Dodge Ram. Published by Transport Canada as 2009019 on 21 January 2009. System: Steering.
What the notice says Defective aftermarket steering drag links many have been sold as service replacement parts for 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks. The drag link assemblies in question may fracture, which could result in a loss of vehicle control and a crash, causing property damage, personal injury or death. Also, in some cases, the …
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Dodge RAM in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2009019
- Recall date
- 21 January 2009
- Make
- Dodge
- Models
- Ram
- Model years
- 2003 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Superseded
- Vehicles affected
- 4,500
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Defective aftermarket steering drag links many have been sold as service replacement parts for 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks. The drag link assemblies in question may fracture, which could result in a loss of vehicle control and a crash, causing property damage, personal injury or death. Also, in some cases, the steering damper attaching bracket may yield and shift on the linkage. This may restrict the ability to turn the vehicle in one direction. Chrysler will notify owners (other than those covered by recall 09-010 (H36)) of all 2003-2008 Dodge Ram heavy duty trucks since those vehicles could potentially have had the affected linkages installed during service. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer for inspection and repair if required.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2009019.
Dodge elsewhere in this register
Dodge is named on 580 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2009010 · 12 January 2009 · 2500, 3500, Ram · Steering
- 2009007 · 9 January 2009 · Durango · Fuel System
- 2009037 · 6 February 2009 · Grand Caravan, Town & Country · Electrical
- 2009078 · 11 March 2009 · Ram · Powertrain
- 2009079 · 11 March 2009 · Journey · Electrical
- 2009080 · 11 March 2009 · 3500, 2500, 1500 · Electrical
- 2009081 · 11 March 2009 · 5500, 3500, 2500 · Electrical
- 2009108 · 14 April 2009 · Grand Cherokee, Journey, Wrangler · Airbag
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2009018 · 20 January 2009 · Ranger · Steering
- 2009030 · 29 January 2009 · B Series · Steering
- 2009010 · 12 January 2009 · 2500, 3500, Ram · Steering
- 2009034 · 2 February 2009 · G3 Wave, Aveo · Steering
- 2009136 · 11 May 2009 · Spyder · Steering
- 2009210 · 13 July 2009 · 384, 389, T660 · Steering
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Dodge: 580 in the register, and 368 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2009.
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