2013 RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR TURNED ON AND OFF. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 76,000.

WHILE TRAVELING ON A PAVED ROAD AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH, RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS SEPARATED FROM INSIDE BEAD ALL ACROSS TOP OF TREAD TO OUTSIDE BEAD. TIRE BLOWING OUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO FENDER. NO EVIDENCE THAT THE TIRE STRUCK ANYTHING IN THE ROAD, INITIAL REPORT FROM A GOODYEAR REP SAID THAT THE TIRE JUST SEPARATED. NOTHING WAS FOUND IN THE ROAD OR VICINITY TO INDICATE THAT THE TIRE STRUCK ANYTHING

CHECK ENGINE CAME ON, TOOK IT TO GET IT TESTED AND THE CODE WAS FOR CYLINDER #3 MISFIRE. CHECKED AND REPLACED SPARK PLUGS AND COIL PACK, ALONG WITH TESTING THE FUEL INJECTORS, ALSO GOOD. PERFORMED COMPRESSION TEST, FAILED AT 85 PSI. REMOVED DRIVERS CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY. REMOVED LIFTERS AND FOUND CYLINDER #3 INTAKE LIFTER COLLAPSED AND BOTTOM ROLLER LOCKED UP. THE FAILED LIFTER CAUSED THE CAM SHAFT LOBE TO BE SHAVED DOWN. WITH NO CAM LOBE, THE VALVE CANNOT OPEN TO ALLOW AIR IN THE CYLINDER, CAUSING LOW COMPRESSION AND MISFIRE. THE TRUCK IS A A DODGE RAM 1500, 2013. WITH 116,000. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED TO A TRUCK WITH THIS LOW OF MILAGE. THIS PART WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE ON DODGES PART. ESTIMATED COST $4000.

PURCHASED TRUCK CERTIFIED USED IN OCT 2015. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD APPROXIMATELY 9 INSTANCES OF MY INSTRUMENT PANEL (OR CLUSTER) COMPLETELY SHUTTING OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING. WHEN IT SHUTS OFF, THE SCREEN IN THE MIDDLE COMPLETELY GOES BLACK, THE RPMS AND SPEEDOMETER, AND OTHER GAUGES GO TO ZERO. AFTER A SECOND OR 2, EVERYTHING TURNS BACK ON AS IF I HAD JUST STARTED THE VEHICLE (RAM LOGO POPS UP, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, OIL TEMP LIGHT IS ON, GAS LIGHT IS LIGHT ON, SEATBELT LIGHT IS ON, ECT). ALL GAUGES THEN GET BACK TO THEIR PREVIOUS READINGS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, JUST BEFORE THE RESET. EACH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING ANYWHERE FROM 35-55 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 DEALERSHIPS TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT WITH EACH TIME TELLING ME IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. ON A RECENT INCIDENT (9/27/16), IT HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO WORK, SO I BROUGHT IT IN THAT DAY, AS THE LAST DEALERSHIP INSTRUCTED ME TO. ONCE AGAIN, THEY COULDN'T PIN POINT THE PROBLEM, BUT HAD CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED THEM TO DO. CHRYSLER HAD THEM DO A SOFTWARE UPDATE, AND A WEEK LATER I HAD IT HAPPEN AGAIN AT NIGHT (10/4/16), AND ONCE AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING (10/5/16). I AM HOPING THAT THIS ISSUE DOESN'T CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING AND I JUST HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THAT YET. PLEASE HELP!

SIMILAR TO NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10898441 I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED AN INTERIOR DOME LIGHT FLICKERING AND ALSO THE DRIVERS POWER WINDOW DOOR LOCK SWITCHES STOPPED WORKING. I WAS LOCKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS RUNNING WITH ALL DOORS LOCKED (BY ITSELF) AND WINDOWS WERE ROLLED UP. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. THE SWITCH CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT LOCKING OF THE DOOR BY CONSTANTLY CLICKING. WHICH I FOUND OUT THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I FOUND OUT THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE FOR AND FIRST SOLD IN CANADA WHICH IF THAT WAS DISCLOSED TO ME I NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED IT. THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER AND THE MECHANICAL SPEEDOMETER ARE NOT SHOWING THE SAME SPEEDS. AT 30MPH THE DIGITAL ONE SHOWS 32MPH BUT AT 70MPH THE DIGITAL SHOWS 75MPH. REPAIRS ATTEMPTED AT LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP RENO NV UNSUCCESSFUL. WHEN THE DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO WORK THE TRUCK WAS STATIONARY AND THIS LOCKING ALSO OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT SLOW AND FAST SPEEDS, CITY AND HIGHWAY.

UCONNECT UNIT WENT OUT, NO ERROR CODES IT WAS DEAD NO RADIO NO A/C CONTROLS. CHRYSLER REPLACED IT IN AUGUST 2016. WITHIN WEEKS ( SEPT. 17TH) I WAS ON I-59 HEADED OUT OF TOWN THE ENTIRE DASH WENT OUT, INSTRUMENTS RESET CAME BACK ON, 30 MINUTES LATER DASH WENT OUT AGAIN AND RESET, 20 MINUTES LATER DASH WENT OUT AGAIN. I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK HOME IT WENT OUT 2 MORE TIMES. SPEED SEEMED TO NOT AFFECT IT AS I WAS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND ALSO IN PARK WHEN IT WENT OUT. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 3.5 YEARS AND NEVER HAD PROBLEMS UNTIL THE UCONNECT UNIT WENT OUT NOR DID THE A/C DRIP WATER ON MY FOOT AND GAS PEDAL WHICH IT HAS NOW BEEN DOING SINCE UCONNECT UNIT WAS REPAIRED NOW GAS PEDAL IS SLICK WITH WATER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEPT.19 AFTER CALLING CHRYSLER. DEALERSHIP FIRST SAID BCM WAS BAD WAITED TO SEE WHAT CHRYSLER WAS GOING TO DO. THEN I GET TOLD BY DEALERSHIP A WEEK LATER THAT IT IS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I TALKED TO CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM MY CONCERN SOMETHING IS MAKING THE ELECTRICAL ACT UP AND DOING RESEARCH IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT COULD BE BCM SINCE BOTH UCONNECT AND INSTRUMENT PANEL ARE CONNECTED TO IT. I NOW SEE BY READING THIS SITE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIND AND FIX THE PROBLEM. PARTS CHANGING I.E. THE UCONNECT UNIT AND NOW THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (AT MY EXPENSE), DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND NOW I AM LEERY ABOUT TRAVELING LONG DISTANCES BECAUSE NO ONE HAS 'FOUND' THE ISSUE CAUSING ALL THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WATER (CONDENSATION) DRIPPING ALL OVER MY GAS PEDAL IS DANGEROUS AND DEALERSHIP IS NOT CONCERNED, GAVE ME A LECTURE ON USING RECIRCULATE ON MY A/C (WHICH I DO). MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 23,000 MILES ON IT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ALL THESE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.

2013 RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SMD SEE ALSO ODI 10809633. *DSY THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UPON PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE ENDED UP IN BOULDERS THAT WERE NEAR THE CONSUMER'S HOME. UPDATED 07/18/2017 *JS

AC UNIT IS RANDOMLY NOT STARTING WHEN VEHICLE STARTS BUT WILL KICK IN ADTER DRIVING/RUNNING A LITTLE WHILE RANDOM TIMES AND DISTANCES. NO ENGINE CODE AND WHEN LOOKED AT CANT FIND A REASON

WHEN IN PARK AND TURNED OFF GOING TO START THE TRUCK IT WILL NOT START AND STATES THE TRUCK IS NOT IN PARK. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO START GIGGLING THE GEAR KNOB TO GET THE TRUCK TO START. ITS RANDOM DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH ANY SET CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS USING AUTO START PRIOR TO STARTING WITH KEY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN AND OFF FOR A YEAR WOTH MORE FREQUENT ISSUES. I TOOK INTO SHOP WHILE COVERED UNDER WARRENTY ABOUT 4 TIMES OR SO FOR THIS ISSUE THEY CLAIM THEY CANT FIND A PROBLEM AND CANT FIX UNLESS IT HAPPENS WHILE THEY HAVE THE VEHICLE. ALL REPAIRS DONE AT BEAMAN DODGE MURFREESBORO TN

THE TRUCK HIT A BANK AN FLIPPED OVER AN AIR BAGS NEVER COME OUT ON DRIVERS SIDE.