2012 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 1500. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,772.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT (LOW AND HIGH BEAMS) NOT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.

THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME OF A RECALL THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN TO REPLACE THE PARTS DEFECTIVE. SHE MADE ME AN APPOINTMENT TO RETURN AND HAVE IT DONE IN ABOUT A WEEK. THE FOLLOWING WEEK I RECEIVED A CALL FROM HER STATING THAT THE PARTS HAD NOT CAME IN. SHE HAD LAUGHED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET PARTS SHE HAD BEEN ORDERING. TOLD ME SHE WOULD CALL ME WHEN SHE GOT THEM IN. NEVER TELLING ME THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE RECALL. THAT IT WAS FATALLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE RECALL AND CALLED TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE DONE TO REMEDY IT. WAS GUARANTEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT SINCE THEY COULD ONLY PUT ME IN ANOTHER VEHICLE IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO KEEP IT OVERNIGHT. I HAD A WRECK THE FOLLOWING WEEK. LOST CONTROL COMING HOME EASTER. I AM 100% DISABLED AND HANDICAPPED FROM A DEBILITATING SPINAL DISEASE. I THOUGHT THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING OUT FROM A WRECK I HAD THE END OF DECEMBER. I HAD MY REPAIR WORK DONE AT THE SAME BODY SHOP. THEY ASSURED ME THE HOSES AND PUMP WERE REPLACED BUT IT DRIVES LIKE IT HAS NO POWER STEERING. KEEP IN MIND I'M A WIDOW TO AN ACTIVE DUTY HUSBAND I LOST. MOTHER OF 2. THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED ME SO I PUT MY TRUST INTO THEM. I NOW HAVE A VEHICLE THAT'S HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IT WILL NEVER BE RIGHT. I'M COMPLETELY DEVASTATED.

AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE STARTINED REVVING VERY HIGH AND I HAD TO MAINTAIN MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE.TO NOT PLOW INTO TRAFFIC. I SWITCHED TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND PARK A FEW TIMES WHICH CAUSED LURCHING A LITTLE AS THE TRUCK WAS STILL REVVING HIGH AND I HAD TO KEEP BRAKE PRESSURE. I EVENTUALLY TURNED OFF MOTOR. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON IT DID SAME THING. TURNED OFF AGAIN AND IT WENT AWAY. DURING THIS TIME THE ENGINE INDICATOR WITH THE 'EXCLAMATION POINT' WAS LIT. I WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER WITH SAME SITUATION. I TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS TRYING TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN. THEY EVENTUALLY DECIDED IT WAS MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR AND REPLACED THAT (OF COURSE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY). THIS SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED IT BUT WAS ABOUT $600 AND 2 WEEKS WITHOUT MY TRUCK. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE MOVING IT MAY HAVE CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT CRASH.

THE HEAD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE TRUCK HIGH AND LOW BEAMS DO NOT WORK TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THE BULBS WERE NOT BURNED OUT THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 35000 MILES ON IT I HAVE SEEN ON RAM FORUM .COM THAT A LOT OF TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V459000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. 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. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V459000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK WITH OUT IGNITION ON. DEALER SAYS THAT IS THE WAY THIS MODEL WAS DESIGNED.

WHEN FIRST BOUGHT TRUCK ISSUES WITH BRAKE STOPPING . PROBLEM HAPPENED PERIODICALLY .TILL WHEN SERVICE TECH BROUGHT IT AROUND AND COULD STOP . IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS MASTER CYLINDER. 5 MONTHS LATER SAME PROBLEM . THE INITIAL TOUCH ON BRAKE PEDAL AT HIGH SPEED (50)+THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. WHEN PUMPED IT RE-ESTABLISHES NORMAL LEVEL OF POWER . AFRAID THIS WILL FAIL AGAIN . THIS IS STARTING TO HAPPEN DAILY.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V459000 (AIR BAGS) BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.