# NHTSA recall 10V656000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 10V656000
- Manufacturer's number: K36
- Manufacturer: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
- Reported: 2010\-12\-24
- Owners notified: 2011\-04\-04
- Component: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
- Units potentially affected: 60382

## What is wrong

CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 RAM 1500 TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 2009 THROUGH DECEMBER 2010.  SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE EXPERIENCE A NOISE \(GROWL, GRIND\) COMING FROM THE REAR AXLE BEARING WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY SEIZE.


## What can happen

A FAILURE OF THE BEARING COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND WILL INSTALL AN OIL PORT INSERT INTO THE REAR AXLE FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 4, 2011.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1\-800\-853\-1403.


## Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2011 DODGE RAM 1500](/makes/dodge/ram/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-09\-01 to 2010\-12\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [1805014REVA](/bulletins/10221054.md), 2022-09-26, Service bulletin
- [08\-053\-12](/bulletins/10216338.md), 2022-07-25, Service bulletin
- [9004022](/bulletins/10170314.md), 2020-01-21, Service bulletin
- [9002503](/bulletins/10139594.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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