2012 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

EXPERIENCING DEAD PEDAL OR VERY SLUGGISH THROTTLE RESPONSE SOMETIMES ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND FOR MORE THAN 5 SECONDS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES, TECHNICIANS SAY THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHOW TROUBLE CODES.

ALL 4 BALL JOINTS HAVE REQUIRED REPLACING WITHIN THE FIRST 4 YEARS OF THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK.

NOVEMBER, 2015, THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL ON MY 2012 RAM 3500 DIESEL. ON MAY 29, 2017 THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IN THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY IT WAS IN TOWN AT 35 MPH AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR INJURY. RAM SERVICE REPLACED THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY BUT WITH THE SAME TYPE RECALL REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT FAILED 2 1/2 YEARS AFTER REPLACEMENT. I DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE STEERING RELIABILITY.

HISSING NOISE COMING FROM HYDROBOOST AREA. WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN STOPPED WITH ENGINE RUNNING THERE IS A HISSING NOISE UNDER THE DASH. DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE NOISE QUIETS. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE NOISE QUIETS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE HYDROBOOST AREA.

EXCESSIVE STEERING WHEEL PLAY (+/- 3") AND ROAD WANDER. ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE TO THE STEERING GEAR BOX, BUT SYMPTOMS RETURNED AFTER 1 WEEK (APPROX. 200 MILES). SUSPECT BAD STEERING GEAR BOX.

ALCOA 17" RIMS CRACKED IN 4 PLACES ON DRIVER SIDE STEER. OTHER RIMS BEGINNING TO CRACK. HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 ALCOA RIMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND TOWING A 2017 WOOD DECK TRAILER FMCW-11000-20S, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT AND TRANSFER CASE SEPARATED AND BLEW UP. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS HUBCAP FELL OFF. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVE SHAFT WERE GONE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KING CITY CHRYSLER CENTER (1603 BROADWAY ST, MT VERNON, IL 62864 (618) 242-6600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED, THE AXLE WAS COMPROMISED, AND THE TRANSMISSION, FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, TRANSFER CASE, ENTIRE FRONT AXLE, FUEL LINES, TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS, SHIFT CABLE, AND TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,900.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE. UPON INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP MADE THE CLUNKING NOISE. THE CONTACT SEARCHED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND NOTICED LEAKAGE FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS LEAKING AND THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO A CHRYSLER DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANCHORAGE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM CENTER (LOCATED AT 2601 E 5TH AVE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501 (907) 276-1331) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PITMAN ARM WAS DAMAGED AND LOOSE AND THE STEERING GEAR BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000. UPDATED 10/17/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED INDEPENDANT MECHANIC FLUIDS ARE BELOW CERTAIN FLUID LEVEL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE 2012 DODGE RAM 3500 4X4 6.7 DIESEL WILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP RUNNING. THE GAUGES WILL ALL GO DEAD, THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING AND WILL NOT START UP AGAIN UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY STOPPED, PUT IN PARK AND KEY TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE VEHICLE IS AT HIGH OR LOW SPEEDS, WITH OR WITHOUT A LOAD, PULLING A TRAILER OR RUNNING EMPTY. ONCE IT HAS STARTED BACK UP, IT MAY RUN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE IT DOES IT AGAIN. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AFFECTED BY TEMPERATURE OR WEATHER BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED IN HOT AND COOL WEATHER AND WET AND DRY CONDITIONS. YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH. LAST WEEK IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. ROAD SURFACE DOES NOT SEEM TO CREATE THE CONDITION FOR THE PROBLEM TO HAPPEN EITHER BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON BOTH SMOOTH SURFACES WHEN IT HAPPENED AND ON DIRT ROADS HAPPENED, ALWAYS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM OR IS THIS TRUCK JUST AN ODDITY?

PART 01: NOTICED PREMATURE INBOARD FRONT TIRE WEAR AND CUPPING ON BOTH LH AND RH FRONT TIRES AT AROUND 28000 MILES. PART 02: EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" (UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING OF VEHICLE, SEVERE SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL, INABILITY TO STEER VEHICLE) AT APPROX 34500 MILES. THIS HAPPENED WHEN CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. SHAKING STOPPED WHEN I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE ROADWAY, WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH A SEMI TRUCK FOLLOWING BEHIND. PART 03: TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE SHOP TO PURCHASE 2 NEW FRONT TIRES, AND ALSO ASKED FOR STEERING ALIGNMENT. WAS TOLD AND SHOWN BY TIRE SHOP THAT ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED DUE TO DEFECTIVE/WORN/LOOSE FRONT BALL JOINTS (BOTH SIDES, UPPER AND LOWER). VEHICLE HAS 35200 MILES WHEN NEW TIRES PURCHASED. TIRE SHOP SUGGESTED THAT ROOT CAUSE OF "DEATH WOBBLE" MIGHT BE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. TIRE SHOP CONFIRMED PREMATURE TIRE WARE WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS.