2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

POWER STEERING WORKED YESTERDAY. THIS MORNING IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH IS ON.

MY STEERING ON THIS RAM 1500 HAS BEEN NOTICEABLY STIFF LATELY WHEN TURNING. I LOOKED FOR COMMON COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER RAM OWNERS AND FOUND A RECALL (S19) FOR RAMS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JAN AND SEPT OF 2015 - MY RAM WAS MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 2015. I FEEL THAT THIS RAM SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL

TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. NO WARNING SIGNS ON DASH. STARTED TO SLOW DOWN THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM FRONT OF HOOD AS IF OVERHEATING. I PULLED OVER TO EMERGENCY LANE, TURNED CAR OFF , THEN POPPING SOUND CAUSING TRUCK TO GO INTO FLAMES AND POPPING WITH BIG EXPLOSION AND BURNING RAPIDLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT BECAUSE I HAD DOOR ALREADY CRACKED OPEN AND RAN AWAY FROM VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AS SMOKE WAS EMITTED THROUGH THE VENTS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP IN A PARKING LOT AND UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE WITH HIS PASSENGER SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DAYSTAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (206 S CARROLLTON ST, MALVERN, OH 44644) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) COOLER WAS FRACTURED CAUSING A FIRE. THE EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE GLOW PLUG AND THE CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO THE FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL EXHAUST ODOR IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH POINT CHRYSLER DODGE FIAT JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 7726 NORTH POINT BLVD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27106, (336)306-8945, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED A HALF OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO REPAIRS PERFORMED IN THE NEAR PROXIMITY OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR THE HEADER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THE STEERING HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT SLOW SPEEDS OR WHEN NOT MOVING. I HAVE TO MUSCLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GO AROUND TURNS AND HAVE TO STEER BACK TO STRAIGHT. I WORRIED ABOUT NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL MY TRUCK. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 54000 MILES FOR CLOSE TO $2500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 75-80 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CHECK POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED (AL DEEBY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 8700 DIXIE HWY, VILLAGE OF CLARKSTON, MI 48348 (248) 620-0800) TO INFORM THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 16V167000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT FLASHED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE SPARK PLUG. THE SPARK PLUGS, UPPER AND LOWER GASKETS, AND IGNITION COIL PACKS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CALLED LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF BRYAN COLLEGE STATION 301 N EARL RUDDER FWY, BRYAN, TX 77802 AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, SMOKE WAS NOTICED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE PASSENGER. THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SORE THROAT AND EYE IRRITATION DUE TO THE SMOKE BUT IT WAS UNKNOWN IF MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE SMOKE EVENTUALLY CLEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (RANDY MARION CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 2000 US-421, WILKESBORO, NC 28697). THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE DEALER FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH ITS BELONGINGS TO THE CONTACT DUE TO THE PENDING RECALL HOWEVER THERE WAS NO RECALL REMEDY OR PART AVAILABLE EXPECTED DATE. THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT THE BUY BACK PROGRAM BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE ON IT BEING APPROVED OR DECLINED. A LOANER VEHICLE WAS PROVIDED HOWEVER IT WAS A SMALLER VEHICLE CAUSING AN INCONVENIENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL REMEDY OR PARTS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

THE EGR COOLER RECALL HAS AFFECTED MY TRUCK AND THERE IS NOT A FIX FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED IN OCTOBER 2019. I AM EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN FUEL ECONOMY BY ABOUT 20% SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALSO CAUSED OTHER FEATURES OF MY VEHICLE TO LONGER BECOME OPERABLE (REMOTE STARTED WILL NOT WORK WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT).