Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#11361986September 30, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
SOMETHING IN TRANSMISSION (68RFE) FAILED AND DUMPS FLUID OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK TUBE ONTO THE TURBO WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET IN THE TOWN I LIVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361660September 29, 2020
SUSPENSION
I PURCHASED A USED 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 AND NOTICED THAT MY SUSPENSION ON MY TRUCK IS NOT RIGHT. I EXPERIENCE JERKING UPON BRAKING. IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL UPON METAL WHILE I AM DRIVING. IT IS EXTREMELY LOUD ALSO. UNDER MY FOOT WHILE I AM DRIVING I CAN FEEL THE GRINDING NOISE AND OFTEN IT FEELS VERY HOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361677September 29, 2020
ENGINE
ROCKER ARM CAME OFF LIFTER, BROKEN LIFTER SPRING. TOLD IT WAS A COMMON VALVE SEAT FAILURE ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE. 147,000 REGULAR MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED. SHOP SAID THEY HAVE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES. POOR DESIGN/MATERIAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361693September 29, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP IN NOVEMBER 2008. IT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF, HOWEVER THE REAR FENDERS ARE RUSTING OUT. THE RUST IS SPREADING AND GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. THE EXCESSIVE RUSTING HAS SPREAD TO BOTH SIDES OF THE TRUCK ON THE LOWER DOOR PANELS. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE BODY SHOP MANAGER AT A DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING FLAW THAT IS CAUSING THIS MODEL YEAR TO RUST THROUGH. I DO NOT BELIEVE REPAIRING THE RUST DAMAGE IS MY FINANCIAL BURDEN TO BEAR WHEN THE REASON FOR THE RUST IS THE FAULT OF THE MANUFACTURER. ANOTHER PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING IS THAT ALL OF THE LUG NUTS HAVE MOISTURE INSIDE OF THEM THAT IS CAUSING THEM TO SWELL. THEREFORE WHEN GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THE TIRES OFF, I AM UNABLE TO USE THE CORRECT SIZE SOCKET TOOL. THE APPROXIMATE COST TO REPLACE ALL OF THE LUG NUTS IS $250, ALL OF WHICH IS DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION ANOTHER COSTLY REPAIR WAS REQUIRED AT ONLY 90,000 WHEN THE ENGINE HEAD WAS FOUND TO BE WARPED/OUT OF TOLERANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN CYLINDERS MISFIRING. I HAD TO PAY ~$5,000 TO HAVE A MECHANIC IN MY AREA REPAIR THIS ISSUE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. OVERALL, WITH A TRUCK THAT HAS 96,000 MILES AND IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, THERE HAS BEEN AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ISSUES AND MONEY SPENT ON FIXING PROBLEMS THAT DID NOT ORIGINATE FROM ME, BUT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTION TAKEN ON THE EXPENSIVE RUST PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING THAT DRASTICALLY LOWERS THE VALUE OF MY VEHICLE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING BECAUSE OF THIS MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361537September 28, 2020
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING ON I405 IN WASHINGTON STATE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT...I PULLED OVER POPPED THE HOOD AND TOOK A QUICK LOOK.. I NOTICED FLAMES ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MOTOR ALMOST BEHIND THE FIREWALL...CALLED 911...
