Problems with 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 STEERING

While driving at 15 mph, the intermediate steering shaft fell apart, the driver loss control of the vehicle. the cause of the steering shaft failure was due to the pinch bolt falling out. *ak the consumer making a right turn towing a small trailer when the steering shaft separated and the vehicle veered into the ditch. *scc *jb

my 2003 dodge ram 2500 steering shakes uncontrollably when you hit a bump at highway speeds or a bridge expansion joint. directional control is difficult while this is happening. this happened while traveling at 75 mph, and sent the truck into the other lane, nearly causing an accident. could not get the shaking to stop until truck dropped to 45 mph. the dealership says that one other customer is having the same problem. they checked all the steering components and said everything was good. this is very dangerous, and should be checked out further. ball joints in these trucks:2003 ram 2500 -3500 are proven to be defective. i am a member of the turbo diesel register which is comprise of 40,000+ members and this problem is not uncommon at all. approximately 50% of all 2003 + trucks have ball joint slop in the first 10,000 miles. *jb

At highway speeds, 65 mph and above, all 2003 and 2004 ram trucks with four wheel drive vibrate because of a new engineering design. i have taken my truck to the dealer for repair and chrysler, while they know of this problem and made an adjustment to the pinion gear, insists it is normal for this vehicle. the problem is caused by a new design by which the front drive pinion in four wheel drive vehicles spins continuously, even at highway speeds. this design is not normally used in four wheel drive specifically because of vibration issues. it makes the mirrors shake and also makes occupants nauseous. to make matters worse, if a 65 mph highway is not available for evaluation prior to purchase (such as in my case), the buyer is unaware of this serious issue. *la

The vehicle without warning shakes violently and the only way to stop it is to slow down. i hit the brakes a couple of times and that only made it worse and controlling the vehicle in a safe manner was impossible. the only way to stop the shaking is to take foot off of accelerator pedal and ride it out, this creates another major problem. the vehicles behind you do not know what is happening and someone almost rear ended me because my brake lights did not go on. he passed me and honked his horn at me and gave me the "finger" self explanatory. this is a major problem and dodge will not admit it to anyone. *tr

Seat becomes a problem when the temperature gets colder. cool mornings will cause the seats to rise 3 inches causing driver or passenger not to sit correctly and buckle seat belt. this also causes driver to readjust mirror as temperatures rise and cushion lowers. as these changes occur driver must adjust seat forward and back making use of mirrors impossible without numerous corrections daily.also, vehicle wanders on highway, driver must continuously move steering wheel to keep vehicle between lines on consumer's side of the road. in addition, detected clunking noise coming from steering box. *ak