Started to hear a strange noise when I would let off the accelerator (empty truck, no trailer or cargo). I said to myself 'I need to get this to the shop tomorrow to see what is wrong with it.' the noise got louder, and before I got home, the nut holding on the drive shaft had fallen off and caused the drive shaft to drop to the ground and my rear end to lock up. I was disabled in the middle of an intersection and had to call a tow truck. After google searching the issue, I noticed there are many cases with 2009 and 2010 dodge ram 1500 trucks with this exact issue. This isn't a driveshaft issue, but rather a pinion\rear end issue. Seeing the numerous reports of this issue, I think a recall is the least that dodge should do in response to this issue.
2010 Dodge RAM 1500 transmission complaints
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I have a 2010 ram with 50k miles on it and just got a wake up call. While running with rush hour traffic, I took my foot off the gas, heard a loud whine, then kablam!!! The rear of the truck locked up and kicked me dead sideways, luckily I had just gotten into a gap between traffic. Nothing like having a full size crew cab truck sliding sideways on an interstate in the middle of traffic. I managed to get the truck straightened up and as it was about to slide around the other way I heard the rear end explode and the rear wheels freed up and I got off the side of the road. Kudos to the drivers behind me, cars and the 2 18 wheelers that were able to avoid t boning me as I went on this wonder ride. I climbed out the passenger door and called my dealer, they hooked me up with roadside and an hour later!!! With rush hour traffic just missing my truck by inches, I got to my dealer. They have yet to get it on the rack to look at it. I did crawl under it in the lot. Drive shaft fell off. The pinion apparently came loose, I can see it inside the differential and all the threads are present. The drive shaft is beat all up, you can see where it hung on the frame when the truck went sideways. The front of the dif looks cracked, the pinion is inside the dif wedged against everything. The trans seams to be leaking fluid as well, cracked????? This is a major safety issue!!!! First mine is not the only ram this has happened to. My dealer has had 1 other in for the same issue, and another for no oil in the rear diff. Its just a matter of time before this seriously hurts or kills someone. I have many moons of driving experience under my belt and was able to keep the truck from splattering. Call it skill, luck, whatever, but it could've turned out very badly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the rear tires seized and the drive shaft completely detached from the vehicle. The contact had the vehicle towed to the local dealer to have the drive shaft repaired. After the repair the drive shaft detached from the vehicle a second time, while driving 70 MPH. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer for a second repair. The failure mileage was 33,500.
The rear end seized which in turn snapped the drive shaft in half. The drive shaft then punctured the fuel tank, and flattened the spare tire. This happened while making a right hand turn onto a side street, my speed at the time was aprox 15 MPH. It lifted the rear of the truck off the road and slammed down to a stop. I am glad I was not on the highway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact was driving approximately 75 MPH and heard a loud noise outside the vehicle. Suddenly, the vehicle spun out of control 360 degrees. The vehicle then fish-tailed and crashed into a concrete barrier. The drive shaft fractured and completely detached onto the road. A police report was filed of the incident. There were no personal injuries. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 21,495.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge ram 1500. The contact was driving 55 MPH when a whistling noise emitted from the rear end as the rear tires seized, causing the vehicle to come to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 62,000.
I bought new 2010 dodge ram 1500 trx 4x4 model quad cab from day one I get noise and vibration coming from rear of truck and is noticeably worse when windows are down it has been in the dealers shop over 4 times and still has problem bought new in november 2009.
Excessive noise and vibration with rear windows in down position in 2010 dodge ram 1500 quad cab trx.
Drove vehicle for the first time in wet, slushy snow (on paved roadways) for about 45 minutes. Snow packed in around transmission and transfer case causing shifter linkage to be physically impeded. Could not put vehicle in park. Ended up stuck in reverse with lever in park, causing a situation where vehicle could not be restarted or moved. Had to get under vehicle to physically remove all snow from around transmission and transfer case before shifter linkage became unstuck.
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