Talked to a mechanic about it and he said that Dodge said they had supplier problems and he has not any come back once they were fixed. He as worked for Dodge for 10 years and has only seen 3 with the problem. He said that rear end has been used since the early 90's. I don't think he had a reason to lie about it. No one was looking over his shoulder. I think Dodge should have had a recall if they knew there was a problem.

Dave

 

Well mine went out at nearly 50,000 miles... So I really dont expect for it to go bad for another 1.5 years. So I have plans to replace it by then with a better unit.

SPEED SAFE, AIR RAM

 

I have owned Chevy trucks in the past.Never had rearend problems,even at over 100k.Think i will be getting rid of this truck soon.My rear vibrates a little on take off.Only 29k miles.How ridiculous![:@]
Phil

 

wow,, i had the same problem with my 2004 ram, there was a howling noise coming from the rearend and when they pulled the rear diff cover they found the clutch retainer ring and some metal shavings, they ordered half the new parts, then when i picked it back up, the noise went from when i was accelerating to coasting and a rubbing noise when i would turn to the left. they verified and ordered the rest of the new parts and replaced everything else. the noise went back to when i was accelating. took it back they verified and kept the truck for another 2 weeks and then said there was nothing wrong with it, basically they couldnt figure it out and told me to take it to another dealership, when i bought it at BENDER in CLOVIS,,, i laughed at them and told them they were stupid and went and traded it in. i called DODGE directly and they were no help, so i will NEVER EVER OWN ANOTHER DODGE. i only had it for 18 months and i only had 24000 miles on it.


[b]i had a 2004 dodge 1500 sport with the HEMi,,, the truck had alot of power,, to bad it was in the shop more than i was able to drive it. I live in Clovis NM and i purchased my RAM from BENDER!!! Boy was that a huge mistake. I had my tuck in the shop 17 times and i only owned the truck for 18 months[/b]
the only problem with the new mexico lemon law is it has to be in there 4 times for the same problem within the first year of owning the vehicle. the last 4 times it was in the shop was for the rear end. after they had the truck for 2 1/2 weeks, then 1 1/2 weeks, then another 2 weeks and couldnt correct the problem i couldnt deal with it anymore and traded it in. I had problems with the CRUISE CONTROL twice, once for brake switch the second fort he wiring harnes, WINDOW MOTOR, AIRCONDITIONER compressor went out, BAD FUEL INJECTOR, RATTLING NOISE IN THE DASH, ( 4 TIMES), FRONT END VIBRATION ( RACK AND PINION)< they had to replace the stereo TWICE,,, then they tried to tell me that i wouldnt play burned CD's, (REALLY) well the second one they put in worked just fine,,, also the FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING (bad sending unit) ,,and last but not least the rear end. DO NOT BUY DODGE, they did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help me out!!!!!!! NEITHER DID the BENDER DEALERSHIP!!!

 

Same problem here guys with a 2002 1500 4x4 5.9L, The rear diff went at about 50 thousand and now it is having the same problem again 10000 later..Time to take it to the dealership again before my warranty expires.[>:]