2016 RAM 2500 Complaints

ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE. PUT THE TRUCK BACK IN PARK TO SEE IF IT WAS JUST THE ONE TIME BUT IT CONTINUED TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE. WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS OCCUR PREVIOUSLY OR WE HAVE JUST ALWAYS BEEN PRESSING THE BRAKE.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. I HAVE HAD AT THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. THE THIRD TIME THE DEALER HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 6 WEEKS. WHEN I WENT AND PICKED IT UP, I GOT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND IT IS CURRENTLY STILL BEING WORKED ON TO TRY AND FIGURE THE PROBLEM OUT. THE CHECK ENGINE CODE KEEPS SHOWING THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE DEALER CHANGED THE VALVE BODY THE THIRD TIME THAT IT WAS THERE.

THE CONSTITUENT CONTACTED SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR REQUESTING ASSISTANCE ISSUING A RECALL RELATED TO THE STEERING GEAR FOR THE 2016 SILVERADO 2500HD. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF A REPAIR BULLETIN.*JS

THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60 MPH WHEN THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED ON, THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE SEIZED UP FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE. VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A HALT AND WAS NO LONGER DRIVE-ABLE DUE TO THE BRAKES BEING COMPLETELY SEIZED. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE SUDDEN STOP AND INABILITY TO FULLY CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE COULD ALSO NOT BE MOVED FURTHER FROM THE ROADSIDE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER BRACKET BROKE CAUSING THE FRONT HUB BEARING TO BLOW APART WHICH LED TO DAMAGE OF THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THE LEFT FRONT ROTORS WERE DAMAGED FROM THE HEAT OF LOCKING UP.

THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL 17V821000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AND WAS CLEANING IT WHEN MY KIDS PULLED ON THE SHIFTER IN THE DRIVEWAY AND IT CAME OUT OF PARK WITH NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO DODGE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WOULD NOT HONOR ANYTHING ON LINE THAT I HAD FOUND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE TOWING TRAILER BRAKE, THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CHECK WIRE CONNECTION AND TRAILER DISCONNECT ERROR MESSAGES WERE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED, THE BRAKES AND LOW GEAR WAS SELECTED TO CONTROL THE TRAILER BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHRISTOPHER'S DODGE RAM (16655 W COLFAX AVE, GOLDEN, CO 80401) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE YESTERDAY. TODAY I WAS DRIVING IT IS STALLED AS I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC I RESTARTED IT IT DROVE FINE ANOTHER TWO MILES. AT WHICH TIME IS STALLED AGAIN WITH NO LIGHTS, NO INDICATIONS ON. SOUNDS LIKE SOME NOISE COMES FROM THE AIR BOX. SOME KIND OF AIR NOISE COMES FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE WHEN IT HAPPENED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V818000 (EQUIPMENT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 20V036000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THREE TIMES TO LANDMARK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, 6850 MT ZION BLVD, MORROW, GA 30260, AND WAS REJECTED TO BE SERVICED DUE TO THE PARTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V818000 (EQUIPMENT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), AND PART DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECTED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V036000 (POWER TRAIN).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ADDED EFFORT WAS NEEDED TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LITHIA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT OF SPOKANE (10701 N NEWPORT HWY, SPOKANE, WA 99218) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING REQUIREMENTS WERE IN LINE WITH THE MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SHIFTING THE GEARS TO PARK, THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY REVERSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME THE VEHICLE BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A FEW DAYS. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER NAPLETON ELLWOOD CITY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 1000 LAWRENCE AVE, ELLWOOD CITY, PA 16117 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000.