2014 Ram 1500 complaints

RAM COMES OUT OF CAR WASH AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO DRIVE IMMEDIATELY. HAVE TO STEP ON BRAKE MORE THAN ONCE TO ENGAGE. TOOK IT THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL.

WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AFTER PUTTING IT INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO REVERSE. THE DOOR KNOCKED ME DOWN AS I WAS CAUGHT IN THE SHOULDER SEAT BELT AND DRAGGED ME APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET. AFTER BEING RELEASED, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE IN REVERSE AND RAN INTO A STOREFRONT. I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH MINOR INJURIES AS NO ONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH THE ELECTRONIC GEAR SHIFT, SPECIFICALLY WHEN MOVING IT FROM DRIVE TO PARK. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS TO GET STUCK IN REVERSE EVEN THOUGH THE INDICATOR LIGHT IS SHOWING PARK.

TAKATA RECALL VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THEN AFTER 2 MINUTES STARTED MOVING ELECTRIC SHIFTER SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR CAUSE SOMEONE TO BE RUN OVER IN A PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS.

VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER STEERING MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING, COMPLETELY UNABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK. RED EPS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. UNABLE TO RESET BY RESTARTING TRUCK, OR DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. COST OVER $2500 TO HAVE ENTIRE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED. CONCERN HAPPENED WHILE SITTING STILL, AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

ON FEBRUARY I DROVE FROM MY HOME SEVERAL MILES TO A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT TAKING AN INTERSTATE ON THE WAY. I USED MY CRUISE CONTROL ON MY WAY THERE AND JUST PRESSED THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE IT WHEN I EXITED THE INTERSTATE. I THEN CONTINUED TO THE DRIVE TO THE RESTAURANT WHERE I PULLED INTO A LINE TO THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW AS I MOVED THROUGH THE LINE I WOULD APPLY MY BRAKE TO STOP AND AS CARS PULLED FORWARD I JUST LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO SLOWLY MOVE FORWARD THEN PRESSED THE BRAKE AGAIN TO STOP. I DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES THEN SUDDENLY WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE MY TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BEFORE I COULD STOP IT. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE AND I WERE NOT INJURED AND DROVE TO THE PARKING LOT TO EXCHANGE INSURANCE INFORMATION. SINCE THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT I RECENTLY CHECKED FOR RECALLS OM MY TRUCK AND FOUND ONE RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL NHTSA # 18V-332 WHICH COULD BE RELATED TO MY ACCIDENT. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD THE RECALL SERVICE DONE JUNE 30, 2018 AT MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER.

TAKATA INFLATORS : MY FIANCE WAS IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH A HIT AND RUN AND HIS TRUCK IS TOTALED. IT WAS FRONT IMPACT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE OR GO OFF- HIS HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND HE HAD TO GO TO THE ER FOR HEAD INJURIES.

WHEN ACCELERATING AROUND SLOWER CAR MY ACCELERATOR STUCK AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL I TURNED OFF ENGINE.

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

ONE MORNING IN DECEMBER OF 2017, I STARTED MY PARKED TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME AND THE ELECTRIC STEERING STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY AT 38,000 MILES. WHETHER YOU ARE GOING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE, THE STEERING IS VERY HARD TO TURN. YOU MUST SLOW DOWN TO 10 MPH OR LESS TO BE ABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL AND MAINTAIN YOUR LANE. OTHERWISE YOUR TURNS WILL BE TO WIDE AND CROSS OVER INTO OPPOSING LANE OF TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, SMOKE AND FLAMES APPEARED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CAPITOL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (3201 MISSOURI BLVD, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109, (573) 893-5000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FAILED, AND THE WIRING HARNESS AND INTAKE AND EXHAUST MANIFOLDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

MY TRUCK KEEPS ROLLING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WHEN PUT INTO PARK, ALSO MY CRUISE DONT SHUT OFF OR TURN ON HALF THE TIME.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF (ALONG WITH THE ACCOMPANYING "DING"). I THINK THERE IS A SHORT IN THE WIRING UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. WHENEVER I GO OVER BIG BUMPS IT SEEMS TO CAUSE THE ISSUE MORE OFTEN.

