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2002 Dodge RAM 1500 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	706774
Internal NHTSA #	10253777
Manufacurer	CHRYSLER LLC
Brand	DODGE
Model	RAM 1500
Model Year	2002
File date	04/01/09
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While driving to work early in the morning, roads were wet, temperature was 23 degrees. Was driving on a two lane roadway about 40 mph. Was on a straight stretch when truck started to fish tail slightly. Rear of the truck slid slightly toward drivers side. I turned the wheels slightly in the direction of the slide and then started to turn the wheels back the other direction as truck started to straighten out. At that point i felt something give in the front end on the drivers side. The truck started pulling across the center line and off the other side of the road. I was heading straight for a telephone pole. I tried pushing the brakes fully, but the pedal went to the floor. I cut the wheels all the way to the right , just missing the telephone pole. My front fender struck a steel pole filled with cement next to a split rail fence. When i got out of the truck, the front drivers side tire was laying under the truck, only held on by the tie rod end. This was by no means a very bad case of sliding and over steering. The upper ball joint had just separated causing the tire to buckle under. I was lucky to have escaped this accident without injury or having my truck roll over. I have seen alot of problems with the dodge durangos with the ball joint separation and i can only imagine it is the same suspension parts used in the dodge ram 1500 4x4 trucks. This needs to be checked into before someone gets killed.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	159000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PROSPERITY, PA
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	40
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2002 Dodge RAM 1500 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2002 Dodge RAM 1500 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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