13V038000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
If the rear axle pinion nut loosens, the axle can lock up and cause a loss of vehicle control and/or a vehicle crash with little warning.
2009 DODGE RAM 1500
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 884 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints884
Complaints citing a crash42
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
12V474000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
If the rear axle pinion nut loosens, the axle can lock up and cause a loss of vehicle control and/or a vehicle crash with little warning.
What owners report most
- 217POWER TRAIN
- 95ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 52UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 50ENGINE
- 49WHEELS
- 33FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 32AIR BAGS
- 30STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 DODGE RAM 1500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.