DPF/DEF SYSTEMS CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. LEVELING SENSOR INSIDE OF THE D.E.F TANK ISN'T REPONDING AND CAUSING TRUCK TO RUN BAD AND CAUSING TRUCK TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE DPF SYSTEM

YESTERDAY WHILE ROUNDING CORNER ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY DID NOT WANT TO TURN FELT LIKE IT WAS BINDING UP. HAD TO USE BOTH HANDS PULLING HARD ON WHEEL TO MAKE CORNER AND THEN THE WHEEL DID NOT CENTER ON ITS OWN. I WENT OUT OF MY LANE OF TRAFFIC FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS IN THE OTHER LANE. STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL FOR.A FEW MINUTES THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON EXIT RAMP. IT HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. THERE IS NO WARNING BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND ELECTRIC ASSIST WARNING LIGHT HAS NEVER ACTIVATED WHEN THIS HAS OCCURRED. I AM CURRENTLY AT LOCAL REPAIR SHOP HAVING THE TRUCK LOOKED AT. IN THE PAST I OWNED A TOYOTA PICKUP WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND THIS IS 20 TIMES MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN LOSING THE ELECTRIC ASSIST. THIS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS WELL AS ON CITY STREETS. IF CAN HAPPEN ON JUST GENTLE BENDS IN THE ROADWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR LOW SPEED TURNS. THE STEERING IS JUST AS DIFFICULT TO MOVE NO MATTER THE SPEED WHEN IT OCCURS. STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT'S STUCK BUT WILL MOVE WITH A LOT OF FORCE FROM BOTH HANDS. I ALMOST HIT THE CURB AT LOW SPEED ON THE WAY TO THE REPAIR SHOP THIS MORNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, BUT WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VANCAMPEN MOTORS INC. (601 W 3RD ST, WILLIAMSPORT, PA 17701, (570) 326-0567), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

IN EARLY 2018 I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE STEERING ON MY TRUCK WOULD "GUM UP". AS YOU STARTED TO MAKE A TURN THE STEERING WOULD BE FINE BUT THEN AS YOU CONTINUED THROUGH THE TURN IT WOULD TAKE MORE EFFORT TO TURN THE WHEEL. IT NEVER COMPLETELY LOCKED UP BUT THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL. TO ME IT SEEMED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS FAILING OR LOW ON FLUID. WHEN I CHECKED I FOUND THAT THERE IS NO PUMP BUT AN ELECTRONIC MOTOR ASSIST FOR THE STEERING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICE AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT BUT SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE MY COMPLAINT. I TRIED TO INVESTIGATE WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN BUT THERE WAS NO COMMON THING. ON APRIL 14TH I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT EVEN WHILE TRACKING IN A STRAIGHT LINE THE TRUCK STEERING WOULD GUM UP . AS LONG AS I THINK ABOUT IT I DON'T WORRY BUT I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL FAIL COMPLETELY. I TOOK IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD NO ONE TO LOOK AT IT. I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER ON THE 17TH BUT AGAIN I COULD FEEL IT GOING BUT NOTHING WHILE I HAD THE MECHANIC IN THE TRUCK. SOMETIMES I CAN FEEL IT WHILE STATIONARY AND JUST TURNING THE WHEEL. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT GOES AWAY ON RAINY DAYS. ALMOST LIKE THE STEERING IS GETTING LUBRICATED BUT ONCE THE WEATHER IS DRY FOR A FEW DAYS THE GUMMY FEELING COMES BACK. THE DEALER DID SAY THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING UNIT DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS LEAKING BUT WHEN I WAS UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK I SAW THAT THE RUBBER BOOTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE UNIT APPEAR

FUEL SENSOR FAILURE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES AND GOES WHICH CAUSES THE FUEL GAUGE TO STOP WORKING. NOT UNDER WARRANTY BUT A KNOW PROBLEM. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED WHEN IT IS A OBVIOUS PROBLEM.

