2015 Ram 1500 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A 'SERVICE DEF SYSTEM ' SEE DEALER' DISPLAY ON THE DASH. I WAS 300+ MILES FROM HOME ON A BUSINESS TRIP, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT TO MY DEALERSHIP QUICKLY. I CALLED A FEW DEALERSHIPS IN THE AREA (CENTRAL MICHIGAN), BUT NONE OF THEM WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT FOR AT LEAST 4-5 DAYS. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 50 MILES OR SO TOWARD HOME, THE DISPLAY CHANGED TO 'SERVICE DEF SYSTEM ' ENGINE WILL NOT RESTART IN 200 MILES). I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE RUNNING AS LONG AS I DID NOT SHUT IT OFF, SO I DROVE IT BACK TO MY HOMETOWN AND DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE 3 BOLTS BETWEEN THE DIESEL PARTICULAR FILTER AND THE SCR HAD SHEARED. WITH EXHAUST COMING OUT OF THAT FLANGE, THE DEF INJECTOR, DEF INJECTOR CONNECTOR, AND THE DEF SUPPLY LINE MELTED. REGRETTABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MELTED RESULTING IN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON OR IF THEY MELTED AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON, BUT I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THEY WERE ALREADY DAMAGED PRIOR TO THE LIGHT COMING ON AND IT WAS THE DAMAGE THAT CAUSE THE LIGHT TO COME ON. THE LOCAL DEALER (LEMAN RAM) TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT THOSE ITEMS MELTED BECAUSE I DROVE THE TRUCK WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I ASKED WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE SINCE I WAS NOWHERE NEAR HOME AND COULD NOT GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER. MY CONTENTION IS THAT THE BOLTS BETWEEN THE PARTICULATE FILTER AND THE SCR SHOULD NOT HAVE SHEARED. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A DEFECT / DESIGN FLAW AND EITHER WAY, THIS IS WHAT LED TO THE DAMAGE TO THE DEF SYSTEM. SO BASICALLY, A DESIGN DEFECT THAT RESULTED IN THE BOLTS SHEARING AND CAUSING DAMAGE ELSEWHERE WAS BLAMED ON ME AND RESULTED IN ME SPENDING $1,168. THE IS A 2015 RAM ECODIESEL WITH 153,039 MILES.

FCA'S APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION SOFTWARE WAS INSTALLED IN MY TRUCK AND NOW IT HAS LOST ITS POWER AND THERE IS A LONG TURBO GAP WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD THE TRUCK WILL HARDLY TAKE OFF FROM A STOP SIGN. I HAVE REGISTERED A COMPLAINT WITH RAM AND THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT ABOUT THE UPDATE AND RAM HAS NOT CONTACTED ME WITH ANY INFORMATION.

AFTER EMISSIONS UPDATE TRUCK HAS LOSS OF POWER WHEN MERGING IN TRAFFIC AND SOMETIMES WHEN PASSING SOMEONE TRUCK FEELS LIKE A SHIFTING HIGH AND LOW RAPIDLY.I TOOK TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY CANT FIND ANY CODES AND WAS TOLD IT HAS TO BE THE NEW SOFTWARE FROM DODGE AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.SO FAR I HAD 2 CLOSE CALLS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON SOMETIMES AND IM USING MORE FUEL.TRUCK WAS RUNNING GREAT BEFORE THE EMISSIONS UPDATE

MOTOR CAUGHT FIRE AND DESTROYED VEHICLE. THIS WAS PARKED AT A HOME.

I RECENTLY HAD THE EMISSIONS REFLASH RECALL FOR MY 2015 RAM 1500 ECODIESEL. I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT DRIVEABILITY, FUEL MILEAGE, OR ENGINE PERFORMANCE. WELL, IT HAS AFFECTED ALL. MY FUEL MILAGE HAS DROPPED( USED TO GET AROUND 22 COMBINED, LUCKY TO GET 20 NOW). THE ENGINE IS LACKING POWER AND VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS ON GRADES WHERE IT DIDNT BEFORE. THE TURBO IS ALSO LOUDER. I ASSUME THIS IS FROM THEM CHOKING DOWN THE VANES ON THE TURBO TO ACCOUNT FOR LESS FUEL BEING DELIVERED TO REACH THEIR EMISSION CLAIMS. MY BIGGEST CONCERN HAS TO DO WITH THE EXTREME LACK OF RESPONSE FROM A DEAD STOP. IT MAKES PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC A SAFETY CONCERN. YOU CAN LITERALLY PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BOARD AND THE TRUCK WILL BARELY MOVE THEN SUDDENLY IT WILL TAKE OFF. IT DOES THIS NO MATTER HOW MUCH THROTTLE IS BEING APPLIED IT HAS A DELAY.THIS VEHICLE IS NO WHERE NEAR WHAT IT WAS WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I FEEL THAT IF THIS REFLASH IS THE BEST SOLUTION TO THEM LYING ABOUT THEIR EMISSIONS TO BEGIN WITH, PERHAPS FIAT, CHRYSLER SHOULD BE BUYING THESE VEHICLES BACK INSTEAD OF MAKING MORE FALSE CLAIMS.

