2015 RAM 2500 Complaints

OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DEAD PEDAL. THERE IS A DELAY FROM THE TIME THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED TO THE TIME THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP, OR ACCELERATING TO CHANGE LANES WHILE TRAVELING. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE FASTER YOU PUSH THE PEDAL, THE SLOWER IT RESPONDS.

THE HEADRESTS ARE TOO FAR FORWARD CAUSING NECK AND LOWER BACK PAIN AND THE INABILITY TO HOLD MY HEAD UP STRAIGHT. IT'S LIKE HAVING A KNEE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK HOLDING IT DOWN. NO ADJUSTMENT ABILITY ON ANGLE OF HEADREST. I CAN'T SIT BACK AND MY CHIN IS PRACTICALLY ON MY NECK. I CAN ONLY DRIVE WITH MY BACK OFF THE BACK OF THE SEAT. THIS IS UNSAFE. I AM 5'6" AND NEED SEAT UP AND FORWARD TO SEE OVER THE HOOD. SEAT MUST BE MADE FOR A 250 LB. 6'6" GUY. NO HELP AT DEALER. I'VE HAD VEHICLE 5 MOS. AND I CAN'T STAND TO DRIVE ANY DISTANCE LIKE THAT.

AT 28,000 MILES THE CRUISE CONTROL SET SWITCH QUIT WORKING. SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND WORKED FIND UNTIL 34,000 MILES AT WHICH TIME THE CRUISE CONTROL SET SWITCH QUIT WORKING AGAIN. ACTS EXACTLY LIKE FIRST TIME AND TAKING IT IN FRIDAY FOR DODGE TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT AGAIN. WHEN I PRESS THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IT SAYS IT IS READY BUT WHEN I PRESS THE SET SWITCH NOTHING HAPPENS.

VEHICLE "DEAD PEDAL" THROTTLE RESPONSE IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC THE TRUCK IS UNRESPONSIVE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND CAME MEAN LIFE OR DEATH IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE NEW BUT FCA WILL NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE!! PLEASE HELP GET THIS CORRECTED, WE DO NOT NEED SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE IT GETS CORRECTED.

TRUCK HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE GAS PEDAL AT TIMES FROM A START THE TRUCK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO INPUT BY THE RIGHT FOOT. ALSO, IF ACCELERATING AND THEN YOU TAKE PRESSURE OFF TO RE PRESS THE PEDAL TO GO IT DOES NOT RESPOND FOR A 1-2 SECOND OR SO PERIOD. THIS PROBLEM IS REPEATABLE AT ANY TIME BY DOING WHAT WAS STATED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHERE AS IF THE DRIVER NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACCELERATION TO GET OUT OF A POSSIBLE COLLISION AND THERES NOT RESPONSE FROM THE INPUT PLACED ON THE PEDAL IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE OWNED 7 DODGE VEHICLES, AN 02 RAM, 04 RAM, 05 GCARAVAN, 09 RAM, 17 DURANGO, AND THE 15 RAM 2500, OUT OF ALL THE VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED NONE OF THEM HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. ALL OF THEM BUT THE 02 HAVE THE ELECTRIC FLY BY WIRE THROTTLE SYSTEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FCA IMMEDIATELY! IT IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE FOR THE LAST FEW MODEL YEARS. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE TO CORRECT? THIS HAPPENS ON MY TRUCK DAILY WHILE DRIVING. SPEED IS NOT DEPENDENT IS WHEN YOU TAKE PRESSURE OF THE PEDAL FOR A SECOND OR WHEN AT A STOP AND ACCELERATING.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS YOUR ADVERTISING HAS GOTTEN WORSE! WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE, CHILDREN?! STOP MAKING THE CHARACTERS SOUNDS LIKE WHINEY DORKS, PRESENT MORE REALISTIC SITUATIONS, AND STOP MAKING COPS LOOK LIKE BAD GUYS! YOU PEOPLE ARE SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE GENERAL POPULATION...I WANT TO STOP WEARING MY SEAT BELT BECAUSE YOU MAKE IT RETARDED TO WANT TO....

DRIVING LOCAL STREETS AND ON PARKWAYS BRAKES DO NOT RESPOND TO IMMEDIATE FOOT PRESSURE ON PEDAL, LONG BRAKING DISTANCE TO STOP,HAVE TO STAY BACK ADDITIONAL CAR LENGTHS TO MAKE A SAFE STOP. SPEED IS KEEP WITHIN LIMITS OF POSTED SIGNS, TRUCK BROUGHT IN FOR BURST POWER STEERING HOSE UNDER WARRANTY, TOLD OF BRAKE ISSUE,TESTED AND DETERMINED TO BE OK. NOT A SAFE FEELING IF YOU YOU HAVE TO STOP SUDDENLY OR IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED PROPERLY BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OR MULTIPLE FATALITY HAPPENS. ADDITONALLY I NEVER HEARD OR FELT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATE IN ANY FAST SUDDEN BRAKING SITUATION.

ON 5 OCCASIONS THE TRUCK SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE RUNNING. DURING ONE OF THESE EVENTS ON 31 OCT 2017 I WAS BEHIND THE TRUCK SETTING UP TO "PULL" A FENCE TIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND KNOCKING ME TO THE GROUND. I WAS STRUCK AGAIN JUST AS THE DRIVERS DOOR (WHICH WAS OPEN) CAUGHT A FENCE POST AND STOPPING THE TRUCK. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO MY DEALERSHIP IN DEC 2016. I NOTIFIED RAM CARE THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT AND THEY EFFECTIVELY BLEW ME OFF FOR 15 DAYS BEFORE SENDING AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR. I RECEIVED FIAT CHRYSLER'S RESPONSE ON 3 MAR 2017. THEY FOUND NO FAULT WITH THE VEHICLE, TRANS, LINKAGE, PARKING PAWL AND BRAKE. TELLING ME IT WAS MY FAULT FOR LEAVING THE VEHICLE RUNNING WHILE NOT IN IT. ON 4 OF THESE OCCASIONS I WAS IN IT. ON 6 OTHER OCCASIONS WHEN TURNING THE TRUCK OFF I HAD TO CYCLE THE TRANS SELECTION LEVER FROM PANK AND BACK TO PARK.

WHEN DIMMING THE DASH LED LIGHTING THEY WILL FLICKER AT THE LOWER SETTING. MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 40 DEGREES.

NEW VEHICLE 2015 BOUGHT IN 2017 AS ORIGINAL OWNER. LEAKING FROM HEADLINER, CAN'T INFLATE TO PROPER PSI DUE TO INSTABILITY AND HYDROPLANING, RUST UNDERNEATH SEATING FROM WATER DAMAGE, EXHAUST SMELL WHEN INTERIOR CIRCULATION BUTTON IS NOT DEPRESSED WHEN WINDOWS UP. MULTIPLE ISSUES AS NEW VEHICLE WITH 450 MILES ON IT.