2014 Ram 2500 Complaint Log

2014 RAM 2500 4X4 CUMMINS DIESEL 68RFE AUTO TRANS. SIGNIFICANT LAG IN ACCELERATION WHEN ACTUATING THE PEDAL. 2+- SECONDS OF NO RESPONSE BEFORE TRUCK STARTS ACCELERATING. COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN CITY DRIVING OR MERGING SITUATIONS. *TR

I LOWERED PASSENGER REAR WINDOW. AIR CAME IN I ALL MOST LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK..PASSENGER FRONT SEAT VIBE RATED SO BAD IT CAME LOSE FROM FLOOR.. DODGE GARAGE SAID THIS IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM.. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.. *TR

DRIVING ON IDAHO HIGHWAY 21, SPEED LIMIT IS 45 WITH SLOWER SPEEDS REQUIRED AROUND CORNERS DUE TO THE WINDY ROAD. I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT APPROX MILE POST 26 ABOUT TO ENTER A SHARP RIGHT HAND CORNER AND SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COMPLETELY LOOSE AND ROTATED WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES IN THE TRUCK DIRECTION. ONCE A REALIZED I COULD NOT TURN I QUICKLY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE OPPOSITE SHOULDER. I BASICALLY CROSSED THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE AND STOPPED JUST BEFORE EXITING THE ROADWAY. I WAS VERY LUCKY THIS CORNER HAD A SMALL TURNOUT AS MOST OF THE CORNERS DO NOT. ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPPED I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FREE SPINNING WITH AN OBVIOUS MECHANICAL FAILURE. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE TRUCK SLOWLY OUT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND AGAIN SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE FRONT TIRES WERE A SLIGHT LEFT ANGLE AND WOULD NOT TURN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. ONCE AGAIN, THE STEERING WHEEL IS FREE SPINNING LIKE IT HAS NO MECHANICAL CONNECTION TO THE ACTUAL STEERING LINKAGE. I CONSIDER THIS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND FEEL VERY FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS IN THE ONCOMING LANES AND ALSO THERE WAS A SMALL TURNOUT SO THE TRUCK DID NOT EXIT THE ROADWAY AND DROP THE APPROX 20 FEET INTO THE CREEK BELOW. TRUCK HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALER IN BOISE IDAHO.(LARRY MILLER DODGE) IT IS SUNDAY SO I WILL FIND OUT TOMORROW WHAT WENT WRONG. ..UPDATED 08/11/14 *BF UPDATED 08/25/14 *BF UPDATED 09/2/2014 *JS *TR UPDATED 05/17/2017*JS

THERE IS ABOUT A 1 FULL SECOND DELAY FROM THE MOMENT YOU PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE MOMENT THE TRUCK ACCELERATES. I HAVE READ IT IS JUST SOMETHING YOU GET USED TO AND I HAVE TRIED. I REALIZED HOW DANGEROUS IT REALLY IS WHILE VISITING MY IN-LAWS LAST MONTH. THE STREET LEAVING THEIR COMMUNITY EXITS ON TO A 45 MPH ROAD WHERE THE INTERSECTION IS ON A BLIND CURB AND OVERGROWN. SEVERAL TIMES DURING MY VISIT I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND DURING THE FULL SECOND DELAY, A CAR WOULD COME INTO MY LINE OF SIGHT. I WOULD IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO GO INTO EVASIVE MANEUVERS TO AVOID A COLLISION. WHILE OVERGROWN BLIND INTERSECTIONS AREN'T THE NORM, THEY DO EXIT AND THE DELAY IN ACCELERATION ENDANGERS OCCUPANTS IN MY VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 68 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE DEF WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CHIMES SOUNDED THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DEF INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,775 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,820.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY 100 YARDS. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TRACTOR TRAILER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

BOUGHT A NEW RAM 2500 4X4. AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK I NOTICE THE TRUCK LEANED TO THE RIGHT. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 7 DIFFERENT TIMES. TRUCK IS STILL NOT FIXED AND THE DEALER SAID THE THAT IS NORMAL. THAT IS [XXX]. PAY $50000.00 FOR A TRUCK AND NO ONE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Since purchasing in 2014 I have had my truck in and out of RAM Dealerships for steering issues and braking issues. Repeatedly told that it’s a RAM. A steering linkage recall was received and I took it in to have it done. Problem has been there continuously. The water pump issues continue Brakes are still an issue BUT I have been told at the Dealerships that they are hydraulic and they work differently.

