FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, MY WIFE CLAIMED TO HEAR A STRANGE SOUND FROM '04 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. YESTERDAY, WHILE TRAVELING ON THE TURNPIKE WITH MY CHILDREN, SHE STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, THEN HEARD A STRANGE NOISE, FINALLY SOME VIBRATIONS. SHE PROMPTLY BEGAN TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD, AT THIS POINT THE REAR-END LOCKED UP, SNAPPED THE DRIVE SHAFT, AND A FIRE BROKE OUT BENEATH THE TRUCK. I'M NOT RELIGIOUS, BUT THANK GOD THE DRIVE SHAFT BROKE FROM THE REAR END AND NOT THE TRANSMISSION. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN. *NM