2017 RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500 EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TRANSFORCE AT TIRES, SIZE: 285/60/R20 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED LARRY H. MILLER DODGE RAM TUCSON (4220 E 22ND ST, TUCSON, AZ 85711, 520-395-9311) AND WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE, HE WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE HE DID NOT PURCHASE THE TIRES DIRECTLY FROM FIRESTONE, THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500. AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE STATE TROOPER THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RIM WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT RECALL MAKING CONTACT WITH A CURB OR A POT HOLE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE RIM TO FRACTURE. THE FRACTURE WAS BETWEEN 3-6 INCHES. THE RIM WAS STILL ABLE TO CONTAIN 70 PSI OF TIRE PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE INSPECTED. FRIENDLY DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP INC (LOCATED AT 2499 NY-14A, PENN YAN, NY 14527, (315) 531-8563) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIM WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V499000 (WHEELS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500 EQUIPPED WITH FOUR NEXEN ROADIAN HT TIRES, SIZE: 235/80/17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TIRE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,540 AND THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN.

TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION/SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS TIRES SO I REPLACED. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I REPLACED TIRES AGAIN. STEERING AND PITMAN ARM CAME LOOSE AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND. I SHOWED IT TO DEALER, THEY TIGHTENED IT AND FOUGHT ME ON ALIGNMENT. VIBRATION CONTINUED, FRONT BUMPER SAGGED AND FRONT SONARS BECAME INTERMITTENT. DEALER FIXED BUMPER TWICE AND SAID DODGE SONARS ARE FAIR WEATHER AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE. STEERING CAME LOOSE AGAIN, DODGE FOUGHT ME ON ALIGNMENT AGAIN. RECALL CAME OUT AND WELDED NUTS ON STEER BAR TURNBUCKLE. CONTACTED RAM SERVICE AND CONTINUED TRYING TO GET TRUCK FIXED. DEALERSHIP BECAME "TIRED OF ME" AND BRUSHED ME OFF WITH "COULD NOT DUPLICATE". NEW DEALERSHIP, KEPT VEHICLE FOR 1 WEEK AND RETURNED IT STATING THEY COULDN'T HEAR ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN TOLD THE PROBLEM WASN'T AUDIBLE THEY POLITELY TOLD ME MY TRUCK WAS OUT FRONT AND I COULD LEAVE. NEW DEALERSHIP, TECH WENT FOR TEST DRIVE WITH ME SO I COULD SHOW THE PROBLEM. ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WASN'T NORMAL. AFTER 2 WEEKS I GOT MY TRUCK BACK WITH NO DOCUMENTED MAINTENANCE OR INVOICE. PROBLEM CONTINUES. RETURNED TRUCK. AFTER 6 WEEKS RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS READY. INVOICE SHOWED MILEAGE IN AND MILEAGE OUT THE SAME AND THAT CHRYSLER STATED PROBLEM AS NORMAL. IN 6 WEEKS MY TRUCK MOVED 1 TIME FROM 1 PARKING SPOT TO ANOTHER. NOT ENOUGH TO CHANGE MILEAGE AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO IT. DEALERSHIP WAS SHORT WITH ME WHEN I PICKED UP. RAM SERVICE SENT MY ISSUES TO LITIGATION. WAS TOLD THAT TRUCK HAS TOO MANY MILES AND IS NORMAL. PRIOR TO LITIGATION DEALERSHIP HAD TOLD ME THEY DROVE EVERY HD THEY HAD AND MINE WAS THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS. AFTER SENT TO LITIGATION I WAS TOLD THAT THEY ALL DRIVE THE SAME AS MINE. CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR 5TH DEALERSHIP, STILL WORKING WITH RAM SERVICE CASE #57185298. NO DOCUMENTATION OF 2ND ALIGNMENT GIVEN. NO DOCUMENTATION FOR 2 WEEK STAY AT STANLEY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500 CARGO VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM FAILED. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND PROVIDED AN INCORRECT TIRE PRESSURE READING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS TO HAVE THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INSPECTED. THE MECHANICS WERE ABLE TO REPAIR THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PLACED NEW TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD THE TIRE STORE CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR. THE TIRE STORE WAS ABLE TO RESET THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INDICATOR; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE GOES BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR ON 09/25/2019. *TR

PARKING BRAKE LOCKED UP DUE THE FACT THAT PARKING BRAKE PADS HAD BEEN COMPLETELY WORN. DETAILS: BOUGHT VEHICLE AT 100 MILES AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN RELEASING THE PARKING LEVER PRIOR TO DRIVE AND AT LITTLE OVER 2,000 MILES, PARKING BRAKE FAILED AND LOCKED UP AT A PARKING LOT 150 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. I BELIEVED THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM MUST HAD BEEN ENGAGED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE SINCE THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING LIGHT ON DASH. THAT WAS WHY IT TOOK OVER 2000 MILES TO COMPLETELY WEAR DOWN PARKING BRAKES TO THE POINT AT THE FINAL PULL/ENGAGEMENT, IT LOCKED UP. SINCE THE VEHICLE IS STILL BRAND NEW AND UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY, I HAD ASKED DEALER TO INVESTIGATE AND DEALER WOULD NOT. I HAD ALSO ASKED FCA TO SEND ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD ?NO?. THEIR REASON WAS IT WAS MY FAULT WHICH IS EASIER FOR THEM TO DO THAN ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY. I ALSO ASKED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY POLICY PEOPLE (WHICH I HAD PURCHASED) BUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOLKS SAID, THE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW SO IT WOULD BE COVER UNDER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY WHICH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY PERIOD HAD EXPIRED. SINCE THIS IS A BRAKE ISSUE AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH I NEED HELP ESCALATING TO FCA TO TAKE/ACCEPT SOME RESPONSIBILITY AT LEAST TO INVESTIGATE.

2017 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO INSIDE TIRE WEAR OF FRONT TIRES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 10,000 MILES. *JS

TIRE FAILURE NEXEN RODIAN SEPARATION AT 11,000 MILES. LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOWOUT ON 95 AT 65 MPH. RIGHT FRONT TIRE SEPARATION CAUSING VIBRATION ALSO. REPLACED BOTH TIRES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BALL JOINT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DAMAGED THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH A SPECIAL ADJUSTABLE BALL JOINT, WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH THE FRONT END AXLE TO PREVENT THE BALL JOINT FROM DAMAGING THE TIRE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000.

RECENTLY, I DEPARTED FROM HOME IN MY TRUCK TO HEAD OUT ON ERRANDS. I FOUND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER. REALIZING IT FELT LIKE A FLAT FRONT TIRE, I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND FOUND THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT. AT NO TIME DID I RECEIVE ANY WARNING FROM THE FACTORY INSTALLED TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM. LOOKING AT THE TPMS, THE PRESSURE INDICATED 14 PSI, THEN LATER 11 PSI. AT NO TIME DID I RECEIVE AN AUDIBLE OR VISUAL ALARM FROM THE TRUCK. LATER I HAD THE NEARBY DEALERSHIP INVESTIGATE THIS, AND THEY REPORTED THE SYSTEM IS WORKING AS DESIGNED, BUT THEY CAN'T/WON'T SHOW ME IN WRITING WHEN THE ALARMS ARE SUPPOSED TO ACTIVATE. I HAVE AN OPEN CASE WITH RAM CUSTOMER CARE, BUT THE MANAGER CONTINUES TO POINT TOWARDS THE DEALERSHIP'S VERBAL ANSWER. ANOTHER PERSON I KNOW WAS RECENTLY DRIVING TOWING A HEAVY RIG WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER POINTED OUT TO THEM THAT THEY HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE TRUCK. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY WARNING FROM THE TPMS. AS YOU KNOW, THE RISK OF A TIRE OVERHEATING AND BLOWING IS WHAT TPMS IS SUPPOSED TO HELP DRIVERS AVOID. A TPMS THAT IS NOT WARNING DRIVERS AFTER ABOUT 10-20% LOSS OF PRESSURE IS CREATING A RISK FOR OPERATORS AND OTHER VEHICLES AND PASSENGERS.