Ram 1500 Complaints

11,877 consumer complaints on file.

#11257550September 23, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE (CP4) CAUSED A QUOTED $9500 REPAIR BILL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257556September 23, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WHEN I GOT MY TRUCK IT RAN GOOD PULLED GREAT AND GOT FANTASTIC FUEL MILEAGE . I HAD THE RECALL DONE THE VO8 REF LASH, SINCE THAT WAS DONE MY MILEAGE HAS DROPPED 5/8 MILES PER GALLON THEIR IS A BAD THROTTLE LAG AND NO POWER COMING OFF A STOP MY EGR HAS BROKEN AND REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND ONE I CAN HARDLY GET 21 MILES PER GALLON BY IT SELF ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT STAY IN 8TH GEAR LIKE IT DID WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT. I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE EASTERN U S WITH NO PROBLEM PULLING ENCLOSED TRAILERS ANDS 35 HP 4/4 TRACTOR GETTING 19 TO 22 MILES PER GALLON AT 7/5 TO 80 MILES PER HOUR AND STAYING IN 8 THE GEAR. NOW NO POWER AND YOU HAVE TO STAY IN IT TO MAKE IT PULL AND TRANS. SHIFTS FROM 6/7 ALL THE TIME AND FUEL MILEAGE IS TERABLE AS LOW AS 16.6 I WILL NO LONGER USE THAT TRUCK TO GO ON DESASTER RELIEF ANY MORE BECAUSE IT IS SCARED TO DRIVE. IT USE TO BE A FUN TRUCK TO DRIVE BUT NOT NOW I AM 70 YEARS OLD AND A PREE MECHANIC AND THIS TRUCK STINKS NOW I AM ASHAMED TO TALK IT UP ANYMORE LIKE I DID WHEN IT WAS NEW I GUESS WHEN IT FAILS I WILL PUT IT IN THE FRONT YARD WITH A LEMON SIGN ON IT AND LEAVE IT I AM ONE DISSATIFIED CUSTOMER AND I HAVE 4 DODGES BUT WILL NOT OWN ANOTHER ONE UNLESS THESE ARE FIXED LIKE THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257566September 23, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
CONSTANT FLOW OF COLD AIR TO WINDSHIELD IN ALL AIR MODES. CAUSES FOGGING OF WINDSHIELD AT NIGHT AND DECREASES ABILITY TO SAFELY SEE AT TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257579September 23, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SEVERAL TIMES THE VEHICLE BRAKES HARD (AS IN LOCKS UP THE BRAKES) WHEN BACKING UP AND AUTO BRAKING IS ENABLED, BUT NOTHING IS THERE. SAME THING WHEN DRIVING FORWARD, FORWARD COLLISION WARNING AUTO BRAKES WHEN NOTHING AT ALL IS THERE, ALMOST RESULTING IN BEING REAR ENDED AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE I TURNED IT OFF.. AT LEAST I AM ABLE TO TURN IT OFF. I KEPT THE WARNING ON, AND IT GOES OFF ALL THE TIME WHEN I CROSS SPEED BUMPS OR SHADOWS FROM OVERPASSES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CONTINUES AFTER TSBS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS. ANOTHER KNOWN ISSUE THAT RAM ISNT ADDRESSING PUBLICLY IS BRAKE SQUEALING - THERE IS AN INTERNAL MEMO ABOUT IT, BUT DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT ADDRESSING IT - IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BREAK LIGHTLY TO SLOW DOWN BETWEEN 70-40 MPH, BUT THEY CAN NEVER SEEM TO REPRODUCE IT AT THE DEALER. I OPENED A CASE WITH RAM AND THEY HAVE DONE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT THE DEALER DID...I AM MOST WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY FEATURES CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, PLEASE HELP! LATEST DATE THE FRONT COLLISION WARNING ACTIVATED WHEN NOTHING WAS THERE WAS TODAY. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257190September 22, 2019
STEERING
I WAS TAKING A CORNER AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND THE POWER STEERING GAVE OUT CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CRASH THE VEHICLE, A COUPLE MUNUTES LATER IT CAME BACK ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME I STARTED UP THE TRUCK IT HAD NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. NOW WAITING TO GET IT INTO DODGE FOR REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257202September 22, 2019
AIR BAGS, SUSPENSION
AIR SUSPENSION GO OFF NO WAY TO CONTROL THAT CAR I CAN HAVE BIG ACCIDENT I HAVE 2 BABY IN THAT CAR WITH ME ALL THAT TIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257216September 22, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1. ON 9/20 I RECEIVED FROM FCA DEALER THE RECALL UPDATE AGREED TO UPON SETTLEMENT WITH THE EPA. 2. WHILE DRIVING ON 9/21 I WAS AT A STOP AND NEEDED TO CHANGED LANES. 3. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE ENGINE STALLED AND BARELY MOVED THE VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE PICKING UP AND MOVING NORMALLY. 4. HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE BEEN ON COMING IT COULD HAVE CREATED A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A MAJOR ROAD AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION. 5. I HEREBY EXERT THAT THE "FIX" FOR THE EMISSIONS BY FCA IS NOW CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR "OWNERS" WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS THIS RECALL "FIX" 6. ADDITIONALLY IT APPEARS FUEL MILEAGE IS ALSO DROPPING ABOUT 5%-10% 7. RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I AM FINDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. 8. SOMETIMES THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTIONS SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT, I HAVE REPEATEDLY TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR THIS COMPLAINT BUT THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND ANY ISSUE. 9. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT NHSTA GET VEHICLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE "FIX" AND DO SUBSTANTIAL TESTING, AS IT IS NOT 100% OF THE TIME AND ISSUE AND MAY BE HARD TO REPLICATE. 10. OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED - LOWER PERFORMANCE AND LESS TORQUE 11.IF FUEL MILEAGE IS DOWN AND PERFORMANCE IS DOWN I WOULD SUSPECT THAT EMISSIONS MAY ACTUALLY BE WORSE THAN PRIOR TO THE "FIX" BEING IMPLEMENTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256991September 21, 2019
ENGINE
MY TRUCK WAS RECALLED FOR AN EMISSION RECALL,V08.ALL THE ISSUES STARTED AFTER THAT. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING IT HAS NO POWER BETWEEN 1000-2200 RPM. IT HESITATES WHEN THE THROTTLE IS APPLIED. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN ACCELERATING, IN THE CITY AND ON THE HIGHWAY. IT DOES THIS EVEN AFTER IT IS WARMED UP. WHEN TOWING A BOAT IT IS VERY BAD. IT CAN HARDLY PULL THE BOAT UP THE RAMP. IT IS A SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257117September 21, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
YEAH I STARTED WITH THE SCREENS IN MY DASH GOING DARK THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS SO NOW IT'S GOTTEN TO WHERE THE WHOLE DASHBOARD AND THE WHOLE EVERYTHING DIES OR SHUTS DOWN. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DROPS DOWN AS IF YOU'RE SLAMMED ON YOUR BREAKS YOU CAN FEEL THE PULL THE TRANSMISSION AS IF THAT'S WHAT'S SLOWING ME DOWN. THEN IT HITS RIGHT BACK WITHIN SECONDS IN THE WHOLE VEHICLE ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON EVERYTHING EVERYTHING I'M SO BRIGHT IT ALMOST BLIND YOU AND THEN ALL SUDDEN EVERYTHING CALM DOWN YOU'RE BACK TO NORMAL IN THE PICTURE I SENT IS WHAT THE SCREENS LOOK LIKE AFTERWARDS IT LOOKS LIKE WELL YOU'LL SEE.DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED WHAT AREA ROAD CONDITIONS IT JUST HAPPENS RANDOM INTERVALS. WHAT IS THE SCARE ME THE MOST ARE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR YOU HAVE NO POWER NO NOTHING TO START LOCKING UP AND STARTS BACK UP IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SENSORS THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS BUT I CAN'T GET IT FIXED. IT'S ABOUT THE SCARIEST THING HAVING YOUR VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AT 60 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR QUITE OFTEN. I'VE TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CONDITION. IT'S OVER THE THREE YEARS HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND THEY DO KNOW THAT IT IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN UPDATE FOR SOME OF THE ISSUES SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DIE OUT THERE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257134September 21, 2019
ENGINE
AFTER RECEIVING THE REQUIRED EMISSION UPDATE FOR THE ECO DIESEL, THE TRUCK NOW HAS SEVERE PERFORMANCE ISSUES. THERE IS A 5 TO 8 SECOND LAG IN ACCELERATION, THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR ENTER TRAFFIC. I HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO DEALERS WITH NO SOLUTION OR CONCERN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257162September 21, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DOOR LOCKS WON'T CLOSE WITH KEY FOB OR INSIDE SWITCH. LOCKS STAY OPEN WHILE DRIVING. DOOR LOOKS ONLY LOCK MANUALLY. STATIONARY AND WHILE MOVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256898September 20, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
BIG LAG WITH ACCELERATION FROM STOP. THIS IS SINCE THE FCA REFLASH FOR THE REBATE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256897September 20, 2019
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
LONG LAG BETWEEN THE TIME YOU STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE WHEN THE TRUCK WOULD RESPOND. CREATED DANGEROUS SITUATION SPECIALLY MERGING WITH FAST MOVING TRAFFIC AND MOVING FROM STOP SIGNS. VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO LIMP MODE WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DEEMED TO A LEMON AND FCA BOUGHT IT BACK ONLY TO RESELL TO SOMEONE ELSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256949September 20, 2019
TIRES, WHEELS