TPMS DOES NOT ALLOW SETTING TIRE PRESSURES TO EITHER THE OEM DOOR STICKER SETTING NOR THE RECOMMENDED TIRE SETTING FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WITHOUT SETTING WARNING LIGHT AND NAG SCREEN ON STARTUP. CONSTANT WARNING LIGHT AND NAG SCREEN CORRECTION WILL LEAD TO DRIVER COMPLACENCY, NEGATING THE PURPOSE OF TPMS ALERTING THE DRIVER TO A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. TPMS REQUIRED OVERINFLATION RESULTS IN POTENTIAL LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO LOSS OF TRACTION. ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR DUE TO TIRE OVERINFLATION INCREASES RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC, BY DESIGN, AND CAN NOT BE CORRECTED AT PRESENT TIME. POTENTIAL FIX IS TO REPROGRAM BCM, ALLOWING DEALERS TO RESET TPMS TO APPROPRIATE SETTING FOR TIRES AND ACTUAL LOAD WITH APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION. *TR

WENT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC AT AN INTERSECTION, STARTED TO GO THEN LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR WHEN I SAW ANOTHER CAR COME FROM BEHIND A VEHICLE AND SPEED AROUND IT. BUT THEN I REALIZED I WAS IN THE WAY OF THE ON COMING TRAFFIC SO I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR DOWN HARD COMPLETE MY LEFT TURN AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. WHEN I DID THIS THE TRUCK DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE FOR A COUPLE SECONDS, THEN IT WENT. IT SEEMED TO HAVE A DELAYED LAG TO THE ACCELERATION. I MADE MY TURN WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT, BUT THE CAR TRAVELING THE OTHER DIRECTION DID HAVE TO SLOW WAY DOWN AND HONK THEIR HORN. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND NOW I KNOW FIRST HAND HOW BAD IT IS. I DO FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH SAFETY IF A VEHICLE CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ON COMING TRAFFIC IF THE ACCELERATOR GOES "DEAD" FOR A FEW SECONDS. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2014 DODGE RAM 2500 (DIESEL) IN JUNE 2014. AFTER A SHORT TIME OF HAVING MY VEHICLE, I NOTICED IT LEANED TO THE LEFT SIDE. I MEASURED THE WHEELBASE OF MY VEHICLE AND FOUND THE RIGHT SIDE WAS ONE INCH HIGHER THAN THE LEFT SIDE. WHEN LOOKING AT MY VEHICLE ON LEVEL GROUND, IT APPEARS THERE IS A FLAT TIRE WHEN IF FACT THERE IS NOT. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE TO ENSURE IT WAS EVEN ON ALL TIRES AND IT WAS. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO DCH JEEP DODGE CHRYSLER OF TEMECULA WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE VEHICLE DOES IN FACT LEAN, BUT IT ONLY LEANS 3/4 OF AN INCH ON THE LEFT SIDE AND IT FELL WITHIN THEIR GUIDELINES OF A MAX LEAN OF 3/4. I TOLD THEM IT WAS NOT 3/4 OF AN INCH AND WAS ONE INCH. FRUSTRATED WITH THIS DEALERSHIP, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THEY CONFIRMED MY VEHICLE LEANS ON THE LEFT SIDE ONE INCH. DODGE WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR ME OR EXPLAIN TO ME THE REASON MY VEHICLE LEANS. MY VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR SAFE TO DRIVE NOR DO I FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE IT LEANS SO MUCH AND IT SEEMS AS IF MY VEHICLE WILL CRASH. *TR

DEAD PEDAL AFTER LIFTING OFF THROTTLE COMPLETELY AND THEN REAPPLYING THROTTLE. HAVE TO WAIT 2-3 SECONDS BEFORE TRUCK DOES ANYTHING AND ITS NOT TURBO LAG. I'VE TRIED ROLLING OFF THE THROTTLE AND ALSO LIFTING OFF THROTTLE QUICKLY AND IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, THERE IS NO RESPONSE AT ALL FROM THE TRUCK FOR AN UNSAFE AMOUNT OF TIME. GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS IT CAN BE SCARY AT TIMES. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING THEN LETTING OFF ACCELERATOR FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THEN TRYING TO RE-ACCELERATE THERE IS NO RESPONSE / DEAD PEDAL DELAY FOR 2 SECONDS THEN THE TRUCK WILL ACCELERATE. VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND CAN DUPLICATE ALL THE TIME. NO SOLUTION AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS REGARDING THE 6.7L CUMMINS ENGINE. THROTTLE LAG FROM A DEAD STOP SUCH AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR CROSSING A ROAD IS DANGEROUS. THIS LAG COULD VERY WELL CAUSE ME TO GET REAR ENDED OR BROAD SIDED. THERE IS ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT LAG AFTER THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN RELEASED AND THEN PRESSED ONCE AGAIN. AN EXAMPLE IS WHEN SLOWING DOWN WHEN APPROACHING A SLOWER CAR AND THEN CHANGING LANES AND PRESSING AND ACCELERATING TO GO AROUND THE VEHICLE. *JS

