2012 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

MY RAM 2012 TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON THE HIGHWAY I-83 NORTH BOUND IN PA. MY TRUCK WAS IN PARK WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM THE BEHIND BY A JEEP LIMITED. THE FORCE LAUNCHED MY TRUCK FORWARD AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME THAT WAS ABOUT 10-15 FEET AWAY. I AM GUESSING THE SPEED OF JEEP WHEN I WAS STRUCK WAS ATLEAST 40 MPH OR MORE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. THE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK IS ALMOST $12,000. DAMAGES WERE TO THE FRONT, REAR, AND THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. DAMAGES TO THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES WERE FAR WORST

FUEL FILLER OVERFLOW WHEN USING AUTOMATIC CUTOFF ON GAS STATION PUMPS. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL SPEWING OUT. APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY PROBLEM. GOOD VIDEO ALREADY ON YOUTUBE. HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY FILL UP. WIDELY REPORTED ON DODGE RAM FORUM AFFECTING MODEL YEARS BACK TO AT LEAST 2009.

MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN MY DASHBOARD AND IT WILL NOT GO OFF TRIED RESETTING THE COMPUTER BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY CABLE BUT THE AIR BAG SYMBOL LIGHT STILL REMAINS ON.

SERIOUS EXHAUST LEAK. ALSO, EXHAUST IS LEAKING INTO THE CABIN. MY 2012 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK HAS 77,000 MILES. I NOTICED A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND A TERRIBLE SMELL INSIDE THE TRUCK. I REALIZED THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXHAUST LEAK. THE LEAK IS COMING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. A MECHANIC FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS AT A SHOP IN GAINESVILLE FL TOLD ME HIS SHOP HAS REPAIRED 125 OF THE SAME TRUCKS IN 2.5 YRS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THE MANIFOLD BOLTS ARE FAILING/BREAKING WHICH CAUSES AN EXHAUST LEAK WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE MANIFOLD TO WARP. MY TRUCK HAS NOW HAD THE SAME FAILURE AND IS CURRENTLY AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. MY TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. IN MY OPINION THIS EXHAUST LEAK IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM JUST LIKE FORD RECENTLY HAD WITH THEIR POLICE VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN). WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ISLAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1239 HYLAN BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305, (844) 673-0276) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE DEALER WAS WAITING FOR A CALL BACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

2012 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *LD *TR

VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD TICKING NOICE AT STARTUP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. TICKING NOISE STOPS AROUND FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WARMS UP.

ENGINE STARTS INTERMITTENTLY. ENG. COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. (TWICE). WILL RESTART IN NEUTRAL WHILE MOVING. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, WIN MODULE. DEALER SAYS MY TRUCK VIN. DOES NOT APPLY AND WILL CHARGE ME $980.00 TO FIX. IF THERE IS A FEDERAL SAFETY RECALL, SHOULDN'T THAT INCLUDE ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES? BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN OCT. 2018 WITH 66K+ MILES ON IT. 70K+ ON NOW. FIRST TIME MY WAS DAUGHTER DRIVING MY G-DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ON ROSEVILLE CITY STREET. SECOND TIME ON I-94 DOING 65 WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND 16 MILE IN CLINTON TWP. MICH. I DON'T HAVE THE RECALL NUMBER BUT MY SON- IN - LAW IS A MASTER MECHANIC AND TOLD ME ABOUT IT. THANK YOU!

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKS DUE TO BROKEN BOLTS ADHERING MANIFOLD TO ENGINE. THE PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD AND A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, IT IS POSSIBLY ALLOWING EXHAUST GAS INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT DUE TO LEAK FROM POOR DESIGN, COSTING CONSUMER MORE THAN 1000$ TO FIX BOTH SIDES OF MANIFOLD.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING APPRX 65 ON THE FREE WAY. I CHECKED THE CODE P0305. SLIGHT SPUTTER AT FIRST. NOW LOW POWER BELOW 30MPH AND MAJOR JUMP INTO GEAR HIGHER THAN 30MPH. ALMOST AS IF SKIPPING A GEAR. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT AS A CAM FAILURE CAUSING A MISFIRE, POSSIBLY FROM EVIDENCE OF SPRING SEIZURE.