2015 RAM 2500 Complaints

DEAL THROTTLE PEDAL WHEN MAKING FAST ACCELERATIONS DUE TO RAPID CHANGING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN CITY TRAFFIC. PRESSING THROTTLE, LETTING OFF AND THEN PRESSING THROTTLE AGAIN RESULTS IN NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR 1-2 SECONDS.

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SO FAR. STEERING WHEEL SWITCHES FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAY QUIT WORKING. AIR BAG INDICATOR FLASHES SOME TIME. RADIO CONTROLS INTERMITTENT. CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES WORKS, SOMETIMES DOESN'T I SUSPECT DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING IN THIS VEHICLE. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL FOR OTHER FIAT CHRYSLER MODELS BUT NOT THIS ONE. I THINK THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED AS WELL.

80 PSI IT TOO HIGH IN THE REAR TIRES, TIRES DO NOT MAKE GOOD CONTACT WITH ROAD CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

ON 6.7L CUMMINS DIESEL THERE CAN BE AN UNPREDICTABLY LONG ( UP TO 2 SECOND) DELAY BETWEEN WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED AND WHEN THE TRUCK ACTUALLY BEGINS TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS NOT TURBO LAG (WHICH MAY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF POWER UNTIL THE TURBO SPOOLS UP). THIS IS NOT A STUMBLE. THIS IS AN ACTUAL DELAY IN THE COMPUTER APPLYING FUEL TO THE ENGINE. IT IS TOTAL DEAD TIME AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT PRESSED AT ALL. IT HAPPENS UNDER THE WORST OF CONDITIONS, WHEN YOU NEED HARD ACCELERATION AND NEED IT NOW. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WERE COASTING OR HAD JUST LET OFF OF THE PEDAL. THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT OFTEN OCCUR IN TRAFFIC WITH MANY OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY. THE LONG DELAY BETWEEN THROTTLE APPLICATION AND ENGINE RESPONSE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY TRUCK HAS THE LATEST "FLASH" FROM THE DEALER, IT IS RUNNING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE FIRMWARE AVAILABLE FROM THE DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT HAVE NO PLANS TO FIX THE ISSUE.

DIESEL EXHAUST SMELL IN CAB SOMETIMES VERY STRONG CAUSES HEADACHES DIZZINESS WHEN STOPPED AT STOPLIGHTS, SIGNS, IDLING OR MOVING SLOW. OPENING WINDOWS DOES NOT REALLY HELP UNLESS YOU ARE MOVING, CANNOT SIT AN IDLE AND STAY IN CAB VERY LONG. COOL OR COLD WEATHER SEEMS TO MAKE IT WORSE. HAVE HAD IT INTO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THE ISSUE BUT THEY CAN NEVER FIND IT. *TR

MY TRUCK HAS RAW BURNING DIESEL EXHAUST COMING IN THE AIR VENTS ON THE DASH THAT POISONED MY FAMILY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR BEFORE WE WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. YOU CAN SMELL THE SOLVENT/SPRAY PAINT TYPE SMELL 100 FOOT DIAMETER ON A CALM DAY. PARKED 99% SINCE MAY 5TH BECAUSE 1 DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE OTHER REFUSES TO DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOW BEING TOWED TO A THIRD DEALERSHIP. MY SON AND I HAD ELEVATED CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS IN OUR BLOOD THE DAY THE RAM MECHANIC ADVISED US IT WAS DIESEL EXHAUST.THE SKIN ON MY FACE, ARMS,KNEES WAS BLISTERING AND FALLING OFF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. I FIRST ASKED DOCTORS IN OCTOBER 2015 AND REMAINED IN THE DEFECTIVE TRUCK UNTIL MAY 2016. MY VISION WAS BLURRY WHEN DRIVING AND MY EYES WERE BURNING. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GLUE SMELL OR NEW CAR SMELL. MY 11 YEAR OLD SON WAS DIZZY, HAD HEADACHES, AND WOULD FALL ASLEEP QUICKLY EVERYDAY. HE COMPLAINED TO HIS SCHOOL AFTER WE SAT IN TRAFFIC EVERY MORNING. WE HAD BREATHING PROBLEMS AND TOXICOLOGIST AT UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER CONFIRMED AGGRAVATED SKIN DAMAGE FROM DIESEL EXHAUST. WHEN WE PARKED THE TRUCK ALL HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, SLEEPINESS, SKIN BLISTERS, BURNING EYES, COUGHING ATTACKS, AND CONFUSION WENT AWAY. SKIN IS NOW PERMANENTLY DAMAGED AND NO NEW SKIN SPOTS OR BLISTERING HAVE APPEARED SINCE PARKING THE TRUCK, BUT IT STILL FALLS OFF EVERY DAY. MY EYES ARE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED. THE FUTURE EFFECTS OF DIESEL CHEMICALS ARE UNKNOWN. MY TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY SON TO SCHOOL 2 MILES BECAUSE WE SIT IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAB FILLS WITH FUMES. THE FUMES ALSO COME IN AT EVERY STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. THE CARB SAID THE SOLVENT TYPE SMELL IS RAW DIESEL BURNING IN THE EXHAUST PIPE AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING,MY EXHAUST SHOULD HAVE NO SMELL AT ALL.CARB SAID THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZABLE ON THE DIAGNOSTICS BEING PLUGGED IN TO THE TRUCK COMPUTER. PLEASE HELP! *TR

I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES SINCE NEW BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY WHEN I DRIVE OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR SMALL BUMPS OR ROAD REPAIR BUMPS IN THE CITY AT APPROX. 35 MPH I HEAR AND FEEL A LOUD BANG ON THE FLOORBOARD BENEATH MY LEFT FOOT. THE DEALER REPEATEDLY LOOKED AT MY TRUCK ONLY IN THE SERVICE DRIVE AND SAID THEY SEE NO PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO WRITE IT UP. THE 3RD VISIT THEY WANTED ME TO DRIVE IT FAST OVER THE SPEED BUMPS IN THERE OVERFLOW SALES LOT TO TRY AND DUPLICATE THE SOUND. I EXPLAINED TO THEM IT SEEMS THAT IT ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE FRONT TIRE DROPS OR DIPS SUDDENLY. I REFUSED TO DRIVE IT FAST OVER SPEED BUMPS FOR THE SERVICE ADVISOR SO HE REFUSED TO WRITE IT UP. THE RAILROAD TRACKS HAVE SINCE BEEN UPDATED SO I WASN'T SURE WHERE TO DRIVE THEM TO DUPLICATE THE SOUND. THIS OCCURRED BETWEEN 5/2015 - 5/2016 AS THE TRUCK HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE FOR OTHER EXHAUST PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 2500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE PLACED INTO GEAR WHEN THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE GEAR SHIFTER PERSISTED TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ROLLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE ACTION WAS DUPLICATED, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

DEAD PEDDLE, VERY SLOW RESPONSE TIME WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A DEAD STOP OR TRYING TO LEAVE A PARKING SPOT. IT CAN TAKE UP TO 8 SECONDS FOR THE TRUCK TO REALLY GET GOING. VERY DANGEROUS, ALMOST GOT HIT A FEW TIMES WITH MY FAMILY IN THE TRUCK. HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK, NEED TO GIVE TWICE THE DISTANCE TO CUT ACROSS TRAFFIC. WHEN YOU USE THE GO PEDDLE IT SHOULD RESPOND. WORSE CUMMINS I EVER OWNED TO USE AROUND TOWN. VERY DANGEROUS ITS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE DAY ONE. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP MANY OF TIMES FOR SAMETHING. TEST DROVE ANOTHER TRUCK HAS SAME ISSUES. READ A LOT OF DIESEL FORUMS AND EVERYONE HAS SAME ISSUES. I'VE OWED A 93, 1998, 2000,2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 AND A 2015. 2015 IS THE WORSE THROTTLE RESPONSE AND TRANSMISSION PROGRAMMING OUT OF ALL MY DIESELS NEXT TIME I SEE A DEALERSHIP ITS GOING TO BE A FORD OT GMC.