AIRBAG SYSTEM MESSAGE KEEPS COMING ON, MESSAGE KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF BUT NOW IS STAYING ON ALL THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE AT THE DEALER (COLUMBIANA DODGE CHRYSLER, 100 COMMERCE CIRCLE, COLUMBIANA, OH 44404), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF AN UNKNOWN RECALL FOR HER VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER BOX SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND A FUEL PUMP RELAY CIRCUIT BOARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED FOR ALL AIRBAG RELATED RECALLS IN THE PAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 53,000 MILES, MY SRS LIGHT RANDOMLY COMES ON AND 'SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM" MESSAGE DISPLAYS ON DASH. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL OR WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD NO AND DEALERSHIP WANTS $150 TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON RAM PICK-UPS. BECAUSE THE LIGHT COMES ON FOR A DAY OR SO AND GOES OUT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, I AM WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO STAY ON CONSTANTLY TO PREVENT MYSELF FROM HAVING TO PAY $150 MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACTIVE FAULT WHEN I DROP IT OFF. BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD AIRBAG RELATED RECALL DUE TO WIRING, THESE VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THEIR AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE FAULT THAT I AM GETTING FROM MY PERSONAL OBDII SCANNER IS "OPEN CIRCUIT ON FRONT DRIVERS SQUIB #2". LIGHT COMES ON WHEN RANDOMLY, EITHER AT FIRST START IF THE DAY, OR AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE. LIGHT AND WARNING GOES OFF IN THE SAME CONDITIONS (RANDOMLY). NEW AIRBAG COSTS $795 AND CLOCK-SPRING IS $295. THESE COSTS ARE FOR PARTS ONLY AND UNACCEPTABLE FOR A 4 YEAR OLD TRUCK WITH 53,000 MILES.

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED ON THE TRUCK AT 60,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING ON THE TRUCK. IT WAS DETERMINED THE CONTROL MODULE FAILED BUT WAS NOT REPLACEABLE BY ITSELF SINCE THE ENTIRE STEERING RACK UNIT IS SEALED SO I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RACK. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN SEEN IN OTHER MODEL YEARS OF THIS TRUCK AND RAM ACTUALLY ISSUED A RECALL ON ONLY 440 2016 MODELS UNDER RECALL S19 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN 16V167000. THIS IS A FAULTY DESIGN AND CAN OBVIOUSLY BE VERY DANGEROUS LOSING POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. RAM REFUSED TO REIMBURSE OR PAY FOR ANY PART OF THE NEW STEERING RACK. *TT CONSUMER HAD IT REPAIR AND IS DRIVABLE.UPDATED 8/16/18*JB

DRIVING TO WORK 5/7/18 TRUCK WAS RUNNING FINE WITH NO CEL'S, ALARMS, WARNINGS OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY JUST A NORMAL DRIVE AS USUAL AND THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER. I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION TO TURN RIGHT CAME TO A STOP THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC SO ACCELERATED TO TURN ONTO HIGHWAY FEEDER WHEN I HEARD A WEIRD SOUND AND FELT THE TRUCK DECELERATE. I PUSHED THE PEDAL A LITTLE HARDER AND NOTICED NO CHANGE IN SPEED RPMS WERE DROPPING AS WELL AS BOOST GAUGE I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND SAW A TRAIL OF SMOKE AND BEGAN MAKING MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHILE MAKING MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER SMOKE BEGAN COMING INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE DIED, I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND POPPED THE HOOD LATCH WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE ON THE BACK OF THE MOTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE EGR AND TURBO. IMMEDIATELY CLOSED THE HOOD GRABBED A BOTTLE OF WATER FROM THE CAB OPENED THE HOOD AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAME. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO BEGAN LOOKING AT THE TRUCK AND SAID IT APPEARED THE EGR GOT HOT OR THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING SYSTEM. I CONTACTED RAM TO VERIFY MY 5Y/100,000M WARRANTY AS WELL AS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED THEY THEN TURNED ME OVER TO FIAT-CHRYSLER WHO SAID THEY WERE ASSIGNING A SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND HAS ORDERED THE DEALERSHIP TO STOP ALL WORK UNTIL INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE WHICH COULD TAKE 4 WEEKS. FIAT-CHRYSLER IS ALSO REFUSING TO PROVIDE A LOANER OR RENTAL EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD REGISTER EMPTY, EVEN WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND FUEL SENSOR FAILURE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FUEL PUMP BE REMOVED FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000. *LN *TT

