Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10759289August 25, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM PICKING UP MY PAYCHECK DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE DOING AROUND 70 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING AND THEN RESTARTED. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TOOK BACK ROADS. ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM MY HOME AT A RED LIGHT THE TRUCK ONCE AGAIN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, NO ENGINE, NO ELECTRIC, NOTHING, IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD ON A FAIRLY BUSY ROAD. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED HOME AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AT ALL. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE THE CAUSE AND HAVE FOUND MANY RELATED CASES TO WHAT I AM DEALING WITH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759301August 25, 2015
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM WORK THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, TRIED TURNING STARTER MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOTHING STARTS BUT LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD TURN ON. I HAVE JUMP START AND NOTHING. DISCONNECTED BATTERIES FOR 5 MINS AND NOTHING. NO SMOKE. NO LEAKS. NO BURN OR FUMES SMELL. NO CRACKING NOISE WHEN TURNING KEY OVER. CHECK GAUGES LIGHT , E BRAKE LIGHT. AND ABS LIGHT TURN ON AND REMAIN ON WHEN CRACKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759318August 25, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TO PROCEED ON A MAIN ROAD THE VEHICLE DIED WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT AND CROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK BRIEFLY ACCELERATED AND THEN JUST DIED. I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 6500 MILES ON IT AND NOW I HAVE 204000 . THIS IS THE 4TH OCCASION IT HAS STALLED WHILE AT LOW SPEED FOR NO REASON. THE LATEST OCCASION JUST OCCURRED ON08/11/15 WHILE I WAS GOING THREW A ROUND ABOUT. I ENTERED THE ROUND ABOUT TURNING SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT ,HALF WAY AROUND COMING OUT OF THE TURN AS IT WAS STRAIGHTENING THE TRUCK JUST SHUT DOWN. IN ALL THE OCCURRENCES I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT LOWER SPEEDS 30 MPH OR LESS. 2 ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. ON THE LAST OCCURRENCE I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE TRUCK WHILE COASTING IN NEUTRAL ,EVEN THOUGH THE SIDE OF THE DASH THAT THE GEAR RANGE IS BURNT OUT SO YOU CANT ACTUALLY SEE WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. ALL THE TIMES IT HAS STALLED IT HAS BEEN DURING SUMMER MONTHS HOT OUTSIDE AND NO PRECIPITATION. AT TIMES THE TRUCK WILL HIT A LOW RPM WHILE AT AN IDLE BUT WILL RECOVER. THE VEHICLE HAS GONE YEARS IN BETWEEN STALLS FIRST 2 WHEN THE TRUCK HAD LESS THAN A 80K, AND THE LAST 2 STALL OUTS ABOUT A YEAR APART. NO CODES STORED IN THE COMPUTER. TOTALLY RANDOM EVENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758451August 24, 2015
STEERING
LETTER FROM SENATOR GRASSLEY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2009 DODGE RAM 2500 ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD BROKE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758776August 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758800August 24, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRAILER BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758802August 24, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UPON RESTARTING MY 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL, MY ABS LIGHT AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING A FEW SHORT MOMENTS ,I ALSO NOTICED THAT SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR WAS NOT WORKING BUT THE VEHICLE RPM INDICATOR WAS. CAUSING MYSELF SOME CONCERN I CHECKED MY BRAKES AND NOTICED I HAD A HARD BRAKE PEDAL WHEN APPLIED BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO STOP. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE FOR THIS ISSUE AND RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE DRIVERS AIR BAG INFLATOR. I WAS CONTACTED BACK BY MY SERVICE ADVISER, ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL TWO HOURS OF DIAGNOSES TIME DUE TO THE FACT HIS MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM.I WAS NOTIFIED AT END OF THE DAY THAT THE ISSUE WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER, OUTPUT FAILED FOR CIRCUIT F202 UNABLE TO RECOVER TIPM THRU RECONFIGURATION. NO PDC AVAILABLE THRU PARTS AT THIS TIME, FABRICATED JUMPER LEAD TO TO CIRCUIT F202 FROM FUSE 28 IN PDC. THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX CUSTOMER ADVISED TO REPLACE PDC ASAP CURRENT PRICE $917.00 ADDITIONAL 1.5 HRS LABOR TO INSTALL AND PROGRAM UNIT . TOTAL HOURS FOR DIAGNOSIS WAS 3 HOURS AT A COST OF $315.00 TO CUSTOMER. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD INVESTIGATED BY THE NHTSA AS A ON GOING CONCERN AND FOR CONSIDERATION OF A ISSUING A NEW SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758821August 24, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758457August 24, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2012 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER DID NOT STATE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. HOWEVER, THE DEALER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK AS A TRADE-IN AND NOT A BUY BACK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758869August 24, 2015