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361409September 27, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, WHEELS
WHEEL BEARINGS TRANSMISSION BRAKES ALTERNATOR BATTERY SITTING STILL WITH ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY AND IN MOTION WITH WHEEL BEARINGS BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361257September 26, 2020
ENGINE
VEHICLE HAS 138,358 MILES AND HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, THE CAM SHAFT HAS WORN AND ROCKER ARM HAS BECOME LOOSE AND IS CAUSING CYLINDER 5 TO MISFIRE (P0305). THIS FAILURE HAS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR TIMES OF ACCELERATION TO CROSS TRAFFIC OR CLIMB STEEP ROAD GRADES. INITIAL INVESTIGATION BY AUTO MECHANIC STATES THAT CAM SHAFT AND ROCKER ARM NEED REPLACING. ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED TO SEE IF VALVLES ARE DETERIORATING AND NEED REPLACING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361099September 25, 2020
POWER TRAIN
MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN VIBRATION THEN A LOUD BANG, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING HITTING UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT WAS MISSING AND MOST OF THE TRANSFER CASE. I WENT BACK AND CLEANED ALL THE STUFF OFF THE ROAD. ALSO AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING FROM THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT HITTING IT AND THE BRAKE LINES AND OTHER LINES AND HOSES IN THE VICINITY WERE DESTROYED.THE INS CO. WOULD NOT COVER IT AND THE REPAIR BILL WAS IN EXCESS OF 10,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361028September 24, 2020
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRUCK SHAKES IN THE BACK WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360885September 24, 2020
POWER TRAIN
RECALL BELOW MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPURCHASE AS STATED BELOW THANK YOU FEB 05,2013 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBERN08 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER13V-038 RECALL STATUSRECALL INCOMPLETE SUMMARY THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT ON ABOUT 278,000 OF THE ABOVE VEHICLES MAY LOOSEN DUE TO UNDERSIZED PINION SHAFT SPLINES. SAFETY RISK A LOOSE PINION NUT COULD CAUSE THE REAR AXLE TO SEIZE OR CAUSE THE DRIVESHAFT TO SEPARATE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. EITHER SITUATION COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. REMEDY THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT MUST BE INSPECTED. REAR AXLES FOUND WITH A LOOSE PINION NUT AND/OR A SEIZED UP REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY MUST BE RECONDITIONED. REAR AXLES WITH A 6-POINT PINION NUT THAT HAS NOT LOOSENED WILL HAVE A PINION NUT RETAINER INSTALLED. ALL REAR AXLES WITH A 12-POINT PINION NUT REQUIRE NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. TO REQUEST A PRELIMINARY REPURCHASE ESTIMATE FOR YOUR VEHICLE FOLLOW THIS LINK HTTP://WWW.FCAUSREPURCHASE.COM/
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360795September 23, 2020
POWER TRAIN
WE HAVE A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT WAS PURCHASED USED FROM A DEALER ON 8/15/19. VIN RECORDS INDICATE THAT RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN 2014 TO SECURE THE PINION NUT. ON 8/31/20, WE WERE DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD SOUND, OUR VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE, FISHTAIL AND THE REAR END LOCKED UP CAUSING US TO COME TO A STOP SIDEWAYS ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC JUST MISSING HITTING A PEDISTRIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHOM AFTER INSPECTION STATED THERE WAS NO SECUREMENT DEVICE IN PLACE WHICH RESULTED IN THE PINION NUT COMING OUT CAUSING OUR DRIVESHAFT TO FALL OUT AND THE REAR END LOCK UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360421September 22, 2020
POWER TRAIN
WELL DRIVING NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 54 AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH MY DODGE PICK UP SUDDENLY HAVE THE REAR AND LOCK UP, AT THIS TIME BACK REAR WHEEL STOPPED CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STANDSTILL AFTER ABOUT 100 YARDS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS NOTED THE REAR END AT SMOKE COMING OUT IT SMELLED TO BE OIL LIKE. ALSO AT THIS TIME VEHICLES UNABLE TO BE MOVED SECONDARY TO REAR AND BEING LOCKED UP HOWEVER WHILE IN MUTUAL SHORT MOVEMENTS WERE ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD AND LOAD ONTO A FLATBED AND HOLD OFF TO MY HOME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360192September 21, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I TURNED THE KEY TO START THE ENGINE AND AS IT STARTED CRANKING SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE DEFROSTER AND THEN FIRE STARTED COMING OUT THE ENGINE HOOD. LUCKILY I HAD A FIRE EXTINGUISHER HANDY AND OPENED THE HOOD AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. WONDERED WHERE THE FIRE STARTED SO TRIED STARTING AGAIN AND FIRE STARTED IMMEDIATELY AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE OR ON TOP OF THE BELL HOUSING. I ALSO SMELLED FUEL. THE TRUCK WAS NEXT TO MY GARAGE AND HAD BEEN DRIVEN A FEW DAYS EARLIER. IF I HAD NOT PUT OUT THE FIRE MY WHOLE HOUSE COULD HAVE BURNED DOWN. I DONATED THE TRUCK TO WHEELS 4 VETS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360277September 21, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER WITH THE AIR OR HEATER ACTIVATED DURING WINTER OR DURING RAIN FALL, THE WINDSHIELD BECAME EXTREMELY FOGGY. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND MANUALLY CLEANED THE WINDSHIELD IN ORDER TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN DEALERS WERE CONTACTED AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE BLEND DOOR IN THE HVAC SYSTEM CEASING IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF HIMSELF AND OTHER VEHICLE OPERATORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360064September 20, 2020
