2008 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

SHIFT LEVER BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPOT WENT TO PUT IN DRIVE, SHIFTER GOT SLOPPY AND NOTHING WOULD ENGAGE.

MY TRUCK HAS RANDOMLY BEEN MALFUCTIONING FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS, WHILE DRIVING THE POSTED SPEEDS 45-75MPH THE TUCK HAS STALLED OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALL POWER WITH MY INFANT DAUGHTER I HAVE RUN INTO A DITCHED, NEARLY ESCAPED OTHER PASSENGER COLLISONS I HAVE HAD THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME ON NON-LIT ROADS FORCING ME OFF THE ROAD THANKFULLY NO IMJURIES HAVE OCCURIED, IT IS ALL DUE TO A FAULTY TIPM THAT DODGE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WONT FILE A RECALL YOUR COMPANY CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NO SAFETY DEFECT TO WARRANT A RECALL FROM THE TIPM, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN FOR DODGE TO FIX THE ISSUE, IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE I WONT PUT MY CHILD BACK IN THE TRUCK AND I WONT DRIVE IT BY MYSELF, ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TO STEER MY VEHICLE WHEN I LOSE ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING DOING 65MPH HOURS ON A FREEWAY, IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM STILL ALIVE AND HAVENT BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND IM NOT WILLING TO KEEP TAKING THE RISKS

AFTER EACH FILL UP THE TRUCK WILL DIE WHILE COMING TO A STOP. IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS UNTIL THE FUEL LEVEL IS LOWERED. MY RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT IT IS EITHER THE FUEL TANK OR FUEL PUMP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. NOT THIS TIME..

THE ENGINE STALLS AND CUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I'VE HAD IT AT 4 DIFFERENT AUTO REPAIR SHOPS INCLUDING 3 WEEKS AT LANDMARK DODGE AND NO ONE CAN DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH IT. I'VE HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED AND CYLINDERS REPLACED. IT'S CRAZY ANDD VERY FRUSTRATING THAT DODGE CAN'T FIX THEIR OWN PRODUCT.

SEVERAL TIMES NOW AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK AND RUNNING IT 10-15 MINUTES IT JUST SHUTS OFF. TODAY ON A VERY BUSY 4 LANE ROAD IT HAPPENED AND NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH DUE TO NO POWER STEERING. SHOPS HAVE CHECKED IT AND IT DOES NOT SHOW IN CODE ERRORS.

WHILE FILLING UP WITH GAS IT SPILLS OUT. ONLY WAY TO FILL IT UP IS TO IT VERY VERY SLOWLY A LITTLE AT A TIME. IT WENT FROM FILLING UP NORMAL THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WON'T DO RIGHT. THE LAST 4 TIMES I'VE PUT GAS IN IT.

I HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE. THE ENGINE JUST QUITS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER REFUELING AND A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL IS NOTICED. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 2 OR 3 MINUTES AFTER REFUELING AND WHILE APPROACHING INTERSTATE 35 IN WACO, TX, ON 11/30/2018. AN INQUIRY WAS MADE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT NO COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THEM. IN REVIEWING OTHER CONSUMER WEBSITES THAT IS NOT TRUE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS DEFINITELY A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 256,000.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK AT TIMES AND NOT AT OTHER TIMES. NOW THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL. DODGE HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR THAT COST ME 500.00 AND THE WIPERS STILL DON'T WORK.

JUST RECENTLY, MY 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, 4X2 WILL STALL RIGHT AFTER FILLING THE TANK WITH FUEL. WITHIN THE FIRST MILE THIS TRUCK HAS STALLED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. ONCE ENOUGH FUEL HAS BEEN BURNT, THE TRUCK WILL RUN FINE UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP AND THE CONDITION RETURNS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST CREATING AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION AND COULD END IN A COLLISION. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN MAKING TURNS OR MANEUVERING THROUGH TRAFFIC. I HAVE READ THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME THING HAPPEN WITH THEIR TRUCKS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MY TRUCK NEEDS A NEW FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY SINCE THE DEFECTIVE PART IS NOT SERVICEABLE AS IT IS PLASTIC WELDED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. I AM HOPING THAT AN INVESTIGATION WILL BE OPENED AND A RECALL ON THESE TANKS IS INITIATED TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND CREATING A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.