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE SUSPENSION COMPONENT FAILURES (3 OCCURRENCES) RESULTING IN UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AND CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM DESPITE MULTIPLE RETURNS TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 58,698 MILES AND REQUIRES BOTH THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. (DEALERSHIP ASSESSMENT AS OF 08/15/2015, DEALER #23432.) THE CONDITION RESULTS IN UNSAFE PLAY IN THE STEERING, PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE AND AN AUDIBLE CLUNK WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY USED ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN OFF-ROAD. THE VEHICLE USE IS BEST DESCRIBED AS EXTREMELY LIGHT DUTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758966August 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF FUEL. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLENISHED AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758657August 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE TRUCK RANDOMLY WOULD NOT START SOMETIME REQUIRING A JUMP START. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ONLY AFTER DOING ONLINE RESEARCH FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE TIPM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758672August 23, 2015
STEERING
MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ERRATIC DRIVING, BROUGHT TO DEALER STATED MY RACK AND PINION FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALL, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THIS VEHICLE FAILED IN A MAJOR WAY WHICH ENDANGERED ME AND MY FAMILY AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. SAD THING ABOUT THIS DOES MY VEHICLE HAVE TO BE IN A CRASH, FIRE AND FATALITY TILL SOMETHING IS DONE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758679August 23, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM IS LITERALLY DISINTEGRATING BEFORE MY EYES. IT HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS ALL OVER IT. THE VENT COVER UNDER THE WINDSHIELD HAS ALSO BROKEN, AND THE SMALL PIECES THAT COVER THE DEFROSTER HOLES HAVE BROKEN AND FALLEN DOWN INTO THE DEFROSTER SO THAT WHEN IT IS TURNED ON HIGH SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC WILL FLY UP AND HIT YOU IN THE FACE. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT ON SAFETY GLASSES IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN THE DEFROSTER SO THAT YOU DON'T RISK HAVING PLASTIC PIECES STRIKE YOU IN THE EYES. SEVERAL OF THE DASHBOARD CRACKS RUN COMPLETELY FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE UPPER DASHBOARD. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM TO DODGE, AND I AM BAFFLED THAT THIS SAFETY ISSUE OF FAILING DASHBOARDS IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED. THIS HAS TO BE CORRECTED AND I FEEL DODGE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND BE MADE TO FIX THIS DEFECT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758697August 23, 2015
STEERING
I'M SORRY IF I AM FILING THIS IN THE WRONG SECTION, BUT HERE GOES. I CHECKED MY VEHICLES VIN WITH YOUR WEBSITE AND WITH CHRYSLERS WEBSITE, MY TRUCK WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE N49 TIE ROD END RECALL. WHEN I TOOK IT IN THE DEALER TOLD ME IT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. I ASKED HOW HE KNEW, AND THEY POINTED OUT TO ME THE STEERING LINK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE N49 RECALL AND FOUND THAT IT WAS TO REPLACE THE TIE ROD END ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING LINKAGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRUCK COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BUY BACK PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THIS RECALL AND I CAN DEFINITELY SAY THAT RIGHT NOW I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS PRIMARILY USED TO HAUL MY PREGNANT WIFE, 7 YR OLD SON, AND 3 YR OLD DAUGHTER. I KNOW THAT NO WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE DATE THE N49 RECALL WAS PROCESSED ON MY VEHICLE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO! THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758516August 22, 2015
