The contact owns a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. While driving 35 mph, the power steering assist failed and the steering wheel became extremely firm. The bracket that held the track bar completely fractured from the vehicle causing limited ability to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was not repaired. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance. The failure and current mileage was 48,600. Updated 01/20/11 also, the rear differential and coil spring were replaced. Updated 04/13/11

- South Vienna, OH, USA

I'm having problems with excessive steering play and wander, which causes a need for constant steering corrections to avoid wandering into other traffic lanes when driving at highway speeds. The problem worsens when either passing or being passed by large trucks, buses, or rv's and causes a tendency to wander or drift towards the lane of the other vehicle. These situations are further worsened and cause dangerous driving conditions when towing a trailer. This can cause unsafe situations of steering over- correction due to the excessive play and wander in the steering system. The excessive steering play and steering wander causes driver fatigue due to the constant need for steering correction when driving for extended periods of time and can lead to dangerous driving conditions like mentioned earlier when being passed by large trucks or rv's. the steering gear and track bar where found to be defective and replaced under the vehicles manufacture warranty @ 32,040 miles. Within 10,000 miles the before mentioned excessive steering play and wander returned. This problem is well known amoung 1994-current Dodge 2500/3500 Ram pickups with the cummins diesel engine option. Chrysler/Dodge acknowledges this problem since there is a tsb out to specifically troubleshoot customer complaints of "excessive steering play and wander". Chrysler/Dodge has revised the steering gear several times due to the high incidence of failures leading to excessive steering play and wonder. Chrysler has yet to fix this problem which causes unsafe and potentially fatal driving conditions.

- Aurora, CO, USA