{"id":9479,"date":"2015-01-01T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=9479"},"modified":"2014-12-31T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T21:26:44","slug":"chrysler-recalling-over-250000-model-year-2005-dodge-ram-1500-trucks-because-rear-axle-pinion-can-loosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2015\/01\/01\/chrysler-recalling-over-250000-model-year-2005-dodge-ram-1500-trucks-because-rear-axle-pinion-can-loosen\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrysler recalling over 250,000 model year 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks because rear axle pinion can loosen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nhtsa-200x113.png\" alt=\"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA\" width=\"180\" height=\"102\" \/><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks manufactured January 28th, 2004, to August 3rd, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>In the affected vehicles, the rear axle pinion nut may loosen due to an undersized spline on the pinion gear.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_297069\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2005-Dodge-Ram-1500.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297069\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-297069\" title=\"Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2005-Dodge-Ram-1500-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-297069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Vehicle Information<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Manufacturer:<\/strong> Chrysler Group LLC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Report Receipt Date:<\/strong> December 16th, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>NHTSA Campaign Number:<\/strong> 14V796000<br \/>\n<strong>Component(s):<\/strong> Power Train<br \/>\n<strong>Potential Number of Units Affected:<\/strong> 256,956<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Vehicle Make \/ Model<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Model Year(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">Dodge \/ Ram 1500<\/td>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Consequence<\/h3>\n<p>If the pinion nut loosens, the rear axle may seize, and\/or the driveshaft may detach resulting in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.<br \/>\nRemedy<\/p>\n<p>Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a retention feature to the pinion nut, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 13th, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1.800.853.1403. Chrysler&#8217;s number for this recall is P77.<\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p>Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1.888.327.4236 (TTY 1.800.424.9153), or go to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safercar.gov\" >www.safercar.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &#8211; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks manufactured January 28th, 2004, to August 3rd, 2005. In the affected vehicles, the rear axle pinion nut may loosen due to an undersized spline on the pinion gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[8247,4211,639,1699,629,3338],"class_list":["post-9479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-chrysler-group-llc","tag-dodge-ram-1500","tag-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","tag-nhtsa","tag-recall","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9480,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9479\/revisions\/9480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}