2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

THE STEERING VIBRATIONS ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. I CALLED SAN ANTONIO DODGE FROM WHICH I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND GAVE THEM THE RECALL NUMBER AND THE VIN NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THEIR LOCATION AND TO WAIT FOR THE SECOND RECALL LETTER. I TOLD THEM (HER) THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND RECALL LETTER, SO I WAS FOREWARDED TO AN "ADVISOR" WHO NEVER PICKED UP THE PHONE. I LEFT A MESSAGE AS TO MY PROBLEMS, MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER. THE DATE IS 3/29/2015 AT 5:10PM. I WANT TO DOCUMENT MY EFFORT TO CLEAR THIS PROBLEM AND THE RESPONSE I AM GETTING FROM THE SAN ANTONIO DODGE DEALERSHIP. NOTE: I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AT ABOUT 73MPH AND GETS WORSE AS THE SPEED INCREASES TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO SHAKE THE FRONT END MECHANISM LOOSE. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AT THE START BUT IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE TO THE POINT THAT IT IS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD. THE PROBLEM STARTED APPROXIMATELY AT 17,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AT 19,000 MILES.

MY 2015 RAM 1500 ECODIESEL HAS LOST FUNCTION OF THE GAS PEDAL THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE LOSS IS PRECEDED WITH A "SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL" MESSAGE. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST 2 SERVICE ATTEMPTS AND THE ISSUE HAS OCCURRED WITHIN 200 DRIVING MILES, MOSTLY HIGHWAY. THE FIRST 2 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVING ON CITY STREETS, MOVING UNDER 30MPH AND GENERALLY DECELERATING UNDER BRAKING. THE 3RD TIME THIS OCCURRED I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WITH MODERATE THROTTLE INPUT AND THE THROTTLE COMPLETELY LOST FUNCTION. THIS RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR AN EMERGENCY EXIT FROM THE FREEWAY WHILE COASTING WITH NO CONTROL OF THE THROTTLE, A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO SAY THE LEAST. THE DATE ENTERED BELOW IS THE DATE OF THE LAST OCCURRENCE ON THE FREEWAY.

WE WHERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE CONSOLE DISPLAY SAID TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE DASHBOARD THEN LOST POWER AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD IT WAS A LIGHT GRAY AT FIRST BUT QUICKLY CHANGED TO BROWN AND THE FLAMES WHERE COMING OUT. I HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT AND GET MY 6YR OLD SON OUT OF HIS CAR SEAT AND THEN CALL 911. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE ENGINE WAS IN FLAMES.

WHILE AT HOME DEPOT I REMOTE STARTED MY TRUCK AND PLACED LUMBER IN THE BED. I PROCEEDED TO THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR THE TRUCK WENT IN REVERSE KNOCKING ME TO THE GROUND CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 8 STAPLES, CONCUSSION, LOWER BACK AND SHOULDER PAIN AND BRUISING. THE TRUCK CONTINUED ACROSS THE PARKING LOT HITTING A FORD RANGER CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE, CONTINUING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE GMC CM3500 CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. MY LARAMIE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE TO REAR BUMPER, TAILGATE, AND REAR DRIVER SIDE PANEL. WE ARE JUST LUCKY THERE WERE NO OTHERS WALKING IN THE AREA AT THE TIME. MY 2015 LARAMIE HAS A ROTARY SHIFTER AND IT WAS IN PARKED POSITION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. I FEEL THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE ROTARY SHIFTER WHICH CASED THIS ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN.

AFTER DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT TO REAR OF STATIONARY SEMI TRACTOR TRAILOR ON AN INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE DRIVER STRUCK STEERING WHEEL WITH SEAT BELT ON RESULTING IN MODERATE INJURY REQUIRING TRANSPORT TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EVALUATION BUT NOT HOSPITALIZATION. SPEED ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 30 MPH. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SEE PICTURES.

"TAKATA RECALL" RAM 1500 ; 2015 YEAR. I THINK HAVE A MANUFACTURE DIFFECT . AFTER 6 MONTH OF DRIVING RAM 1500 , LIGHT IS ON " CHECK ENGINE" TRACK STILL HAVE MANUFACTURE WARRANTY, I' BE BEEN THREE TIMES AT SERVICE THEY DIDN'T FIXED IT.MY FRIEND HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITH RAM 3500 ;2015YEAR. IS THERE ANY BODY HAVE SAME PROBLEM?

A MONTH AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK, I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THREE RECALLS,AIR BAGS, LEFT REAR AXEL, AND MIDDLE COMPARTMENT DOOR.

KEEP GETTING "SERVICE GEAR SELECTOR" MESSAGES. DEALER CHECKED AND REPLACED SELECTOR AND LESS THAN A WEEK LATER I GET THE SAME PROBLEM AND WORSE. WHEN I SHIFTED TO REVERSE, THE "R" KEPT FLASHING AND A WARNING CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL I MOVED THE SELECTOR AGAIN. THE WARNING MESSAGES HAPPEN BOTH IN MOTION AND WHILE AT A STOP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND FLIPPED ONTO THE DRIVER SIDE. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIBS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE INJURIES TO THE OTHER DRIVER WERE UNKNOWN.THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND AWAITING INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

TAKATA RECALL I PURCHASED MY TRUCK IN JULY 2015 FROM LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF WASILLA, ALASKA. WHEN PURCHASING MY TRUCK THE DEALERSHIP KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BARGED OUT TO MY LOCATION - I LIVE IN RURAL ALASKA AND YOU MUST EITHER FLY OR TAKE A BOAT TO GET TO MY TOWN. I GOT THE TRUCK BARGED TO MY TOWN OF KING SALMON, ALASKA JUST IN TIME TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY LET ME KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE TRAINING THEIR MECHANICS ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEN WOULD FLY ONE OF THE MECHANICS OUT TO MY TOWN COME FEBRUARY 2016. I WAITED FOR AN UPDATE AND NEVER GOT ONE. OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WAS OVER THE PHONE WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AND NOW A YEAR AND HOWEVER MANY MONTHS AFTER THE RECALL I AM BEING TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT FLYING SOMEONE OUT TO KING SALMON TO FIX THE ISSUE. BARGING A VEHICLE COSTS $2500 ONE WAY AND TAKES ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND IS ONLY OPEN DURING A CERTAIN SEASON WHEN OUR RIVER ISN'T FROZEN. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN BARGE MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEN BACK TO ME WITHOUT IT COSTING ME $5000 OR SO AND LOSING MY TRUCK FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS. IT IS NOT REASONABLE AND I SHOULD NOT BE FAULTED WHEN THE DEALERSHIP IS THE ONE THAT SOLD A FAULTY VEHICLE. WINTER CAN BE ROUGH ON VEHICLES IN ALASKA AND ROAD CONDITIONS CAN CERTAINLY BE TREACHEROUS AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON MY VEHICLE TO GET ME SAFELY FROM ON PLACE TO ANOTHER. AND IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, I NEED TO KNOW THAT MY SAFETY WON'T BE AT JEOPARDY JUST BECAUSE A DEALERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND THEIR WORD. PLEASE HELP ME TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED, AS TALKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP DIRECTLY HAS GOTTEN ME NOWHERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR