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2007 DODGE RAM 3500 — STEERING

crash2 injured · 1203475 · 2015-07-28

Vehicle

Make
DODGE
Model
RAM 3500
Year
2007
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
79,000
Speed
60 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING FROM THE FRONT END. MY HUSBAND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND COULD NOT CONTROL NOR STOP THE SHAKING OF THE TRUCK. HE HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HIT A SMALL POLE AND THE REAR BED WAS HIT. MY ARMS AND LEGS WERE PRETTY BANGED UP AND BRUISED, SO I SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. EVERY SINCE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, OUR TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN MOVED BECAUSE IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE STEERING AND LOSING CONTROL PROBLEM. THE TRUCK SHAKES REAL BAD AND FEELS LIKE IT IS FALLING APART WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. SO THEREFORE, IT CAN NOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THEY DENIED HELPING US AND TEST DRIVING IT TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES THAT THE TRUCK DOES START TO SHAKE AND LOSE CONTROL WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SO EVERY SINCE THIS INCIDENT, OUR TRUCK HAS BEEN PARKED AND MY HUSBAND TOOK IT IN TO MAKE SOME PREVIOUS REPAIRS AND THOSE REPAIRS WERE AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE TRUCK STILL DOES THE SAME THING WHILE EITHER I AM DRIVING IT OR MY HUSBAND IS DRIVING IT OR ANYBODY ELSE IS DRIVING IT.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10744457
Machine
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