This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I have owned this truck for a month and a half and now it is slamming into gear between 2nd and 3rd gear. At 30 mph. And then it downshifts very hard when slowing! this is a nightmare. It is also vibrating on the highway and it feels like something is going on with the front end. I am bringing it back to the dealer but im sure I will get the same answer as everyone else. That there is no solution for this problem but they know about it. There is a thread for this issue. This truck was not cheap and I had a 93 Ford that didn't do this stuff. This is not right and the more I read online this is a ongoing issue and the dealership can not fix it. So are we just suppose to drive around these 30K plus trucks with this issue. The more I look into it this is only one of the issues but I wanted to list my complaint and will also do so to anyone who will listen. Wish I never bought this truck!!!!! they need to come up with a solution because this is unacceptable.
The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500. When the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to accelerate and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle position sensor needed to be updated and the emc required multiple updates. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 5,600. Updated 09/15/15 updated 10/31/2017
Hi, (to Chrysler) the facts: 1.- my truck suffer of a delay when you try to start moving, from the moment that you press the gas pedal and the moment that the truck respond and start moving. I can say is about 1 to 2 seconds delay 2.- the delay caused this week to be almost rolled over for incoming traffic. When you are at the very congested intersection and you need to get in to the incoming traffic fast this is not possible with this truck 3.- the truck does not change gears when it is lacking of power, you can press the gas pedal for about one inch an it does not do anything. 4.- again when you need to change lanes or you need to advance in a hill it does not happen. When you press the pedal you need to go all the way down for the truck to respond and when it happens it changes to a lower gear in such way that instead of having acceleration it is decelerating instead. 5.- when you need to start moving the truck slowly to approach some hing it will not do that it will jump and at that point you are close to crash it on the thing that you are approaching 6.-I gave you 2 months trying to become more familiar with the truck behavior, but what I found is that I can manually change the gears and make the truck to respond as a normal vehicle, changing gears gradually when it is losing power if I can make the truck to change gears with out jumping 4 gears down why your computer is not capable of do it? I believe that is unacceptable. I pretty sure that the truck can have computer issues, or the gas pedal transmitter or the gas actuator have issues, or the computer program is not working as a planned, or transmission issues I need your help solving these issues thank you very much
The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving up hill at 20 mph, the electronic throttle control warning light illuminated. The contact depressed the brake pedal and suddenly the vehicle accelerated to 60 mph. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,300.
The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 60 mph, there was a sudden increase in engine rpms and there was no control over the speed while going up a mountain. Also, the contact stated the transmission would not shift gears. The problem recurred for the second time. The dealer could not duplicate the problem. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 3,300.
We were driving our new truck (only 13 days old) and came up behind a car going 25mph in a 50mph zone. We slowly accelerated the truck to pass the vehicle. During this acceleration, we saw large amounts of white smoke coming from both tailpipes. Then a brief single chime started from the instrument panel. Because it was a new truck we didn't know what was happening and there was no safe place to pull over. We continued up the road and the chiming increased in frequency and white smoke began to come into the cab and from under the hood. We came to side road and immediately pulled over. We got out and the white smoke continued to bellow from under hood. After truck was turned off, the smoke slowly subsided. We towed the truck back to the dealer on a flatbed.
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