2013 RAM 1500 Complaints

TRUCK STARTED TAPPING 4-5 WEEKS AGO. I WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK... TO GET IT FIXED AT INSPECTION. 5 DAYS AGO, TRUCK STARTED SKIPPING AND THE CIL CAME ON. ERROR CODE PO302. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AS CAM LOBE FAILURE. THE TRUCK HAS 113,500 MILES ON IT ALL HIGHWAY. SYNTHETIC OIL; PLUS FUEL. BASED ON MY RESEARCH... THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE PREVALENT. CHRYSLER SHOULD COVER THIS REPAIR. $3500 REPAIR COST FOR A TRUCK LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. UNFAIR TO SAY THE LEAST.

VEHICLE RANDOMLY LOSES THE POWER STEERING AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS AND CAN'T BE SAFELY CONTROLLED. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT COMES ON AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. HOWEVER, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO STEER SUCH A HEAVY TRUCK. THIS CAUSES IT TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND IF YOU GET STUCK ON A HIGHWAY. GOOD LUCK IF YOU LOSE IT AND YOU NEED TO MAKE A QUICK TURN.

MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IN MY TRUCK WILL SHUT OFF AND RESTART 1 TO 2 TIMES WHILE DRIVING ALL THE GAUGES GO DOWN AND CAN'T TELL ANYTHING TILL IT TURNS BACK ON ALSO IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER FROM THE BACKLIGHTING MAKING GAGE VISIBILITY HARD

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) FAILED WITHOUT WARNING JULY 7, 2017AT 28559 MILES WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH. THE VEHICLE BECAME DANGEROUSLY DIFFICULT TO STEER ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. OUT OF WARRANTY THE REPAIR COST WAS $2175

LIFTERS FAILED AT 129,000 MILES. CAR BEGAN TO MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 5. REPLACES LIFTERS AND STILL GOT MISFIRE CODE AND TERRIBLE RUNNING CONDITIONS. IT WOULD HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DURING ACCELERATION FROM 60MPH AND ABOVE. TRUCK WOULD OBVIOUSLY MISFIRE, VIBRATE A LOT FROM THE ENGINE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD APPEAR IMMEDIATELY AND WAS ALMOST NOT DRIVABLE. AND THIS ONLY HAPPENS RANDOMLY. ONE DAY IT RUNS FINE. THEN THE PROBLEM WOULD APPEAR AND NOT GO AWAY. IT'S FRUSTRATING AND COSTLY AND CHRYSLER HASN'T REVISED OR ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AT ALL. PARTS THAT WERE POSSIBLY DAMAGED: VALVES, VALVE SEATS, LIFTERS, CAMSHAFT, VALVE SPRINGS, ROCKER ARM, PISTONS, HEADS.

THE COMPLAINT HAD TO DO WITH THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING. ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 30 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO LOCK IN PLACE FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND THEN NO POWER STEERING, I WAS LUCKY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND NOT IN A CURVE, I WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY PULL OF TO THE SIDE. HAD THIS BEEN IN TRAFFIC AND OR A CURVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS OF MYSELF AND ANY NEARBY DRIVERS.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON A RAINY DAY WITH WIPERS ON, SUDDENLY THEY FREEZE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND DO NOT RESPOND TO ON/OFF OR THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, THEY SIT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AFTER ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES I TURN THEM ON TO FULL SPEED AND THEY WORK, BUT THE HOMING POSITION NOW HAS THEM SITTING STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN (THINK OF SCHOOL BUS), INSTEAD OF LAYING DOWN PER USUAL. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND FORUMS ALL AROUND HAVE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, SOME WORSE SOME NOT. THE WIPERS FREEZING COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT HAD INCLEMENT WEATHER BEEN AN ISSUE OR THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN HARDER DECREASING VISIBILITY.

EPS FAILURE - AN INDICATOR LIGHT THAT IS NOT IN THE MANUAL MIND YOU, SUDDENLY APPEARED AND THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. OCCASIONALLY THE LIGHT WILL CUT OFF AND IT WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A SHORT TIME THEN CUT BACK ON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SO THE TRUCK IS UNDRIVABLE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ON SOME 2015 AND 16 MODELS BUT NOT 2013. I ASK THAT MINE BE INCLUDED. TO SERVICE THIS WILL COST $2300.

RECEIVED MAILING STATING MY AIR BAGS MAY BE DEFECTIVE. TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATORS. WOULD LIKE REPLACE IF DEFECTIVE.

2013 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, TIRE BALANCE ISSUES, CLOCK, IGNITION MALFUNCTION AND OTHER MECHANIC PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE CLOCK AND IGNITION SWITCH WERE REPAIRED. THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. THE DEALER OFFERED TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS FOR THE TIRES, BUT THE CONSUMER DECLINED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS MADE,TO BE ADVISED ABOUT WARRANTIES, AND A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/10/2017*JS