Pa outlaw

??? question that has been bothering me,steering boxs on dodge trucks are horrible,i know of only 1 person that has not had his replaced in the first 80,000 miles,how many of you have had to have your steering boxs replaced? how many were warranty? this is a known problem with these trucks and dodge wont fork the bill,my 01 needs a new one now,my brotherinlaws 01 needs one,my one customer had replaced his 2 times already and is only at 75,000 miles on his,what can we do to get dc to pick these bills up?just wondering if anyone else is erked by this other than me, ;D

dodgeman01

Well I'm sorry about your truck but I have 2 second genner dodges and have never had a problem. I have over 100k on goth of them. I also have 8 friends that drive dodge ctd and I have never heard of a problem out of any of them. What is weak in them. I can tell you that I never baby my baby and she has never let my down. I hope everything works out well.<br>DM01

danlit

I`ve had 2 other Dodge CTDs besides the one I have now . <br>ZERO boxes or steering problems with a combined mileage of over 500000.<br> Danny

pappyman

Have 2 95 3500 one is mine one is the little ladys no steering box troubles....retired a 94 with 222000 miles without any box troubles also

Haulin_in_Dixie

CH, 160,000, no problems.

Commatoze

The box on my son's 96 Ram started leaking around 70,000. Dodge wanted over $900 for a new box with installation. I took it to a local garage and the guy pulled and replaced the seal for $150. Worked perfectly until he traded it this year. Same thing happened to my neighbor's Ram.

Big dawg

No problems yet ;D Only 39K though... :P Guess I need to drive more...<br>Big dawg

Nigel

I agree that the boxes are junk. We do 3-5 a week here in the dealership.<br>

pappyman

[quote author=Nigel link=board=4;threadid=8323;start=0#81601 date=1040177108]<br>I agree that the boxes are junk. We do 3-5 a week here in the dealership.<br><br>[/quote] <br><br>Are they warranty or do you just change them... can you prove what you say I guess after being in the business for ?? years thats hard to believe 3-5 boxes a week at that rate the steering gear box builder should be looking at a recall

TGCTD

I work at a dodge dealer, can't say i haven't seen my share of them. 3-5 a week seems a little high,i would say it may be in the neighborhood of about 1 in 100, with most of the failures being leaking pitman shaft seals. Most of these boxes are replaced because it guarantees repair,and if its's under warranty,i would rather have a new box. However if your'e truck is not under warranty there is no reason to replace a whole box for just a pitman shaft seal. The seal is cheap at about $ 20. plus installation. If failure gets into the inards of the gear box,it would be advisable to replace the box. By the way Dodge steering box's are made by Saginaw(a General Motors Co) and are the same box's seen on hundreds of thousands of GM vehicles. Some of you may remember changing these pitman shaft seals also. If you are still eligible to purchase,or you already have a Chrysler service contract, it would be covered item up until the terms of the contract. I think at this point they were offering it for 7 yr 70000 miles. My best advice would be to check the price of the conract, see what is covered and for how long. And then see if it is worth the investment. I think one gear box is worth about half of the contact price,and there are alot more potential,high dollar parts that can go bad. TGCTD