Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2018 record →
NEW VEHICLE WITH 57 MILES ON ODOMETER DIED WHILE PARKED IDLING. TRIED RESTARTING VEHICLE, RAW FUEL RUNNING OUT OF TAIL-PIPE. TOWED TO I5 DODGE FOR DIAGNOSIS. FOUND PCM BAD. #7 INJECTOR BEING HELD OPEN CONSTANTLY. PCM REPLACED AFTER 1 WEEK WAIT FOR RELEASE FROM NATIONAL BACK-ORDER. VEHICLE REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE U-CONNECT SCREEN PERIODICALLY FAILED TO FUNCTION, WHICH IMPACTED THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SOS FEATURE BUILT INTO THE REARVIEW MIRRORS. THE DEALER (FREMONT MOTOR, 6101 E 2ND ST, CASPER, WY 82609, 307-237-8491) SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT FOR DECEMBER 18, 2018. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,030.
THE FCA BASED UCONNECT SYSTEM WITH THE 5 YEAR SIRIUSXM TRAVEL LINK SUBSCRIPTION HAS A FATAL SOFTWARE ERROR WITH NO SOLUTION. IT FORCES PERSISTENT "WEATHER UPDATES", EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES, WHICH ARE A FULL SCREEN BLOCKING NOTIFICATIONS REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO PHYSICALLY INTERACT WITH THE SCREEN TO REGAIN ACESS. THESE APPEAR ON ANY SCREEN: GPS, RADIO, BACKUP CAMERA ETC. AND WILL NOT STOP. THERE IS NO MENU CONTROL TO AFFECT THE PROBLEM, NO ABILITY FOR DEALER TO AFFECT, SIRIUS XM WILL NOT CANCEL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR DEMANDS. THIS FLAW CAUSES TERRIBLE DISTRACTION FROM DRIVING RANDOMLY AND PERSISTENTLY AND RENDERS OTHERWISE IMPORTANT SYSTEMS USELESS.
2018 RAM 2500 HD DIESEL 13000 MILES, 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, UNDER ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR REQUIRING PUMPING ACTION TO STOP VEHICLE. OTHER OCCASIONS PEDAL FEELS SPONGY. NO SERVICE AVAILABLE. ONE DEALER WAS 4 WEEKS OUT SCHEDULING TWO OTHER ARE 1-2 WEEKS SCHEDULING. VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED FOR DROP OFF OCTOBER 4TH 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 RAM 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND ROLLED DOWN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY INTO A POND. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CAVENAUGH CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE, 118 E POPLAR ST, WALNUT RIDGE, AR 72476, (870)-886-2414) WHERE IT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS BY THE MANUFACTURER FIELD INSPECTOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,200.
UPON MAXIMUM EMERGENCY BRAKING AT ANY SPEED, THE TRUCK STOPS AS IF THE BRAKES WHERE WET, IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP WHEN TOWING A UNLOADED 16 FOOT UTILITY TRAILER DOWN HILL IT JUST KEEPS ON GOING UNTIL YOU REACH BOTTOM. TAKEN TO DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY SAY IT'S NORMAL BUT THEY SAY OTHER TRUCKS LIKE CHEVY 2500 CAN STOP A TRAIN.
OUR DODGE RAM 6.7 2500 2018, CASE, HARVEST EDITOR CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHIN A WEEK OF PURCHASE, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY TOWING. AT TIME OF PURCHASE IT HAD 555 MILES ON IT, AND WE'D ONLY DRIVEN IT 3 TIME PRIOR TO THIS. WE WERE DRIVING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. THE TRUCK STARTING LOOSING POWER, WE SAW A LITTLE SMOKE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. AS WE SLOWED THE SMOKE INCREASED. UPON LIFTING THE HOOD, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS SQUATTING OUT ACROSS THE ENGINE PORING ON THE GROUND, FLAMES WERE MOVING ALONG THE BACK OF THE FIRE WALL. WE PUT THE FIRE OUT OURSELVES PRIOR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVING. OUR INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR SAID IT WAS A WARRANTY ISSUES, DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION LINE. HE ALSO SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE OR MIGHT HAVE DONE. CHRYSLER'S INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT IT WAS ALSO A WARRANTY ISSUE.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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