THERE IS A VISIBLE CHUNK OF RUBBER MISSING FROM MY TRUCK TIRE. MY WIFE AND I NOTICED THE ANOMALY ON THE TIRE IN THE MORNING RIGHT BEFORE LEAVING TO WORK. I COMMUTE WITH THIS TRUCK MONDAY THOUGH FRIDAY, ON A SMOOTH HIGHWAY. THESE TIRES HAVE NEVER SEEN HARSH CONDITIONS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND DEFINITELY NOT EXPECTED FOR A VEHICLE WITH SO FEW MILES ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS 18400 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. THESE TIRES ARE MEANT TO LAST MUCH LONGER (5 YEARS / 65,000 MILES). THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT, THAT CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS ESPECIALLY SINCE ONE DOES NOT EXPECT THIS ISSUE TO ARISE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN BROUGHT TO AN AUTHORIZED SHOP, WORKERS STATE THAT THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE AND WILL NOT BE COVERED. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. MANUFACTURING DEFECTS SUCH AS THESE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256970September 20, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
DID THE FLASH UPGRADE TO FIX THE RECALL V08 AND EVER SINCE THEN IT HAS NO ACCELERATION WHEN COMING OFF A STOP. IT HAS A LAG OF A SECOND OR TWO AND IS VERY SCARY WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC. IT HAS SUCH A LAG THAT PULLING OUT THAT THAT YOUR NOT SURE THAT YOU WONT GET IN A ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256791September 20, 2019
ENGINE
WHEN STARTING ENGINE IN THE MORNING OR IN COLD WEATHER (65'F AND COLDER) THE ENGINE IS UNRESPONSIVE TO THE THROTTLE FOR UP TO 6 SECONDS. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND MAKES FOR A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFICIENCY FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS AND THE PUBLIC. ON COMING TRAFFIC HAS HAD TO SLAM ON BREAKS TO AVOID COLLISIONS AS I HAVE HAD TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC. THE THROTTLE IS SMASHED TO THE FLOOR AND A MINIMUM OF 3 SECONDS GOES BY BEFORE THE TRUCK HAS ANY RESPONSE WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO, PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, MERGING INTO LO A HIGHWAY, AND WHEN GOING OVER TRAIN TRACKS WHEN THE GATES WERE COMING DOWN, AND WHEN STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AT A GREEN LIGHT WHICH HAD AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE COMING INTO AND THROUGH THE LIGHT FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION (I COULDN'T MOVE FOR 3 SECONDS).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256579September 19, 2019
ENGINE
AFTER ECM REFLASH, NOW THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE FOR 3 SECONDS WITH ENGINE COLD. NO POWER UNTIL DELAY TIME HAS PASSED THEN ITLL ACCEL. ONCE ENGINE IS AT OPERATING TEMP IT DRIVES NORMALLY. THIS ONLY STARTED SINCE THE LATEST ECM AND TCM REFLASHES WERE PERFORMED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256635September 19, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I OWN A 2018 ECODIESEL AND WHEN MY TRUCK WENT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE THEY DID AN UPDATE CALLED AEM OR V08 EMISSIONS UPDATE. AFTER THE UPDATE MY TRUCK NO LONGER ACCELERATES FROM A STOP. IT CRAWLS AT UNDER 10MPH EXTREMELY SLOW APROX. 90 SECONDS UNTIL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS I HAVE BEEN IN 3 NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO A LACK OF ACCELERATION. IN ADDITION TO THE LACK OF ACCELERATION I NOW GET MUCH LOWER GAS MILEAGE. PRIOR TO THE UPDATE I WAS GETTING 27 MPG, NOW THE BEST I HAVE GOTTEN WAS 19MPG. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW, TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE THAT GET GOOD GAS MILEAGE AND DRIVES THEY WAY IT DID WHEN I TEST DROVE IT, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I PURCHASED IT. ONLY FOR THEM TO COMPLETELY CHANGE MY VEHICLE AFTER THE PURCHASE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION IS TO ME A BAIT AND SWITCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256649September 19, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
INVOLVING THE ECO DIESEL EMISSIONS UPDATE PERFORMED ON MY 2015 RAM 1500 AT THE DEALERSHIP BY FCA ON 06/11/19 SAID IT WOULD NOT CHANGE THE DRIVEABLITY OF THE VEHICLE BUT IT HAS, IN THE ACCELERATION THAT IS DELAYED OR SOMETIMES JUST NOT THERE AT ALL, THIS IS INCONSISTENT AND INTERMITTENT WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A ROADWAY I MUST TAKE THE POSSIBILITY IN MIND THAT THE VEHICLE MIGHT NOT GET GOING INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, I FIND THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR EVERY DAY DRIVERS. THANK YOU ,PLEASE ADVISE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256671September 19, 2019
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER HAVING THE APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION INSTALLED MY TRUCK BECAME DANGEROUSLY SLUGGISH FROM A DEAD STOP. AFTER PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL PULLING INTO TRAFFIC TRUCK IS MOVING APPROX. 4 MPH WHERE THERE IS A 3 TO 4 SECOND DELAY IN ACCELERATION LEAVING ME VULNERABLE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TRUCK WAS FINE BEFORE AEM. DEALER NOW SAYS THEY CAN NOT REVERSE AEM. TRUCK IS NOW A SERIOUS TRAFFIC HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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