2014 RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V541000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

R46 FRONT SUSPENSION TRACK BAR FRAME THAT WAS IMPROPERLY WELDED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS - WE ARE BEING TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIPS THAT NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE TO FIX THIS AT THIS TIME. THE ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT WE PULL A LARGE HORSE TRAILER WITH THIS TRUCK AND ARE PUTTING OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR HORSES IN JEOPARDY EVERY DAY WE DRIVE THIS TRUCK. WE DID NOT SPEND $70,000 ON THIS VEHICLE TO HAVE IT BE A DEATH TRAP WHILE WE WAIT ON PARTS. WE HAD A 2008 THAT THE TIE ROD BROKE JUST AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AT WORK. I WAS TOLD I WAS LUCKY THAT I WASN'T SERIOUS INJURED OR KILLED COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE TOLD AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO RECALL, GUESS WHAT, THE NEXT WEEK THE RECALL CAME OUT. SO HERE WE ARE IN THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN, DIFFERENT PART, WITH NO HELP COMING FROM THE DEALERSHIPS, MOPAR ETC.

THE FACTORY INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE MODULE (ITBM) ON MY 2014 RAM 3500 MEGACAB 4X4 CUMMINS DIESEL TRUCK DOES NOT SUPPLY PROPER VOLTAGE TO ACTIVATE THE ELECTRIC BRAKES ON A TOWED TRAILER. THE VOLTAGE SUPPLIED TO THE TRAILER BRAKES IS 7 VOLTS DC WITH THE GAIN SET AT MAX, CHECKED BY A TRAILER DEALER THAT DOES PA STATE INSPECTIONS, WHERE A TRAILER REQUIRES OVER 10 VOLTS DC TO PROPERLY ACTIVATE THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE TRAILER BEING TOWED TO SAFELY AID IN STOPPING BOTH THE TRAILER AND TOW VEHICLE. I RECENTLY HAD A NOTICE APPEAR IN THE ELECTRONIC DASH (EVIC) THAT THERE WAS A TRAILER BRAKE PROBLEM AND A NOTIFICATION THAT THE TRAILER WAS NOT CONNECTED WHEN IT WAS STILL CONNECTED TO THE TRUCK. THIS PROMPTED THE FIRST VISIT TO THE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILER. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE SECOND TIME THEY CHECKED THE VOLTAGE OF ANOTHER TRUCK THAT WAS 7 VOLTS DC AND SAID IT WAS OK. I HAVE A 35 FOOT 5TH WHEEL RV TRAILER AND A 18FT FLAT TRAILER THAT DO NOT BRAKE PROPERLY WHEN ATTACHED TO THIS TRUCK. THE 18 FT TRAILER BRAKES WORK PROPERLY WHEN ATTACHED TO A DIFFERENT TRUCK. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT ON MANY OF THE FORUMS DEALING WITH CUMMINS DIESEL AND RAM TRUCKS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD OVER MANY MODEL YEARS. ON THE DODGE RAM FORUM (WWW.RAMFORUM.COM - SEARCH BRAKE CONTROLLER) AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER EVEN DOCUMENTED THE LACK OF OUTPUT OF HIS 2015 RAM 3500 TRUCK. AT 100% INPUT THERE WAS ONLY 66% OUTPUT TO THE TRAILER BRAKING SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD 6 SAFETY RECALLS FOR THIS TRUCK SO FAR. THIS PROBLEM MAY NOT RECEIVE AS MUCH ATTENTION AS OTHER PROBLEMS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER OF VEHICLES USED FOR TOWING. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED BEFORE INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING MY SUBMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V460000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS), 15V459000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V541000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY TO BE SERVICED UNDER ANY RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN, THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH FUEL FUMES. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V541000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V533000 (SEATS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE DRAG LINK ADJUSTER FOR THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT TIGHTENED TO SPEC. THIS CAN RESULT IN LOSING STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. IN APRIL OF 2015, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND BUMPED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE BRAKES SUDDENLY ACTIVATED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING APPLIED. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE BRAKE SENSOR, ABS SENSOR AND THROTTLE SENSOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE MODULE SENSOR AND TRANSMISSION SENSOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE BEING TEST DRIVEN. IN NOVEMBER OF 2015, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE STAR CONNECTOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

FAILURE OF FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY(BEARINGS) DUE TO EXCCESSIVE WEIGHT OF ENGINE ON UNDER RATED BEARING ASSEMBLY