2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 66,000 MILES, YET THE POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 RAM 1500 ECO-DIESEL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A STORAGE LOT AND THEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND FILED CASE NUMBER: 35040343. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT AFFECTED THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY WHITE'S ENERGY MOTORS CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, RAM (203 MOTOR CT, GILLETTE, WY 82718, 307-687-0499) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V167000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE SYMPTOMS WERE THE SAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

2015 RAM 1500 ECO DIESEL 3.0 L ENGINE. LEAKING EGR COOLER DURING 2017 AND 2018 CROSS COUNTRY TRIP HAULING A 23 FT TRAVEL TRAILER. MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. BOTH TIMES EGR LEAKED INTERNALLY CAUSING COOLANT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE AND BURNED. LEAK WAS SLOW AT A RATE OF 1 GALLON OR SO PER WEEK OF 1500 MILES OF DRIVING PER WEEK. BOTH TIMES EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. SEEMS LIKE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHILE TOWING FOR PROLONGED PERIOD. FIRST EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED NOV 2017. NO TOWING UNTIL JUNE 2018 WHEN IT FAILED. SECOND COOLER REPLACED AUG 2018. FIRST COOLER ONLY LEAKED INTERNALLY. SECOND LEAKED INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AT THE COOLANT SEALS. COOLANT BEING INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE CAN EASILY DAMAGE THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS. MANY COMPLAINTS ON DODGE RAM ECO DIESEL FORUMS ABOUT FAULTY EGR COOLERS.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ENGAGED , AS I WAS TRAVELING UP HILL ON A WINDY 2 LANE ROAD!. SCARY!

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE FUEL SHIFTS IN TANK FORCING VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY FORWARD UNDER BRAKING. IF UNPREPARED FOR THE SHIFT, WHICH ONLY HAPPENS UNDER BRAKING WHEN THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTS, THE TRUCK WILL OVERPOWER THE CURRENTLY APPLIED BRAKES TAKING MORE TIME TO STOP. THIS CAN RESULT IN A COLLISION WITH A STOPPED VEHICLE OR OBJECT IF THE DRIVER DOES NOT APPLY HARDER BRAKING.

ISSUE: VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE IDLING WITH DRIVER DOOR OPENED. TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS ON A FLAT GRADE AND HIT A HONDA CIVIC IN THE REAR BUMPER WITH THE OPENED DRIVERS DOOR WHICH FOLDED BACK ONTO THE FRONT DRIVERS FENDER. KNOW ONE WAS IN EITHER VEHICLE AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED. THIS HAPPENED ON THE SHOULDER OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK (VEHICLE RUNNING) WALKED UP THE SIDEWALK TO THE HOME HEARD A CRUNCH, LOOKED BACK AND SAW THE VEHICLES TOGETHER. I WAS AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AT LEASE 3 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED CIDDY CORNER TO THE REAR OF THE HONDA APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. I WOULD HAVE KNOWN IMMEDIATELY IF THE TRUCK WAS IN REVERSE AFTER GETTING OUT OF IT AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVING. IT WASN'T UNTIL A MINUTE OR TWO THAT IT BEGAN TO MOVE INTO REVERSE. IT WENT BACK 10 FEET AND WAS STOPPED WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR HOOKED ONTO THE REAR BUMPER OF THE CIVIC. THIS ISSUE IS DUE TO A BAD CONTROL DIAL ON THE DASH IN MY OPINION.

TAILGATE HAS FALLEN OPEN TWICE WITHOUT NOTICE. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD JUST STARTED MY TRUCK AND WAS PARKED, THE TAILGATE FELL OPEN, HITTING A TREE AND DENTED THE TAILGATE. THE SECOND TIME I JUST PULLED OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND THE TAILGATE FELL OPEN AND I ALMOST LOST THE LOAD IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK BED.

RECENTLY HAD THE POWER STEERING UNIT REPLACED BY FCA (50% MY COST) AND FILED A NHTSA COMPLAINT. AFTER APPROX 2,000 MILES HAS DEVELOPED VERY STIFF AND JERKY STEERING ASSIST. WHEEL WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER WHEN YOU LET GO, AND TURNING CORNERS IS A TWO HANDED, REDUCED SPEED AFFAIR AS NOT TO COLLIDE WITH OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE UNIVERSAL JOINT ON THE STEERING SHAFT IS BAD. I CAN SPRAY LUBRICANT ON IT AND THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY FOR A WHILE THEN RETURNS AS IT DRIES OUT. *TT

ECODIESEL TRUCK FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, STARTING FROM A STOP AND WHEN IDLING WHENEVER FUEL TANK REACHES 1/4 FULL OR LESS. TRUCK IS DIFFICULT HARD TO START WHEN AT 1/3 FUEL LEVEL. ON JUNE 28TH 2018 AFTER TRUCK SHUT OFF ON FREEWAY BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND I NEED TO KEEP THE FUEL TANK GREATER THAN QUARTER TANK FUEL TO PREVENT THE TRUCK FROM SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION AND IT'S VERY SCARY TO BE DRIVING WITH A LARGE TRAILER AND YOUR TRUCK SHUTS OFF ON THE ROAD.