AT 38000 MILES THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND REPORTED A "FUEL SENSOR FAILURE". GAS GUAGE READS EMPTY.

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF

BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. I APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD A HARD PEDDLE. I HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. DEALER SAID IT WAS INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER CHECK VALVE. TRUCK HAD 59,906 MILES.

TRUCK TOOK BRIEF PERIODS WHERE IT WOULD JUST SUDDENLY DIE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, THEN THE LAST TIME RUNNING ABOUT 60 MPH, IT DIED NOT FAR FROM HOME AND SMOKE BILLOWED OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD WAFTING ITS WAY INSIDE THE CAB...SON-IN-LAW FOUGHT THE STEERING AND MANAGED TO BRING IT TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD...WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTERS IN THE BACK SEAT....THEY WERE ALMOST OVERCOME BY THIS BLACK OBNOXIOUS SMOKE AND BOTH SUFFERED FOR THE LONGEST TIME A HARSH, DRY COUGH...I NOTICED THERE ARE LIMITED RECALLS ON THIS MODEL OF TRUCK AND NONE SEEM TO BE RELATED TO ELECTRICAL FIRES UNDER THE HOOD...HOW EVER THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE AND POSE A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO ALL THE MOTORING PUBLIC...THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED AND ALL OF THEM DESTROYED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND THE PASSENGERS...DEALERSHIP SATED THE 'BRAIN BOX AND STARTER BURNED UP' AND IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE...BUT THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHRYSLER'S PROFIT MARGIN.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND MESSAGE STATED PROBLEM WITH FUEL SYSTEM SENSOR. GAS GAUGE WOULD READ EMPTY EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS FUEL IN THE TANK. BROUGHT TO DEALER - TECHNICIAN VERIFIED CODE P0463 FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH; TESTED SYSTEM AND FOUND FAULTY FUEL PUMP MODULE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 32,224 MILES BUT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT'S OVER 3 YEARS. COST FOR NEW FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS $456 PLUS $347 LABOR ($803 TOTAL). WHEN REVIEWING COMPLAINTS ON THIS YEAR TRUCK/MODEL OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS PART SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE AND IN MY CASE, SINCE THE TRUCK HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATION. CLEARLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH FAULTY FUEL PUMP MODULES IN 2014 RAM 1500 TRUCKS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHIFTED TO THE PARK POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN WHICH ALL OF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. A DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY TRUCK HAS STARTED RUNNING ROUGH WITHOUT ANY POWER AND NOTICING A TICKINGKOCKING NOISE WITHIN THE PAST WEEK SO I STARTED LOOKING INTO IT AS I'VE ALWAYS CHANGED MY OIL BETWEEN 5-10K FULL SYNTHETIC 5W20 AND ALWAYS RAN GOOD FUEL AT LEAST 89-93 BC I HAVE 142K ON IT. I'VE NOTICED THE TICKING NOISE AROUND 75 AND THOUGHT MAYBE SLIGHT EXHAUST LEAK FROM THE WELDS BUT AS I START READING ON INTERNET IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER ON ALL THESE HEMI ENGINES FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW AND I THINK IT'S BS THAT I'M HAVING TO PAY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY BEEN A PROBLEM FOR VEHICLES WITH WELL UNDER THE MILEAGE I HAVE AS WELL. THE WIFE HAS A CHEVY WITH OVER 200K THAT RUBS LIKE A TOP AND SHE NEVER CHANGED THE OIL BEFORE WE GOT TOGETHER, IN FACT IT WAS SLUDGE WHEN I DID THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AND IT DOESN'T TICK NOCK OR HESITATE ONE BIT. I HOPE SOMEONE WILL STEP UP AND HELP PPL OUT WITH THEIR MISTAKES AND MAKE IT RIGHT BC I'M OUT OF A VEHICLE I STILL OWE ON AND CAN'T EVEN GET TO WORK BC GUESS WHAT I DRIVE FOR WORK. BUMMER I KNOW BUT NOT IF Y'ALL WOULD FIX PROBLEMS WHEN THE ARISE!!!!

