2010 RAM 3500 Suspension Problems

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. STOPPED AND LOOKED FOR A PROBLEM. COULD NOT SEE ANY ISSUES. THOUGHT IT MAY BE MUD COMING OUT OF WHEELS CAUSING A BALANCE PROBLEM. CONTINUED TRIP. DROVE ABOUT 130 MILES. WENT OVER SMALL BUMPS AND FRONT END STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING.HAD TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. CAME HOME AND RESEARCHED PROBLEM. FOUND OTHERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE" THIS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IF IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR IF PULLING A TRAILER. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 53235 MILES AND IS USED MAINLY FOR ON HIGHWAY USE.

Mileage: 53,235

SIMILAR TO ONLINE REPORTS OF PAST DODGE RAM TRUCK "DEATH WOBBLE," TRUCK WOBBLES AND SHAKES DANGEROUSLY DESPITE NUMEROUS FIXES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO TIRES/ALIGNMENT AND OTHER. TIRE ROD SNAPPED OFF, LUCKILY WHILE NOT ON THE FREEWAY. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND HAD TO STOP MID-TRIP ON OUR WAY TO WYOMING TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES. RAM 3500 2010.

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT TIRES. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND, WHILE COASTING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE SUSPENSION BECAME DAMAGED FROM THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE COSMETIC DAMAGES WERE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

Mileage: 28,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A CONDITION WIDELY KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING THE MOST AWFUL GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THEN MY ABS LIGHT AND SERV 4WD LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE TUCKED BOBBLED AND WEAVED AND I COULD NO LONGER STEER IT. WHEN I GOT OUT TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM THE WHEEL ITSELF WAS RESTING ON THE HUB ASSEMBLY. PREVIOUS TO THIS I'VE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT END PARTS LIKE CRAZY. NEW BALL JOINTS AND I JOINTS ANNUALLY. BRAKES TWICE A YEAR, AND IT WILL EAT UP TIRES ON THE FRONT. ALSO THE TRUCK WILL NOT STAY ALIGNED. I'VE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND FIRST THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL, BUT THEN THEY STARTED TO GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND. I'VE HAD TO HAVE THEIR TIE ROD END RECALL FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VEERED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING AND SHOOK CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT UNDER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,500. UPDATED 05/26/16*LJ *TR

Mileage: 49,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD BALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11350000 (STEERING) BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,355.

Mileage: 35,355

I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR THE FIRST TIE ROD RECALL WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT...WHEN I GOT MY TRUCK BACK I KEPT HEARING A WEIRD NOISE FOR A FEW WEEKS...ENDED UP FINDING OUT THAT MY RIM WAS SO LOOSE IT ALMOST FELL OFF....I ENDED UP NEEDING BALL JOINTS AND NEW TIRES SOON AFTER...ABOUT 6000 MILES LATER STARTED FEELING FRONT END SLOPPINESS. ..TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND NEEDED TIE ROD....WANTED RECALL DONE ON BLOCK HEATER BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. ..GOT THAT ANSWER MULTIPLE TIMES....THIS RECALL TO ME IS AS IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE THAT THE OTHER AS IT RESULTS IN FIRE.....I'M NOT HAPPY AT ALL AND I WANT MY VEHICLE BOUGHT BACK...IT'S NOT SAFE....THEY SAY NO, I DISAGREE

Mileage: 123,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOUR TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRACK BAR, UPPER TIE RODS, UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND THE LEFT LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

Mileage: 48,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (SUSPENSION) WAS RECEIVED IN DECEMBER OF 2013. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING RECALL NOTICE ON MY VEHICLE, N49. DODGE TOLD ME THERE IS A DELAY FROM THE MANUFACTURER, AND CAN GIVE NO ESTIMATE ON TIME TO REPAIR. THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS CAUSED CRASHES DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL. *TR

Mileage: 13,500

RECALL FOR TIEROD LEFT SIDE AND UNABLE TO GET THE PARTS AS OF OCT 2013 AND UP UNTIL NOW NO PARTS AVAILABLE AND STILL DRIVING WITH DANGEROUS TIEROD AND NO PARTS FOR THE REPLACEMENT. NEED HELP WE ARE NOT GETTING HELP FROM THE US GOVERNMENT AT ALL SO SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE BEFORE YOU ALL STEP IN AND IT IS TO LATE. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL IN THE MAIL . N49/NHTSA 13V-529. WENT TO DEALER THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME BUT NEVER DID. I WENT BACK IN AND THEY SAID THEY'D PUT MY NAME ON A LIST AND GET BACK TO ME. THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. IT'S BEEN A TOTAL OF 3 MONTHS. DEALER SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THEY'D PUT MY NAME ON A LIST. I AM CONCERNED THEY WILL KEEP PUTTING THIS OFF WHILE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. TIE ROD ISSUES CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MINE AND FAMILY'S SAFETY. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET BACK TO ME WITH AN STATUS ON THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. *JS

