Ram 1500 Complaints

11,877 consumer complaints on file.

#11223031June 27, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TAKARA RECALL ERRATIC SHIFTING OF SECOND AND THIRD GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222612June 26, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (V48/NHTSA 19V-324) FOR MY 2018 DODGE RAM 1500. THE FCA ASSISTANCE CENTER SET ME UP WITH A DEALERSHIP THAT CAN REPAIR THE ISSUE, I CALLED TO SCHEDULE (THEY SAID NEXT TUESDAY JULY 2ND). THE FCA ASSISTANCE CENTER DEEMED MY TRUCK UNDRIVABLE BY APPROVING A TOW TRUCK TO HAUL MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT OFFER A LOANER SO I CAN GET TO WORK TOMORROW, SO I CALLED THE FCA ASSISTANCE CENTER TO GET A VEHICLE DUE TO PRODUCT LIABILITY. THEY PUT ME ON HOLD, THEN RESPONDED WITH "I WILL GET BACK TO YOU TOMORROW..WHAT'S THE BEST PHONE NUMBER TO REACH YOU?"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222617June 26, 2019
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES
VEHICLE WAS PRUCHASED FROM WALDORF DODGE (06/12/20190 WITH TWO (2) OPEN RECALLS, V07 & V71. AS THE CUSTOMER, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALLS ON MY OWN (INCLUDING ONE THAT HAD BEEN KNOWN OF SINCE FEB 2019) AND HAD TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP (WHO IGNORED THE WARNING ABOUT THE RECALLS DURING THE SALE AND FAILED TO TELL ME, THE CUSTOMER) TO FIX THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222690June 26, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
PURCHASE MY RAM 1500 WITH THE 5.7 IN LATE 2014. I HAVE PUT APPROX 78K MILES ON MY TRUCK AND NOTICES A CLICKING /KNOCKING NOISE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER HAVE MY MECHANIC LOOK IT OVER, THE MOTOR IS HAVING CAM AND LIFTER PROBLEMS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE ONLINE . IN FACT, I NOW NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER RAM TRUCKS DRIVING BY ME IN PARKING LOTS, OR AT STOP LIGHTS THAT HAVE A FAINT VERSION OF WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING. I STARTED NOTICING THIS I LITTLE UPON STARTUP ONLY AND THEN IT BECAME SO BAD OUT OF THE BLUE THAT MY TRUCK STARTED RUNNING BAD AS IT GOT LOUD ENOUGH TO HEAR FROM IN THE CAB. NOW ITS SEES I WILL BE OUT A BUNCH OF MONEY TO REPLACE THE ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222694June 26, 2019
AIR BAGS
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE HIT. THE IMPACT WAS ON DRIVERS SIDE TO MIDDLE OF THE TRUCK AND PER DODGE THERE WAS A DRIVERS SIDE FAULT CODE FOR THE LEFT SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR. THIS WAS NOT INSPECTED BY THEM WHILE IT WAS AT THE SHOP AFTER INFORMING THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I WAS SENT HOME WITH NO EXPLANATION OF WHAT WAS WRONG WITH AIR BAGS. THEY SEEN THE PICTURES OF ACCIDENT AND STATED THEY SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. PER CHRYSLER THEY SAID TO CONTACT DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND PAY THE FEE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK AFTER ACCIDENTS AND AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYING. I HAD THE ORC RECALL DONE AND THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAGS THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND THE REPLACED THE AIRBAG SYSTEM ALONG WITH COMPUTER. THIS TRUCK IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND CHRYSLER IS NOT DOING MUCH TO ACCEPT LIABILITY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222741June 26, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE THROTTLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE CONTACT APPLIED FULL PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY ACCELERATED AND THE TURBO ENGINE RESPONDED, WHICH THEN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LITHIA DODGE (4025 10TH AVE GREAT FALLS, MT 59405, 406-205-3430) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TURBO ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222757June 26, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS FILLING THE FUEL TANK, THE FUEL NOZZLE BECAME STUCK ON THE FUEL FILLER NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GROWN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 6300 KING DR, VENTURA, CA 93003, (805) 918-4485) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL FILLER NECK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL FILLER NECK WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222482June 25, 2019
AIR BAGS
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, 60 MPH. PICK UP RAN IN FRONT OF ME . TOTALED MY PICK UP AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11222510June 25, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
