2008 Dodge Ram 3500 steering problems
95 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2008 Dodge Ram 3500, which is 43% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 95 43% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When steering problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 54 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 fire.
What owners wrote
Owner of 2008 dodge 3500 dually was driving down road when fuse box caught fire. Windshield wipers started continuously squirting and smoke came out from underneath hood. Going 75MPH with horsetrailer in tow, vehicle without warning, shut off leaving owner without power, lights, steering or brakes while windshield wipers still squirting continuously and wiper blades not working. If this happened 1 hour later owner would be dead as next part of road has extreme downgrade with curves.
Between the speeds of 50/75 hitting bumps separation of road & bridges will trigger the death wobble I been dealing with this issue for almost 6 yrs I've installed new track bar,inner & outer tie rods last mont keeping the tires rotated & balance almost got rearend by 18 wheeler had to slm on brakes lock em down to stop this brutal shake very irritating dealing with this at several times it will shake into the other lane almost causing wreaks please help thanks [xxx].
Other problems reported for the 2008 Dodge Ram 3500
- Engine 24 complaints
- Suspension 22 complaints
- Air bags 18 complaints
- Electrical system 18 complaints