2011 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHEEL BEARINGS TRANSMISSION BRAKES ALTERNATOR BATTERY SITTING STILL WITH ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY AND IN MOTION WITH WHEEL BEARINGS BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY OR WHILE DRIVING, SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN, THE POWER WINDOWS, AND THE FUEL PUMP OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT VARIOUS FEATURES ON THE KEYFOB FAILED TO OPERATE AS NEEDED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TIM SHORT CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (99 TIM SHORT DR, MOREHEAD, KY 40351) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT VEHICLE START-UP, THE ENGINE RATTLED AND VIBRATED WITHOUT WARNING. OVER TIME, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE IN CYLINDER #8. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, THE LIFTERS AND POSSIBLY THE CAMSHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS THEN REFERRED TO NHTSA AND WAS OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

ON 08/10/2020, WE TRADED IN OUR (ONLY CAR) ACURA VIN [XXX] AND GAVE $1500 CASH FOR A DEPOSIT AND STILL OUR $900 TOWARDS THE DEPOSIT. WE GOT A LOAN FOR A 2011 RAM 1500 AND WE WERE HAPPY UNTIL ON 08/15/2020. WE DROVE ON I 95 TO PICK UP A FEW BOXES FROM SAVANNAH GA. ON THE WAY BACK, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE FROM THE BACK AND FRONT OF TRUCK. WE CALLED [XXX] , (WHILE STILL IN GEORGIA) THE WOMAN WHO SOLD US THE TRUCK. [XXX] TOLD US THAT SHE COULDN'T PROMISE US ANYTHING AND TO WAIT FOR THE CALL BACK. AS OF TODAY 8/26/2020, [XXX] HAS NOT CALLED US BACK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BACK IN AUGUST OF 2019 I BOUGHT MY CAR TO THE BROWNS 112 DEALERSHIP AND GOT WORK DONE TO PUT IN A NEW ENGINE IN THE CAR THIS WORK TOOK OVER 4 MONTHS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NEVER OFF THE CAR NOW A YEAR LATER ALMOST AND THE CAR IS GIVIN ME THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE SHAKING AND NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THAT 27,000 ON THE NEW ENGINE THE PROBLEM IS MINE AND THAT I WRECK THE CAR WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I DID THIS

MY TRUCK STALLED ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE ENGINE CRANKS BUT WOULDN'T START. AFTER SELF DIAGNOSTICS, I FOUND OUT THAT THE FUEL PUMP ISN'T WORKING, CHECKED FUEL BYPASS RELAY, TIPM, TO SEE IF A BYPASS RELAY WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT ALL DIRECTIONS POINTS TO FUEL PUMP. MY TRUCK HAD BEEN TOWED FROM WHERE IS STALLED TO MY APARTMENT'S PARKING LOT AND IT REMAINS THERE AS I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET A NEW FUEL PUMP INSTALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL AT HIS RESIDENCE, WHEN HE NOTICE THE FUEL PUMP WAS RUNNING. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE ENGINE IS STARTING BUT WOULDN'T RUN. I AM ASSUMING THAT IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL PUMP.

THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HAS SHORTED OUT THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND MELTS ALL WIRING IN THE AREA. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH RAM IN THE 2011 YEARS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSIONS START SHIFTING SUPER HARD INTO GEAR AND JERKS THE WHOLE TRUCK REALLY BAD.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME OUT AND VEHICLE BECAME SLUGGISH ON HIGHWAY. CYLINDERS MISSFIRING. LIFTER NOISE SO REMOVED AND REPLACED CAMSHAFT AND SOLENOID. FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2011/ENGINE/LIFTER_AND_CAM_ISSUE.SHTML AND HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2011/ENGINE/LIFTER_AND_CAM_ISSUE-2.SHTML