2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

HEADLIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF THEN TURN BACK ON SO FAST IF YOU BLINK YOU MISS IT. HAVE NOT NOTICED A PATTERN IN WHEN IT HAPPENS. ONLY TIME I HAVE NOT NOTICED IT HAPPENING IS WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON WHILE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING. HAVE TALKED TO FOUR DIFFERENT DEALERS AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER DIRECTLY STILL NO HELP.

MY DODGE RAM 2011 1500 AND MY 2015 DODGE RAM 1500 BOTH WHEN IT RAINS MY BACK UNDER THE SEATS GETS FILLED WITH 2" RAIN WATER. THIS MUST BE A INHERIT PROBLEM THE ROOF MUST BE LEAKING CAUSING THIS RAIN WATER TO RUN TO THAT AREA. WILL CAUSE RUST AREA TO CAUSE WEAKEN BODY TO CASE SEAT TO WEAKEN IN THIS AREA.

POWER STEERING IS FAILING LIKE THE RECALL 16V167000 WHICH INCLUDES 2015 RAM 1500'S HOWEVER MINE IS NOT SHOWING IT TO BE INCLUDED. AT LOW SPEED THE STEERING IS STFFING AND BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TURN. MILEAGE IS UNDER 25000.

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING. AND I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE ECO DIESEL ENGINE IN MY TRUCK ON THE THIRD INCIDENT, TOTALLY SEIZED UP AND I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS FINISHED AND THE DEALER WOULD TRY TO GET ME A NEW ONE. THEY CAME BACK AND SAID IT WOULD TAKE A MINIMUM OF TWO MONTHS, IF THEY COULD GET ONE AT ALL, BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING WITH ECODIESEL ENGINES. I BASICALLY, WAS FORCED TO TRADE IT IN TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. ON TWO OCCASIONS OF THE THREE INCIDENTS, IT NEAL\RLY KILLED ME, OR AT LEAST A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN TWO MONTHS AGO AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,593.

I WAS HAVING THE OIL CHANGED. WHEN THEY STARTED IT TO PULL IT OUT THE POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER STEERING. *DT*JB

ON 9/21/18 MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND HIS TRUCK SHUT OFF CAUSING HIM TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN HE DID HE NOTICED SOME LIGHT SMOKE. HE TRIED TO POP THE HOOD BUT IT WOULDN'T POP SO HE GOT OUT AND TRIED TO SEE IF IT WAS CAUGHT AND SAW MORE SMOKE HE LOOKED UNDERNEATH TO SEE STUFF DRIPPING LIKE MELTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AT THAT TIME HE WENT TO WALK AROUND THE TRUCK TO LOOK FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION CAUSING HIM TO RUN BACK FROM THE TRUCK AND CALL 911. IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND IN THE 25 IT TOOK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ARRIVE THE ENTIRE TRUCK EXCEPT THE BED AND REAR TIRES WERE COMPLETELY BURNT DOWN. 5 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS THE ENGINE IN THIS ECODIESEL BLEW UP WHILE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND CHRYSLER DID AN COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT ON IT UNDER WARRANTY AND DUE TO THEIR FAULT. THE NEW ENGINE ONLY HAD 10-15K MILES ON IT AND TO REPLACE THIS ENGINE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE ENTIRE TRUCK APART LIKE A LEGO CAB AND ALL. RAM IS NOT COMING OUT WITH AN ECODIESEL IN THE 1500 IN 2019 BUT CHRYSLER IS NOT OWNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TRUCK ALMOST KILLING MY HUSBAND. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON FIRE AND ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY WHEN IT BURNT DOWN. IT WAS IN MOTION AND ON AN INTERSTATE WHEN THE FIRST ENGINE BLEW WITH ONLY 84K MILES ON A DIESEL.

TWICE WITH IN A PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS THE SAME ISSUE/FAILURE HAS OCCURED. "SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL". BOTH TIMES THE ISSUE OCCURED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AT FREEWAT SPEEDS, WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY. BITH OCCURENCES RESILYED IN TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION. I WAS LEFT WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO MANUEVER ON THE FREEWAY, TO THE RIGHT LANES, AS WELL AS LIMITED ABILITY TO MANEUVER AND AVOID TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND, AS WELL TO SWITCH LANES TO EXIT THE FREEWAY SAFELY. ONCE EXITED HE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY REACH A TOP SPEED OF 39MPH. BITH TIMES THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE ISSUE AS AN EGR VALVE PROBLEM.

AUTO WINDOWS ARBITRARILY WORK OR RATTLES VIOLENTLY. HAD THIS ADDRESSED WITH DEALER FOUR (4) TIMES SINCE BRAND NEW JUNE 2015. STILL EXPERIENCING THIS AND I'M CONCERN THAT WINDOWS WILL FAIL OR BREAK ABRUPTLY WHEN ROLLING UP OR DOWN, IN MOTION AND/OR STATIONARY, WELL AS MY SAFETY WITH WINDOWS FAILING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V486000 (STRUCTURE, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE CONTACT CALLED DOUGLAS JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM AT 941-484-8300 (LOCATED AT 2382 S TAMIAMI TRAIL, VENICE, FL 34293) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.