2014 RAM 2500 Complaints

"DEAD PEDAL" ISSUE- WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY IN TRAFFIC, AND YOU PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MORE THAN ABOUT 70%, THE TRUCK JUST SITS THERE... LIKE THERE IS NO POWER. IT WILL EVENTUALLY (4-6 SECONDS LATER) SLOWLY INCREASE SPEED, OR IF YOU FEATHER THE PEDAL, IT WILL ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE STREET, OR OTHER TIMES WHEN ENTERING FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TURBO LAG, BUT RATHER SOME KIND OF PROGRAMING IN THE DRIVE TRAIN THAT KEEPS THE TRUCK FROM ACCELERATING BRISKLY WHEN PUSHING ON THE PEDAL..... THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY, THE LISTED DATE IS THE LAST TIME I FELT IT. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 30-40 TIMES SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN JAN 2013. NOTE: I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DRAG RACE OR SMOKE TIRES... I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU NEED TO QUICKLY PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC... DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE...

TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR REMAINS LOCKED IN PARK FROM 5 TO >30 SECONDS, AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL FIRST. GEAR SELECTOR CANNOT BE THEN MOVED WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. THUS VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN.

WHEN I ACCELERATE THERE IS A LAG. THIS IS FROM A STOP OR WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR, AND PUSHING IT MORE TO PASS OR MERGE. ALSO THIS LAG AT ANY SPEED SEEMS TO MAKE THE TRUCK LUNGE, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT MAY BE SHIFTING WRONG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING MODULE NEEDED TO BE RE-CALIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF FOR THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WILL KEEP SHOWING NO AIR PRESSURE. THIS IS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP NOW CLOSE TO 10 DAYS IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON A YEAR NOW. IT STARTED HAPPENING AFTER A RECALL ONOT THE TRUCK WAS PERFORMED. THE BALL JOINTSO ON THE TRUCK WAS REPLACED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IN SEPTEMBER WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR WORK IN TOLD THEM THEY WERE BAD AND CHECK IT OUT.AND NOTHING WAS DONE. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AS I WRITE THIS AND I LET THEM KNOW THETHAT WERE BAD AGAIN THERE IS CLUNKING WHEN YOU JACK THE TRUCK UP AND PUSH ON THE TIRE. ALSO VIBRATION WHEN DRIVEN. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE A SAFETY ISSUES. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR WAY TO LONG AND LIFE OF THE BALL JOINT SHOULD BE LONGER THEN 4-5 MONTHS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING AND BRAKING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND FORCEFULLY STEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE CURB ON A HILL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP BEARING AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE NOT INSTALLED, AND THE COOLANT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,294.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN A CRASH AND STRUCK THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED, AND RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. ...UPDATED 04/20/17 *BF *CN

DEAD PEDAL. ACCELERATOR PEDAL DELAY IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. PROBLEM IS WORSE WHEN COMING TO A ROLLING STOP OR SLOW DOWN, THEN REAPPLYING THROTTLE. IT'S CAUSED SOME NEAR MISS INCIDENTS. DATE OF INCIDENT IS ASKED FOR BELOW, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THERE SINCE DAY ONE AND IS CONSISTENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRAG-LINK HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,507.

THE MANUFACTURE REQUIRES TIRE PRESSURE BE INFLATED TO 80 PSI IN THE REAR TIRES. THIS MAKES TRACTION AND STABILITY VERY HARD TO MANEUVER ON SNOW/ICY COVERED ROADS. TIRE PRESSURE IS UNBALED TO BE LOWERED BECAUSE OF TPS LIGHT ON DASH FLASHING AND BEEPING. I LOST CONTROL SEVERAL TIMES A SLOW SPEEDS, BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE.