2016 Ram 2500 Power Train

DRIVING 73 MPH AND LOUD 'EXPLOSION' AND VIOLENT SHAKE CAME FROM CENTER OF TRUCK. CLOSE TO LITHIA DODGE IN BRYAN TX. PULLED IN TO SEE TRANSMISSION FLUID POURING FROM TRANSMISSION. TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR TWO WEEKS. SERVICE ADVISOR INDICATED THAT U JOINT FAILED AND CRACKED THE TRANSMISSION. REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AND DRIVE SHAFT. DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHRYSTLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. VERY CONCERNED THAT TRUCK COULD HAVE BE SENT VIOLENTLY ACROSS THE ROAD.

DEAD PEDAL , IF I START ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND NOTICE I CANNOT MAKE IT, LET OFF THE GAS AND REAPPLY, THERE IS A LONG DELAY FOR ACCELERATION. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT A NUMBER OF TIMES AND NOW WORRIED TO CUT INTO TRAFFIC. EXCESSIVE LAG TIME WHEN AC IS ON. TAKES LONGER TO GET POWER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. WHILE PARKED AT HOME, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ROLLED AWAY WHILE ENGAGED IN PARK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. C.H. URNESS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (505 CHERRY HEIGHTS RD, THE DALLES, OR 97058) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY DUE TO THE PART FOR THE 2016 RAMS NOT BEING MANUFACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I HAD DRIVE MY 2016 RAM 2500 MEGA CAB CUMMINS DIESEL 4X4 TO A PLACE ON A SLIGHT DECLINE. I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK (COLUMN SHIFT) AND LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNING. I HAD NOT APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS I NOTICED THE TRUCK BEGINNING TO ROLL DOWNHILL. I LOOKED AT THE GEAR INDICATOR AND NOTICED IT WAS IN PARK. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK STOPPED. I RELEASED THE BRAKE AND IT BEGAN ROLLING FORWARD AGAIN. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AGAIN AND THE TRUCK STOPPED. I GRABBED THE GEAR SELECTOR AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND THEN MOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR THROUGH REVERSE, NEUTRAL AND DRIVE AND COULD FEEL THE VEHICLE TORQUE WITH EACH GEAR CHANGE. I PLACED THE SELECTOR BACK IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED SLIGHTLY AND THEN STOPPED AS IT NORMALLY DOES. MY VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO SAID THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM, INCLUDING THE TEST FOR THE BRAKE INTERLOCK THAT WAS RECALLED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM, PERHAPS WITH THE PARKING PAWL NOT ENGAGING ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS.

FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE 4WD SHIFT IN PROGRESS MESSAGE COMING ON AT RANDOM TIMES. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AT, VICTORY RAM OF KANSAS CITY AND THEY "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM".

I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME AFTER PICKING UP MY SON, DRIVING ABOUT 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND THE SPEED DROPPED RAPIDLY GOT 10 MPH PUSHING ME AND MY SON FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY... WE WERE FORTUNATE THE TRAFFIC BEHIND WAS FAR FROM US.. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE ROAD MY TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MPH. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER AN INSPECTION THEY TOLD ME THE CLUTCH WENT OUT. CONSIDERING THIS IS A 2016 RAM 2500 TURBO DIESEL WITH ONLY 24,000 MILES ON IT WITH NO SINGS OF CLUTCH GOING BAD I THINK THIS MAY BEE A DEFECTIVE PART THAT CAUSED THIS INCIDEN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 2500. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO INCREASE IN SPEED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (WHITES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP AND RAM 1325 N. MAIN STREET, URBANA, OH 43078) WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,248.

UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE BRIEFLY LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN RE-APPLYING ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATION INPUT FOR 1-2 SECONDS. THIS IS BEING DESCRIBED BY OWNERS IN ONLINE FORUMS AS "DEAD PEDAL". THE RESULT OF A LACK OF INTENDED ACCELERATION IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN MERGING WITH TRAFFIC ALREADY AT SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND IF A WELL DOCUMENTED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT ISSUE ON PUBLIC FORUMS.

A NOTICEABLE DELAY IN THROTTLE RESPONSE IS PRESENT. SOME TIMES THE DELAY IS SHORT [ 1 SECOND ] OTHER TIMES THE DELAY IS MORE PRONOUNCED [ 2-4 SECONDS ]. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT RESPONDING CORRECTLY. I HAVE NOTICED THE PROBLEM TO BE MORE PREVALENT WHEN HAVING TO QUICKLY TRANSITION FROM BEING ON THE THROTTLE TO OFF AND BACK ON QUICKLY. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY WHERE YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY ACCELERATE IN STAGES TO MATCH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. EACH TIME YOU LIFT AND DEPRESS THE THROTTLE PEDAL THERE MAY BE A DELAY THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT AND CAN CAUSE AN OVER ESTIMATE OR UNDER ESTIMATE OF THE OF THE SPACE NEEDED TO SAFELY AND COURTEOUSLY MERGE. I FEEL THAT THIS A TRUE SAFETY CONCERN . WOULD YOU WANT AN UNPREDICTABLE DELAY WITH THE BRAKES OR THE STEERING? WHY SHOULD THE FUEL PEDAL BE ANY DIFFERENT.

DEAD PEDAL. THIS VEHICLE WHEN STARTING TO ACCELERATE, RELEASING ACCELERATOR AND THEN GETTING BACK IMMEDIATELY ON THE ACCELERATOR, DOES NOT RESPOND FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER AND RAM SAYS IT IS NORMAL, BUT MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IT IS AN INTENDED PROGRAMMING ISSUE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO HELP THE DRIVETRAIN AND/OR EMISSIONS. IT IS DANGEROUS!!!!! MY OTHER 2015 RAM THAT I TRADED DID THE SAME THING BUT I DID NOT FILE A REPORT.