2010 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BOLTS WERE FRACTURED ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO STAY LOCKED IN THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME MALFUNCTION LISTED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,186.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, TRUCK PUT ITSELF INTO 4TH GEAR. PULLED OVER TO TURN OFF ENGINE AND RE-START. TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT IN TO "DRIVE". ISSUE PERSISTED UNTIL FOLLOWING DAY. NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND IT MUST BE TAKEN TO A SERVICE CENTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, THE DRIVESHAFT FAILED. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE DRIVESHAFT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. . .. .UPDATED 07/21/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THIS IS NOT HER NAME OR COMPLAINT AND TO REMOVE HER NAME. UPDATED 07/28/15*JB

MY TRUCKS EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKETS HAVE ALREADY FAILED AT 70,000 MILES, I HAVE A TERRIBLE EXHAUST LEAK AND I KNOW THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN BEAT FOR AN EXHAUST LEAK TO HAPPEN THIS EARLY THERE HAS BEEN MANY ONLY FORMS WITH THE SAME ISSUES SOME WHERE ABLE TO GET IT BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/ND3C_JI7PAA

REAR DRIVE SHAFT CAME OUT CAUSING REAR AXLES TO LOCK PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO A SLIDE CROSSING ON COMING TRAFFIC.

THAT MORNING I WAS DRIVING TO WORK HEADING EAST ON STATE ROAD 56. I WAS PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I WAS EXCEEDING 100 MPH AND COULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP. THE BRAKES WERE SMOKING HOT!!. THANK GOD THERE WASN'T A SCHOOL BUS PICKING UP CHILDREN AT THAT TIME. I FINALLY DECIDED TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF. I THOUGHT MAYBE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCKUP; BUT IT WORKED. *TR

THE HVAC SYSTEM IN THE TRUCK FAILED. AIR WILL NOT FLOW THROUGH THE DASH FACE VENTS OR DEFROST VENTS. BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER SAID THAT ONE OR TWO "MODE DOOR ACTUATORS NEED TO BE REPLACED" THEY SAID THE DASH BOARD NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND IT COULD COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. UPON RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THE MODE DOOR ACTUATORS AND TO REPROGRAM THE CONTROL HEAD SOFTWARE (K17). MY TRUCK HAD THE SOFTWARE UPDATE IN 2012. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE MODE DOOR ACTUATORS UNDER RECALL BECAUSE THEY SAID THE SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED. I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED ABOUT THE K17 RECALL. THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE I REFUSED FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS. THE ONLY OTHER DIAGNOSTICS THE DEALER SAID NEEDED TO BE DONE WAS TO REMOVE THE DASHBOARD TO SEE IF IT WAS ONE OR TWO BAD ACTUATORS AND THE COST IN LABOR TO REMOVE THE DASH WOULD BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACTUATORS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE COST OF THE PARTS IS MINIMAL BUT THE LABOR IS NOT. I FEEL THAT DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD MAKE GOOD ON THE RECALL REPAIR AS IT IS A HAZARD NOT BEING ABLE TO CLEAR FROST FROM THE WINDSHIELD DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR WHILE THE ENGINE WAS ON AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,812.