2009 Dodge Ram 1500 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Totally Integrated Power Module Failure
  Defect Petition DP14004 · opened Sep 25, 2014 · closed Jul 24, 2015

  In a letter dated August 21, 2014, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a defect investigation of alleged failures associated with the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) installed in Chrysler SUV?s, trucks, and vans beginning in the 2007 …

• Rear Differential Failure
  Preliminary Evaluation PE12021 · opened Jul 19, 2012 · closed Mar 5, 2013 · led to recall 13V038000

  In a letter dated October 2, 2012, Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) submitted a Defect Information Report (DIR) to NHTSA identifying a safety defect in approximately 48,058 vehicles built with an axle pinion nut that can loosen, which could result in lock-up of the rear axle and/or separation of the rear drive shaft from …