2015 RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V799000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART OR REMEDY FOR THE RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,400. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

AT RANDOM TIMES WITH THE REAR END POINTED DOWN HILL. I START UP THE TRUCK UP IN PARK, THEN SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND WHEN I RELEASE THE BRAKE THE TRUCK WILL ROLL BACKWARDS, I GO BACK REAPPLY THE BRAKES AS SOON AS I CAN WAIT A SHORT TIME, THEN EASE THE BRAKES OFF SLOWLY AND IT DRIVES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BACKWARDS AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN IN DRIVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MOSTLY AFTER BEING PARKED, IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN I HAVE BEEN STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN WAITING FOR ROAD WORK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,021.

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.

STEERING DRAG LINK ADJUSTER IS COMPLETELY LOOSE. PAINT MARKS INDICATE WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TIGHTENED TOO, BUT EITHER IT WAS NOT TIGHTENED TO TORQUE SPEC OR TORQUE SPEC IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH. I SUSPECT IT WAS HAND TIGHTENED. PLEASE SEE NUMEROUS SIMILAR REPORTS ONLINE HERE: HTTP://WWW.CUMMINSFORUM.COM/FORUM/2013-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/1813273-WARNING-CHECK-YOUR-STEERING-NOW.HTML

I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AS I CROSSED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THEN I RELEASED, AND I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO PRESS IT AGAIN WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THE THROTTLE RESPONSE IS SO SLOW IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE ACCIDENT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST EITHER BUT I THOUGHT IT JUST MAY BE A FLUKE UNTIL NOW. I HAVE HAVE OWNED MY TRUCK FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AND THE THROTTLE LAG HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. CROSSING THE HWY IS VERY UNSAFE AS YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, RELEASE, AND PRESS AGAIN THERE IS A HUGE DELAY. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. ALSO I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER BEFORE IT CAUSES PREVENTABLE DEATHS TO OCCUR. THE THROTTLE RESPONSE DELAY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE TRUCK HAS A "DEAD PEDAL" WHEN YOU FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL. IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO GO FORWARD. IVE HAD TRAFFIC SPEED UP WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN AND TRY AND PUSH THE GAS PEDAL AND THERES NOTHING. I SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS TURBO LAG. THIS IS NOT TURBO LAG. IVE OWNED MANY TURBO CARS AND TRUCKS AND NONE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND IS BEING DISCUSSED ON MANY FORUMS. EVERY RAM 2500 DIESEL TRUCK HAS THIS ISSUE.

OCCASSIONALLY, WHEN INSERTING AND REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION IT MAY CAUSE A PLASTIC PIECE INSIDE THE IGNITION TO HANG UP, THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED HOWEVER THE VEHICLE STILL SENSES A KEY IN THE IGNITION AND IT CAN BE STARTED WITH ANY KEY OR DEVICE, IT ALSO PREVENTS YOU FROM LOCKING THE DOORS. IT IS VERY HARD TO GET THE PLASTIC PIECE TO POP BACK OUT SO YOU CAN LOCK THE DOORS AND IT DOESN'T THINK THERE IS A KEY IN THE IGNITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A CLANKING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE JAM NUT TO THE DRAG LINK WAS LOOSE. THE JAM NUT WAS TIGHTENED AND READJUSTED AND THE FRONT END WAS RE-ALIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

THE KEY AND THE IGNITION SWITCH ARE LOCATED SUCH THAT MY RIGHT KNEE CAN BUMP THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF WHILE IT IS RUNNING... LIKE THE GM IGNITION ISSUE THAT CAUSED SUCH A STIR.... MY TRUCK HAD TURNED OFF ONCE ALREADY THIS WAY WHILE IT WAS RUNNING SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW ON JULY 22, 2015, I TOLD MY DEALER WHO SAID TO CALL RAM CUSTOMER CARE, WHICH I DID AND THEY JUST SAID THEY HAD NO RECALL NOTICE. ON 10/20/15 I CALLED THE LAW FIRM LIEFF CABRASER HEINMANN AND BERNSTEIN WHO REPRESENTED THE SAME ISSUE TO GM AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE ISSUE SINCE THERE HAD BEEN NO DAMAGES ... YET.