A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE PROBLEMS BEGAN, THE STEERING STARTED RATTLING EVERY TIME I TURNED LEFT AND ON A FEW OCCASIONS IT GOT EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER THE TRUCK, THEY REBUILT THE FRONT AXLE ONCE THEN FINALLY REPLACED THE WHOLE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY AND WIRING. THE TRUCK SHAKES BAD AT 65+ WITH THE FACTORY FIRESTONE TIRES I REPLACED THEM. THE A/C VENT CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING THE MOTORS AND HEATER CORE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE ACCELERATOR/THROTTLE IS EXTREMELY DELAYED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS AND WHEN YOU LET OFF THE THROTTLE THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY BANGS INTO GEAR. THE SERVICE DEF LIGHT CAME ON YESTERDAY 12/2/14 WITH 3/4 FULL TANK. I JUST REACHED 8500 MILES AND THESE TRUCKS ARE DANGEROUS I HOPE CHRYSLER FIXES THESE NIGHTMARE PROBLEMS. *JS

MY 2014 RAM 2500 SHAKES BETWEEN 64MPH AND 76MPH VIOLENTLY. RAM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT CALLS IT A CHARACTERISTIC OF A HD TRUCK. I AM IN THE TIRE BUSINESS AND HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING TO RECTIFY IT. I KNOW AT LEAST THREE CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGERS WHO ARE BEING TOLD TO ACT LIKE ITS NORMAL. I AM FED UP WITH CAR MANUFACTURERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE. PROOF IS BELOW... HTTP://WWW.CUMMINSFORUM.COM/FORUM/2013-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/1396841-HIGHWAY-VIBRATION-IF-YOU-HAVE-POST-YOUR-YEAR-TRUCK-HERE-71.HTML#POST20691585

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATIONS. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

THIS VEHICLE HAS THE WORST ACCELERATION AND TAKE OFF I HAVE EVER NOTICED. IF I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF SOMETHING, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TOO. IF NOT FIXED THIS WILL DEFIANTLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I CAN'T EVEN PULL OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND GET UP TO THE SAME SPEED AS OTHER TRAFFIC. WHEN I GOT IN MY WRECK IN JUNE I WAS TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE WHO WAS DRIVING SLOW AND I COULD NOT GET AROUND THEM QUICK ENOUGH AND THEY CUT ME OFF CAUSING OUR VEHICLE TO COLLIDE. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR DRIVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS, RELEASING AND THEN RE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR, THERE IS A FEW SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE ENGINE WILL RESPOND. ITS NOT USUALLY A BIG DEAL BUT IF THERE COMES A TIME WHEN QUICK THINKING AND A HEAVY FOOT CAN GET YOU OUT OF A BIND, IT WONT HAPPEN. THE "DEAD PEDAL" DELAY IS UGLY AND HAS POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS.

