2010 RAM 3500 — Complaint #958134
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:LINKAGES filed January 15, 2013
NHTSA complaint #958134 (ODI reference 10493055) concerns a 2010 RAM 3500 and was filed on January 15, 2013. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 21, 2012. The vehicle had 47,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Louisiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:linkages, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same RAM 3500 cohort independently describe similar steering:linkages failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 RAM 3500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TIE ROD ENDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY) PREVIOUSLY FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. .... UPDATED 03/08/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT FIX IT, AS IT COST TOO MUCH MONEY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PURCHASED A PITMAN ARM ASSEMBLY AND TIE ROD TO FIX THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 03/11/13
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 958134 |
| ODI Number | 10493055 |
| Date Filed | January 15, 2013 |
| Failure Date | December 21, 2012 |
| VIN | 3D73Y4CL5AG |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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