2014 RAM 2500 Complaints

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP WHILE TOWING OUR RV, WHICH CAUSED US TO JACKKNIFE AND SUBSEQUENTLY FLIPPING OUR RV. THE RV IS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE TRUCK HAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THERE WAS A LOUD POP OR BANG AND THEN MAYBE A SECOND OR SO BEFORE THE REAR END SEIZED. THE TRUCK SHUT DOWN DURING THIS WHICH LEFT US WITH NO BRAKES FOR THE RV AND THE TRUCK ALMOST FLIPPED WITH RV. THE MECHANIC AT THE SERVICE CENTER SHOWED US THE SPIDER GEAR SHAFT IN THE DIFFERENTIAL, WHICH HAD BROKEN LOOSE SOMEHOW AND JAMMED AGAINST THE DRIVESHAFT GEAR, THEREBY LOCKING THE DIFFERENTIAL AND POWERTRAIN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH RAM TRUCKS AS THE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE JUST EXITED THE FREEWAY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, MY WIFE AND MYSELF COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND ANY NUMBER OF DRIVERS THAT WERE AROUND US. THE FREEWAY WE HAD JUST EXITED WAS PRETTY BUSY WITH SEMI'S AND CARS ALIKE. THIS KIND OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON A NEW TRUCK WITH ONLY 4700 OR SO MILES IS UNACCEPTABLE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE PROBLEMS BEGAN, THE STEERING STARTED RATTLING EVERY TIME I TURNED LEFT AND ON A FEW OCCASIONS IT GOT EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER THE TRUCK, THEY REBUILT THE FRONT AXLE ONCE THEN FINALLY REPLACED THE WHOLE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY AND WIRING. THE TRUCK SHAKES BAD AT 65+ WITH THE FACTORY FIRESTONE TIRES I REPLACED THEM. THE A/C VENT CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING THE MOTORS AND HEATER CORE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE ACCELERATOR/THROTTLE IS EXTREMELY DELAYED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS AND WHEN YOU LET OFF THE THROTTLE THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY BANGS INTO GEAR. THE SERVICE DEF LIGHT CAME ON YESTERDAY 12/2/14 WITH 3/4 FULL TANK. I JUST REACHED 8500 MILES AND THESE TRUCKS ARE DANGEROUS I HOPE CHRYSLER FIXES THESE NIGHTMARE PROBLEMS. *JS

2014 RAM 2500 4X4 CUMMINS DIESEL 68RFE AUTO TRANS. SIGNIFICANT LAG IN ACCELERATION WHEN ACTUATING THE PEDAL. 2+- SECONDS OF NO RESPONSE BEFORE TRUCK STARTS ACCELERATING. COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN CITY DRIVING OR MERGING SITUATIONS. *TR

MY 2014 RAM DIESEL HAS WHAT PEOPLE CALL THROTTLE LAG. MINE IS MORE SEVERE THAN THE OTHER SAFETY COMPLAINTS FILED. MY TRUCK SOMETIMES WILL DIE WHEN THE THROTTLE IS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED THEN YOU COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK IS IDLING, AFTER A FEW SECONDS YOU CAN DRIVE OFF WITH THE ENGINE MISSING, THEN WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON IT WILL RUN FINE FOR A WHILE. IT HAS SET AT THE DEALERSHIP GOING INTO THE FOURTH WEEK. THIS IS THE FIFTH DODGE 2500 DIESEL I HAVE OWNED, WITH NO PROBLEMS ON THE OTHERS. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2014 DODGE RAM 2500 (DIESEL) IN JUNE 2014. AFTER A SHORT TIME OF HAVING MY VEHICLE, I NOTICED IT LEANED TO THE LEFT SIDE. I MEASURED THE WHEELBASE OF MY VEHICLE AND FOUND THE RIGHT SIDE WAS ONE INCH HIGHER THAN THE LEFT SIDE. WHEN LOOKING AT MY VEHICLE ON LEVEL GROUND, IT APPEARS THERE IS A FLAT TIRE WHEN IF FACT THERE IS NOT. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE TO ENSURE IT WAS EVEN ON ALL TIRES AND IT WAS. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO DCH JEEP DODGE CHRYSLER OF TEMECULA WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE VEHICLE DOES IN FACT LEAN, BUT IT ONLY LEANS 3/4 OF AN INCH ON THE LEFT SIDE AND IT FELL WITHIN THEIR GUIDELINES OF A MAX LEAN OF 3/4. I TOLD THEM IT WAS NOT 3/4 OF AN INCH AND WAS ONE INCH. FRUSTRATED WITH THIS DEALERSHIP, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THEY CONFIRMED MY VEHICLE LEANS ON THE LEFT SIDE ONE INCH. DODGE WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR ME OR EXPLAIN TO ME THE REASON MY VEHICLE LEANS. MY VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR SAFE TO DRIVE NOR DO I FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE IT LEANS SO MUCH AND IT SEEMS AS IF MY VEHICLE WILL CRASH. *TR

WHILE TOWING APPROXIMATELY 11000 LBS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN BUCKING AGGRESSIVELY WHILE IN 4TH AND 5TH GEAR. WE WERE TOWING THREE HORSES AND HAD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE AND DOWNSHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR TO GET THE BUCKING TO STOP. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT UP-SHIFT AFTER UTILIZING THE TRANSMISSION BRAKING FEATURE WHEN DESCENDING A GRADE WHILE TOWING. YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY DISABLE THE TOW HAUL MODE AND WAIT FOR TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HAS HAD MANY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, AND HAS NO FIX AT THIS TIME OTHER THAN TOW IN THIRD GEAR. BEWARE WHEN TOWING LIVESTOCK OR TOWING ON SLIPPERY ROADS, THIS TRANSMISSION BUCKING PROBLEM IS SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE INJURY TO YOUR ANIMALS OR CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER. *TR

1. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 4 SEPT 2014 BROUGHT IT TO DEALERSHIP THEY CLEARED THE CODE AND GAVE ME THE TRUCK BACK BECAUSE THE CODE DID NOT RETURN WHILE IT WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION. 2. THIS SAME ISSURE HAS OCCURED 4 MORE TIMES SINCE THAT DATE AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BE RESOLVED, EACH TIME THEY DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IE REPLACED A DOSING UNIT, REPLACED THE NOX SENSOR AND NOW AS OF 15 OCT 2014 ARE PREPARING TO REPLACE THE ECM OR BRAINS OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE MORE THAN IN MY POSSESSION FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM SINCE 5 SEPT 2014. 3. VEHICLE HAS VIBRATION BETWEEN 60 TO 80 MPH, HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THE DAY I PURCHASED AND ALSO MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THAT, AND PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED BY RAM. 3 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NOW THE SERVICE MANAGER SAYS "IT OPERATES AS DESIGNED", ALTHOUGH THE MANAGER ALSO STATES THAT HE FEELS THE WOBBLE/VIBRATION BETWEEN THOSE SPEEDS AS WELL. 4. I HAVE BEGUN THE LEMON LAW PROCESS AND HAVE RECEIVED A CLAIM NUMBER BUT CHRYSLER HAS NOT YET CALLED ME BACK. *TR

TURNIG LEFT ONTO DIXIE HWY FROM A PARKING LOT AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND IT TOOK ABOUT TWO SECONDS FOR THE TRUCK TO MOVE, ITS HAPPENED MANY TIME IN THE FEW MILE THAT I HAVE . *TR

I HAVE A 2014 RAM WITH THE CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE. THROTTLE LAG ON THESE TRUCKS IS DANGEROUS. THERE IS ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT LAG AFTER THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN RELEASED AND THEN PRESSED ONCE AGAIN. *TR

WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER, THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE LAG BEFORE THE TURBO SPOOLS. *TR