2015 RAM 1500 Complaints

DRIVING ON I -29 AND WE SMELLED COMETHING LIKE ANTIFREEZE THEN SMOKE. TRUCK LOST POWER THEN GOT IT BACK AND WAS GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT TO AN EXIT BUT PULLED OVER WHEN SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW FIRE! CALLED 911 AND FIRE DEPT CAME BUT IN A MATTER ON MINUTES THE TRUCK BURNED UP COMPLETELY.

THE RAM VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT BURNED FAST I AM NOT AWARE OF THE CAUSE. I MADE A COMPLAINT TO FIAT WHEN THE FD INFORMED ME THIS WAS THE FIFTH ONE HE HAS PUT OUT IN TWO WEEK TIME FRAME. THEY AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAD FIRE INVESTIGATORS COME OUT RULED INCONCLUSIVE. I HAVE SEEN MANY RAM TRUCKS CATCH ON FIRE SINCE THEN. THE TRUCK WAS ON A TWO WAY HWY BACK ROADS IN MOTION WHEN SMOKE WAS NOTICED AND THEN JUST ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

FUEL SENSOR/PUMP MODULE FAILURE. TRUCK WOULD READ LOW OR EMPTY FUEL EVEN WHEN THE TANK WAS FILLED UP. THE ISSUE OCCURS WHEN IT IS RUNNING OR STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO BLACK ICE ON THE ROADWAY. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRIER. THE VEHICLE RICOCHETED OFF THE CEMENT BARRIER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BECAME DAMAGED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND FACILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

FOLLOWING RECIEVING THE ECU UPDATE FOR THE AEM RECALL DUE TO EMISSIONS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LAGS CONSIDERABLY WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. SO FAR THE MANUFACTURER IS SAYING THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH A COLD VEHICLE, HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURES WHILE UNLOAD AND WHILE TOWING. THIS LAG WHEN TOWING HAS CAUSED MY TRUCK AND TRAILER COMBINATION TO START TO GO BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL THAT MY HOUSE RESIDES ON. AFTER THE TRUCK LAGS WHEN THE POWER KICKS IN IT DOES NOT EASE IN ON THE POWER IT JUST JUMPS STRAIGHT IN NEARLY CAUSING THE TIRES TO SPIN. SO FAR THE ONLY WAY AROUND THIS THAT I HAVE FOUND IS TO MANUALLY CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS WHEN STARTING OUT SLOW ON HILLS. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE PLEASE SEE HTTPS://WWW.TFLTRUCK.COM/2019/08/RAM-1500-ECODIESEL-UPDATE-EMAIL/ FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED UNDER THE ECODIESEL SETTLEMENT AND RECEIVED AN APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION. THIS UPDATE REPROGRAMMED THE VEHICLE COMPUTER TO IMPROVE THE EMISSIONS SYSTEMS. THIS MODIFICATION HAS CREATED A DRIVE-ABILITY ISSUE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO FAIL TO ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE GOES UP A STEEP HILL AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE, EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FLOORED. THEN THE ENGINE KICKS IN AND SPINS THE REAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD. I LIVE IN WASHINGTON STATE AND IT IS SNOW COUNTRY. GOING UP A SNOW COVERED STEEP HILL IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IF IT DID NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THIS ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY THE APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION THAT HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION.

LEFT SIDE CONTROLS ON STEERING WHEEL HAVE QUITE WORKING. SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING ISSUE. NOT ABLE TO SWAP FROM SCREEN TO SCREEN OR CONTROL MOBILE PHONE WITHOUT HAVE TO TAKE EYES OFF THE ROAD.

AFTER EMISSIONS MODIFICATION, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK REGULARLY WITH A CODE P026C, WHICH HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH FUEL PRESSURE NOT BEING CORRECT. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, A STRONG SMELL OF DIESEL AND DEF OR ANTI FREEZE COMES INTO CAB. WINDOWS ARE UP, IT COMES THRU THE VENTS.

THIS PERTAINS TO MY 2015 DODGE RAM WITH THE 3.0 LITER ECODIESEL ENGINE. EVER SINCE I GOT THE REQUIRED EMISSIONS CONTROL ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE FROM FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES (FCA), MY TRUCK'S ENGINE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN AFFECTED TO THE EXTENT THAT I CANNOT DEPEND ON IT'S EXCELLERATION. I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDDLE, AND THE ENGINE HESITATES SEVERELY BEFORE IT ACCELERATES. FROM A STOP SIGN OR A RED LIGHT, THE HESITATION IS SUCH THAT I WON'T TRY TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION IF THERE ARE ANY CARS EITHER TO MY RIGHT OR LEFT. SIMILARLY, THE HESITATION AND ACCELERATION LAG MAKES MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY A SAFETY CONCERN. THE TRUCKS FUEL ECONOMY HAS ALSO BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED. I URGE THE NHTSA TO COMPEL CFA TO REVERSE THE SOFTWARE UPDATE, OR FIX IT SUCH THAT THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER A DRIVING SAFETY CONCERN.