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Attached is Chrysler LLC's ("Chrysler") Defect Information Report, complying with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 573, Defect and Noncompliance Reports, which contains details of a potential safety related defect in some aftermarket replacement equipment; i.e., steering linkages sold during the 2008 calendar year for use as service equipment on 2003-2008 model year Dodge Ram heavy duty pickup trucks. These linkages may experience drag link inner tie rod to pitman arm ball stud fracture. This could result in a loss of steering control and cause a crash without warning. Also, the steering damper attaching bracket may yield and shift on the linkage. This could result in a restricted ability to turn the vehicle in one direction. This recall is associated with Chrysler Recall H36, which covers 2008-2009 model year Dodge Ram pickups that have the same steering linkages installed as original equipment.
Although only approximately 18,000 aftermarket steering linkages with these problems were sold, Chrysler will notify the owners of all 2003-2008 model year Dodge Ram heavy duty pickups (other than those covered by Chrysler Recall H36) by mail, since those vehicles could potentially have had the affected linkages installed during service. Owners who had vehicle steering linkage service during the 2008 calendar year will be requested to take their vehicle to a dealer for inspection and for repair if required.

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