2011 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

2011 RAM WITH 53,000. METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. DROVE ALL DAY AND SHUT IT OFF. SMELLED LIKE GAS. INSPECTED FOR LEAKS. DIDNT SEE ANY WITH A QUICK LOOK OVER. WENT INOT HOUSE. CAME BACK OUTSIDE 10 MINUTES LATER AND TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. IT WAS PARKED 4 FT AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE AND COULD HAVE BURNT THE WHOLE HOUSE DOWN.

MY TRUCK WAS EXPERIENCING THE MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 5, I TOOK IT INTO A DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE 20 OTHER DODGE HEMI VEHICLES THERE FOR THE SAME PART. THESE LIFTERS ARE ALL ON BACK ORDER, WHY ISN'T THIS A RECALL WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. THEY ARE SAYING THAT I MAY NOT GET THE LIFTERS FROM BACK ORDER FOR A WHILE. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO WORK AND IF THERE ARE THAT MANY BROKEN LIFTERS IN THE HEMI ENGINES, THEY MUST BE FAULTY!

MY TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAD PROPER MAINTENANCE DONE AND AT ONLY 95,000 MILES, THERE IS A LIFTER FAILURE THAT I BELIEVE IS CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN THE ENGINE. RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF OTHER RAMS WITH THE 5.7L HEMI ENGINE. HERE IS A LINK TO A FORUM WHERE MULTIPLE RAM OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING.(HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2011/ENGINE/LIFTER_AND_CAM_ISSUE.SHTML) I FIRST NOTICED THE ISSUE WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK WAS VIBRATING NOTICEABLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED TO FLASH. I HAD THE CODE READ AND IT TOLD ME MISFIRE, CYLINDER 5. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND AFTER REPLACING SPARK PLUGS, IGNITION COILS, AND FUEL INJECTOR, I AM TOLD IT IS LIFTER FAILURE AND THAT IT IS COMMON IN THESE ENGINES. WHEN THE LIFTER FAILS, IT IS KNOWN TO BORE INTO THE CAMSHAFT, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE ENGINE. THE REPAIR COSTS AN AVERAGE OF $3200 WITH SOME GOING UP TO $4,000. CHYSLER MECHANICS KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO RIGHT BY THEIR CUSTOMERS.

I CAN HEAR THE FUEL PUMP CONSTANTLY RUNNING HOURS AFTER THE IGNITION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BATTERY TWICE NOW AND IS TRUCK IS SOMETIMES HARD TO CRANK. I CAN FEEL THE TRUCK LOSING POWER WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROADS AND THOUGH IT HAS NOT YET LOST POWER COMPLETELY I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING.

THE VEHICLE STARTED CUTTING OUT HAVING A MISS IN WHAT THE CODE CALLED CYLINDER 3 WE TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE AND THEY TOLD US IT IS THE LIFTER AND THE CAM WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER VEHICLES.

DRIVING HOME. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. ENGINE STARTED CUTTING OUT. TOOLING TO NEAREST PARTS STORE TO RUN A CODE. CAME BACK AND CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE. CHANGED PLUGS AND COILS PACKS. NOTHING CHANGED. TOOK IT TO MY NEAREST DODGE DEALERSHIP. RAN A CHECK ON IT CAME BACK AS CAM AND LIFTERS. SAID IT'S COMMON ON THESE TRUCKS. MULTIPLE TRUCKS WITH THE 5.7 HEMI ARE HAVING THESE ISSUES BEFORE AND AFTER A 100K MILES. THESE CAM AND LIFTERS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT ON THE HEMI MOTORS WITH MDS

FUEL PUMP RELAY WILL NOT ENGAGE AT TIMES. TURNING THE IGNITION KEY SEVERAL TIMES SOLVES ISSUE. FUEL PUMP RELAY WILL NO LONG SHUT OFF THE FUEL PUMP AFTER TURNING IGNITION OFF CAUSING A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS THE FUEL PUMP CONTINUES TO PUMP UNTIL BATTERY IS DRAINED. POSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERNS INCLUDE OVER HEATING OF FUEL PUMP CAUSING A SHORT SHORT IN THE FUEL PUMP WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE GAS TANK EXPLODING. VOLTAGE TEST WERE COMPLETED TO VERIFY RELAY IS THE ISSUE. NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE SAME ISSUES WERE PRESENT IN THE 2011 GRAND CARAVANS AND GRAND CHEROKEES, WHICH WHERE RECALLED, RUNNING THE SAME TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AS MINE AND SEVERAL OTHERS WAS ADDRESS BUT NOT THE OTHER MODELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A THUMPING SOUND AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TRUCK HAS A DEAD SHORT IN THE TIPM. I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY POST EVERYTIME I STOP. ENGINE WILL CRANK AND TURN OVER BUT OFTEN WILL NOT START. WHEN IT DOES START IT SOMETMES DIES OUT AND/OR HESITATES WHILE DRIVING CREATING A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM AS A RECALL? THE SAME PART ALREADY HAS A RECALL FOR JEEP AND CHRYSLER. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? 119,000 MILES ON A VERY WELL MAINTAINED TRUCK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V160000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. JOHN HIRSCH'S CAMBRIDGE MOTORS CHEVROLET GMC CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (700 GARFIELD STREET SOUTH, SUITE B, CAMBRIDGE, MINNESOTA 55008) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.