# 2010 RAM 3500 — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `1001140` · 2013-08-12 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** RAM
- **Model:** 3500
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 56,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
TRAVELING AT APPROX 40 DOWN A STRAIGHT STREET IN TOWN ,  APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE TRUCK SHARPLY CHANGED LANES INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC , SIDE SWIPING ONE CAR WENT THRU TWO RESIDENTIAL  FENCES AND ENDED UP STOPPING IN SHOP/GARAGE TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE ROAD WE WHERE TRAVELING ON . I WAS SITED FOR NEG 2 DRIVING , BECAUSE I COULDN'T RECALL WHAT HAD HAPPENED .           THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED . ON THE REPORT WE GOT FROM THE INS. CO THERE WAS SOME INFO AND TO MY DISBELIEF WAS A PARAGRAPH ABOUT 2010 DODGE RAMS 3500 BEING RECALLED FOR LEFT TIE ROD FAILURE . MY WIFE LUCKILY HAD TAKEN LOTS OF PICTURES OF THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT , AFTER SOME INVESTIGATING ON OUR PART ( WENT AND LOOKED AT THE TRUCK ) THE LEFT SIDE TIE ROD WAS BROKEN ,  WE TOOK PICTURES OF THE TIE ROD , AND BY LOOKING AT THE TIE ROD THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO IT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED IT TO FAIL , THE PICTURES MY WIFE TOOK AT THE SCENE CLEARLY SHOW SOMETHING DRAGGING IN THE DIRT ON THE DRIVER SIDE . MY WIFE AND I ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A LOCAL BONE CRUSHER ( CHIROPRACTOR ) ITS HIS BELIEF THAT THE TRUCK SWERVED HARD ENOUGH THAT MY HEAD HIT SOMETHING KNOCKING ME UNCONSCIOUS , HE SAID THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE TILTED ATLAS THAT I AM CONTINUING FIGHTING TO THIS DAY , THE CHIROPRACTOR TOLD ME THAT WHEN THEY TAKE A HEAD ON HEAD XRAY YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR ATLAS ON MINE YOU CAN SEE OVER HALF OF IT , WORST HE'S EVER SEEN .WE HAD BEEN HAVING FRONT END PROBLEM AND BROUGHT IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP .  WE ALSO HAVE
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