ON NOVEMBER 24, 2017 THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK USING THE MOUNTED KNOB GEAR SHIFTER. THE DRIVER WAS GOING TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK INTO A BULK TRASH AREA IN THE DRIVER'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE BULK TRASH AREA IS A 3-WALL CONCRETE DUMPSTER HIDER, WITH NO DUMPSTER INSIDE (AS SHOWN IN PICTURE). THE PASSENGER EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE DRIVER EXITING. AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE AND WALKING TOWARDS BACK OF THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, ULTIMATELY HITTING THE CONCRETE BARRIER THAT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. UPON RE-ENTERING THE VEHICLE., THE DRIVER NOTED THAT THE KNOB GEAR SHIFTER WAS IN "REVERSE". THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY CALLED INSURANCE PROVIDER TO FILE CLAIM, AS WELL AS FCA, THE VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURER. FCA SENT AN INVESTIGATOR WHILE THE TRUCK WAS AT THE BODY SHOP TO ASSESS VEHICLE. OWNER ALSO BROUGHT VEHICLE TO RAM DEALERSHIP SUBSEQUENT TO BODY REPAIRS FOR INSPECTION. RAM SAID BECAUSE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED, ISSUE DID NOT EXIST. OWNER HAS OWNED VEHICLE SINCE NOVEMBER 2014 AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. AS SUCH, DUPLICATION IS NOT PREDICTABLE. FCA PLACED BLAME ON PARKING BRAKE NOT BEING UTILIZED.

5.7L HEMI LIFT/CAN FAILURE!!!!! I AM A RAM OWNER AND HAVE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH MY 2014 RAM 1500 AT AROUND 135,000 MILES MY ENGINE STARTED TO TAP IN A RITHUM AND WAS GETTING LOUDER BY THE DAY. DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH LIFTER COLLAPSING AND DESTROYING THE CAM. TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD EXACTLY WHAT I HAD READ ABOUT A LOT OF FOLKS SAYING THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THERE HEMI. NOT ONLY IN THE RAM MODELS BUT JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE MODELS AND CHALLENGERS AS WELL EQUIPPED WITH THE HEMI ENGINE AS WELL. THIS REPAIR COST ROUGHLY 3500.00 OR MORE TO HAVE REPAIRED. AND CHRYSLER SHOULD HELP COVER THE COST ON REPAIRS. I AM VERY UPSET WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND AT THIS TIME MAY NEVER OWN ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT.

I LIVE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. THE AIR SUSPENSION BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS THE FIRST WINTER I OWNED THE TRUCK. THE SUSPENSION WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY DURING NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES. I BROUGHT IT IN TO GET SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES, AND I WAS TOLD IT IS NORMAL DURING NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES. THIS PAST WINTER, THE 40 AMP FUSE FOR THE SUSPENSION STARTED BLOWING. IT HAS NOW BLOWN THREE TIMES THIS WINTER, AND THE LAST TWO TIMES AS BARELY BEEN BELOW FREEZING. IT HAS BLOWN TWICE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. WHEN THE FUSE BLOWS, THE TRUCK, DANGEROUSLY, LOWERS TO THE STOPS. IT DOES NOT HANDLE PROPERLY OR SAFELY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

