2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE INDEPENDENTLY OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER (JAMES HODGE MOTOR, 5100 SOUTHEAST LOOP 286, PARIS, TEXAS) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000.

I HAVE MULTIPLE ISSUES BUT THE SCARIEST IS AFTER SETTING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND PUTTING MY 2015 RAM 1500 IN PARK MY TRUCK WILL ROLL UP TO 4 FEET. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN PARK. EVERY TIME I PARK IT I WORRY THAT IT WILL ROLL AND HIT A PERSON OR ANOTHER VEHICLE.

VEHICLE IN PARK ON LEVEL CITY STREET. STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE SUDDENTLY ACCELERATED AT SEEMINLY FULL POWER IN REVERSE. CROSSED INTO INTERSECTION AND HIT BY TRAFFIC, CONTINUED ACROSS INTERSECTION, CAME TO REST IN YARD OF HOUSE OPPOSITE.

THE TAILGATE FALLS/ SLAMS OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHILE PARKED. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE "PARKING SENSOR DISABLED" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL DID NOT WORK. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ST. CHARLES JEEP CHRYSLER (1611 E MAIN ST, ST CHARLES, IL 60174, 630-513-5353), BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE TECHNICIAN; HOWEVER, REPLACED THE RADIO AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THE FAILURES WOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT CALLED BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,500.

POWER ASSIST STEERING SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INOPERATIVE DURING A TURN. VEHICLE CROSSED THE LANE MARKER INTO TRAFFIC AND NARROWLY MISSED A COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE VEHICLE BACK UNDER CONTROL. TOOK TO A DEALER SHIP (GLOCKNER OF ASHLAND KY) AND THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 4 WEEKS AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO CODES PRESENT IN THE COMPUTER OR WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. 3 DAYS LATER I TOOK IT TO KUNES COUNTRY OF MACOMB IL AND THEY DETERMINED THE POWER RACK STEERING ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACED AT A COST OF $2,430. I DECLINED. WILL FIX MYSELF. NEW UNIT FROM DETROIT AXLE IS $1,399. VEHICLE HAD 44,800 MILES AT THE TIME OF MALFUNCTION. *TT

TAILGATE DROPS MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ON OCCASION WHILE PARKED THE PROBLEM IS IN THE AUTO LOCK . MANY COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THE NET WITH SAME PROBLEM.ON ONE OCCASION WHILE AT GROCERY PARKING LOT THE TAILGATE FELL ON A 65 YR OLD LADY WALKING BY. I WAS TERRIFIED THAT I WAS GOING TO GET SUED.

RAM 1500 HEMI 2015 TRADESMAN WITH THE FAMOUS HEMI TICK. MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKE OFF CAUSING LOUD TICK SOUND AT START UP AND SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS OF THIS HEMI TICK ISSUE. WHY ISN'T THIS A RECALL. DEALER IS CHARGING $650 EACH SIDE.

STEERING TILT CONTROL BROKE , NO PARTS BEING BEING MANUFACTURED . MUST PURCHASE USED COMPLETE STEERING COLUMN JUST BECAUSE A SMALL PLASTIC CLIP BROKE SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO HAVING TO ADJUST THE SEAT TO PROPERLY SEE GAUGES . KNOWN ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH THE 5.7 HEMI ENGINE BEING TAPPETS , VALVE SPRINGS, CAM SHAFT , ALL LOW TO MID MILEAGE ENGINES . VALVE SPRINGS BREAKING AND DROPPING VALVES THAT COULD DESTROY YOUR ENGINE CAUSING TO STALL AND OR LOCKUP AT HIGH SPEED AFFECTING STEERING AND BREAKING WITH THE ENGINE UNABLE TO RUN. THE STEERING ISSUE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. THE TAPPET/LIFTER WAS IN MOTION ALSO ON A HIGHWAY. VEHICLE 2005 147500 MILES. ONLY IMAGES WOULD BE REPAIR BILLS

TAILGATE UNEXPECTEDLY OPENS AND FALLS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECTIVE LATCH INSIDE OF THE TAILGATE, THERE IS A METAL TAB THAT BREAKS OFF. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.