I HAVE A 2014 RAM 2500. WHEN AT A STOP WITH THE DEFROST ON AND THE VEHICLE IS REGENING I GET THE DIESEL EXHAUST SMELL. I UNDERSTAND WHILE DEFROST IS ON, IT IS PULLING IN FRESH AIR. I TOOK IT TO DODGE AND THEY CAN NOT FORCE REGEN THE TRUCK. SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP, AFTER PUTTING OVER 300 MILES ON THE TRUCK. WHILE MAKING CIRCLES AROUND THE DEALER TO TRY AND GET IT TO ACT UP. THE OTHER SHOP DID A DESOOT. INSTANTLY YOU GET THE SMELL IN THE TRUCK. THEY KEPT THE TRUCK OVER NIGHT AND SMOKED THE FULL EXHAUST SYSTEM. FOUND A MINOR LEAK AT THE TAIL PIPE CLAMP. THEY WHERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY OTHER LEAKS. TOOK IT BACK TO DODGE AND THEY DID A DESOOT ALSO AND NOTICED THE SMELL. THE SMELL WAS NOT AS STRONG AS IT HAS BEEN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. A DESOOT IS NOT A FULL REGEN CYCLE. SO I WOULD IMAGINE THE SMELL WILL NOT BE AS STRONG. DODGE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY LEAKS BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THE SMELL. DODGE WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE EGR AND CHRYSLER CARE CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM NO. THAT THE SMELL IS NORMAL AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. CHRYSLER CARE THEN TOLD THEM IF CUSTOMER SMELLS THE FUMES JUST TURN OFF THE DEFROSTER. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY CHEVY'S AND FORDS FOR WORK PURPOSES AND NEVER HAVE I SMELLED EXHAUST DURING REGEN. THE ENGINEER THAT STOPPED ALL WORK ON MY TRUCK ALSO STATED IT IS JUST PHYSICS. WHEN IN REGEN MODE AND YOU COME TO A STOP THERE IS NO PRESSURE FORCING THE ADDITIONAL BACK PRESSURE OUT. SO I MANAGED TO SAVE UP AND PURCHASE MY FIRST NEW $65,000 TRUCK JUST TO POISON MY FAMILY WITH EXHAUST FUMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE THAT ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRES AND INSULATION THAT WAS UNDER THE VEHICLE HAD CAUSED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS THE FIRE CHIEF THAT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE OF THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,700. ..UPDATED 08/11/14 *BF UPDATED 08/19/2014 *JS

THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WILL NOT GO OFF AND KEEPS BLINKING "LOW TIRE PRESSURE. I HAVE MADE SEVEN ATTEMPTS TO GET THIS RESOLVED. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM LAST NIGHT THAT THERE IS NO MORE HE CAN DO. THEY OVER INFLATED THE TIRES TO 80 PSI TO MAKE THE SENSOR GO OFF BUT THE TIRES ARE ONLY RATED FOR 65PSI MAX. THIS OVER INFLATION HAD VOIDED THE TIRE WARRANTY FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN A TIRE BLOW OUT AND ACCIDENT WHICH COULD CAUSE DEATH TO ME, MY FAMILY OR PASSENGERS. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED BEFORE ANYONE GETS HUT OR KILLED. *TR

EITHER GOING FROM A DEAD STOP OR WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND APPLYING THE PEDAL TO INCREASE SPEED, THE ENGINE "STALLS" FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RE-GAINS IT NORMAL SPEED. PULLING MY TRAVEL TRAILER AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE, THE ENGINE STALLED CAUSING ME TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND FALL BACK IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS. ENGINE STALLS WHEN NOT TOWING AND WHEN TOWING. MANY CLOSE CALLS FROM BEING HIT DUE TO TRUCK SLOWING DOWN. I VIEW THIS AS OTHERS DO ~ DEAD PEDAL. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT THE DEALER FAILS TO UNDERSTAND OR DOESN'T BELIEVE YOU. A FEW MORE TRIPS TO THE DEALER WITH THIS PROBLEM AND I AM GOING TO GO WITH THE "LEMON LAW." *TR

A DEAD THROTTLE PEDAL OCCURS AT TWO DIFFERENT INSTANCES. ONE, WHEN FROM A DEAD STOP PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL PRESS BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO OR CHANGE RPM FOR A SECOND, THEN THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE. TWO, WHEN TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE, OCCASIONALLY THE VEHICLE WILL EXHIBIT THE SAME DEAD PEDAL RESPONSE FOR A MOMENT THEN ACCELERATE. THIS IS MOST DEFINITELY UNSAFE FOR MY FAMILY. MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS HAVE TOLD ME THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME. IT IS A CONCERN THAT MUST BE FIXED. *TR

WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER, THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE LAG BEFORE THE TURBO SPOOLS. *TR

WHEN STARTING TO LEAVE A STOP SIGN AFTER ACCELERATING SOMEWHAT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF ACCELERATOR. WHEN I STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR AGAIN THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL LAG (3 OR MORE SECONDS) UNTIL THE ACCELERATOR BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. WHEN I REPORTED SAME TO LOCAL DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS HOW IS WAS DESIGNED TO WORK. PROBLEM AS I SEE IT: I AM PULLING OUT INTO FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC AND MY FOOT SLIPS OFF PEDAL, NOW I AM ALREADY ENGAGED IN PULLING OUT BUT MY ACCELERATOR NO LONGER WORKS, THIS CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND WHATEVER VEHICLE I AM IN FRONT OF. SOLUTION IS TO DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY OR TOTALLY ELIMINATE THIS LAG.TRAFFIC. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A COMPLAINT THEY HAVE HEARD BEFORE BUT SO FAR THERE WAS NO SOLUTION. I AM DRIVING A 2500 SERIES PICKUP THAT WEIGHS OVER 7000 LBS. SO I CAN BE A SERIOUS THREAT TO SOMEONE THAT RUNS UP ON ME DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. *TR

