2013 RAM 1500 Complaints

LOW ENGINE OIL WARNING LIGHT, OIL FILTER LEAKING OIL, LEAKED AT 2500 MILES, 6,000 MILES, 8,000 MILES, 11,000 MILES. *JS

ENGINE DIED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS , ,TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES, FINALLY GOT IT BACK , WHILE DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME IT DIED AGAIN , COULD NOT STOP UNTIL I HIT CEMENT CULVERT FOR WATER RUN OFF, DAMAGING FRONT BUMPER, HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT SITS NOW. THE ENGINE KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS, BIG SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I AM PROVIDING A FOLLOW-UP ON MY 2013 DODGE RAM. BOTH CHRYSLER AND THE DEALER HAVE WORKED ON MY TRUCK NUMEROUS TIMES TO KEEP THE TRUCK PANEL LIGHTS FROM COMING ON. I AM STILL LOSING MY BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE CLUSTER PANEL CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING ON WHICH IS JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY NOW. I HAVE FINALLY PARKED THE TRUCK AND PLAN TO SEE IF WE CAN AFFORD A THIRD VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS ARE ALMOST A YEAR OLD AND I AM CONVINCED CHRYSLER IS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I AM CONVINCED THAT IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I CRASH AS I NEVER GET A WARNING WHEN THE BRAKES OR THE POWER STEERING WILL FAIL. THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER ARE NOW VERY INVOLVED, WHICH I APPRECIATE BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I HAS BEEN CLOSE TO A YEAR AND I AM BRINGING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. I HOPE THEY SOMEDAY REPAIR THE TRUCK AS IT REALLY IS A GREAT VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VISIBILITY WAS VERY POOR WHEN THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,500.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SO FAR HAS REBOOTED AND RETURNED TO WORKING CONDITION BUT SO FAR CLUSTER HAS FAILED AROUND 20+ TIMES WHILE DRIVING. UNKNOWN IF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL RESUME FUNCTIONING AFTER FAILURE UNTIL IT DOES RESTART. DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MAKING VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A HARDWARE PROBLEM, SOFTWARE PROBLEM OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP AND SPEAKING WITH RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE ISSUE . *TR

WHEN TRAVELING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, SET OR NOT, SOME TIMES WHEN PRESSING THE RESUME BUTTON, THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY. REQUIRING YOU TO GET YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS FAST. THIS CAN BE A PROBLEM WHEN NAVIGATING TRAFFIC, AND USING THE CRUISE TO BUMP UP THE SPEED A COUPLE ON MPH, AND INSTEAD YOU JUST LOST SOME, AND THE GUY BEHIND YOU THINKS YOU ARE A JERK FOR PULLING IN THE PASSING LANE AND SLOWING DOWN. THAT IS IF HE NOTICES AND DON'T RUN IN TO YOU FIRST. OR YOU SETTLE BACK INTO TRAFFIC HIT THE RESUME, TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL, AND THEN REALIZE YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN VERY FAST. I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THIS HAS HAPPENED BUT I WOULD GUESS OVER 100 TIME SO FAR. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS INADVERTENTLY HITTING THE OFF BUTTON, THEN I SAW MY THUMB WAS NOW WHERE NEAR THE OFF BUTTON WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FROM NEW. *TR

I WAS PARKED AND THE TRUCK DIDN'T START BACK UP. TRUCK WAS LESS THAN 2 WEEKS OLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE BATTERY WHICH WAS THE FIRST GUESS. THE DEALER SAID IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM THAT WAS INSTALLED AND THEN TAKEN OUT WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2013 AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING IT UNTIL TODAY 7/1/14. THE SAME THING HAPPENED THIS MORNING. THE TRUCK LEFT ME STRANDED AT A GAS STATION. WAITING FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS. *TR

I HAD PROBLEMS PRIOR TO APRIL 2014 BUT I AM JUST USING A TIME FRAME WHEN CHRYSLER GOT INVOLVED. IN 2013 AND 2014 MY DODGE RAM WOULD HAVE THE CLUSTER PANEL COME ON WITH AIR BAG SERVICE NEEDED FIRST AND THEN THE REMAINING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON TO INCLUDE ENGINE LIGHT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER THEY TRIED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM TO INCLUDE RESETTING THE COMPUTER. OVER TIME I WOULD LOSE MY POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. FORTUNATELY I WAS GOING INTO A PARKING AREA WHEN I LOST THE POWER BRAKES OTHERWISE I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE CRASHED SINCE I DID NOT EXPECT THE CHANGE. AS OF LATE THE TRUCK WILL NOT START OR THE RADIO WON'T GO OFF. CHRYSLER HAS REALLY DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND MAYBE I WILL NEED TO CRASH FIRST BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE OR RUN OVER SOMEONE WHEN I LOSE MY BRAKES. THIS IS A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE SINCE I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ELECTRONICS WILL QUIT ON ME. OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS THE TRUCK WOULDN'T START AT ALL TWO (2) TIMES AND ALL THE LIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE COME ON AT LEAST THREE (3) TIMES. I HAVE NOT LOST MY BRAKES LATELY, BUT THAT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. I WANT TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND IT WILL. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE DO THIS AND I'M JUST AFRAID SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED IF I SHOULD LOSE MY BRAKES AND STEERING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CHRYSLER CAN BE PROACTIVE OR REACTIVE. I THINK THAT I HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A TRUCK THAT WILL ULTIMATELY KILL SOMEONE. I'VE TRIED TO CONTACT NHTSA BY PHONE BUT THE ONLY THING THERE IS THAT YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE AND HOPE THEY WILL CALL BACK. SINCE THE PROBLEMS ITERATED ABOVE SEEM TO HAVE INCREASED IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO PARK THE TRUCK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST, (MOVE BACK AND FORTH) SOMETIMES. ALSO, IT SHOWS MEMORY SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE WHILE NOT IN PARK. SOMETIMES, THE RADIO VOLUME WILL NOT TURN DOWN, NOR CHANNEL CHANGE WILL NOT WORK. THE RADIO CHANNELS WOULD CHANGE ON THEIR OWN. THIS INCLUDES SATELLITE, RADIO, OR PHONE PLUGGED IN. SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU TRY TO TURN THE A/C FAN SPEED UP IT WON'T GO. YOU HAVE TO DO IT SEVERAL TIMES. TIRE PRESSURE SOMETIMES SHOWS LOW FOR ONE OR MORE TIRES BUT WHEN TIRES ARE TESTED THEY ARE ALL THE SAME PRESSURE. SEEMS SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH THE TRUCK. I WORRY SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. TRUCK WOULD NOT RAISE AND LOWER. MESSAGE ON THE CONSOLE BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND IT DID NOT STORE THE ERROR. ONCE THE ERROR CLEARED UP THERE WAS NO RECORD OF IT STORING THE ERROR. *JS

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, SIZE P265/70R/17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BECAME PUNCTURED BY ONE OF THE ROCKS CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE TIRES NOT BEING RATED AS TRUCK TIRES, WHICH CAUSED THEM TO EASILY BECOME PUNCTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. NEITHER THE VIN NOR THE DOT NUMBER WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,800.