2012 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH, THE ENGINE AND SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE RPMS FLUCTUATED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALSO ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART 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.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START UNLESS ONE TURNS THE KEY FOB EXTREMELY HARD AND WIGGLING THE FOB WHILE TURNING. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLS AFTER THE KEY IS RELEASED, AND STALLS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THE REAR END VIBRATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE TIRES WERE REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UNDER THE MANIFOLD INTAKE THAT THERE WAS AN EXHAUST LEAK AND THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

S10 DIRECT REPLY- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM CONSTITUENT RE COMPLAINT CONCERNING FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILE'S (FCA) VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSENT ORDER AND THE SAFETY ACT. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT GETTING RECALL # 13V529000 RECTIFIED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS AS I WAS ROUNDING A CORNER, ONTO A ROAD I WAS TURNING ONTO. I PUSHED ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE PEDAL WAS DEAD !!! AFTER 2-3 SECONDS OF HOLDING THE PEDAL DOWN, THE ENGINE CAME TO LIFE AND SPED UP. SENSE THEN, THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP LIGHT, GOING AROUND CORNERS AND CURVES. IT HAPPENS AFTER LEAVING OFF THE THROTTLE, BEFORE PASSING, THEN A DEAD PEDAL TRYING TO SPEED UP TO PASS. THIS IS SPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN I AM PULLING MY 5TH WHEEL TRAILER AND NEED THE POWER TO HELP CONTROL THE TRUCK AND TRAILER !! HAVING THE CRUSE CONTROL ON OR OFF SEEMS NOT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AFTER PRESSING AND GETTING A DEAD THROTTLE, THE POWER COMES BACK, AFTER HOLDING THE PEDAL DOWN FOR A FEW TO SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BY A POSSIBLE REAR-END ACCIDENT FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAD THIS HAPPEN ON A 2000 FORD 250 DIESEL AND THE THROTTLE PEDAL WAS REPLACED AND IT SOLVED THE DEAD PEDAL SITUATION. I'M FRIGHTENED OF GET STRANDED IN THE MOUNTAINS OR IN THE DESERT AS I TRAVEL ACROSS THE USA, WHERE I CAN'T GET CELL PHONE RECEPTION FOR HELP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL) AND 13V529000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE.

THE FIRST TIME WAS AROUND THE FIRST OF APRIL 2013, IT HAPPENED WE WERE STOPPED AT THE END OF DRIVEWAY WHEN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD SO I SHOVED ON THE BRAKE AND STOPPED IT! ANOTHER TIME WE WERE AT A BUSY INTERSECTION STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD LUCKILY I GOT IT STOPPED BEFORE IT WENT ALL THE WAY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THIS TIME I HAD TWO OF MY GRANDKIDS WITH ME! I'VE TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERSHIPS NETHER COULD FIND A PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES TO MABY TO LIST EVEN IF I COULD REMEMBER ALL OF THEM. AFTER THE LAST TIME I PARKED IT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT ESPECIALLY WITH MY GRANDKIDS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS! PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO!

HAD MY RAM TRUCK ALIGNMENT DONE 10 TIMES AND IT STILL PULL TO THE RIGHT AS SOON AS I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL. EVERYTIME THEY TEST DRIVE IT THEY SAID ITS FINE. THEY SAID ITS THE CROWN OF THE ROAD. BUT ITS NOT ITS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE STEERING RACK OR COMPONENTS. IT HAS LESS 32000 MILES AND BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2476 MILES. I HAVE HAD IT TO 4 DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT SHOP AND EVERYTIME THEY SAID IT WAS A LITTLE OFF. DIDNT GET EVEN 3 BLOCKS AND IT STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS ALWAYS OFFSET TO THE RIGHT INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT ACROSS.