Chrysler Aspen, Dodge Dakota, Dodge Durango, Dodge Ram 1500, Ram 1500, model years 2009 to 2012. Filed by Chrysler Group LLC and reported to NHTSA on 6 February 2013. 278,674 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ram 1500 trucks manufactured from February 27, 2008, through June 30, 2009, and from December 1, 2009, through October 20, 2011; model year 2009-2011 Dodge Dakota trucks manufactured from February 27, 2007, through June 30, 2009, and from December 1, 2009, through …
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The maker's own number for this recall: N08. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V038 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V038 cover?
- Chrysler Aspen, Dodge Dakota, Dodge Durango, Dodge Ram 1500, Ram 1500, model years 2009-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ram 1500 trucks manufactured from February 27, 2008, through June 30, 2009, and from December 1, 2009, through October 20, 2011; model year 2009-2011 Dodge Dakota trucks manufactured from February 27, 2007, through June 30, 2009, and from December...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- 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.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. On November 7, 2013 Chrysler notified owners that dealers would install a pinion nut retainer, free of charge.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall N08, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “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.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V038 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler Group LLC |
| System at fault | Power Train:Driveline:Differential Unit |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 February 2013 |
| Model years | 2009-2012 |
| Vehicles named | CHRYSLER ASPEN, DODGE DAKOTA, DODGE DURANGO, DODGE RAM 1500, RAM 1500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
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.
The remedy
On November 7, 2013 Chrysler notified owners that dealers would install a pinion nut retainer, free of charge. In July 2015, and under a consent order with NHTSA, the company agreed to offer owners three options for remedying their vehicles: perform the original remedy, offer to repurchase the vehicle at the fair market value plus 10%, or offer an additional incentive offer towards the purchase of a new Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, or Fiat vehicle. Chrysler will notify owners of the new recall options in a letter expected to be mailed on August 31, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is N08.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Dodge Dakota recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Dodge Durango recalls: 40 US campaigns
- Dodge Ram 1500 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Ram 1500 recalls: 94 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 13V038, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v038/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 13V038 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
0b6daeb4 - Consequence
f653477e - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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