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM & FIRESTONE TRANSFORCE HT 275/70R18 TIRES I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND TIRES. MY TESTING IS FINDING A TIRE PRESSURE VARIANCE OF UP TO 15 PSI BETWEEN HOT AND COLD PRESSURES. ORIGINALLY MY TRUCK WOULD GIVE ME A TPM WARNING MESSAGE WITH 3 PSI VARIANCE. NOW IT HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED BY CHRYSLER SO IT REQUIRES A 15 PSI VARIANCE. THIS CONCERNS ME AS SUCH A PRESSURE VARIANCE PLACES MY REAR TIRES AT 94 PSI. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THESE TIRES WILL BREAK DOWN AND WE WILL SEE A REPEAT OF THE 1980'S FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN A VOLUNTARY MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE RF MODULE TWICE AND REPROGRAMMED THE SENSOR FIVE TIMES. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 273. UPDATED 9/11/14*CN THE CONSUMER THE TIRES CONTINUE TO HAVE DRAMATIC PRESSURE CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF 70 MILES. UPDATED 2/3/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

WHILE TRAVELING IN A CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA, I WANTED TO CHANGE LANES AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS LEAVING ME STRANDED IN BETWEEN LANES AND I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND! *JS THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.

TPMS DOES NOT ALLOW SETTING TIRE PRESSURES TO EITHER THE OEM DOOR STICKER SETTING NOR THE RECOMMENDED TIRE SETTING FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WITHOUT SETTING WARNING LIGHT AND NAG SCREEN ON STARTUP. CONSTANT WARNING LIGHT AND NAG SCREEN CORRECTION WILL LEAD TO DRIVER COMPLACENCY, NEGATING THE PURPOSE OF TPMS ALERTING THE DRIVER TO A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. TPMS REQUIRED OVERINFLATION RESULTS IN POTENTIAL LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO LOSS OF TRACTION. ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR DUE TO TIRE OVERINFLATION INCREASES RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC, BY DESIGN, AND CAN NOT BE CORRECTED AT PRESENT TIME. POTENTIAL FIX IS TO REPROGRAM BCM, ALLOWING DEALERS TO RESET TPMS TO APPROPRIATE SETTING FOR TIRES AND ACTUAL LOAD WITH APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION. THE REAR TIRES HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 80 PSI, A CONDITION OF OVER INFLATION WITHOUT A MAXIMUM CARGO LOAD. THIS MAKES FOR POOR CONTROL ON WET OR ICY ROADS AND LEADS TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. *TR

THE PROBLEM IS A DRIVABILITY PROBLEM. THERE IS A LONG HESITATION IN ACCELERATION WHEN YOU LIFT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN REAPPLY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO BUT WAIT FOR TRUCK TO RESPOND. IF YOU LIFT AND REAPPLY AGAIN THE SAME SITUATION CAN OCCUR AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN A BAD SITUATION WITH OTHER VEHICLES BECAUSE THE TRUCK WONT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR INPUT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS!

MY 2014 RAM 2500 6.7 DIESEL TRUCK HAS A PROBLEM WITH A THROTTLE HESITATION IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS (DEAD PEDAL) THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU GIVE IT SOME THROTTLE AND THEN YOU LET OFF SLIGHTLY AND REAPPLY THE THROTTLE AGAIN THE TRUCK WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE INPUT FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS! THIS SITUATION CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND HAS PUT ME IN A BAD SITUATION SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT! THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM PROMASTER 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING, THE BRAKES EMITTED AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94.

TIRE OVER INFLATION. PER MANUFACTURER SPECS THE REQUIRE YOU TO RUM 80 PSI IN REAR TIRE ALL OF THE TIME, EVEN WHEN NOT LOADED, OR TPMS COMES ON. THIS HAS LEAD TO WEARING THROUGH TIRES IN LESS THAN 20K OF DRIVING. RAM HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS ONE. ALL TIRE MANUFACTURER CHARTS SAY BY THE UNLOADED WEIGHT OF THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TIRES SHOULD BE AT 45 TO 55 PSI FOR PROPER TIRE WARE.

