2016 RAM 2500 Complaints

I WAS DOING ABOUT 50MPH DOWN A STATE ROAD WHEN A GUY PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME ATTEMPTING TO GO IN THE DIRECTION I WAS COMING FROM. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND TURNED THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO SO IT WAS NOT A DIRECT T-BONE. THE FRONT END OF MY BRAND NEW TRUCK WHICH HAD 292 MILES ON IT WAS CAVED IN AND THE HIT MADE HIS VEHICLE COME AROUND AND HIT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY TRUCK. NOT ONE AIRBAG WENT OFF. I'M ASSUMING I WAS DOING 40-45MPH ON IMPACT. ...UPDATED 07/10/17 *BF *CN

WHILE SECURING OUR FAMILY INTO THE 2016 RAM 2500 TRUCK WE HAD JUST PURCHASED NEW AT THE DEALERSHIP, I FOUND THAT THE REAR CENTER SEAT BELT WAS NOT ANCHORED TO THE FLOOR, LEAVING THE CENTER SEATING POSITION UNSAFE FOR OCCUPANCY. IT WAS AFTER CLOSING BY THE TIME THIS ISSUE WAS DISCOVERED SO THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE FIXED BEFORE WE LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TWO DAYS LATER TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT PROPERLY SECURED, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE LEAVING THE FACTORY......UPDATED 08/11/16 *BF *TR

FACTORY INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER IS UNABLE TO SAFETY STOP A 10,000 LB TRAILER. HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TRAILERS WITH THIS TRUCK AND SAME RESULTS. TRUCK CANNOT SAFETY STOP THE TRUCK AND TRAILER COMBINATION SAFELY, THE TRAILER PUSHES THE COMBINATION THROUGH A STOPLIGHT. EVEN WITH TRAILER BRAKE SETTINGS SET AT THE MAX, STILL DOES NOT SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER WITH THIS ISSUE, STATE THE THE SYSTEM IS WORKING AS DESIGNED AND REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE

DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SPEED UP AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED ON IT'S OWN. SHIFTED VEHICLE TO NEUTRAL AND ACCELERATOR WAS STILL CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE. SHUT VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTARTED VEHICLE, ONCE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED VEHICLE AGAIN CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED ON ON ITS OWN. HAD TO BRAKE EXCESSIVELY TO STOP VEHICLE AGAIN PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL ,ENGINE WAS REVVING AND TURNED IGNITION OFF AGAIN. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE MOMENT I LEFT MY DRIVEWAY ON A RURAL ROAD. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. VEHICLE COMPUTER DISPLAYED " ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SERVICE NEEDED" . EACH TIME THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED ON IT'S OWN.

MY 2016 RAM 1500 ALMOST KILLED ME THIS MORNING. TRUCK HAS 4,000 MILES ON IT. AT 4 AM I WAS DRIVING ON I-10 EAST BOUND 170 MILES FROM PENSACOLA. CRUISE WAS SET AT 78 AND I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE. THE ROAD WAS PITCH BLACK. WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND ALL ELECTRICAL. HEADLIGHTS WENT DARK DASH BOARD, ETC. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS PANICKED AND MANAGED SOMEHOW TO MAKE IT TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. AFTER GETTING TO THE SHOULDER EMERGENCY FLASHERS WOULD NOT WORK EVERYTHING WAS DEAD. JUST AS I WAS CONSIDERING GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE POWER CAME BACK ON. I PUT ON FLASHERS AND AFTER I CALMED DOWN RETURNED TO THE ROAD. THE NEXT 200 MILES WERE UNEVENTFUL. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE AFTER DARK AFTER SUCH AN INCIDENT. I HAVE A APPOINTMENT IN FOLEY ALABAMA WITH DODGE NEXT MONDAY MORNING. ALSO BACK IN MARCH I WAS WAITING ON THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO PARK ALL BY ITS SELF.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT TRAVELING AROUND 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF ME. I COULDN'T STOP SO I DID HIT THIS OTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. I TBONED THIS OTHER VEHICLE AND THEIR AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY, HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS ON MY $70,000 2016 6K MILE TRUCK FAILED TO DEPLOY.

B/T 15-20 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. NO WARNING, NO NOISE, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE GOES TO NOTHING, AND RPMS DROP TO 0. I LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING AS WELL. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS POWER TO IT (RADIO, LIGHTS, ETC WORK) HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES, 3 IN A ROW, SPENT 2 DAYS AT DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HAPPENED THE 4TH TIME AND I HAVE IT ON VIDEO. ITS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY FOR THEM TO TRY AGAIN. CHRYSLER DODGE IS AWARE OF IT, AND HASN'T CALLED TO SPEAK WITH ME OR RETURNED MY PHONE CALLS, ITS BEEN 2WKS.

HAD PHONE CHARGING FROM USB PORT IN TRUCK. PULLED INTO GAS STATION AND AS I WAS TURNING THE WHEEL TO PARK IN A SPOT, I TOUCHED THE PHONE AND THE ENGINE DIED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE REDUCED THROTTLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,600.

THROTTLE RESPONSE, THERE IS A HUGE DELAY BETWEEN ACTIVATING THE PEDAL AND THE ENGINE REACTING TO THAT INPUT. CROSSING A BUSY STREET FROM A STANDSTILL IS A GAMBLE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'LL ACCELERATE IN ENOUGH TIME.