2009 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

HIGH BEAM AND OR LOW BEAM LIGHTS QUIT OR GO OFF FROM TIME TO TIME. DEALER SAID ITS A "TIPM" COMPUTER. AT A COST OF OVER $800.00 TO REPLACE OR $100.00 TO FLASH THE COMPUTER TO REPAIR? CAN ONLY BE FLASHED 3 - 4 TIMES BEFORE IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. ALL THE WIRING AND CONNECTIONS ARE GOOD. DEALER SAID IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF A FAULTY BULB AND BURNED OUT THE "TIPM" ? I DONT KNOW, BUT SOUNDS LIKE A PROBLEM THAT DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS. IF LEFT UNCHECKED / REPAIRED IT WILL SLOWLY DISABLE ALL THE HEAD LIGHTS HIGH AND LOW, PLUS THE DAY TIME AND FOG LIGHTS. NOT FOR SURE WHEN IT STARTED AS I HAD JUST BOUGHT IT FROM A INDIVIDUAL, AND ONLY NOTICED IT WHEN SWITCHING FROM HIGH TO LOW BEAMS. THE TRUCK HAS 130,000 MILES. THEY SAY THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN TRAILER WIRES WERE INCORRECTLY ADDED? AGAIN THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE DODGES PULLING TRUCK BUT WITH NO $2.00 FUSES TO REPLACE, JUST AN $ 800.00 FIX? REALLY DODGE??

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

DEATH WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE GOING AROUND 50/60 MILES I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL. THE TRUCK DOESN'T STOP SHAKING UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN TIL ABOUT 30. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, JUST TODAY I HIT A BUMP GOING ACROSS A BRIDGE ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING DANGEROUSLY AND ANOTHER TRUCK WAS BEHIND ME AND ON THE SIDE OF ME. THE VEHILE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ME HAD TO HIT THE SHOULDER BECAUSE WHILE MY TRUCK WAS SHAKING THE TRUCK WAS GOING IN THAT PERSONS LANE. I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND, IT SEEMED THAT THE TRUCK JUST WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN WHILE I WAS ON MY BREAKS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THESE TRUCKS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED CORRECTLY BEFORE A LIFE IS LOST OR SOMEONE HURT BADLY BECAUSE OF A FAULTY VEHICLE BY CHRYSLER/DODGE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE.

DRIVING DOWN THE FRWY AT REQUIRED SPEED WHEN RT REAR PASS TIRE BLEW CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL, RT REAR PANEL & TAILPIPE. THIS TIRE HAD 3,000 MI. ON IT & WE HAD CHKD PSIG ON ALL TIRES JUST PREVIOUS TO THE BLOWOUT. THIS TIRE WAS A LT265/70R-17/10 TERRAMAX HT ALL POSITION OWL MADE BY DYNAMIC TIRE. LES SCHWAB REPLACED IT WITH ONE JUST LIKE IT. WE HAD A 4,000LB ARCTIC FOX CAB OVER CAMPER ON THE TRUCK AT THE TIME. DYNAMIC STATES THERE IS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF POOR QUALITY OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD NAME THEM AS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY.

PILSON AUTO CENTER IN CHARLESTON, IL HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. WHEN THE RECALL WAS FIRST ISSUED WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD PUT OUR VEHICLE ON A LIST AND WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM THEM. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID WE WERE STILL ON A LIST AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL US.

WHEN USING THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, BOTH SIGNAL LIGHTS WOULD BECOME ACTIVE ON THE TAIL LIGHTS, BUT ONLY SHOW LEFT TURN ON THE DASH. WHEN USING THE RIGHT TURN, NO LIGHT WOULD WORK AT ALL. TURNED OUT TO BE THE TURN SIGNAL MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, WHICH AFTER SEARCHING ALSO CAN AFFECT THE HEAD LIGHTS WORKING OR NOT, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS. I HAVE CHECKED ON THE INTERNET FORUMS AND HAVE FOUND THIS HAPPENING ON MANY DODGES, MOSTLY 2006 AND NEWER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD BALL STUD FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UTILIZE THE WINDSHIELD DEFROST FUNCTION DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE DEFROSTER AND WINDSHIELD WIPER FUNCTION BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V158000 (EQUIPMENT). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000. UPDATED 05/06/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REPAIR WAS MADE BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. *TR

TAKATA RECALL. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES (R25/NHTSA 15V-313) THAT WAS TERMED AS AN "INTERIM NOTIFICATION LETTER" QUITE A FEW MONTHS AGO STATING THAT I WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE REPAIR PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. TO DATE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FURTHER NOTICES ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF PARTS. I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAST RECALL ON MY DODGE RAM 3500. IT APPEARS THAT FIAT CHRYSLER IS PURPOSEFULLY FAILING TO NOTIFY CONSUMERS OF PARTS AVAILABILITY. I BELIEVE THIS WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA TO FIND OUT WHY FIAT CHRYSLER HAS FAILED TO ADVISE CONSUMERS OF THE AVAILIBILTY OF PARTS. I CHECKED FIAT CHRYSLER'S WEB SITE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND IT STATES THAT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE SO I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY THEM.