IN COLD WEATHER THE AIR SUSPENSION FAILS AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FALLS DOWN TO BUMP STOP CREATING ZERO SUSPENSION AND MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE TRUCK FAILED AT THE AIRPORT 60 MILES FROM MY HOME. IN TRYING TO GET HOME I WAS DRIVING 50 MPH IN A 75 MPH ZONE AND HIT A PATCH OF ROUGH ROAD AND SOME SNOW AND THE TRUCK WENT SIDE WAYS 7/8 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE TRUCK HAS 33,000 MILES AND THE BILL TO REPAIR THE COMPRESSOR FOR THE AIR SUSPENSION WAS $2,600. NO HELP FROM FORT COLLINS DODGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTLY SHIFTING INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FUTURE FORD (4625 MADISON AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SOFTWARE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. MIKE RIEHL'S ROSEVILLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (25800 GRATIOT AVE, ROSEVILLE, MI) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THIS IS THE THIRD EVENT OR INCIDENT SURROUNDING THIS AIR RIDE SUSPENSION SYSTEM: 1. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN JAN 2017 AFTER GETTING UP TO ALASKA. THIS TIME ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE FELL WHILE DRIVING AND SLID OUT IN TRAFFIC. THE SEATBELT LOCKED IN PLACE AND MALFUNCTIONED. GENE'S CHRYSLER ENDED UP CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE HARDWARE AND PARTS. 2. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS NOT AS BAD ON NOVEMBER 2017, THIS TIME THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO SIT A FEW DAYS WAITING FOR CHRYSLER TO PROVIDE AN APPOINTMENT, AND CHANGING ALL THE FUSES, THE SUSPENSION RAISED UP AGAIN. 3. TIME NUMBER 3 WAS ON JANUARY 31, 2018. THIS TIME, THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO GENE'S CHRYSLER ON FEBRUARY 01, 2018. THE VEHICLE FELL TO THE GROUND AGAIN AND WAS NOT MOVING THE SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE OF SLOWER TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. RIGHT NOW, THE TRUCK IS STILL IN THE SHOP BECAUSE MORE PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE DEALERSHIP IS WAITING ON THE MANUFACTURERS' RECALL FOR THIS AIR RIDE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TEAM OUT THERE IN ALASKA BUT NOW, THIS IS HAPPENING TO VEHICLES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DURING REAL COLD WEATHER. IT'S LIKE A NATIONAL CRISIS NOW AND NEEDS EVERYONE IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE DIES BECAUSE OF THESE MALFUNCTIONS AND THE DEFECTIVE AIR RIDE SYSTEM. NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN 40 DAYS WITHOUT OUR MINISTRY HAVING THEIR VEHICLE IN ALASKA, WHAT WILL NHTSA DO TO HELP OUR PASTOR AND MINISTRY UP THE

CSPC: VEHICLES DROPPING IN MOTION IS A VERY DIRE/SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS, WE HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THIS DURING BOTH WINTERS. DT *JS *TT *JS

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V460000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS), 15V459000 (AIR BAGS), 15V534000 (AIR BAGS), AND 17V302000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE SUPPLIED TO RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO LOANER VEHICLE OPTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

RFERENCE MULTIPLE REPORTS FORWARDED TO YOUR OFFICE SURROUNDING RAM'S AIR-RIDE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS'. THESE MAJOR CONCERNS WERE FIRST REPORTED IN EARLY 2017 AFTER RETURNING TO ALASKA. AN OFFICIAL LETTER WAS SENT TO THE FCA GROUP-ITALY, FCA CEO, & THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS SURROUNDING THESE LIFE THREATENING INCIDENTS. WHILE COMMUTING ON AN ARCTIC ALASKAN DAY "-40 DEGREES+" MY RAM INSTANTLY DROPPED WHILE IN MOTION, ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT BECAME UNRESPONSIVE LEAVING ME TO SKID IN TRAFFIC TO A STOP. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THIS EXPERIENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO GENE'S CHRYSLER, AFTER SITTING FOR DAYS (BEING TOLD THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS), FCA WAS OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED. GENE'S CHRYSLER SERVICING AGENTS STATED THAT THESE ISSUES WHERE REPORTED TO FCA BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. I ASKED WHY WE WERE NOT INFORMED BY ALL THE DEALERSHIP SERVICING AGENTS FROM COLORADO TO WASHINGTON TO ALASKA WHEN OUR RAM WAS TAKEN IN FOR THE MANY RECALLS? AFTER DAYS OF SITTING, THE DEALERSHIP SERVICING AGENTS STATED THAT A TECHNICIAN TEAM HAD VISITED ALASKA A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEY WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING. A LIST OF PARTS WHERE EXCHANGED, FUSES REPLACED, AND CODES RESET. AFTER A FEW TEST DRIVES THEY STATED THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR AWHILE BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD PERMANENTLY FIX THESE ISSUES. ASKING IF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY SAFE (VEHICLE TRANSPORTS PERSONNEL FOR SCHOOL & MINISTRY) TO OPERATE, WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE NOT 100% SURE BUT IF THE ISSUE RETURNED