AFTER I HAD THE AEM INSTALLED ON MY DODGE RAM ECODIESEL THE TRUCK WOULD LOOSE POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A COMPLETE STOP. ON THURSDAY JULY 11 2019 I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP SIGN AND THE TRUCK STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! I WAS ALMOST HIT BY THE CROSS TRAFFIC. I CURRENTLY HAVE MY TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE SAME PROBLEM OTHERS ARE HAVING. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AND I AM HOPING THE FCA CAN MAKE DODGE COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE OR LEMON LAW THESE VEHICLES AS THEY ARE DANGEROUS TO THE PERSON DRIVING AND THE OTHERS ON THE ROAD!

THE RAM VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT BURNED FAST I AM NOT AWARE OF THE CAUSE. I MADE A COMPLAINT TO FIAT WHEN THE FD INFORMED ME THIS WAS THE FIFTH ONE HE HAS PUT OUT IN TWO WEEK TIME FRAME. THEY AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAD FIRE INVESTIGATORS COME OUT RULED INCONCLUSIVE. I HAVE SEEN MANY RAM TRUCKS CATCH ON FIRE SINCE THEN. THE TRUCK WAS ON A TWO WAY HWY BACK ROADS IN MOTION WHEN SMOKE WAS NOTICED AND THEN JUST ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

I HAVE HAD A SEVERE VIBRATION FROM THE REAR OF MY TRUCK AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50MPH AND 75MPH WHICH VIBRATES THE FLOOR BOARD AND FRONT SEAT AND THE ALSO THE CENTER CONSOLE. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES REBALANCED. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES REMOVED FROM THE RIMS AND THE RIMS CHECKED. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FULLY INSPECTED WITH NO REPORTED/KNOWN ISSUES BY THE DODGE DEALER IN SHALLOTTE, N.C. (VICTORY DODGE). THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF INCIDENCE(S) REPORTED IN THE 2014 DODGE RAM UNDER NHTSA ID NUBER 10056977 SERVICE BULLETIN NO. 16-001-14. DODGE ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR PROP SHAFT/U-JOINT IN AUGUST OF 2014. WHEN YOU INQUIRE TO DODGE OF THE ISSUE THEY CLAIM THEY NO NOTHING ABOUT ANY ISSUES.

AFTER THE EMISSIONS RECALL FLASH OF THE ECM ON THE ECODIESEL RAM 1500S THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOP CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN PULLING OUT ON TO ROADS. AFTER THE ECM FLASH THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE ALMOST BEEN T-BONED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON TO STREETS. YOU HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK CREEPS ALONG FOR A GOOD 4 OR TO 8 SECONDS THEN IT WILL ACCELERATE.

AT LOW SPEEDS, OR WHEN REVERSING, THE VEHICLES STEERING LOCKS UP, AND CANNOT BE TURNED. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT, OR TO THE RIGHT.

ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKES INSIDE AT 50+MPH AND DOES NOT GO AWAY THE FASTER YOU DRIVE. THE SHAKE STARTED WITH FACTORY TIRES AND SINCE PUTTING NEW TIRES ON THE VEHICLE THE SHAKES CONTINUE, FEELS LIKE A DRIVE LINE VIBRATION OR SOMETHING IN THE REAR END.. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY BLAMED THE NEW TIRES AND WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE FURTHER BUT THE SHAKE WAS THERE PRIOR TO THE NEW TIRES AT THE SAME SPEEDS, I'VE HAD THE NEW TIRES ROAD FORCED BALANCED 3 TIMES AND EACH TIME THE COMPANY SAID MY TIRES ARE OK. LIFTING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE UP MYSELF AND PUTTING INTO DRIVE THE RIGHT REAR LOOKS AS IF THERE IS A WOBBLE FROM THE AXLE SHAFT AND LOTS OF NOISE FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS FOR JULY 2015 ON ABOUT IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT BUT MY BUILD DATE WAS MAY 2015 AND THINK THAT THIS TRUCK IS AFFECTED AS WELL. THIS IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN BECAUSE THOSE AXLES THAT WERE DEFECTIVE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING WHILE DRIVING AND SEEMS UNSAFE WHEN YOUR TRANSPORTING FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE.

