2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION DEFLATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ALIGN WITH THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF EFFORT WAS NEEDED TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTACTED HERITAGE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF LOGAN (2900 N MAIN ST, NORTH LOGAN, UT 84341, (435) 752-0050) WHO STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE SHIFTING IS HARD AND DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHICH GEAR IT WANTS TO BE IN AT TIMES, WHEN PUT ON OBD SCAN GIVES P2704 CODE, HAVE CHECKED PLUGS, FLUID LEVELS, REPLACED SPEED SENSORS, AND STILL GIVING SAME PROBLEM, ALSO I HAVE TRIED TO HAVE KEY FOBIC PROGRAMED AND ALL IT WILL DO IS START, WILL NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK WITH CORRECT FOBIC, GIVES CODE FOR RADIO FREQUENCY HUB, I KNOW THE RECALLS HAVE BEEN CHECKED BUT THINK THEY DID NOT TAKE.

VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. COMPLAINED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND WAS IGNORED. I AM A MECHANIC WITH 35+ YEARS EXPERIENCE. I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DRIVELINE AND NOT IN THE WHEELS/TIRES. THE VIBRATION CAUSES THE TRUCK TO EAT THE TIRES. I AM UNDER 65,000 MILES AND ON THE FIFTH SET OF TIRES. FOUR DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TIRES. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. I DISCUSSED A TSB WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS IGNORED AGAIN. AFTER HAVING MY TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY, THE VIBRATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I AM REASONABLY CERTAIN THE VIBRATION CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT I RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY.

POWER STEERING NOT SAFE, LOCKED UP. REACTS THE SAME WAY A POWER STEERING PUMP WOULD ACT OF LOW OR BLOWN. IN RESEARCH LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS ALREADY A RECALL FOR SAME YEARS AND MODELS FOR THIS SAME THING BUT MINE WASN'T INCLUDED. HOWEVER MY STEERING LOCKED UP AND HARD TO TURN. NOT SAFE.

DODGE/RAM HAS KNOWLEDGE OF A FAULTY FUEL SENSOR FAILURE ON RAM TRUCKS THAT CAN CAUSE A DRIVER TO BECOME STRANDED DUE TO A SUDDEN LOSS OF FUEL LEVEL READINGS. THE SENSOR IS PRONE TO FAILURE AS EARLY AS 20,000 MILES. THERE ARE LOTS OF ONLINE NEWGROUP COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND DODGE/RAM HAS REPRESENTATION ON THOSE GROUPS, AS WELL, SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. MY VEHICLE IS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY WITH 70,000 MILES AND THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR HAS FAILED THROWING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0463 FOR 'FUEL LEVEL SENSOR 'A' CIRCUIT HIGH. THE OUT OF POCKET COST TO REPAIR THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL, AND THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE PRONE TO THE FAILURE, AS WELL. HTTPS://WWW.RAMFORUMZ.COM/THREADS/I-KNOW-NOW-WHAT-CAUSES-THE-FUEL-SENSOR-FAILURE.244588/ HTTPS://WWW.TORQUENEWS.COM/3768/THREE-REASONS-2016-RAM-1500-OWNERS-SHOULD-BE-WORRIED-ABOUT-THEIR-FUEL-SENSORS HTTPS://WWW.RAMFORUMZ.COM/THREADS/FUEL-SENSOR-FAILURE.272935/ HTTPS://WWW.RAMFORUMZ.COM/THREADS/FUEL-SENSOR-FAILURE.250577/ HTTPS://WWW.RAMFORUM.COM/THREADS/FUEL-LEVEL-SENSOR-PROBLEM.162558/ HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MB1IS9MRI-W HTTPS://WWW.RAMFORUM.COM/THREADS/2014-1500-WITH-P0463-WITH-ONLY-37K-MILES.87384/ AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND DODGE/RAM IS AWARE OF IT, BUT DECLINES ANY RESOLUTION OR ASSISTANCE WITH IMPACTED OWNERS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL HIGHWAY, HAPPENED SUDDENLY, AND LEFT US STRANDED WHEN WE RAN OUT OF FUEL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, AND SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL ITEM.

POWER STEERING FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. LOSS OF POWER STEERING WAS MORE PREVALENT DURING FREEZING CONDITIONS. THIS HAS CAUSED UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND WAS EXPERIENCED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BOTH IN A STATIONARY POSITION AND IN MOTION. THE CERTIFIED RAM DEALERSHIP STATED THE CAUSE WAS A FAULTY POWER STEERING GEAR BOX.

RELUCTOR WHEEL/ SENSOR FAILURE UNDER RECALL W58. I AM TOLD NO POSSIBLE FIX UNTIL AFTER APRIL 1, 2021. OVER 4 MONTHS OFF THE ROAD FOR A RECALL ANNOUNCED 7 MONTHS AGO. DEALER AND FCA HAVE OFFERED NO REMEDY.

MY DODGE RAM 1500 ECO DIESEL CAUGHT ON FIRE YESTERDAY AND BURNT UP. THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT FOR THE SEIDEL EGR COOLER

POWER STEERING CONSTANTLY IS GOING IN AND OUT. SOMETIMES FOR A DAY OR TWO, SOMETIMES EVERY OTHER TURN, AND SOMETIMES EVERY TURN IS HALF POWER STEERING AND HALF NOT (KIND OF LIKE PULSING). I'VE HAD 2 RACK AND PINION REPLACEMENTS WITH STILL ONGOING ISSUES. THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR MY YEAR TRUCK, BUT MY TRUCK IS NOT APART OF IT EVEN THOUGH I'M EXPERIENCING THE EXACT ISSUES OF THE RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS VEHICLE WAS IDLE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND WHITE SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT IT FROM CATCHING ON FIRE. THE CONTACT THEN CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ARRIVED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL CLICKING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE SINCE EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.*DT*JB