Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#11343401August 5, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE TIPM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR CONDITION IS CYCLING BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIPM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342892August 3, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE FRAME ON MY TRUCK IS RUSTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH OF ITS SELF, WHICH IS LEADING TO CRACK IN SPOTS. THE DATE PROVIDED BELOW IS AN ABOUT DATE. I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR TIRE WORK AND ASKED THE GUYS IF HE COULD LOOK OVER MY TRUCK TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED, I DO IT QUARTERLY. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY FRAME WAS CRACKED AND ROTTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH OF ITS SELF. I CAN'T FIND ANYONE THAT WILL FIX IT,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342811August 2, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
IN A HARD RAIN OR EVEN WASHING UP UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK THE 4WD SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND IT WILL SAY IT'S TRYING TO TRANSFER OVER TO 4WD AND WHEN IT TRIED WITH ME I WAS RUNNING AROUND 55 MPH! IT JERKS THE [XXX] OUT OF THE TRUCK WITH A LOUD HAMMER NOISE! IT WILL CAUSE A PERSON TO WRECK IF YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING IT ! IT WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2019 AND STARTED THE 4WD CRAP AT 4,500 MILES NOT TO MENTION THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER DOESN'T WORK EITHER NOW, FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY WITH 22 ROLLS OF HAY AND NO IT'S NOT THE TRAILER MY FORD TRUCK HAS TRAILER BRAKES, SAME TRAILER. 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
#11342669August 1, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES AT HAND HERE. ONE IS THE FUEL PUMP FUSE/RELAY. IT WENT OUT BUT CANT BE FIXED WITHOUT REPLACING THE ENTIRE FUSE BOX AS IT IS INTERNALLY WITHIN FUSE BOX. I DID A BYPASS AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP, BUT I STILL HAVE CODES RELATED TO FUEL SYSTEM HAVING A LEAK. WHEN THIS ISSUE HAPPENED, MY WIFE WAS LEFT STRANDED AS THE TRUCK WOULDN'T TURN ON. ALSO, ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I NOTICED MY TRAILER BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON SAYING IT IS DISABLE AND FLASHES ON AND OFF AS I AM DRIVING. NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL ASPECT OF IT. THE OTHER WAS ON ENGINE. I HAVE A 2011 RAM 2500 5.7 4X4. IT STARTED WITH HAVING A CYLINDER 1 MISFIRE. I REPLACED SPARK PLUGS AND COILS. STILL HAD ISSUE AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THE VALVE STEM/SPRING IN ENGINE HEAD BREAK AND CAUSE THE LIFTERS AND CAMSHAFT TO RUB AND RELEASE METAL SHAVINGS THROUGH OUT ENGINE. WHILE THIS WAS MESSED UP, I WOULD NOTICE THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE VERY HARD AS I APPROACHED A CERTAIN SPEED LIMIT. I TOOK TRUCK TO DODGE DEALERSHIP TO VERIFY RESEARCH AND IT WAS CONFIRMED. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. SO I REPLACED ENGINE. TOTAL BILL WAS OVER 7500 FOR PARTS AND LABOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342609July 31, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
EXITED I-40 IN TUCUMCARI, NM. RIGHT TURN OFF INTERSTATE, RIGHT TURN INTO SHELL. UPON LEAVING THE FUEL STATION TO ENTER I-40 WESTBOUND, I HAD NO BRAKES. PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. COASTED UPHILL TO RESTAURANT PARKING LOT; BRAKE FLUID UNDER DRIVER-SIDE FRONT WHEEL. UNUSUAL SINCE I HAD ZERO BRAKING POWER. SHREDDED BRAKE HOSE WAS REPLACED THE NEXT DAY. PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED BY A MECHANIC HERE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3OUZ-TRM5KG&T=620S
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342181July 30, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
WHILE I WAS DRIVING 60 MILES AN HOUR DOWN 29 SOUTH, THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF, NO POWER STEERING, NO ABS BRAKES, AFTER IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT IT IN PARK, I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, THEN TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND IT STARTED UP AN DROVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342394July 30, 2020
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND DESCENDING DOWN A HILL A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE REAR WHEELS SUDDENLY LOCKED UP CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A DITCH. DURING THE CRASH NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PINION NUT HAD FAILED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342418July 30, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL PUMP RUNS CONTINUOUSLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF WITH NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. THIS CAUSES THE BATTERY TO DIE AND USUALLY LEAVES ME STRANDED. THERE IS ALSO AN ISSUE WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL. THIS FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO NOT LET THE VEHICLES REAR WHEELS SPIN OUT OF RATIO, WHICH BASICALLY STOPS THE REAR TIRES FROM SPINNING OUT. HOWEVER, IT SENDS FALSE SIGNALS THAT THEY ARE IT STALLS THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN TBONED SEVERAL TIMES TO DUE THE TRUCK STALLING AND LEAVING ME A SITTING DUCK TO INCOMING TRAFFIC. LASTLY, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON, LEAVING ME TO BELIEVE IT'S ALSO RECEIVING FALSE SIGNALS. HOPEFULLY THEY DO NOT DEPLOY WHILE I'M DRIVING. IF THEY DO AND I LIVE, I'LL BE BACK TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, ALL OF THESE ISSUES SEEM TO BE RELATED TO A BAD TIPM. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR ISSUE ON THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES PRODUCED BY CHRYSLER AND SOME MODELS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED AFTER A LAWSUIT. IN MY OPINION THESE ISSUES COULD RESULT IN BODILY INJURY OR DEATH, AND A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD NOT BE DENIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342161July 29, 2020
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION GOING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AT A CROSS ROAD AND WE STRUCK THEM WITH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE ON THEIR PASSENGER DOOR. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING 2 OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE TO HIT THEIR HEAD/FACE ON THE DASH AND WINDSHIELD.*DT*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#11341830July 28, 2020
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRIFFIN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1121 S MAIN ST, JEFFERSON, WI 53549) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WATER PUMP BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.*LN*JB *JS*DT CONSUMER STATED ENGINE AND WATER PUMP BOTH SUBJECT TO A RECALL BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341533July 26, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT THE 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH 149,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER(IT NOW HAS 165,550 AS OF 7/26/20) AND ABOUT 5 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE TRUCK, I RAN A CAR FAX ON THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF HAD ANY PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS AND FOUND OUT THAT APRIL 8TH 2019 AT THE AUTO AUCTION SOUTHEASTERN REGION, THE TRUCK WAS REPORTED HAVING 191,613 MILES ON THE ODOMETER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341432July 25, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HAS SHORTED OUT THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND MELTS ALL WIRING IN THE AREA. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH RAM IN THE 2011 YEARS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSIONS START SHIFTING SUPER HARD INTO GEAR AND JERKS THE WHOLE TRUCK REALLY BAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341134July 23, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AGO I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON A STATE HIGHWAY TRAVELLING AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. OF COURSE MY POWER STEERING NO LONGER WORKED BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THIS WAS A SCARY SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT VERY BADLY. LUCKILY, I WAS IN A SPOT WHERE I COULD PULL OVER. THIS PARTICULAR HIGHWAY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF SHOULDER AREA. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE TRUCK STARTED BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF MORE TIMES WHEN I WAS TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND ALSO DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT LOWER SPEEDS. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE CONNECTED A CODE READER AND BASED ON THE CODES IT WAS SHOWING HE CHANGED BOTH THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO DIE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS ON 1/21/2018 ON THE SAME STATE HIGHWAY EXCEPT THAT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T WANT TO START BACK UP. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND HE RAN COMPRESSION TESTS THAT SHOWED VERY LITTLE COMPRESSION ON ONE SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND NO COMPRESSION ON THE OTHER SIDE. HE SAID HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT UNTIL HE OPENED THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THEN WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED. I HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO DO THAT SO IT HAS BEEN SITTING AT THE MECHANIC'S GARAGE FOR THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS. EVERY OTHER MECHANIC I TALKED TO SAID THAT I SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE ENGINE, WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD TO DO. THEY SAID 2006 WAS ONE OF THE WORST YEARS FOR THE DODGE RAM ENGINE. WHEN IT DIED IT WAS 11 YEARS OLD BUT HAD LESS THAN 110,000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340810July 22, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 55 MPH AND HEARD A NOISE WHILE EXITING AND WE THOUGHT WE HIT A LARGE HOLE. BEFORE WE REACHED THE END OF THE OFF RAMP TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH BUT GIVING THE TRUCK SOME GAS TO ACCELERATE WE HEARD A VERY LOUD POP AND IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK.WE PULLED OFF TO SIDE AND CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE THE SLIP YOLK AND U JOINT OF THE DRIVELINE WERE BROKEN AND THE FLANGE NUT ON REAR END WAS BACKED OFF AND THE REAR END WAS SHATTERED. ALSO THE FUEL VAPOR RECOVERY LINES WERE BROKE FROM THE SLIP YOLK AND U JOINT BREAKING. IS THIS ISSUE RELATED TO RECALL NUMBER 14V79600
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340618July 21, 2020
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, TIRE LINE: WRANGLER, TIRE SIZE: 265/75/16/E, DOT NUMBER: PJW8HB1V0420. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE IN STRAIGHT LINE AFTER THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ALSO WOBBLED WHILE DRIVING AFTER THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AT A SAM'S CLUB STORE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN BACK TO THE SAM'S CLUB FOR A FULL REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *BF *AS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340733July 21, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WARRANTY HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO SOME INSPECTIONS THAT WERE NOT PERFORMED MY THE DEALERSHIPS THIS WAS A LIFETIME WARRANTY AND THEY ARE NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR CONTRACT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340769July 21, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THERE IS A CLICKING IN THE DASHBOARD FOR A FEW MINUTES I TRIED COMMON PROBLEMS THAT WOULD MAKE THAT NOISE ARE THE BLOWER MOTOR OR BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR REPLACED THEM AND STILL THE CLICKING HAPPENS BUT A CAUSE OF THIS CLICKING THE AIR WON'T WORK OR IS GOOD VERY SLOWLY AND CAUSES MY FRONT WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP TO THE POINT AT WHICH I CAN'T SEE OUT THE FRONT WHEN MY TRUCK IS NOT MOVING SAME RESULT I. THE CITY OR FREEWAY TURNING OR ON THE STREET IT WILL JUST TURN ON AND OFF AT RANDOM POINTS AND THE CLICKING SOUND IS COMING FROM THE LITTLE BLACK BOX THAT I CAN'T FIND D ANY INFORMATION ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340488July 20, 2020
ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME OUT AND VEHICLE BECAME SLUGGISH ON HIGHWAY. CYLINDERS MISSFIRING. LIFTER NOISE SO REMOVED AND REPLACED CAMSHAFT AND SOLENOID. FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2011/ENGINE/LIFTER_AND_CAM_ISSUE.SHTML AND HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2011/ENGINE/LIFTER_AND_CAM_ISSUE-2.SHTML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340058July 18, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WONT ACCELATE THEN LOOSE POWER , THEN AFEW A FEW MINUTES DRIVES GREAT THEN NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL NOT ACCELATE DRANGE LOSING POWER LIKE THAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339531July 15, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND WAITED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE NHTSA HOTLINE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,386.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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