RAM STARTED DYING IN DECEMBER 2017 WHILE DRIVING AT HWY SPEED. ALL ELECTRIC POWER REMAINED, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ON OR ABOUT 1 JANUARY 2018, ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THAT DAY, THE ENGINE SURGED 2 TIMES WITHOUT DYING. DEALER VERIFIED A U1424 TROUBLE CODE RECORDED 3 TIMES. DEALER HAD THE RAM FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK AND COULD NOT MAKE IT DUPLICATE, BUT INDICATED THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE CRANKSHAFT SENOR. THEY DID NOT DO THE REPAIR. DEALER CLEARED THE CODE AND I RETRIEVED IT. THE RAM CONTINUED TO DIE, BUT HAS NOT PRESENTED A TROUBLE CODE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH DODGE/RAM (CASE#33123585) TO WHICH THEY RECENTLY DETERMINED THAT UNTIL THE RAM CANNOT MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, DESPITE THE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. SINCE DECEMBER, THE RAM HAS NOW DIED APPROXIMATELY 7 TIMES AND SURGED MORE TIMES THAN I REMEMBER. THE FIRST TIME I WAS PULLED INTO THE DITCH AS I TRIED TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. 3 TIMES, I'VE NARROWLY MISSED BEING REAR-ENDED AFTER THE RAM DIED TWICE WHILE NAVIGATING THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ONCE WHILE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION. THIS MORNING IT AGAIN DIED AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO NAVIGATE A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT DIED UNTIL I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. BY THAT TIME, I BARELY HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND SWERVE TO KEEP FROM REAR-ENDING ME. THAT INDIVIDUAL CONFRONTED ME IN A VERY HOSTILE MANNER, BUT I DIFFUSED

WHEN I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND TIRE ROTATION, I WAS TOLD THAT ALL 4 GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A DOT M5YNJB1R0314 NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WERE NOT ROTATED BECAUSE OF TINY CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALLS ALL THE WAY AROUND EACH TIRE. THE TREAD IS STILL LIKE NEW AND ONLY 13,158 MILES. THESE TIRES WERE ON MY NEW TRUCK WHEN I PURCHASED IT. JUST TO COMPARE: MY 2005 RAM STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON IT WITH ONLY SLIGHT WEAR ON TREAD WHEN I TRADED IT IN 9 YEARS LATER.

AS PREVIOUS RECALL ON SAME MODEL OF TRUCKS, THE LEAK ISSUE ON THE REAR WINDOW OR THIRD BRAKE IS STILL PRESENT DUE TO THE SEALANT WEARING OFF AND NOT STOPPING RAIN FROM ENTERING THE CAB AND RUINING UPHOLSTERY , AND EVENTUALLY PROMOTING RUST FROM INSIDE THE CAB. THE VEHICLE CAN BE STATIONARY OR IN MOTION

LESS THAN 100K MILES, 4 ISSUES STARTED, 1-FUEL LEVEL SENSOR 2- SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM 3- ANTI LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM - CRUSE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK.

PARKING BRAKE FELL APART INSIDE ROTOR. HAD TO BEND THE BACKING PLATE BADLY JUST TO GET THE ROTOR OFF. NOW THE BACKING PLATE SCRAPES ROTOR AND BOTH SIDES DID THIS TO ME

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