AIR BAGS, STEERING, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED NHTSA RECALL ID 14V-795-BROKEN SPRINGS IN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. NEVER NOTIFIED OF NHTSA RECALL ID 13V-528-FAULTY LEFT TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. THE LEFT SIDE DOES MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND. I WAS JUST NOTIFIED (LATE) OF NHTSA RECALL ID 15V-313- FAULTY AIR BAGS. IT'S BEEN A MONTH, I WAS INFORMED THEY HAD NO PARTS AND I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL NOTIFIED AGAIN WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. MY SON AND HIS CHILDREN RIDE IN MY TRUCK WITH SUCH A GREAT HAZARD AND I'M TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE PARTS? I CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT NOR CAN I AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE I OWN THIS ONE. I WORK FOR A NON-PROFIT COMPANY AND HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES. WHAT ABOUT THE RECALLS I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF? I WOULD LIKE FCA TO BUY MY VEHICLE BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758576August 22, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WE WHERE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA ON THE 40. A SMALL HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE, WHEN WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BOOM. NEXT A VERY LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, THEN THE TRUCKS REAR END CEASED UP LEAVING US STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AT NIGHT. TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED JUST TO NEEDLES CA WAS $600.00. WAS THIS PART RECALLED? I CAN NOT FIND THIS INFORMATION ANYWHERE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CHRYSLER IS DOING ABOUT THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758574August 22, 2015
STEERING
HAVE EXPERIENCED A WOBBLE IN THE STEERING SINCE NEW, ESPECIALLY WHEN BACKING. DEALER COULD NEVER DUPLICATE IT. WHILE BACKING TO THE RIGHT IN JULY IT REPEATED, FEELING LIKE A WHEEL WAS LOOSE. AGAIN, ON THE HIGHWAY ON A RIGHT HAND RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH IT WAS SO SEVERE I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 15 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL. EVERY RIGHT HAND TURN AFTERWARDS IT REPEATED, EVENTUALLY DOING IT IN BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT LANE CHANGES. DEALER INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THE FRONT STABILIZER WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. TEST DRIVE INDICATED A SLIGHT WOBBLE, BUT IMPROVED. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE PROBLEM RETURNED. I PARKED THE TRUCK AS UNSAFE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER AND TOOK IT IN ON THE NEXT MONDAY. UPON INSPECTION THE MECHANIC "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM". I REFUSED TO TAKE IT BACK UNTIL THEY CORRECTED. THE DEALER KEPT IT UNTIL THURSDAY WHEN THEY THEN STATE THEY COULD NOW FEEL THE WOBBLE AND THE MECHANIC THOUGHT IT WAS THE FRONT AXLE HUBS AND PARTS WERE ORDERED. THE TRUCK WAS FINISHED ON THAT FRIDAY. THEY DEALER STATED THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT U JOINTS WERE BOTH FROZEN AND WERE REPLACED. NOTE THERE IS A NOTICE ON THE ENGINE COWLING STATING THOSE JOINTS HAD TO BE REGULARLY LUBRICATED USING A NEEDLE GREASE FITTING. THE DEALER PERFORMING THE SERVICE SAYS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THE SPOT WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY OF THE TRUCK FRAME. EVEN THOUGH RAM TRAINED MECHANICS AT DEALERS PERFORMED THE LUB PER THE SERVICE SCHEDULE IT APPARENTLY HAS NEVER BEEN CARED FOR. FROM THE NOTICE ON THE ENGINE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT RAM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND INSTEAD OF CORRECTING THE DESIGN THEY PLACED A LABEL TELLING THE DEALER TO LUBRICATE AN INACCESSIBLE FITTING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758610August 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING IN WACO TEXAS, I HEARD A NOISE SOUND THE BELT WAS LOOSE. SO PULL TO THE SIDE SAW SMOKE LOOK UNDER HOOD. IT BELT HAD CAN LOOSE. ONE BIG BELT HAD JUST SLIP OFF.IT CONTROL THE AIR WATER PUMP.I CALL A MECHANIC SEE ,IF HE PUT BELT ON. HE COULD NOT CAUSE THE PULLEY HAD BROKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758614August 22, 2015
WHEELS
ENTERED INTO 295N (9A) FROM MERRILL RD. HEADING TOWARD DUNN AVENUE. AS I WAS APPROACHING THE DAMES POINT BRIDGE THE TRUCKS FRONT AXLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. ALSO THE TRUCK STARTED PULLING TO RIGHT VERY HARD. I PULLED OFF INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, TURNED ON FLASHERS, AND PLACED TRUCK IN PARK . AFTER I PULLED WHEEL OFF, I NOTICED THE TIRE HAD SHOWN THE INSIDE TREADS WERE RAISED HIGHER THAN OUTSIDE TREADS. THIS IS DUE TO TREAD AND STEEL BELT SEPARATING. REPLACED WITH SPARE UNDER TRUCK. KEPT DEFECTIVE TIRE, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS SAME ISSUE SAME TIRE, AND I AM SEARCHING FOR RECALLS RELATING TO THE GENERAL AMENTRAC 235/80R/17.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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