2015 RAM 2500 Complaints

Vehicle was placed in park on a slight incline and engine turned off. Vehicle began to roll backwards as I exited. The truck indicated that it was in park, but no parking brake engaged. If I had exited completely and left the vehicle, it could have rolled and caused serious injury. The truck was taken to the dealership and diagnosed with a loose/ missing retainer clip on the parking pawl.

This issue relates to code U010c “lost communication with turbo charger supercharger A”. When the engine brake is turned on the engine brake can remain on during this malfunction and the vehicle loses power. If the fault code above occurs at highway speed and the engine brake was activated the engine brake can remain on even if the accelerator is pressed and the engine brake is manually turned off. This situation required me to quickly move to the shoulder and shut the engine off to reset the fault code. This has happened to me several times. My vehicle only has 34k miles but the warranty has expired. The turbo actuator tests ok until the engine is at operating temperature. The actuator electronic control malfunctions at normal engine operating temperature. The dealer wants to replace the entire turbo. There seems to be many aftermarket companies that make replacement actuators so I believe this is a common problem with Cummins turbo Diesel engines from 2012 to 2019 models.

The contact owns a 2015 Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond and the cruise control mode remained engaged. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated and would not stop. The contact manually pressed the cruise control button to disengage it but it failed to respond and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact stated that as the vehicle was about to crash into another vehicle, he drove the vehicle off the road and into a ditch. The contact sustained nose hemorrhage and bruised ribs. The Contact’s wife who was sitting in the front passenger seat sustained bruises on her face and around her eye. The contact’s 17-month-year-old baby who was sitting in the rear passenger seat sustained a black eye and bruised chest. The contact and his family did not seek medical assistance. A police report was not filed. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to his residence without cruise control. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to take the vehicle in for diagnosis at his own expense. The dealer also advised the contact that the failure was a manufacturer defect. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and he advised the contact that they could not assist as the vehicle was out of warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000. Consumer added the recall from the FCA says IF! THE vehicle is having the symptoms then perform the software update. Consumer's attorney is dealing with FCA on this issue.

The vehicle started shifting on it’s own while driving at different speeds shifts erratically in and out causing the esc light to come on when put on code reader messages come up as implausible error and lost communication to tcm and now I’ve lost communication to vgt and other components as well and cannot drive vehicle at all since 12/22/21 waiting for dealer to pick it up to assess problem but they told me couldn’t get to it till the January 19th 2022

I received a recall for 19v021000 I went an had the dealer fix the recall an they welding the jam nuts as a temporary fix now I’m unable to have alignment la done so what am I supposed to do for alignment an for tire wear the fix is me spending 850 dollars for different control arms that should’ve been fixed the first time. The dealer stated that it was a temporary repair until Chrysler came up with a solution but it’s been three years an still no fix. Very unacceptable.

Tailgate opened while driving causing contents and slide out damaging the tailgate. Tailgate has automatic locking feature but failed. Recall notice shows that a repair was done but still failed.

The contact owns a 2015 Ram 2500. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 MPH and hauling a trailer, the tailgate inadvertently lowered without warning. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V486000 (Structure, Latches/Locks/Linkages). The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under the recall however, the failure occurred. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 136,500.

side impact collision and the side airbags did not deploy. i had a broken hand from the impact of hitting the door/window due to the force of the impact. The other drive ran a stop sign and hit me at approximately 45-50 MPH. Uploaded pictures show the damage to my truck, with the majority of the damage being the suspension/axle components. The point of impact on my vehicle was the driver's side front wheel.

Transmission bearing failure, resulting in total transmission loss. Bearing broke without warning while driving and sent metal pieces through the entire transmission. The transmission is currently being rebuild and the mechanic identified that the bearing was installed upside down during manufacturing and is what caused the transmission fail. The mechanic also found that another transmission rebuild shop had several transmissions of the same model with the same failure issue I experienced.

I was looking under my truck and noticed that I have a welded drag link, from my understanding this was supposed to be a temporary fix until a permanent remedy was available. This is supposed to be an adjustable drag link and I believe mine was welded out of adjustment and there is no way to adjust it now. The recall never was changed to replacement parts available they just welded them and went on. So now what the owners have to buy a complete replacement part to be able to adjust it?