2013 RAM 1500 Complaints

ALL STEERING WHEEL ELECTRICAL FUNCTION NOT WORKING,INCLUDING HORN,AIR CAN NOT DEPLOY, VEHICLE HAD THIS ISSUE WHEN NEW AND CLOCK SPRING AND WIRING WAS REPLACED 3 YEARS AGO, THEN RECALL WAS DONE FOR AIR BAG AND NOW THE SAME PROBLEM. LAST WEEK ALMOST INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AND COULD NOT USE HORN TO ALERT OTHER DRIVER. CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTIONS ALSO DO NOT OPERATE, I AM AFRAID TO LET WIFE DRIVE WITH KIDS SINCE AIR BAG WILL NOT FUNCTION IF ACCIDENT HAPPENS.

I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 4 ,2016. AND MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T CAME OUT CAUSING INJURY TO MY RIBS AND NECK.

SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM. SERVICE ELECTRONIC BRAKING SYSTEM. SERVICE PWER STEERING. SERVICE ELECTRONIC TROTTLE CONTEOL. SERVICE POWER STEERING. THESE CAME UP WORE THRONG IT ON TO LEAVE FOR THE DAY. THAT HAPPENED 2 TIMES. TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED. UPLOAD TO SOFTWARE WAS DONE. 2 DAYS LATER THE A/C FAN WENT OUT. IT WAS REPLACED BUT STILL TURNED OFF ANTWAY. DEALER STAYED RADIO NEED TO BE REPLACED. 5 WKS LATTER - IT'S BEYOND INSTALLED. DEALER STAYED SOFTWARE UPLOAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RADIO MESS UP. I BEG TO DIFFER. RADIO CONTROLS ALOT OF STUFF CRITICAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE TRUCK. IT'S HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES FOR OVER 8 MONTHS. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN I'VE DRIVEN.

ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE ENGINE STALLS. A MESSAGE DISPLAYS TO "PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TO START", BUT LOST POWER TO EVERYTHING ELSE. TWICE IT ALLOWED ME TO START FROM PARK, THE 3RD TIME IT WOULD NOT START. I PUT IT IN PARK, HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, BUT IT DID NOTHING. I SHUT IF OFF COMPLETELY, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT STARTED. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE PARKED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK WITH THE KEYFOB. ALL OTHER DOORS UNLOCKED, NOT THE DRIVER'S DOOR. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES LOCKING/UNLOCKING, I HAD TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR AND MANUALLY PULL THE LOCK KNOB. ONE OTHER TIME, WHILE SITTING STILL, THE DRIVER'S DOOR UNLOCKED ITSELF, WHEN MY ROOMMATE PULLED ON THE DOOR HANDLE, THE DOOR OPENED AND THE ALARM WENT OFF. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I WAS TRYING TO BACK INTO MY PARKING SPACE, I WENT TO PULL UP TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. I HAD TO SHIFT INTO PARK, THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO MAKE IT WORK.

RANDOMLY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL GO BLANK. SOMETIMES CHECK ABS SYSTEM, SOMETIMES CHECK TRANSMISSION SHIFTER , SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE . THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST4 MONTHS. I CAN NOT FIGURE ANY PATTERN WHEN IT HAPPENS.SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GUAGES WILL SOMETIMES STOP[ WORKING AND THE OTHER GUAGES WILL WORK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AT 45 MPH AND MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED CAUSING MY STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THE STEERING WAS SO LOCKED UP I HAD TO PUT ALL MY STRENGTH INTO PULLING OVER ONTO A SIDE STREET. I HAD TO DRIVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES AND PARK ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. AFTER SEVERAL GOOGLE SEARCHES MY VEHICLE A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MODULE HAD FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED COMPLETELY. THAT ONE PIECE COSTING $1700. MY TRUCK STILL HAS POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND EXTENDED "LIMITED" WARRANTY THAT DOES NOT COVER THE COST OR THE LABOR FOR THE FIX. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD RECALLED. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND I WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE HIGHWAY GOING SPEEDS OF 70-75 MPH. I'M JUST GLAD IT HAPPENED TO ME IN THE AREA IT DID. SO THE TOTAL COST OF LABOR AND REPAIR AT MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP IS $2500! I'M IN NO FINANCIAL SITUATION TO AFFORD THIS. DODGE HAS TO HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND FOR YOUR POWER STEERING TO LOCK UP PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE OR INVESTIGATED. IN THE MEAN TIME MY RAM TRUCK THAT IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD WILL BE AT THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL I CAN FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS A PASSANGER IN THE TRUCK DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WE TURNED RIGHT .. THE TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR .. I HEARD THE TRUCK REV UP CAUSE THE DRIVER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE GAS AS NOTHING HAD HAPPENED .. BOTH HIS HANDS WERE ON THE STEERING WHEEL SO AT NO TIME DID HE TURN THE DIAL SHIFTING GEARS .. THE TRANSMISSION DID THAT MYSTERIOUSLY ON ITS OWN .. WHEN IT DID HAPPEN I LOOKED AT THE SHIFTER INDICATOR LIGHT AND IT SAID IT WAS IN PARK .: WE WERE DOING ABOUT 15 MILES A HOUR SO NO WAY WAS IT IN PARK ! AT THAT POINT THE DRIVER TUNED THE DIAL SHIFTER BACK TO DRIVE AND IT WENT BACK INTO GEAR .. THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 16,000 MILES ON IT .. IT'D STILL BRAND NEW .. THE DRIVER TOLD ME IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE AND HE WORRIED HE WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 55 MPH WHEN IT DOES CAUSING A ACCIDENT . THIS IS PROBABLY SOME SORT OF COMPUTER PROBLEM SINCE THESE NEW TRUCKS HAVE TRANSMISSIIONS THAT ARE RUN BY COMPUTER AND NOT THE MANUAL SHIFTER CABLE LIKE THE OLD DAYS .. OF COURSE THE DEALER DENIED ANYTHING HAS HAOPEND AND BLAMED THE DRIVER .. AS IN MOST CAR MANUFACTURER RECALLS,,, IT TAKES SEVERAL PEOPLE TO DIE FROM ACCIDENTS BEFORE THEY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM . THIS DODGE RAM TRUCK SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR IS A PROBLEM AS YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CAUTION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND, AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE, THE ESC WARNING INDICATOR ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DALLAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP DEALER (LOCATED AT 11550 LYNDON B JOHNSON FWY, DALLAS, TX 75238) WHERE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS RECOMMENDED, BUT THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000....UPDATED 10/11/17 *BF *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER'S INSURANCE COMPANY (AUTO AUCTIONS INC, LOCATED AT 1280 JACKSON ST A, ST PAUL, MN 55117; (651) 488-0581) WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NEITHER THE DRIVER OR SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE SEATBELT WAS ON BUT TOSSED AROUND DUE TO THE SEATBELT NOT HOLDING IN PLACE. THERE WAS MULTIPLE BRUISES AND INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-992-1997 AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST, AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK WITH A HIGHER AUTHORITY. CASE NUMBER: [XXX] WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,545.... .UPDATED 11/16/17 *BF INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 85 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED WALLACE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 2755 SE FEDERAL HWY STUART, FL 34994) AND SCHEDULED A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 32212838. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,484.