Ram 1500 Complaints

11,877 consumer complaints on file.

#11104800June 29, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TIPM IS FAILING HAVING ISSUES WITH ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS, RIGHT SIDE DOORS LOCKS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, AC NOT WORKING--LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104483June 28, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN ACCELERATING AROUND SLOWER CAR MY ACCELERATOR STUCK AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL I TURNED OFF ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104601June 28, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE MULTIPLE ISSUES BUT THE SCARIEST IS AFTER SETTING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND PUTTING MY 2015 RAM 1500 IN PARK MY TRUCK WILL ROLL UP TO 4 FEET. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN PARK. EVERY TIME I PARK IT I WORRY THAT IT WILL ROLL AND HIT A PERSON OR ANOTHER VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104029June 26, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE LOW FUEL LIGHT COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. TANK IS 32 GALLONS AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ACTIVATES AS IF IT HAD A STANDARD 26 GALLON TANK. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN EARLY 2017 I HAVE REPORTED IT TO FCA SEVERAL TIMES AND BEEN TOLD A SOFTWARE UPDATE WOULD FIX IT. EACH TIME THEY SAY THE UPDATE WILL BE COMING IN A FEW MONTHS BUT IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104055June 26, 2018
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN ELECTRIC SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,914.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103965June 26, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
REAR LEFT TAILLIGHT TURN SIGNAL(BLINKER) WENT OUT. CHECKED WITH DEALERSHIP IN GLADSTONE OREGON AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE OVER 300 TAILLIGHTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE WITHIN THE SAME DISTRIBUTION AREA AS THE PORTLAND, OR AREA. THIS SHOULD LIKE A PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103753June 25, 2018
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A FUEL STATION BEING REFUELED, THE FUEL PUMP NOZZLE BECAME STUCK AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. THE DEALER (BOB BAKER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM, 5555 CAR COUNTRY DR., CARLSBAD, CA 92008, (760) 814-9664) INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103618June 24, 2018
STEERING
DRIVING 2013 RAM 1500 WITH ONLY 36,623 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AT MAJOR INTERSECTION, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN, REACTED INSTANTLY APPLYING BRAKES TO PREVENT COLLISION. AT THAT POINT, THE DASH LIGHT ILLUMINATED STEERING WHEEL, INDICATING PROBLEM AFTER THE OCCURRENCE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC TO OTHERS AND MYSELF, BY NOT HAVING STEERING CONTROL. AFTER TAKEN TO THE DEALER, IT WAS DIAGNOSE AS ELECTRIC STEERING MODULE FAILURE AND PART WAS NON SERVICEABLE. TO MAKE THE REPAIR, THIS WOULD REQUIRE COMPLETE STEERING RACK REPLACEMENT, ALONG WITH FRONT END ALIGNMENT. HAVING NO RECALLS AND BEING OUT OF WARRANTY, ESTIMATED REPAIR COST $2,200. IT IS A DISGRACE, THAT CONSUMERS ARE BEING PUT INTO DANGER AND THEN CHARGED FOR POORLY DESIGN PRODUCT. AFTER CHECKING, THE ELECTRIC STEERING IS A PROBLEM AND OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED. THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUBMITTED CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, DEMANDING COMPENSATION FOR THIS INFERIOR STEERING CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103559June 23, 2018
POWER TRAIN
BOJANGLES PARKING LOT, PUT TRUCK IN PARK. GOT OUT, LOOKED TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT BLOCKING ANYBODY BEHIND ME AND WALKED INTO THE STORE BECAUSE MY ORDER WAS WRONG. STOOD IN LINE FOR ROUGHLY A MINUTE OR 2 AND HEARD A CRASH, TURNED AROUND AND MY TRUCK HAD HIT A FORD EXPLORER ON THE DRIVER REAR SIDE OF THE BUMPER. NO INJURIES, EVERYONE WAS OKAY. BUMPER SCRATCHED UP, GAVE THEM MY INFORMATION. I'M CURIOUS TO HOW MY TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO N OR D. IF IT WAS IN N, MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE MOVED WHEN I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK, AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN A MUCH SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME TO HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE OTHER PEOPLE SAID THEY SAW ME WALK INTO THE RESTAURANT AND MY TRUCK WASN'T MOVING.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102994June 21, 2018
ENGINE
TIPM...TRUCK WAS MOBILE AT NIGHT IN RAIN WHEN IT DIED AND COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD...DENSE OBNOXIOUS SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND INTO CAB WHERE MY GRANDCHILD WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY IT CAUSING SERIOUS BREATHING PROBLEMS AND COUGHING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE A DEMAND OF 1500 BUCKS UP FRONT TO EVEN LOOK AT THIS TRUCK.. EVENTUALLY I HAD WRECKER BRING IT FROM DEALERSHIP HOME WHERE IS SITS ON RAMPS IN THE BACK YARD. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY CHRYSLER TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO CODES FROM OBD-II SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL OF AIRBAGS EXPLODING WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY TIME...
