2009 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

TRUCK PURCHASED JULY 31ST, 2009. SINCE THEN ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS, THE HORN HAS NOT WORKED WHEN PUSHED. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE SINCE PURCHASE. DEALERSHIP STATED BOTH TIMES THERE WAS NO FOUND ISSUE. HORN CONTINUES TO INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORK, WITH TWO MOST RECENT OCCASIONS 2/ 16/10 AND 4/13/2010. SPEED VARIES FROM 30-70 MPH WHEN HORN FAILURE OCCURS. *TR

DEFECT(S): CRUISE CONTROL IS INTERMITTENT AND RANDOM. APPARENTLY INFLUENCED BY HUMIDITY AND RAIN EVENTS. ALSO INVOLVED IS THE RANDOM SHIFTING OF THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION AS INDICATED BY THE INFORMATION CENTER READINGS DURING THE CRUISE CONTROL EVENT(S). THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BE DUPLICATED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND/OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPAIR FACILITIES AFTER THREE (3) ATTEMPTS IT IS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE THUS NO REPAIR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE. LITIGATION IS PENDING BUT THEY ARE DEMANDING AN ADDITIONAL REPAIR ATTEMPT UNDER THE GA LEMON LAW I AM URGING MY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED UNDER THE MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT.*TR

FIRST INCIDENT-9/27/09. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, ENGINE DIED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WAS OUT OF TOWN AND HAD TO TOW TO LOCAL DEALER. SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID CODE CHECK AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY DID REPROGRAM THE PCM SOFTWARE PER TSB 18-038-08. *TR

SECOND INCIDENT-10/19/09. WHILE SITTING IN PARKING LOT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, TRUCK IN DRIVE, ENGINE DIED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO TOW TO LOCAL DEALER. TRUCK DID RESTART AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT AT DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP COULD FINALLY DUPLICATE PROBLEM. NO CODES STORED IN ANY MODULE. THEY CHECKED VOLTAGE AT THE FUEL PUMP AND PUMP PRESSURE, NO PRESSURE AT PUMP. AFTER LOWERING THE FUEL TANK AND CHECKING THE FUEL, THEY INSPECTED THE FUEL PUMP AND DISCOVERED A POWER LEAD AT THE PUMP WAS LOOSE AND DISCONNECTS WITH VIBRATION. INSTALLED NEW FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. OLD PART NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH WINTER CONDITIONS IT APPEARS THAT SNOW AND ICE BUILD UP AROUND THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS. ONCE THAT ICE BEGAN TO MELT A LARGE SECTION OF ICE FELL OFF. THE ICE HAD ENCAPSULATED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WIRE AND THE FALLING OF THE ICE RIPPED THE SENSOR WIRES FROM THE CONNECTOR. THE RESULT WAS INSTANT LOSS OF TRACTION CONTROL, ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, AND CRUISE CONTROL. THIS ALLOWED A CONDITION THAT CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL ON ICE. *TR

I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AT 7000 + MILES, WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK BACK, I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION. AS TIME WENT BY THE VIBRATION GOT WORSE. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER, IN FT. PIERCE SIX WEEKS LATER BUT BECAUSE I DRIVE A 1,000 MILES PER WEEK, IT HAT 13,000 + MILES AND THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A PRIVATE SHOP AND THEY FOUND THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS WARPED SO THEY TURNED THE ROTORS AND BALANCE THE TIRES. IT WAS BETTER BUT STILL HAD A VIBRATION AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DODGE DEALER IN VERO BEACH AND THEY SPUN THE TIRES ON THE RIMS AND REBALANCED THE TIRES. IT GOT A LITTLE BETTER BUT IT STILL HAS A VIBRATION THAT IS HARD TO LIVE WITH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE ROAD SURFACE WAS BUMPY AND MUDDY. THERE WAS ALSO A LOUD POPPING NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL AND SUDDENLY, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A LOCAL COLLISION CENTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,800. UPDATED 03/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 0513/10.8JB

2009 DODGE RAM 1500 ST HAS A SEVERE VIBRATION AT 60 MPH. SERVICE TECH AT DEALER THINKS THERE IS A BIND IN DRIVELINE. TRUCK WILL CLUNK AT TIMES WHEN STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. CHRYSLER SAYS IT IS NORMAL. I AM AFRAID DRIVE SHAFT MAY BREAK CAUSING DAMAGE, OR ACCIDENT. *TR

2010 DODGE 1500 RAM WITH LESS THAN 9000 MILES SUDDEN DANGEROUS DECELERATION AND ABS,4WHEEL DRIVE SERVICE AND ESP LIGHTS ALARMING WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. FRIGHTENING! TRUCK SEEMING TO CUT OUT AND APPLYING THE BRAKES WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM DRIVER. COULD EASILY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. SPEEDOMETER ALSO SWINGING ACROSS FROM 0 TO 65MPH CONSTANTLY DURING EVENTS. *TR

WHILE NORMAL DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOESN'T SEEM TO IDLE RIGHT. AT TIMES THE ENGINE WILL REV A LITTLE THEN LETS OFF, THEN BACK UP AND SO ON. ALSO UNDER NORMAL ACCELERATION THE RPMS WILL CLIMB ABOUT 100 THEN STOP GOING UP THEN BUMP UP 100 THEN STOP AGAIN AND SO ON UNTIL ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED HARDER. DURING FIRST DRIVE IN THE MORNING VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE THEN SUDDENLY THE RPMS WILL DROP TO ABOUT 1000 THEN A SLIP SECOND LATER THE TRUCK WILL KICK BACK IN. *TR

AFTER DOING A BASIC SEARCH I RAN INTO THE SIMILAR PROBLEM REGARDING THE CHROME AROUND THE SHIFTER. THE PREVIOUS PERSON MENTIONS TINTING THE WINDOWS.....DON'T WORRY FRIEND I HAVE "LIMO TINT" A THE SUN STILL REFLECTS AND WILL EITHER AFFECT ME OR MY PASSENGER. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME BUT AFTER OBSERVING MY PASSENGER BEING BLINDED AND READING THIS, IT ASSURES ME THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD AND NOT ME JUST BEING SENSITIVE. *TR

PASSENGERS SKIN ON RIGHT ARM SEVERELY PINCHED JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW WHEN DOOR LOCK POST PULLED THE SKIN INTO THE DOOR PANEL AS THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ACTUATED. *TR

TRUCK WAS IN PARK THEN VEHICLE LEFT PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO ONE INSIDE AT THE TIME, WENT UP HILL WITH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO NEIGHBORS CAR. DODGE SAYS NO RECALLS WERE REPORTED. *TR

THE CHROME TRIM RING AROUND THE SHIFTER ON THE CONSOLE MOUNTED SHIFTER REFLECTS THE SUN RIGHT BACK INTO YOUR EYES DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THIS GLARE IN YOUR VISION. I MUST COVER THAT AREA WITH MY HAND TO BLOCK THE REFLECTION. I CANNOT HAVE BOTH OF MY HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I CANNOT LEGALLY TINT MY FRONT SIDE WINDOWS OR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO LESSEN THE LIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

WITHIN A SHORT TIME AFTER PURCHASING MY 2009 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4, I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES PULLED HARD LEFT ON AGGRESSIVE BRAKING. DEALERSHIP FOUND PROBLEM WAS BRAKE PADS. THEY REPLACED THEM AND ALL IS FINE NOW. *TR

AT ABOUT 1200 MILES ON VEHICLE NOTICED A LOW SQUEAL SOUND FROM ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION. AT PRESENT THERE IS 1500 MILES ON VEHICLE AND THE SQUEAL HAS GOTTEN WORST. THE NOISE BEGINS AFTER ABOUT ONE OR TWO MINUTES OF STARTING, AND IS CONTUMELY SQUEALING. THE DEALER SHIP RAN TEST AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL. I DROVE ANOTHER 2009 1500 RAM AND THE NOISE WAS NOT THERE, OR IN THE NEXT 1500 RAM FROM ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH THE PROBLEM, QUOTE: WE CAN'T FIGURE WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM, SO IT MUST BE NORMAL UNQUOTE. VEHICLE IS SWB. *TR

THE HEATED AND VENTILATED OPTION SEATS IN THE 2009 DODGE RAM FAIL PREMATURELY. I HAVE A 2009 DODGE RAM CREW CAB LARMIE WITH 1400 MILES. SEAT COVER REPLACED AT 800 MILES BY DODGE. SEAT COVER REPLACING AGAIN AT 1400 MILES. I ALSO HAVE A 2009 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB, SAME HEATED VENTILATED SEATS. IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED NOW WITH 415 MILES TOTAL MILES ON THE TRUCK. CHRYSLER HAS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE HEATED VENTILATED LEATHER TRIMMED SEAT COVERS AND THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY COMPLAINT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500 LARAMIE. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN 2008, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH A CAB. HE HAD A CAB INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE TAILGATE LOCKING MECHANISM WOULD NOT OPERATE WITH THE EXTENDED CAB ATTACHMENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE EXTENDED CAB WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE VEHICLE AND WOULD TRY INSTALLING ANOTHER ONE. THE DEALER LATER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INSTALL A SECOND CAB. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 4,000.

2009 DODGE RAM WITH VENTILATED SEATS. PERFORATED MATERIAL BETWEEN THE LEATHER TRIM WITH HOLES IN IT FOR AIR TO PASS SHOWS EXCESSIVE WEAR AFTER 1236 MILES. THIS AFFECTS 7 2009 DODGE RAM LARAMIE TRUCKS THAT I AM AWARE OF AS OF 2.6.2009. *TR

EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE ABOVE 60 MPH. WORSENS AS SPEED INCREASES. OBVIOUS AT 30MPH BUT UNBEARABLE BY 60MPH. ABSURD BY 70MPH. *TR