POWER TRAIN
ON 8/31/20 WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET (SHORTLY AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY) WE HEARD A LOUD SOUND, OUR VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE, FISHTAIL AND THE REAR END LOCKED UP CAUSING US TO COME TO A STOP SIDEWAYS ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. WE BARELY MISSED HITTING A PEDISTRIAN. THE DRIVESHAFT HAD FALLEN OUT. AFTER A MECHANIC INSPECTION FOR REPAIRS, WE WERE TOLD THE PINION NUT CAME OUT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FALL OUT AND THE REAR END TO LOCK UP.*DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11359932September 19, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT RECALL U04. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SLOT CORRODING THAT HOLDS THE FROM OF THE GAS TANK. MINE HAS CORRODED AND DROPPED THE GAS TANK, I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE RECALL CLEARLY STATES IF THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED IN MARYLAND AT ANYTIME THAT THE RECALL APPLIES. THIS IS DEFINITELY THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK AS THE SLOT HAS CORRODED AND THE STRAP CAME DOWN DROPPING MY TANK. I WOULD SOMEHOW LIKE TO GET MY TRUCK ON THE RECALL SINCE IT CLEARLY FITS THE RECALL DESCRIPTION. THE CHRYSLER RECALL REFERENCE IS U04. WHEN I PUT IN MY VIN THIS RECALL COMES UP BUT I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER RECALL SERVICE MY VIN IS NOT LISTED. THE NUMBER I CALLED WAS 1-800-853-1403. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH WHEN MY GAS TANK DROPPED. I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE AT CARMAX IN MARYLAND
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355419September 16, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
HEATER MOTOR AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT NOT WORKING BY CONTROLS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355102September 15, 2020
POWER TRAIN
THE TRUCK WITH ATTACHED TRAILER WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINED DRIVEWAY. THE TRUCK WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. I PROCEEDED TO LOAD A COMPACT TRACTOR APPROXIMATELY 2500 LBS. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL AND CRASHED THRU A FENCE DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. I DID NOT TRY TO START THE TRUCK AND WAITED FOR MECHANIC TO ASSESS ANY MECHANICAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC CAME TO MY PLACE AND WHEN HE GOT IN THE TRUCK THE TRANSMISSION INDICATED THAT IT WAS STILL IN PARK. DODGE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS TYPE VEHICLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT HOLDING. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH GAS POWERED ENGINES BUT NOT THE DIESEL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS CAN BE EVALUATED FOR RECALL. NO ONE GOT HURT IN THIS INSTANCE BUT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK MECHANICALLY AND COSMETICALLY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355282September 15, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE ON A CITY STREET, HIGHWAY, AND OFF ROAD; ON BOTH A ROUGH PAVED ROADS AND WHILE RUNNING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER (ENGINE AND ALL POWERED ACCESSORIES) AFFECTING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE, POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENTS OR OTHER EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE DURING THIS SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS POWERLESS, IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE RESTARTED BEFORE REGAINING ENGINE AND ACCESSORY POWER. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE USED IN 2015. I HAVE REPLICATED THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING: BY SLIGHTLY MOVING THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION KEY FOB WHILE ATTACHED TO THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE (WIN) MODULE, THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE AND ACCESSORIES TO SHUTOFF. WHILE RESEARCHING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, I FOUND NUMEROUS COMMENTS ON VEHICLE FORUMS AND CHATROOMS, AS WELL AS IN YOUTUBE VIDEOS RELATING TO ISSUES PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTIVE WINS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE BE REPROGRAMMED. IN MY OPINION, MOPAR HAS KNOWN, OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE WIN AND THE VEHICLE'S SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. LOSS OF POWER EVENTS LIKE I AND OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11354897September 14, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT POWER STEERING PUMP CAP DID NOT VENT PROPERLY AND AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHECK THE STEERING FLUID, NOT REALIZING THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS UNDER PRESSURE, THE FLUID EXPLODED AND BURNED THE CONTACT'S RIGHT HAND AND NECK. THE BURNS WERE SECOND DEGREE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF HE DID NOT HAVE SUNGLASSES ON, HE WOULD HAVE SUSTAINED MORE SEVERE INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LA FONTAINE CHRYSLER DEALER, LOCATED IN SALINE, MICHIGAN AT: 248-887-4747 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VIN WAS NOT PART OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V616000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 190,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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