Please contact randy vance (surviving son) at listed address. Concern if existing recalls or other manufacturer's defects were contributing factors to the fatal auto accident. Truck failed to slow and negotiate a left hand turn. Truck went down an embankment. Both driver and passenger suffered fatal injuries.
2001 Dodge Ram steering complaints
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Consumer heard a loud noise coming from back tires of pickup while towing a trailer. *ak dealer stated there was a problem with the pinion gear where the differential is. Consumer states keys would get stuck in recessed screw holes on steering wheel, and while attempting a turn the vehicle would be stuck almost causing consumer to have an accident.
The vehicle experienced severe engine vibration/shaking at idle, substantial vibration at 1400 RPM, vibration thru steering wheel, floorboards and seat, there is also a grinding sensation at 65 MPH and a booming sound at 70 MPH, this imbalance is causing wear of other components. Nlm
Steering gear box defective/unsafe..seat belt retractor defective unsafe...evaporative canister defective per federal emmissions laws.
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Unable to control the vehicle due to excessive play/wandering in steering.
Steering wheel has gotten stuck 3 times since it was bought.
There is about 3 to 4 inches of movement in steering gear box, making streeing box loose, and it wonders on road.
While vehicle was being driven it would not go straight, but continously pulled to either right or left which has resulted in a collision. Dealer replaced steering box three times, and track bar, and steering pump, which did not corrected problem. *ak dealer replaced steering box 2 times, power steering was lost when brakes were applied.
On a 30 MPH frontal center crash air bags did not deploy causing bodly injury,chrysler investigation #8126432 the fond open squib system at airbag and stated that the air bag failure was do to wires that ripped loose when steering column collapsed.
I have a continual problem with the steering on my new truck. It wanders going down the road at hiway speeds. You have to continue to recompensate for the drift in the steering. It is unsafe and according to other owners of the same model dodge truck, they are also having problems with their steering. There are alot of posts on the turbo diesel register website on the web of others with the same problems. All dodge will do is change the steering box and it does not help. We need some help getting dodge to correct this problem. The dealer can only do what dodge says to do, and we owners of these new thirty thousand dollar trucks are suffering with a poor driving vehicle that is unsafe to drive . Please try to help us as dodge is not coming thru.
Steering wander is a problem that many of the dodge diesel owners are experiencing, I am reporting this issue in hopes that with numbers we can get some help getting chrysler to step up to the plate to repair a known problem with a know fix
Power steering line blewout, and there was no steering.
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