2015 RAM PROMASTER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM PROMASTER CITY. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LEAKED POWER STEERING FLUID ONTO THE GROUND. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BATTERY ACID WAS LEAKING ONTO THE TRANSMISSION COVER, WHICH CAUSED ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

PARKING BRAKE INITIALLY WOULD NOT RELEASE AND STAY LOCKED ON. BRAKE SHOES WORE DOWN TO THE POINT THAT NOTHING WAS LEFT ON THE BRAKE PADS TO HOLD THE VEHICLE IN PLACE TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING DOWN A HILL. THE VAN TRANSMISSION IS AN AUTOMATED MANUAL WITH NO CLUTCH, SO THERE IS NO WAY TO LEAVE THE VAN IN GEAR WHEN STOPPED AND USE THE TRANSMISSION TO KEEP THE WHEELS FROM ROLLING. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER. THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WERE UNSURE OF WHY THIS ISSUE WAS HAPPENING. THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO ADD ALL NEW PARKING BRAKE PARTS COSTING ME A TOTAL OF $1400 TO REPLACE.

AFTER FIRST PURCHASING WE NOTICED IT TENDS TO SURGE FORWARD OR STALL OUT FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHEN PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE A SLEDGE HAMMER HIT THE ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN TO AND CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER IN DUNN NC AND TOLD THEM THE ISSUES AND ASKED IF THE SEVERAL RECALL NOTICES I HAVE GOTTEN COVER THE ISSUES WE'VE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. I WAS TOLD WE DON'T HAVE THE PARTS YOU NEED, DON'T WORRY YOU WILL GET A LETTER TO BRING IT IN WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. WE GOT THE FIRST NOTICE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND HAVE 4 NOTICES NOW. ON ONE OCCASION I ALMOST HIT A BUILDING WHEN THE ENGINE LAGGED AND THEN SURGED UNEXPECTEDLY. SEEMS NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS ISSUE OR THEY HAVE JUST BEEN PUTTING THIS OFF TRYING TO WAIT TIL WARRANTY IS OVER.

FOUR TIMES IN ONE DAY THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS AND ALARMS WERE ACTIVATED. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER. IN ONE INSTANCE, THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ENCOUNTERING VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING A HIGHWAY RAMP. THE IMMEDIATE SLOWING ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION AS VEHICLES ACCELERATING OFF THE ENTRY RAMP AND MERGING INTO MY LANE SUDDENLY HAD TO SLOW OR TAKE ACTION TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME. THIS OCCURRED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ADVISED IT WAS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. I HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT IT ADVISED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. IT ADVISED I WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. THE RECALL DID NOT ADVISE I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I DID DELIVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP ADVISING I WOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. I WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE PART HAD BEEN ORDERED. THEY ADVISED THEY THOUGHT THE PART WAS AVAILABLE BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM IT. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE VEHICLE FOR OVER TWO DAYS AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL TWO TIMES. THE OTHER TWO TIMES IT SEEMED TO LOCK INTO HIGH GEAR AND ONCE YOU HAD TO SLOW OR STOP IT COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I MANAGED TO GET OFF HIGHWAY TWICE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE OTHER TWO TIMES I HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. IT WOULD WORK PROPERLY FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER RESTARTING BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM PROMASTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKES. THE CONTACT ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND GLOW PLUGS FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE AGGRESSIVELY LUNGED FORWARD AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE SOUND WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SIX OCCASIONS HOWEVER, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM PROMASTER CITY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V202000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN); 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON SPORADICALLY DURING A 2,000 MILE TRIP OVER A 2 WEEK PERIOD. CAUSED VEHICLE AUTOMATIC SHIFTING TO JUMP FROM GEAR TO GEAR AND SPEED AND ENGINE RPM TO NOT RESPOND TO FOOT PEDAL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER FLUSHED FUEL SYSTEM STATING PROBLEM WAS BIODIESEL IN TANK. OWNERS MANUAL SAYS BIODIESEL CAN BE USED.

THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKING CONTROL MODULE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW A PROPER SIGNAL TO A TRAILER FROM THE VAN. THE DEFECT PREVENTS BOTH BRAKE AND TURN SIGNALING IN ANY MANNER FROM THE TRAILER AT ANY SPEED OR AT A STAND STILL. THIS DEFECT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR 2 YEARS, NO NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME BY THE MANUFACTURER. I FOUND THE ISSUE BECAUSE I BOUGHT A NEW TRAVEL TRAILER. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT THE ISSUE THEY STATED THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS A RESTRICTION ON ORDERING THE PART TO FIX THE ISSUE. APPARENTLY ONLY ONE CUSTOMER CAN BE SERVICED AT A TIME. THEY STATED THAT EACH PERSON TAKES AROUND 2 WEEKS TO SERVICE. I AM APPARENTLY 6TH IN LINE FOR THE PART. THIS MEANS I HAVE A 2 1/2 MONTH WAIT TIME BEFORE I CAN TOW A TRAILER. THE LENGTHY FIX WAIT TIME LEAVES ONE TO BELIEVE THAT UNSCRUPULOUS OWNERS ARE TOWING WITHOUT SIGNALING EQUIPMENT AND THUS ENDANGERING LIVES. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER IS IN NO HURRY TO SOLVE THE ISSUE WHICH IT HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR WHAT I AM GUESSING IS A 2 YEAR PERIOD. THE CHRYSLER GROUP IS WILLFULLY COVERING UP DANGEROUS DEFECTS. WHEN DISCOVERED, PRESUMABLY AFTER ONE HAS TOWED A TRAILER SOME DISTANCE, THEY AGAIN CONTINUE TO DENY THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE BY SLOWLY REPAIRING VEHICLES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE DEFECT. SEE FOR YOURSELF, CALL A DEALER AND ASK THEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT IS RECALL S29 FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD. APPARENTLY THE "S" STANDS FOR SECRET.. ASK THE FIRM EXECUTIVES WHY ONE HAS A VEHICLE WITH THIS ISSUE FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE THEY MUST FIND OUT ON THEIR OWN THEY COULD KILL SOMEONE BY TOWING A TRAILER. WITH NO OPERATIONAL BRAKE OR TURN SIGNALS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM PROMASTER CITY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE POLICE THAT IT INDEPENDENTLY ROLLED FORWARD WHILE SHIFTED IN PARK. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A POLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A CHRYSLER TECHNICIAN WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A MALFUNCTION. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V202000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN) AND 16E039000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THERE WAS NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,000.

THIS IS NEW MODEL FOR DODGE IN 2015 AND COMES EQUIPPED WITH THE ZF 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION. AT THE LOWER END, THE VAN LACKS ACCELERATION FOR PASSING OR NEEDED ACCELERATION ESPECIALLY AFTER DECELERATION. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ZF TRANSMISSION IN THE CHEROKEE, THE DESCRIPTIONS NOTED ARE EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY VAN. THIS IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING WHEN ON A FREEWAY AND ONCE I SLOW DOWN AND THEN HAVE TO SPEED UP FAST, THERE IS A DELAY OR LULL IN THE ACCELERATION.