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#11102605June 19, 2018
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHEN I PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 2017 , I DROVE THE TRUCK FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND ALSO THE SEAT BELT SIGNAL CAME ON BROUGHT IT TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD I MUST PAY OUT OF POCKET, I RESPECTFULLY TOLD THEM THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET THAT THERE IS A MALFUNCTION AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT NO RESPONSE AND CHARGED ME TO LOOK AT IT AS I SAT FOR 2 HOURS....
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102711June 19, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN YOU PUT THE BRAKES ON THE THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD DIM DOWN TO VERY DIM WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED THEY COME BACK UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102473June 18, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AS I WAS GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN APPROACHING A SHARP TURN WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK ACCELERATED. I WENT INTO THE WOODS WHERE I HIT NUMEROUS TREES AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102024June 15, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN DRIVING MY DOGE RAM 1500 TAIL GATE COMES DOWN BY IT SELF HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERS TWIC HAPPEITE AND THEY SAY THEY CANT FIND ANY THING WRONG WITH IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102124June 15, 2018
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 74 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AS THE FRONT SUSPENSION EXPLODED. THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION CAUSED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BURNED HAND, BUT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11102178June 15, 2018
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL MADE A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101880June 14, 2018
STEERING
ACCORDING TO DIAGNOSTICS DONE ON THE TRUCK, THE CONTROL MODULE FOR THE POWER STEERING HAS SHORTED OUT. THIS IS THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF TRUCKS SUBJECTED TO THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN SEARCHING BY MY VIN, MY TRUCK DOESN'T SEEM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101914June 14, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE, MY PASSENGER WINDOW FELL HALFWAY INTO THE DOOR. THIS CAUSED ME TO SWERVE AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS 20 DEGREES OUTSIDE AROUND 430 AM AND THE TRUCK AND BEEN WARMED UP SUFFICIENTLY AND THE HEATER WAS ON. HOWEVER I WAS STILL TOLD IT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE AND THE "CLIPS" THAT HOLD THE WINDOW HAD BROKEN. I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW. IT CONSTANTLY KEPT FALLING DOWN BY ITSELF AND I HAD TO HOLD THE POWER BUTTON UP TO KEEP IT FROM DOING SO, WHILE DRIVING IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. ONCE I GOT TO WORK AND PARKED MY TRUCK IN A UNSECURED PARKING GARAGE, THE WINDOW WAS UP THIS WAS AT ABOUT 630 AM CST. UPON RETURNING TO MY PARKED/STATIONARY TRUCK AT A BREAK AROUND 9 AM CST, THE WINDOW HAD DROPPED HALFWAY DOWN AND THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I WENT TO THE DEALER AT ONCE, AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND ITS NOT COVERED BECAUSE OF MY MILEAGE. SO I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR IT, FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT EVEN 2 YEARS OLD, AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WOULD NOT STAY UP AND THE TRUCK WAS NOT ATTENDED TO IN A UNSECURE GARAGE IN THE NOT SO NICE PART OF THE CITY. NOW THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW IS DOING THE SAME THING, AND ITS NO WHERE NEAR COLD (CONSTANTLY ABOVE 60 DEGREES EVEN AT NIGHT). THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR ALL VEHICLES THAT ARE MADE BY DODGE THAT HAVE THIS WORTHLESS AND CHEAPLY MADE WINDOW MECHANISMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101605June 13, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE TAILGATE LATCH FAILS AND TAILGATE FALLS DOWN IN THE OPEN POSITION. VERY UNSAFE IF BED IS LOADED. ALSO COULD GET DAMAGED IF HAULING A TRAILER OR CAMPER. THIS HAPPENS AFTER THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK ENGAGES AFTER 5 TO 15 MPH. THIS HAPPENS DAILY WHILE IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101294June 12, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAD A AXEL FIXED UNFORTUNATELY THEY BLAME IT ON MY USED OF MY VEHICLE WHICH I TAKE IT TO THE RANCHO WHERE IS MUD AND RAIN COUPLE DAYS. THEY SAY THAT I WOULDNT BE WARRANTY BUT THAT THEY CAN FIX IT IF I PAY OFF POCKET. I ASKED THEM IF I DID I'LL BE UNDER WARRANTY STILL THEY SAY YES. COMES DOWN THAT MY DIFFERENTIAL GIVES OUT ON ME. THEY SAID THAT THE OLD IDEALERSHIP I TOOK FOR THE AXEL HAD FLAGGED IT WITH A POWER TRAIN RESTRICTIONS. I ASKED THEM WHAT THEY MEANT BY THAT THEY SAID THEY TOOK OF MY WARRANTY. SO AS WE SPEAK TRUCK IS GETTING TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SHOP TO GET IT FIX WITH DODGE PARTS. I SEE ONLINE THAT THE DIFFERENTIALS ON 1500 HAVE A RECALL IN MY YEAR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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