AFTER HAVING THE AEM RECALL DONE TRUCK HAS LACK OF POWER. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP TRUCK DOES NOT TAKE OFF RIGHT AWAY. GETS A LITTLE BETTER WHEN WARMED UP BUT STILL VERY SLUGGISH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222534June 25, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
DRIVING AT 70MPH THE TRUCK WITHOUT WARNING WENT TO IDLE WITH CLICKING SOUND TOWED TO DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG IT WAS BAD FUEL NOT TRUE FUEL WAS FRESH. TALKED TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. I KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE TALKED TO OTHER RAM OWNERS HAD SAME PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN IT HAPPENS YOU SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT, IT ACTS NORMAL. THERE IS SOME BUG IN THEIR SYSTEM THAT IS CAUSING THIS SHUT DOWN NO ONE CAN FIND IT I HAVE HEARD THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THEIR VEHICLES. BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED THESE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD UNTIL THE BUG IS FOUND. I NEARLY GOT MYSELF AND OTHERS KILLED ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM EXISTS THEY WILL BLAME FUEL OR ANYTHING. MY TRUCK IS A 2019 AT THE TIME OF THE SHUTDOWN THERE WAS 600 MILES ON THE TRUCK. FOR NOW THE TRUCK IS SITTING UNTIL I GET SOME ANSWERS. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND NEED HELP OR THE PROPER REPAIR MADE WE THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE THE TEST DRIVERS RISKING OUR LIVES FOR FCA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222085June 24, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FILLED UP MY FUEL TANK AND AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD YOUR FUEL GAGE CONTINUES TO GO UP AND DOWN. THEN YOUR LOW FUEL LIGHT GOES OFF. THEN YOU GET A FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CODE THAT COMES UP ON THE DASH. THESE WARNINGS BUZZERS CONTINUE TO GO OFF REGARDLESS IF THE TANK IS FULL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222078June 24, 2019
ENGINE
JUST HAD THE ECODIESEL EMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE COMPLETED AND TRUCK DOES NOT PERFORM NEAR WHERE IT HAD BEEN. IT WAS NEVER A ROCKET BUT IT WAS BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. SLUGGISH FROM STANDSTILL, ESPECIALLY WHEN COLD. HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING. DOWNSHIFTS MORE OFTEN AND SOONER. I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK SINCE NEW AND IT HAS HAD ZERO MODIFICATIONS. THIS ISSUES I DESCRIBED ABOVE WERE NOT THERE BEFORE THE UPDATE. THERE WILL BE SOME ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE SOFTWARE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222079June 24, 2019
ENGINE
FCA ECODIESEL EMISSIONS RECALL - AEM SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED ON MY 2016 RAM ECODIESEL (JUNE 3, 2019) BY SERVICING DEALER. SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO IMPACT VEHICLE PERFORMANCE, DRIVABILITY, FUEL ECONOMY, ETC. THIS IS NOT THE CASE AS ALL INDICATED CHARACTERISTICS HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THIS UPDATE. MOST CONCERNING IS THE AEM RECALL SOFTWARE UPDATE HAS INDUCED A SIGNIFICANT THROTTLE RESPONSE DELAY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR AT LOW SPEEDS UNTIL THE ENGINE REACHES FULL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. IN SOME INSTANCES THROTTLE RESPONSE DELAY IS AS LONG AS 3 OR 4 SECONDS BEFORE THE ENGINE WILL RESPOND AND ACCELERATE. THIS CREATES AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION WHEN TRYING TO TURN ONTO A BUSY ROAD OR ACCELERATE IN NORMAL OR HEAVY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TURNING ONTO A BUSY ROAD UNTIL THE ENGINE IS AT FULL TEMPERATURE FOR FEAR OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ONCE THE ENGINE DROPS BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE THE ACCELERATION DELAY COMES BACK. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH FCA CHRYSLER ASAP BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT OR KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222204June 24, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2015 RAM HAS ALMOST 32,000 MILES . THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON YESTERDAY AFTER FILLING UP MY TANK. IT THROWS A CODE FUEL SENSOR FAIL AND FUEL LOW. THE FUEL GUAGE IS ON EMPTY WITH 3\4 FULL TANK. IT HAPPENS WHILE YOUR DRIVING OR STANDING STILL IDDLING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222222June 24, 2019
ENGINE
