Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Dodge Ram 3500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 03/09/16*LJ *CN
2001 DODGE RAM 3500 2 WHEEL DRIVE. FRONT END "DEATH WOBBLE". HAPPENS OVER 40 MPH WHEN YOU HIT A LARGE BUMP. WON'T STOP TILL YOU SLOW DOWN. HAVE HAD SINCE NEW AND STARTED TO FAIL AFTER 36,000 MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED. HAVE CHANGED BALL JOINTS AND IDLER ARM AND HAS BEEN TO SEVERAL FRONT END SHOPS SAYING NOTHINGS WRONG. CURRENTLY THE TRUCK HAS 67,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
BALL JOINTS ON THE FRONT END OF THE DODGE 3500 ARE DRY AND WEAR QUICKLY CAUSING STEERING TO BE DIFFICULT. *NM
MY HUSBAND NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING, TOOK TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, TOLD ME IT NEEDED TRACK BAR AND PISTON, I QUESTIONED THE COST HE THEN TOLD ME ONLY NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT, WENT TO REPAIR FACILITY RECOMMENDED BY DEALER, SPECIALIST WOULDN'T DO WORK BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER THEY REFUSED TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE. TOOK TRUCK TO ANOTHER DODGE DEALER, BALL JOINTS WERE SO BAD THEY WERE DANGEROUS, TRACK BAR, INNER TIE ROD, AND THE HUB BEARINGS CRUMBLED WHEN THEY WERE REMOVED. THIS VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THAT IS ONLY COVERING THE BALL JOINTS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2001 DODGE 3500 4X4 DUALLY, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OFF PAVED ROADS IT IS NOT ABUSED AND ONLY HAS 49000 MILES ON IT AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANUFACTURING QUALITY. *JB
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARING BECAME INOPERABLE, AND THE WHEEL DISENGAGED COMPLETELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF TWO TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
AFTER DRIVING OVER A COMMON HIGHWAY PROTUBERANCE, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHOOK UNTIL THE VEHICLE COULD BE BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS DUE TO UNEVEN FRONT TIRE PRESSURE. THE THIRD TIME, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS A RANDOM OCCERANCE THAT CAN NOT BE EASILY DUPLICATED. *AK
UPPER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED. *AK
NAR 03/17/2003 IN REFERENCE TO A PRODUCT EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE BY CORRECT TRACK INC (REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM) CORPORATION. *CB *JB
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BOLT JOINTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAVE STATED THAT SOME OF THE VEHICLES HAVE THAT PROBLEM AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. TS
WHEN DRIVING, THE FRONT END WOULD SHAKE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE A JERKING MOTION. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MR JG *JB
VEHICLE WANDERS LEFT AND RIGHT AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, REPLACED STEERING BOX AND TIE ROD END, DID WHEEL ALIGNMENT. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK *TT
VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. STEERING IS UNPREDICTABLE. DEALER ALIGNED TWICE. NO FIX AT THIS TIME PER DEALER SERVICE MANAGER. HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM PER SERVICE MANAGER.*AK
VEHICLE WOULD WANDER OVER ROAD, AND WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WOULD BARELY TURN STEERING, AND VEHICLE WOULD GO 1 WAY. WOULD TRY TO CORRECT, WOULD GO OTHER WAY. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER'S DISTRICT MANAGER, AND BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. MECHANIC READJUSTED STEERING BOX AND PLACED ON LASER ADJUSTER TO REALIGN FRONT END. NOTHING ELSE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER ROAD, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. TO DEALER WHO ALIGNED VEHICLE MECHANIC STATED THAT DODGE HAD A STEERING BOX PROBLEM. CONSUMER ALMOST ROLLED VEHICLE DUE TO THIS. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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