2014 RAM 3500 Complaints

TRUCK WEARS RIGHT FRONT , OUTSIDE TREAD OFF OF TIRE. [ THE FIRST 2 INCHES ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE TREAD OFF IN LESS THAN 5000 MILES]

SMELLED BURNING WIRE(S) WHILE EXITING INTERSTATE. AT BOTTOM OF RAMP ENGINE QUIT. HAD LIGHTS ETC AND ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALER - SCAN INDICATED LIFT PUMP BAD. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. REPLACEMENT PUMP FAILED SHORTLY AFTER INSTALL WHILE TESTING. TECH FOUND BURN AND SHORTED WIRES IN HARNESS BEHIND LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. TECH SPLICED DAMAGED WIRES AND TEST WITH ANOTHER PUMP. HOWEVER ON FURTHER TESTING FOUND THE SHORTS DAMAGED THE BCM(BODY CONTROL MODULE) WHICH RELATED IN FUEL GUAGE NOT WORKING. REPLACED BCM. WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIR TO WIRE HARNESS OR BCM. ALL SEEMED TO BE WORKING WHILE TRAVELING BACK HOME HOWEVER THE BACKUP GUIDE LINES FOR BACKUP CAMERA DO NOT APPEAR NOW. NOT SURE IF IT IS HARNESS OR BCM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK, IT DID NOT SHUT OFF AND "VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MARTIN CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP & RAM (262-878-1226, LOCATED AT 1422 MAIN ST, UNION GROVE, WI 53182), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000.

I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE STEERING BRACKET WELD FAILURES AS PER THE RECALLS. I WAS RECENTLY AT THE METROPLEX DODGE ON DENTON DR. BY LOVE FILED AIRPORT IN DALLAS AND ON MY WAY HOME I HEARD A RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL I NOTICED THE WHEEL WELL COVER WAS LOOSE AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NOTICED THE WELDS ON THE SPRING PERCH BRACKET WHICH IS WELDED ON THE FRAM RAILS HAD BROKEN OFF AND AND PUSHED THE PLASTIC WHEEL COVER OFF. THE SPRING PERCH BENT UPWARD AND THE SPRING IS ABOUT TO COME OFF. HAD THE SPRING PERCH BRACKET BROKEN OFF FROM THE REMAINING WELD WOULDN OF CAUSED A ROLL OVER. ONE OF THE RECALLS MENTIONED SOME STEERING COMPONENTS MAY HAVE WELDS WITH INSUFFICIENT FUSION WHICH CAUSES THE WELDS TO BREAK RIGHT OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MY TRUCK. I WAS VERY LUCKY I NOTICED THE WELD BREAK AND STOPPED USING THE TRUCK. THIS ADDITIONAL FAILURE HAS TO MENTIONED ON ANY FUTURE RECALLS TO PREVENT FUTURE ACCIDENTS.

SCR SYSTEM HAS FAILED TWICE WITH ONLY 75700 MILES ON. NEEDING FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE SCR SYSTEM. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE CONSTANT EXHAUST REGENERATION AND ENGINE FAULT CODES ON OBD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO FUNCTION WHEN HAULING A TRAILER, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWITCH INTO LIMP MODE. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE SOLENOID PACK AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM ANY POWER TRAIN RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE TRUCK HAS 74,000 MILES AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING HUB OR UNIT BEARING FAILED. LUCKILY, WE NOTICED IT MADE AN ODD NOISE AFTER EXITING OFF THE INTERSTATE. IF IT HAD FAILED WHILE WE WERE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO WAY TO GREASE THIS PART AND NO WARNING OF WHEN THIS FAILURE COULD OCCUR. LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING ALSO OCCURS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARING FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BOERNE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (30300 I-10, BOERNE, TX 78006, (830) 443-9153 AND (830) 443-9432) WHO REPLACED THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL BEARING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,198.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN), 17V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), AND 17V541000 (STEERING). THE DEALER (TEXAS DODGE, 7800 I-40 FRONTAGE RD, AMARILLO, TX 79106, 806-353-6343) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED AND WILL NOT TURN OFF, KILLS VEHICLE BATTERY. WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION WITH FUSE REMOVED TO PREVENT BATTERY FROM DRAINING, AND WINDSHIELD FROM BEING DAMAGED, CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE VEHICLE IN RAIN. TRUCK IS NOW NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, CANNOT OBTAIN INSPECTION STICKER, AND RAM CANNOT PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT PART TO FIX THE VEHICLE. PART HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR 3 MONTHS AND WILL NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL. I AM BEING FORCED BY RAM TO DRIVE A VEHICLE, WITH MY FAMILY, THAT IS NOT SAFE, AND ILLEGALLY BECAUSE I CANNOT OBTAIN AN INSPECTION STICKER AND MY REGISTRATION WILL BE REVOKED SOON. TRUCK WAS NEVER REPAIRED AND DEALER (ARTIOLI DODGE/RAM) CLOSED REPAIR ORDER WITHOUT COMPLETING THE REPAIR.