2014 RAM ECODIESEL - I RECENTLY HAD MY AEM RECALL COMPLETED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WITH THE PROMISE THAT PERFORMANCE AND FUEL MILEAGE WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. NOT ONLY WERE THEY BOTH NEGATIVELY AFFECTED, THEY WERE AFFECTED TO THE POINT OF A SAFETY CONCERN. MY GAS MILEAGE GOING DOWN BY OVER 5MPG IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ALMOST GETTING T-BONED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC DUE TO EXTENSIVE TURBO LAG (2-3 SECONDS) AFTER THE AEM WAS COMPLETED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE WHEN I GO TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM A DEAD STOP, PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, AND THE TRUCK JUST SITS THERE. LUCKILY THERE HAS BEEN A SHOULDER FOR ME TO SWERVE INTO TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FROM BEING REAR-ENDED. THE 0-60 TIME WHILE ENTERING THE FREEWAY ON RAMP IS ALSO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE HAD A FELLOW DRIVE LAY ON THEIR HORN BECAUSE THE TRUCK JUST CANNOT GAIN SPEED FAST ENOUGH. NOW, IF I WERE GETTING BETTER GAS MILEAGE WITH THE DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. BUT TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE GAS MILEAGE AND HAVE THIS DEATH BOX NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED IS JUST AWFUL. FCA HAS LIED TO THEIR CONSUMERS WITH THIS UPDATE AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT RECALL INSTALLED ON VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222262June 24, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE A NEW 2019 RAM 1500. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS (APPROXIMATELY 6), THE TRUCK UNEXPECTEDLY LURCHES AND BEGINS ACCELERATING BY ITSELF, NEVER STOPPING. THIS ACCELERATION TAKES PLACE IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. THE VEHICLE CAN ONLY BE CONTROLLED WITH HEAVY BREAKING OR FLIPPING THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL. IF THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, THE ACCELERATION STOPS. HOWEVER, IT REOCCURS SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SOMETIMES IN ONLY A FEW BLOCKS. DURING THIS UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION, THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. THIS CURRENTLY HAS ONLY OCCURRED DURING SLOW SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE TRUCK NUMEROUS TIMES, UNSUCCESSFULLY. I CURRENTLY DO NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY OUT OF FEAR ON HOW THE TRUCK WILL REACT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS ISSUE IS A SAFETY RISK TO THOSE IN THE TRUCK AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222312June 24, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, I STEP ON THE BRAKES THEN VEHICLE WENT INTO A SLOW COAST MODE. ( A RED SIGN TURNED ON, INDICATING AN "ELECTRICAL BRAKE" ISSUE). THEN INDICATES "SWITCH GEAR TO PARK", SOON AFTER PROCEEDED AS NORMAL. THE NEXT DAY AS I WAS STOP ON A DRIVE THRU, SAME INDICATION OCCUR, ENGINE POWER WENT OFF THEN "ELECTRICAL BRAKE" , NEXT THING WAS "SWITCH GEAR TO PARK" RESUMING TO NORMAL OPERATION. VERY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IT IS MY ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM DOCTORS VISIT, IT HAS ABOUT 46,000 MILES ON IT, VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. WOULD NOT WANT IT TO FAIL ON ME AT A MIDDLE OF AN INTERCEPTION. IN BETWEEN THESE EVENTS, THEIR IS NO LIGHT THAT APPEARS. IS THIS A RECALL ISSUE THAT CAN BE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY PLEASE THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221835June 22, 2019
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM MESSAGE KEEPS COMING UP. THIS OCCURS WHILE STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221836June 22, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
"ECO DIESEL EMISSIONS UPDATE," UPON HAVING MY TRUCK ECM FLASHED WITH THE COURT SETTLEMENT EMISSION UPDATE, I HAVE OBSERVED SEVERE POWER LOSS. TO THE POINT OF 4-5 SECONDS OF DELAY WHEN INITIALLY PULLING OUT IN TO TRAFFIC ON ANY ROAD OR HIGHWAY. VERY SLUGGISH AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT . THIS STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE UPDATE . MY TRUCK DROVE FINE BEFORE THE UPDATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221839June 22, 2019
ENGINE
THIS VEHICLE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EMISSIONS RECALL FOR ITS 3.0 LITER ECODIESEL ENGINE. AN AEM 'FLASH' WAS DONE TO THE ECM MODULE, AND AFTER THAT WAS PERFORMED (AS PART OF THE EMISSIONS RECALL) THE ENGINE'S ACCELERATION - PREVIOUSLY VERY RESPONSIVE - IS DANGEROUSLY LACKING. THERE IS A 2-4 SECOND HESITATION AND TERRIBLE RESPONSE AND TURBO-LAG, AND I'VE VERY NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN SIMPLY TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC ACROSS ON-COMING TRAFFIC LANES. THE RESPONSE FROM A DEAD STOP IS DANGEROUSLY SLOW. IT'S ALMOST AS IF IT'S GONE INTO 'LIMP' MODE - WHICH TOTALLY DISABLES THE TURBO. ALSO - EVEN WHEN MOVING - IF TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS OR MOVE OVER, THE RESPONSE IS AGONIZINGLY SLOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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