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM ENGINE BAY. MOTOR CUT OUT AND THEN BURST INTO FLAMES.

AIR SUSPENSION COMPRESSOR WENT OUT. WE LIVE IN MINNESOTA AND UPON THIS HAPPENING I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IT IS A NON STOP ISSUE. THE DEALER SAID THEY FIX THIS SAME PROBLEM ALL THE TIME BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. IT IS A EXPENSIVE FIX THAT DODGE IS NOT COVERING YET IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE.

THE REAR WINDOW LEAKS WATER INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK WHEN IT RAINS.

AUTO WINDOWS ARBITRARILY WORK OR RATTLES VIOLENTLY. HAD THIS ADDRESSED WITH DEALER FOUR (4) TIMES SINCE BRAND NEW JUNE 2015. STILL EXPERIENCING THIS AND I'M CONCERN THAT WINDOWS WILL FAIL OR BREAK ABRUPTLY WHEN ROLLING UP OR DOWN, IN MOTION AND/OR STATIONARY, WELL AS MY SAFETY WITH WINDOWS FAILING.

UPPER INSTRUMENT PANEL IS STICKY WITH EXCESSIVE FOGGING OF WINDSHIELD. "DASHBOARD" IS STICKY, WON'T CLEAN UP WITH WATER BASED CLEANERS/ CLEANING WIPES. RESIDUE ON INSIDE SURFACE OF WINDSHIELD WON'T CLEAN UP WITHOUT CLEANER. THE RESIDUE IS EXCESSIVE AND CAUSES MODERATE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVING WITH SUN DIRECTLY IN YOUR FACE. NOTED EXCESSIVE BUILDUP OF RESIDUE WITHIN TWO YEARS OF PURCHASE - SAME TIME NOTED THAT BUILD UP OF DUST, BUGS ON THE UPPER INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED.

TAILGATE UNEXPECTEDLY OPENS AND FALLS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECTIVE LATCH INSIDE OF THE TAILGATE, THERE IS A METAL TAB THAT BREAKS OFF. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.

WE BOUGHT THIS PICKUP NEW FROM THE CHRYSLER DEALER IN SAN JOSE ON CAPITAL EXPRESSWAY. THE PROBLEM, WHICH I BELIEVE CAN TURN DEADLY, IS THAT THE FUEL FILLER TUBE ON THE VEHICLE IS DROPPING BELOW THE ENTRY CAP. IT GETS PUSHED FURTHER DOWN EVERYTIME YOU FILL IT UP. SOMETIMES YOU CAN NOT GET THE GAS FILLER HOSE OUT OF THE TANK. IT ONCE TOOK THREE PEOPLE TO GET IT REMOVED. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT TENDS TO LOOSEN THE NECK OF THE FILLER EVERY TIME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS "YEAH, WE KNOW ABOUT THAT BUT THERE IS NO FIX" I WROTE TO FIAT AND THEY BLEW IT OFF. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE, YOU ARE MY LAST RESORT. I HAD A PICTURE BUT ITS TOO HARD TO SEE WHAT GOING ON, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A HELP. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WHILE PUMPING IN GAS. YOU ARE REQUESTING A DATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP.

TAILGATE DROPS MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ON OCCASION WHILE PARKED THE PROBLEM IS IN THE AUTO LOCK . MANY COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THE NET WITH SAME PROBLEM.ON ONE OCCASION WHILE AT GROCERY PARKING LOT THE TAILGATE FELL ON A 65 YR OLD LADY WALKING BY. I WAS TERRIFIED THAT I WAS GOING TO GET SUED.

TAILGATE DROPS MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ON OCCASION WHILE PARKED THE PROBLEM IS IN THE AUTO LOCK . MANY COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THE NET WITH SAME PROBLEM.ON ONE OCCASION BEFORE I UNPLUGGED AUTO LOCK IT FELL WHILE AT GROCERY PARKING LOT JUST MISSING SOMEONE WALKING BY.