STOP LAMPS, HEAD LAMPS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, DOOR LOCKS. REPEATEDLY GOING OUT. DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOW NO LONGER WORKING. RECALL P32 AND N59 ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, HOWEVER CHRYSLER STATES OUR MANUFACTURING MONTH IS NOT WITHIN THEIR RECALL DATES. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY PULLED UP THESE RECALLS WITH OUR VIN FROM SHOPKEYPRO. ALL DATES AND MILEAGE ARE APPROXIMATE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY. *TR

WENT TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR STUCK AND REACHED SPEEDS 110 MPH, HIT THE BRAKES THINKING I HIT CRUISE CONTROL, RELEASED BRAKE ONLY TO SEE THAT IT DID NOT SLOW DOWN, HIT THE BRAKES AGAIN AND PUT IN NEUTRAL TWICE, DID NOT WANT TO TURN OFF KEY AT THAT TIME BEING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY I-25. THE SECOND TIME IN NEUTRAL IT SHUT ITSELF DOWN BECAUSE RPMS WERE SO HIGH, FINALLY THE PEDAL CAME UP ON ITS OWN. IT WAS FLASHING AT THE TIME THROTTLE SENSOR AND THE RED LIGHTING BOLT. I BROUGHT IT IN AND CODES CAME UP, I WAS TOLD THE CODE CAME UP FOR BRAKES AS THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO ME DRIVING WITH TWO FEET, [XXX]. THEY RELEASED THE VEHICLE TO ME SAYING IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. SO NOW I HAVE TO DRIVE A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WORRYING IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND WHERE IT MIGHT HAPPEN, ON ONE OF THE COLORADO PASSES, OR IN TRAFFIC. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN I START FROM A DEAD STOP OR WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC AND HAVE TO LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE ENGINE WILL STALL ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT THE TRUCK STOPS. IT HAS STALLED TO THE POINT THAT ON COMING TRAFFIC HAS HAD TO STOP OR HIT ME. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT IT SEVERAL DAYS. AND THEY SAID THE ENGINEERS AT CHRYSLER SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. BUT THE SERVICE TECH RODE AROUND TOWN WITH ME WANTING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT DONE IT EVERY TIME, HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THAT. AND THAT THE STALL WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND HE COULDN'T SEE WHY THE ENGINEERS AT CHRYSLER WOULDN'T TRY TO AT LEAST COME DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK FOR THEMSELVES. HE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD GET SOMEONE HURT OR EVEN KILLED. I WENT AS FAR AS TO TALK TO A CUMMINGS SPECIALIST WITH CUMMINGS AND HE TOLD ME THE COMPUTER IN THE TRUCK WAS BAD, AND IF THEY WOULD REPLACE IT, THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM. THEY RELAYED THE INFO TO THEIR ENGINEERS AND THEY SAID IF I WANTED TO BUY A NEW COMPUTER FOR MY TRUCK THEY WOULD SALE ME ONE. BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON TO REPLACE IT AND THAT THE STALL WAS A BOGUS CLAIM AND IF I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY MY TRUCK ACTED , THEN I NEEDED TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. REALLY PISSED ME OFF. SO I DID GO AND PICK ANOTHER TRUCK BECAUSE OF THIS. AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PRICE, THE DEALERSHIP WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME $3000 FOR A NEW COMPUTER. THEY SAID IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO A TRUCK WITH LESS THAN 10K ON IT AND A FULL WARRANTY MEANS NOTHING TO THEM. SO I STILL HAVE THE TRUCK AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME STALL AND IT HAS ALMOST CAUSE ME TO GET HIT AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES A WEEK. IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT I ANTICIPATE IT AND CAN KEEP OUT OF TRAFFIC. MOST OF THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE RAM 2500 CARGO VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR HEATED/DEFROSTER FUNCTION WERE NOT FUNCTIONING DURING ICY AND SNOWY WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH NO SIDE OR REAR WINDOWS, WHICH THE CONTACT ONLY HAD THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS TO DEPEND ON WHEN SWITCHING LANES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,900.

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, I SHIFTED IN MY SEAT AND MY KNEE HIT THE KEY FOB AND THE CAR'S IGNITION TURNED OFF. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND RE-START THE VEHICLE. *TR