2008 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WENT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND WAS PLACED ON A WAITING LIST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

ARRIVED AT LOWES, LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNING OUT FRONT OF THE STORE WHILE UNDLOADING RIDING MOWER TO RETURN. WHEN WE CAME BACK OUT VEHICLE HAD SHUT OFF AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. LIFTED THE HOOD AND NOTED FUSE BOX SMOKING. JUMPED BACK IN TRUCK AND MADE SURE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND KEY OUT OF INGNITION. WHILE WAITING FOR FRIENDS TO TOWE THE TRUCK, WIPERS STARTED HORN AND ALARM STARTED THEN CAR STARTED UP AND TOOK OFF ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO VEHICLE OR PERSONS IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WAS GOOD THING WE WAITED OUTSIDE FOR FRIENDS INSTEAD OF RETURNING INSIDE THE STORE. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN THE TRUCK, BUT WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION HE WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE THE TRUCK OR STEER THE TRUCK, SO BECAUSE IT WAS A MANUAL HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF GEAR AND APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE. SADLY AFTER THIS OCCURRED I HAVE DISCOVERED EVEN MORE HORRIFIC INCIDENCES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE WHILE DRIVING LEAVING THEM WITHOUT STEERING OR BRAKES. DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND STILL NO RECALL. I'VE EVEN SEEN THIS DESCRIBED AS A "COMMON OCCURANCE".......REALLY ! NO CRASH OR FATALITIES THIS TIME, BUT BY THE SOUND TOO MANY NEAR MISSES AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V528000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ODOMETER SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT "IT WAS NOT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN A TRUCK GOT TO 621,000, THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED"; THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND/OR THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 621,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED IN COLD TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH SAFETY IGNITION INTERLOCK SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V795000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 50/75 HITTING BUMPS SEPARATION OF ROAD & BRIDGES WILL TRIGGER THE DEATH WOBBLE I BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR ALMOST 6 YRS I'VE INSTALLED NEW TRACK BAR,INNER & OUTER TIE RODS LAST MONT KEEPING THE TIRES ROTATED & BALANCE ALMOST GOT REAREND BY 18 WHEELER HAD TO SLM ON BRAKES LOCK EM DOWN TO STOP THIS BRUTAL SHAKE VERY IRRITATING DEALING WITH THIS AT SEVERAL TIMES IT WILL SHAKE INTO THE OTHER LANE ALMOST CAUSING WREAKS PLEASE HELP THANKS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 3500 EQUIPPED WITH CAPITOL H/T (NA) TIRES, SIZE: LT235/80R17 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,648 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

AFTER MY SON PURCHASED HIS 08 MEGA CAB 4X4 , HIS SIGNAL LIGHTS STARTED CROSSING, IN OTHER WORDS WHEN YOU TURN ON LEFT IT SIGNALED RIGHT AND WIPERS DON,T FUNCTION EXACTLY RIGHT WHEN CHANGING LANES TRAFFIC THOUGHT WE WERE GOING RIGHT AND THEY WENT LEFT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WE ALMOST COLLIDED BOTH GOING TO THE LEFT

ETC (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL) WHEN THIS LIGHT COMES ON FLASHING IT GOES INTO LIMP MODE (IDLE) THIS IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC WHEN TOWING A TRAILER. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW FROM CITY AUTO PLAZA, CANON CITY, CO. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO CITY AUTO PLAZA JUNE 4TH 2014 WHEN THE ETC LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THEY REPLACED THE GAS PEDAL THE FOLLOWING DAY THE ETC LIGHT CAME ON. JUNE 11TH 2014 THEY RE-CRIMPED THE PLUG ON THE PEDAL SENSOR AND THE C130 CONNECTOR UNDER THE HOOD. THAT LASTED ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF. ON JULY 29TH 2014 THEY HARDWIRED AROUND THE C130 CONNECTOR. THAT LASTED ABOUT 8 MONTHS BROUGHT TRUCK IN ON MARCH 9TH 2015, THE ETC LIGHT HAD GONE OFF BY THE TIME I GOT TO CITY AUTO PLAZA BUT IT WAS THE SAME CODE IN STORAGE P2121. THE ETC LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN IN MAY 12TH 2015 BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY RE-CRIMPED THE PEDAL SENSOR PUT SOME LUBE AND PULLED THE PLUGS OFF THE PCM AND BLEW THEY OUT AND PUT SOME LUBE IN THE PLUGS. JULY 8TH 2015 THE ETC LIGHT CAME BACK ON FLASHING SO I BROUGHT IT DOWN TO CITY AUTO PLAZA AGAIN AND THEY HARDWIRED FROM THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE PCM. THAT LASTED 2 DAYS AND THE ETC LIGHT CAME BACK ON GOING INTO LIMP MODE. BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN ON JULY 16TH THE LIGHT WAS OFF. THEY TEST DROVE IT NUMEROUS TIME COULDN'T GET THE ETC LIGHT TO COME ON BUT IT STILL HAD THE SAME CODE IN STORAGE P2121. SO THE SWAPPED OUT ACCELERATOR PEDALS GOT THE TRUCK BACK ON THE JULY 21ST. ON JULY 29TH I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN TO TROUBLESHOOT THE AC (AIR CONDITIONER) STARTED THE TRUCK IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE ETC LIGHT WAS FLASHING. TRAVIS THE TECH THAT WORKS ON MY TRUCK HAS BROUGHT IN TECH SUPPORT FROM CHRYSLER. TRAVIS ALSO GOOGLE'D IT AND THIS IS NOT JUST MY TRUCK. HE SAW TRUCKS FROM 2004 TO 2009 WITH THESE SAME PROBLEMS. WHY CAN'T CHRYSLER FIGURE THIS OUT? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET IN AND ACCIDENT OR DIE BEFORE THEY FIGURE IT OUT?

WHEN I PULLED OUT OF AN INTERSECTION, REACHED A SPEED OF 25MPH, THE TRUCK JERKED LEFT UNCONTROLLABLY. FINALLY STOPPED WEN I HIT A DITCH, LOOKED, TIE ROD HAD CAME APART.