all it's internal parts.
While coming down highway 36 into susanville, calif. Our truck started make a odd noise, we could not stop to check it out because of the road, as we came up on an area where wee could look at it got really loud and we heard a thump and the rear axle locked up. We then skid across the road to a pull off area what we found was our drive shaft had come out of the rear axle. The truck had to be towed into town where it still is. When we called on july 30th I was told there was 45 other trucks waiting for the same part, I called again on august 10th and they are now telling us maybe sometime in october. The problem has been identified by the federal safety agency. But I believe the scope of the problem is greater then what is being reported to federal agencies.
While traveling at speed of 15 MPH,heard loud bang from rear the truck shook. Vehicle was towed to dealership where they determined the differential broke due to mechanical failure. They did not say anything about transmission. Ordered parts are on back order.
While on vacation I was driving 45 MPH and heard a whinning noise coming from the rear of truck. It got louder and louder very quickly and then I heard a large banging noise and the rear wheels froze up causing the truck to skid to a stop in the middle of the road. Got out of said truck and noticed the rear of the driveshaft laying on the ground. Put it in 4 wheel drive to get of the road and noticed the rear wheels were locked solid and was barely able to get the truck to move to get of the road. The pinion nut came loose causing the driveshaft to fall off in turn the pinion moved in the rear axel causing catastrophic failure inside the rear differential.
The vehicle began making a whining noise in the rear during deceleration, both from simply letting off the accelerator and braking. Noise began 50 miles from residence, and progressively became louder on the drive home. At roughly 17 miles from my current residence, a loud noise was heard followed by more loud rumbling and smoke from differential fluid slinging onto the exhaust. I turned on to a side road and began coasting until reaching a safe location to pull over; however, before stopping the rear differential locked up causing the truck to skid to a stop. Upon exiting the vehicle, I could see the drive shaft hanging on the ground, it's rear connecting bolts sheared, and the differential yoke was missing. I could see the pinion shaft sloppily resting in the the differential where the yoke should have been. I paid to have it hauled to the local dodge dealership, who indicated they "did not have a qualified rear end technician", and said I'd "have to have it towed to another one at my personal expense" 50 miles away. After contacting chrysler, they reimbursed my towing expense, and towed it to the other dealership. The second dealership said the ring and pinion were broken, and would have to be replaced along with the carrier. After waiting one month without my truck, I contacted them and was told the parts necessary to fix the vehicle were on backorder, and would not be available for 3 months. I called chrysler to expedite the parts, and that afternoon was told the parts had arrived, and would be fixed in 2-3 days. After one day, I was told chrysler okayed aftermarket parts to expedite the repair, but were flawed preventing correct repair. They offered to let me have it back, but warned me it would make more noise than before. I requested that they fix it right or not at all. Chrysler then indicated parts would not be available for 5 months.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, a humming sound emitted from the power train. The contact applied the brakes and the rear differential seized, destroying the power train. The contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer. The dealer was unable to repair the vehicle due to part availability. The contact then traded the vehicle to the dealer. The failure mileage was 34,200.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, both of the rear wheels locked. As a result, the drive shaft broke off the rear differential. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to determine what caused the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem who did not offer any assistance. The VIN was not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 85,200.
I was driving vehicle at 55 MPH along undivided 2 lane highway. Differential began to make whining noise and then within 1-2 minutes the rear differential locked up and the drive shaft yoke broke causing the drive shaft to drop to the ground. Due to the speed, vehicle control was difficult while attempting to stop. Once stopped, drive shaft yoke was obviously snapped off and passenger side rear tire had melted rubber from being dragged for a few hundred feet when differential locked up. Vehicle was taken to deal and after 2 weeks determination was made that something seized in the differential and caused internals to be destroyed. Dealer has not mentioned current recalls or investigations. As of now, I have been told that dodge is not making the parts needed and that a minimum of 1 month lead time is expected before parts become available. I am told no loaner vehicle or rental car will be provided.
I noticed the vehicle making a humming/rubbing sound coming from the rear end when moving 20-35mph and coming to a stop. I parked the vehicle until I was able to get it to the dealership, so the technician could test drive and locate the problem. Upon his initial leaving he heard nothing so he proceeded to pick up the speed to 55mph to check for vibration in a neutral coast down. Upon reaching 45mph the drive-shaft completely snapped and separated from the rear end assembly, resulting in the rear end completely locking up and sending the truck spinning out of control and the drive shaft swinging violently underneath the truck until the truck came to rest in the middle of the road. Upon further inspection when the truck was towed back to the dealership the technician noticed the rack and pinion assembly completely unthreaded itself from the driveshaft resulting in a catastrophic failure of the rear end. As a result it completely destroyed the gears and components within the rear end housing including deep gashes into the housing itself rendering it unsafe to re-build on. The dealership has since ordered a whole new rear end assembly to be purchased and placed on the truck and currently waiting on parts as I write this letter.
Driving truck at approximately 65 MPH to pass another vehicle. Heard a loud, high pitched moaning/whining sound. Truck lost power, pulled over to side of road. Walked around truck to look for cause of problem, saw smoke, smelled burned metal, saw oily sheen on back of truck & on fender. Looked under truck, saw a hole where a plug should have been in rear differential box. Notified dodge roadside assistance for tow, contacted dodge/chrysler customer care to report problem, activate warranty. Truck brought to dodge dealership who denied warranty, claimed vandalism the cause of the missing plug, not defect. Pursued this with dodge who continued to deny fault. Only submitting this now because saw an article online about differential failure on dodge, jeep products. Due to denial of warranty coverage had to pay over $900 out of pocket and submit claim to insurance company.
Driving home from dinner, started to hear a loud whinning noise coming from the rear end started to slow down then next thing I knew I heard a loud thump drive shaft fell off and rear end locked up. Dealer repaired it but I am always scared it could happen again and maybe at higher speeds. Iam starting to notice this is starting to be a big deal for alot of people also. Go on the ramforumz.com forum look under the 2010 year and there are people telling there stories. I hope nobody has to loose a life for someone to take action.
I have a 1500 dodge 4x4. While driving home (with my three kids) I pulled up to a stop sign and noticed what felt like my brakes grinding. I rolled down my window and it was very load. I drove another 2 miles maybe, pulled up to another stop sign only to have my drive shaft hit the pavement. A few men selling vegetables on the corner helped push it backwards off the road. My husband later went to pick it up with one of his trailers and noticed that in 4x4 with the drive shaft removed it was still locked. The dealership has had it for three weeks and first had problems with the parts, then said that the parts were on back order, then said that the housing was delivered but the gears had to be investigated and released by a regional manager in order to be ordered. What would have happened if that had happened doing 75mph down the interstate that I was heading towards??? I have looked through forums and online and noticed that this is not too frequent but still common. What to do? Three weeks without my vehicle, no end in site ordering the pieces of the rear end and still no answer on if the front end or transmission have issues.
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