2013 RAM 1500 Complaints

BOUGHT THE PICKUP IN JANUARY 2016 ONE PREVIOUS OWNER EVERYTHING ORIGINAL THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR PIN NEEDS TIGHTENED CONSTANTLY BECAUSE THE LOW BEAM HIGH BEAM LOSES CONNECTION AND WON'T COME ON UNLESS YOU PULL HEADLIGHT AND TIGHTEN THE CONNECTOR PINS. IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS TIMES IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS WHILE DRIVING IT WILL ALSO FLICKER ON AND OFF. PARKLIGHT WORKS FINE. I DON'T KNOW ACTUAL DATE BECAUSE IT IS SO FREQUENTLY SO THE DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. THE SPEED VARIES ALSO FIRST TIME I WAS AT 65 ON FREEWAY. *TR

ON 12/7/16, A DESOLATE, STRAIGHT, COUNTRY ROAD, I STOPPED MY TRUCK TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGE FROM A DEER THAT HAD RUN INTO THE DRIVER'S FENDER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH. EVEN THOUGH I PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK AFTER MY STOP (TO MAKE IT STATIONARY), THE RAM STARTED MOVING AS I ATTEMPTED TO EXIT ITS CABIN; AND THEN IT DROVE FOR ABOUT 300 FEET AT IDLE SPEED DOWN THE ROAD, WHERE IT STOPPED IN A SHALLOW DRAINAGE DITCH. MEANWHILE, THE RAM'S "SELF-DRIVING" MODE HAD CAUSED ME TO SLIP ON THE RUNNING BOARD AND TO FALL VERY HARD TO THE GROUND (A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 22 INCHES). THE RESULTS: PAIN, HAND AND KNEE CUTS, EXTREME BRUISING AND SWELLING OF THE ENTIRE LEFT LEG, AND BRUISING AND SWELLING OF THE LOWER RIGHT LEG. THESE REQUIRED SOME MEDICAL ATTENTION. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO BLOOD CLOTS, NO BROKEN BONES, NO DISLOCATED LIMBS, NOR RUN-OVER LIMBS! I WAS VERY LUCKY!! *TR

MY TRUCK ROLLED DOWN A HILL WHILE IN PARK THROUGH MY GARAGE AND WAS STOPPED MY ROLLING INTO MY TRACTOR. MY TRUCK WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND ALMOST TOTALED. PLUS I WAS HURT TRYING TO JUMP INTO THE TRUCK TO GET TO THE BRAKES AS IT WAS ROLLING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ROLLED OVER AN INCLINE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE LEFT WAS ABLE TO CORRECT BUT THEN NOTICED THE FRONT END APPEARED TO BE LOW. WHEN I STOPPED I NOTICED THE FRONT END WHEEL WELLS WERE ALL MOST ON TOP OF THE TIRES. AFTER I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT BUT I CYCLED THOUGH THE MESSAGES AND SAW A MESSAGE THAT SAID SERVICE AIR SUSPENSION IMMEDIATELY. ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE VEHICLE USING AIR SUSPENSION BUTTONS TO RAISE THE FRONT END BUT IT DID NOT FUNCTION. THE FAILURE OF SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAVE SCHEDULED SERVICE WITH THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR 5 DAYS. AFTER REVIEWING SEVERAL RAM VEHICLE FORUMS I SEE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAM 4 CORNER AIR SUSPENSION. FIAT (CHRYSLER) SHOULD FIX THESE ISSUES AS SUSPENSION FAILURE COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS OR WORSE AS THESE SYSTEMS AGE AND FAIL. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 28,000 MILES AND IF IT IS FAILING ALREADY I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. IF FIAT CAN NOT DO A VIABLE FIX THEY SHOULD RECALL AND REPLACE THE SYSTEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS.

I HAD THE 2 AIR BAG RECALLS WORK PERFORMED AT DEALERSHIP. LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER THE SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT AND MESSAGE INDICATOR CAME ON UPON CRANKING AND STAYED ON, SO I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER. THEY KEPT IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THEY SAID THE HARNESS CONNECTOR WAS BAD AND THEY NEEDED TO ORDER A NEW ONE. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND SAID THE TRUCK WAS READY. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD SIMPLY BENT THE HARNESS CONNECTORS AND THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. A MONTH OR SO LATER THE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON UPON CRANKING. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE TECH PULLED ON OF MY BOYS' SMALL FOOTBALLS FROM UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT AND FIDDLED WITH THE HARNESS AND SAID THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY FIX IT, BUT COME BACK IF NOT. (UP UNTIL NOW WAS BEFORE THREE YEARS OR 36,000 MILES HAD ELAPSED.) I TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR THE RECOMMENDED 30,000 MILE SERVICE AND STRESSED THAT WARRANTY PERIOD WOULD SOON RUN SO CHECK AIR BAG LIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. A FEW MORE MONTHS GO BY AND THE AIR BAG SYSTEM LIGHT AND MESSAGE INDICATOR COMES BACK ON BUT GOES OFF WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. I CALLED THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TECH SAID "AS LONG AS IT GOES OFF IT IS OK. IT SOMETIMES JUST DOES A SELF-CHECK ON THE SYSTEM." AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS NO MORE LIGHT. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE LIGHT AND MESSAGE INDICATOR CAME ONE AND WENT OFF WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. NOW THE INTERMITTENT AIR BAG SYSTEM LIGHT AND MESSAGE INDICATOR CONTINUES (GENERALLY UPON CRANKING, BUT OFTEN WHILE DRIVING). SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY; SOMETIME NOT FOR A DAY OR SO. I CANNOT GET DEALER TO RETURN MY CALLS. *TR

THE TRUCK SHIFTED IT SELF INTO GEAR WHILE RUNNING IT WAS IN PARK I GOT OUT AND WALKED AWAY ONCE I WAS 50' AWAY I HEARD THE TRUCK SHIFT AND TURNED JUST IN TIME TO SEE IT START ROLLING AWAY. ONCE I RECOVERED MY TRUCK FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL I THOUGH MAYBE I LEFT IT IN GEAR AND GOT OUT UNLIKELY I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR THREE YEARS. I ATTEMPTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD REPEAT I COULD NOT GET IT TO SIT ON MY DRIVEWAY IN GEAR WITH OUT ROLLING AWAY IMMEDIATELY WHILE IN GEAR. MY DRIVE WAY IS STEEP AND THIS DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND PROPERTY. THE TRUCK SHIFTED ITSELF IN TO GEAR ONCE BEFORE WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE TRUCK BUT AT THE TIME I WROTE IT OFF TO MY CONFUSION WITH THE DIAL SHIFTER AND THE TRUCK ONLY WENT A FEW FEET INTO A CURB BLOCK. NOW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED I RECONSIDERED. I WILL NOT BE LETTING MY TRUCK RUN ANY MORE WITHOUT ME BEHIND THE WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION ON THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AT TIMES, THE POWER STEERING APPEARED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WAS DANGEROUS IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY ENDED ON OCTOBER 15, 2016. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.