CHANGED LANES AT APPROXIMATE 65 MPH THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE (WOBBLE) SO BAD IT WAS HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF IT. HAD TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO STOP . FELT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE THERE ARE OTHER POST WITH THE SAME ISSUE THEY HAVE CALLED THE WOBBLE AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT HAS HAPPEN 4 TIMES WITH THIS TRUCK AT DIFFERENT TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW OR HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED SUSPENSION CHECKED ALL IS GOOD ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR GARAGE. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

HI, I RECEIVED A NOTICE REGARDING RECALL N49/NHTSA 13V-529 AND WENT TO MY CHRYSLER DEALER ON 1/26/14 TO SCHEDULE THE SERVICE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD. TO THIS DATE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE PART FROM CHRYSLER. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER RECALL CENTER AT 800.853.1403 TODAY AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT CHRYSLER IS STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE PARTS TO THE DEALERS. WHAT'S THE POINT OF ISSUING A RECALL WHEN CHRYSLER IS NOT TAKING CARE OF IT? *TR

Mileage: 27,000

THERE WAS A HORRIBLE DEATH WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END. THE TRUCK HAD TO BE BROUGHT ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO REMEDY THIS EVENT. THIS IS BEYOND UNSAFE. IT IS NOT ONLY UNSAFE FOR MY FAMILY IT IS A DANGER TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD. BUYING A $50,000 + TRUCK SAFETY FOR MY FAMILY WAS NOT A CONCERN, I WAS HIGHLY MISTAKEN. MY FEAR IS NOT ONLY FOR MY FAMILY BUT FOR THE OTHER MOTORIST ON THE ROAD. WE HAD STOPPED DRIVING THE TRUCK UNLESS THERE IS A MAJOR NEED, YET WE CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR $850.00 A MONTH PAYMENTS FOR OUR YARD ORNAMENT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE AGREE TO DO. AT 42,333 MILES WE HAD THE FRONT END WORKED ON HOPING TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE TEMPORARY REPAIR LASTED UNTIL WE REACHED 68,482 MILES AND ITS BACK!! SO LIKE I SAID IT SITS IN OUR DRIVEWAY IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS THAT TRUCK HAS ONLY DRIVEN 256 MILES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!! *TR

Mileage: 42,326

CHRYSLER HAS SENT OUT A RECALL NOTICE ON THIS VEHICLE STATING THE PARTS TO FIX IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE JAN 6, 2014. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD CHRYSLER HAS LIMITED THEM TO HOW MANY PARTS THEY COULD ORDER A DAY TO FIX THE RECALL. I WAS PUT ON A LIST WITH NO GUARANTEE OF WHEN THE RECALL COULD BE FIXED OR SCHEDULED. THE PROBLEM STATES ON THE RECALL THAT THIS PART BREAKAGE COULD CAUSE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND/OR CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. I'M FILING A COMPLAINT IN THAT CHRYSLER IS FAILING TO REPAIR THIS RECALL IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. *TR

GOING AROUND CURVE SPEED WAS 55MPH. SLIGHT BUMP IN ROAD, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES QUICKLY TO SLOW DOWN, IT FINALLY QUIT SHAKING THE VEHICLE HAS DONE IT BEFORE. *TR

Mileage: 101,344

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER, TIE ROD AND THE BALL JOINTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

Mileage: 50,000

UPON HITTING A BUMP, HUMP, OR HOLE IN THE PAVEMENT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO VIBRATE AND MOVE SIDE TO SIDE UNEXPECTEDLY; THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK SHAKES AND BOUNCES VIOLENTLY UNTIL SPEED REDUCES TO NEAR STOP. BRAKES AND STEERING ARE NEAR INEFFECTIVE UNTIL THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPS. IT FEELS AS IF THE WHOLE FRONT END IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE, AND DRIVER CONTROL IS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 8-10 TIMES IN TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. IT IS ALWAYS UNEXPECTED WITH NO WARNING. I HAVE BECOME VERY UNEASY ABOUT ROAD TRIPS IN THIS VEHICLE. I AM ABOUT TO TAKE IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP ONE MORE TIME AS THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN TWO DAYS AGO. I HAVE ONLY 700 MILES OF WARRANTY LEFT. PAST TRIPS TO DODGE DEALERSHIPS HAVE GIVEN NO RELIEF WITH THE COMMENT ALWAYS BEING "WE COULD NOT GET THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR WHEN WE TEST DROVE THE TRUCK, AND ALL FRONT SUSPENSION TOLERANCES ARE CORRECT". *TR

Mileage: 12,650

AFTER ACCELERATING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ON-RAMP, THE VEHICLE WENT OVER SOME BUMPS THEN STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING AS THE TRUCK VIBRATED AND SHOOK ACROSS LANES, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SOMEHOW AVOID COLLISIONS WITH OTHER VEHICLES AND SAFELY PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER STOPPING AND FINDING NOTHING WRONG, THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWLY ACCELERATED TO INTERSTATE SPEED AND DRIVEN ANOTHER 300 MILES TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A FEW DAYS LATER, A TUCSON DODGE DEALER INSPECTED THE TRUCK AND FOUND TWO ISSUES. FIRST, THE FRONT STEERING DAMPER WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND ITEM, AN IMBALANCED FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL, WAS FOUND AND CORRECTED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED, BUT I AM EXTREMELY NERVOUS ABOUT THE EVENT REPEATING ITSELF, PARTICULARLY IF IT HAPPENS WHEN PULLING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE AND LOSS OF STEERING WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE STEERING DAMPENER AND A SLIGHTLY OUT-OF-BALANCE FRONT WHEEL. THIS PROBLEM, AN APPARENTLY SOMEWHAT WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE AMONG DODGE TRUCKS, HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" THROUGHOUT THE PAST 8 YEARS OR SO. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT HAD BEEN FIXED RECENTLY THROUGH SUSPENSION CHANGES BY CHRYSLER ENGINEERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT. *TR

Mileage: 19,400

ON 10-17-11, I TOOK TRUCK TO 5-STAR DODGE @3068 RIVERSIDE DR-MACON, GA 31210. IT HAD 4 RECALLS - K-17,K-33,K-34 AND L-16. THE L-16 BEING LEFT TIE ROD END. I PICK TRUCK UP 10-18-11(TUES). SAT - 10-22-11 I CALLED SERVICE DEPT AND TELL THEM MY STEERING WHEEL IS NOT ALIGNED AND TRUCK IS PULLING TO RIGHT. THEY TELL ME TO BRING IN 10-24-11 AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. THE STEERING WHEEL CENTERED AND TRUCK ALIGNMENT DONE. ON 11-5-11, CALLED SERVICE CENTER TO REPORT THAT MY NEW TIRES ON FRONT WERE SHOWING WIRE STICKING OUT AND IT WAS VIBRATING IN FRONT. AGAIN IT WAS SAT AND NO ONE WAS THERE TO LOOK AT IT, SO I TOOK IT BACK ON 11-7-11, THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE TO FRONT TIRES AND SAID THEY WERE SENDING IT TO THE WARNER ROBINS DEALERSHIP FOR THE ALIGNMENT, THEY COULD NOT DO IT, SO THEY SENT IT TO RAFFEILD TIRE IN WARNER ROBINS. UPON PICKING TRUCK UP THEY TELL ME IT IS STILL NOT ALIGNED. SO I RECOMMENDED A TIRE BUSINESS IN BOLINGBROKE THAT WORKS ON BIG TRUCKS AND I KNEW THEY COULD ALIGN IT, THEY DO ALL OUR WORK TRUCKS AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. NOW 3-30-12, I PICK UP A LOAD OF HAY FOR HORSES(2400LBS PLUS TRAILER) AND COME HOME, I LEAVE TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL AND I LOOSE CONTROL OF TRUCK IN ALLEY AT CEMETERY BEHIND OUR HOUSE, THE LEFT TIE ROD END IS BROKEN. THE TRUCK CANNOT BE TOWED, IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED ON SIGHT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THIS AND THEY DO NOT SEEM CONCERNED AND NEVER CALLED ME BACK TO CHECK STATUS OF TRUCK. I HAD WATTS SERVICE CENTER COME AND LOOK AT TRUCK AND REPLACE THE LEFT TIE ROD END. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE RECALL WAS NEVER DONE (L-16) ON MY TRUCK, I HAVE THE PART THAT WAS TAKEN OFF AND IT LOOKS TO BE THE ORIGINAL LEFT TIE ROD END THAT CAME ON TRUCK WHEN PURCHASED . I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND ITS ONLY BEEN 5 1/2 MONTHS SINCE THE RECALL. DID THEY GET PAID FOR SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T DO? *TR

Mileage: 42,000

I HAVE A 2010 DODGE 3500 HEAVY DUTY THAT STARTS WOBBLING FORM RIGHT TO LEFT AS I AM TRAVELING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 50 MPH WHENEVER THE TRUCK ENCOUNTERS AN UNEVEN SURFACE ALL OF A SUDDEN. A POT HOLE OR A BUMP IN THE ROAD WILL ALSO CAUSE IT TO START WOBBLING FROM THE FRONT LIKE CRAZY. THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

Mileage: 3,000