THE RAM 2015 PASSENGER SIDE TOW PACKAGE LARGE MIRROR OPTICS ARE POORLY DESIGNED FOR VIEWING TRAFFIC ON THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT LARGE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR IS MAGNIFIED,AND PROVIDES POOR VIEWING COVERAGE OF OTHER VEHICLES. IT CREATES TUNNEL VISION WITH MANY BLIND SPOTS. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ADJUST THE MIRRORS TO SEE TRAFFIC AROUND THE VEHICLE. I HAVE TRIED TO GET THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THE MIRROR BUT THEY JUST GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND, AND REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SAFETY CONCERN. THE STANDARD MIRROR FOR 2015 DODGE RAMS IS PARABOLIC WITH THE WORDS PRINTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR" IS OK . THIS IS SAME AS MY LAST PICKUP A 2005 RAM 1500 AND THE MIRRORS ARE GREAT, BUT MY NEW 2015 RAM PASSENGER SIDE MIRRORS INCLUDED IN THE TOW PACKAGE ARE VERY UNSAFE TO OPERATE. I WOULD THINK PAYING AN EXTRA $410 FOR THE TOW PACKAGE MIRRORS OPTION WOULD IMPROVE THE VIEW, BUT JUST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE THE MIRRORS ARE UNSAFE. ANY DAY I USE MY NEW RAM 2015, GIVEN THE HIGH AND LIMITED VIEW OF FULL A SIZE PICKUP I RISK GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER PERSONNEL HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK AND AGREE IT IS UNSAFE BUT CAN'T GET THE MANUFACTURER TO DO ANYTHING. I HAVE OPENED A CASE NUMBER WITH CHRYSLER, #28409386, ADMINISTRATOR "ANGEL", AND TRIED TO GET THEM TO TAKE ACTION BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. AT THE DEALER RECENTLY I NOTICED 3 TRUCKS IN THE BODY SHOP WITH THE SAME TOW PACKAGE MIRRORS ALL WRECKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY RUNNING INTO VEHICLES. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND A RECALL WHERE CHRYSLER REPLACES THE TOW PACKAGE MIRROR WITH A STANDARD PARABOLIC MIRROR, USED BY ALMOST EVERYONE IN VEHICLES. CHRYSLER DOES NOT HAVE THE MIRROR AVAILABLE, NOR AFTER MARKET PARTS, WITHOUT CHANGING OUT THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF $1,100 - WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.

DIESEL EMISSIONS: DOZENS OF TIMES IN THE 7 MONTHS SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE: WHEN DRIVING AT MEDIUM TO SLOW TRAFFIC SPEEDS OR PARKING LOT SPEEDS (5MPH - 20MPH), OR WHEN SITTING STOPPED, IF THE CLIMATE CONTROL FAN IS ON - IT BLOWS HEAVY DIESEL EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE CABIN. THESE FUMES ARE ONLY COMING IN THROUGH THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM. WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE OPEN WE DO NOT GET FUMES, THERE ARE NO HEAVY FUMES AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WE ONLY GET DIESEL FUMES BEING BLOWN IN VIA CLIMATE CONTROL. IF WE TURN OFF CLIMATE CONTROL, THE FUMES STOP. THEY ARE STRONG ENOUGH AT TIMES TO CAUSE EYES TO TEAR UP. THEY HAVE HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE IN EMPTY REMOTE PARKING LOTS - SO NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND. THEY HAVE HAPPENED WITH HEAT / OR COOL SYSTEM ON. WE DO NOT GET NOTICEABLE FUMES IN THE CABIN WHEN TRAVELING AT FASTER/HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES, HOWEVER THIS COMPLAINT FORM ONLY ALLOWS PICKING ONE DATE.

THE TRIM OF THE CENTER CONSOLE IS MADE OF A MATERIAL THAT REFLECTS LIGHT SO MUCH, THAT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT IT IS REFLECTED INTO THE DRIVERS EYES. I HAVE HAD TO PUT A TOWEL OVER THE TRIM TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. ON BRIGHT DAYS IT IS ACTUALLY BLINDING.

SHAKING AND VIBRATION THROUGHOUT TRUCK BETWEEN 47 AND 70 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOPS A TOTAL OF NINE TIMES SINCE PURCHASE IN 2015. TIRES 'RE P LACED TWICE WITH NO POSITIVE OUTCOME. DEALERSHIP STATES PROBLEM WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLED SR-A TIRES. NEW TIRES INSTALLED AND SAME PROBLEM EXIST. MECHANICAL PROBLEM SUSPECTED WITH VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH DEALERSHIP STATES THERE IS NONE. I HAVE PAID OUTSIDE SHOPS TO CHECK TIRES AND NO ISSUES REPORTED. TWO OTHER OWNERS HAVE STATED THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER BRAND TIRES. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A MECHANICAL ISSUE. SAFETY AND WARRANTY COMPLIANCE NEEDED ON THESE MODEL TRUCKS. PLEASE HAVE RAM CORPORATION PERFORM INTERNAL QUALITY CHECK ON ALL VEHICLES AND REMEDY COMPLAINT.

I HAVE A 2015 RAM LARAMIE. WHEN IT RAINS IT LEAKS WATER AT THE SUN ROOF CONTROL AND AT THE PULL BAR ON THE DRIVER SIDE. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING.