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Fca aem recall. Since getting the emissions recall done the truck no longer responds like it did. It is a life safety issue. The update has mad the truck very sluggish to the point it feels like it is going to stall when trying to start from a stop or merging into traffic on the highway. I have also lost 5-6 mpg since the update and will no long let my wife drive it to do lack of power to even get moving.
After getting the aem flash per the settlement with epa my truck is slow to accelerate when starting out. It is a major hazard to drive in traffic. Numerous check engine light occurrences. Also - the settlement stated "no driving differences" - far from it. Throttle lag - mpg down significantly.
I have a 2014 Ram ecodiesel and recently got the aem update. Now when the vehicle hasn't started for 24 hours, there is no acceleration upon start-up. By that I mean you press on the gas pedal and nothing happens for up to 3 seconds. Then it is very sluggish. So it is very dangerous to pull out in traffic. This last for up to 5 minutes after start-up. This happens on every start-up when cold.
Was advised to take truck in for recall reflash due to eco diesel settlement package. After recall fix was conducted, engine sluggish, shifting not smooth and miles per gallon dropped significantly. All this after a trip of 8 hours at legal speed limits.
- San Antonio, TX, USA
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The check engine light came on over the last 4 months. During this time the light has gone off and on numerous times. Just two weeks ago a fuel sensor failure displayed on the dash. The fuel gauge dropped to empty and the remaining miles until empty shows as low miles. The fuel sensor failure goes off and on depending on the amount of fuel in the tank but the check engine stays on now. I have read numerous reviews on the Ram 1500 from 2012 through 2016 having the same issues. Most of these people have had to replace the fuel pump with fairly low miles on their vehicles.
I was accelerating my truck on a city street at approximately 45 mph. The power control module, battery control module, crank position sensor, tone wheel and power steer control module all failed at the same time. The truck shut down and had to be towed into the dealer.
The exhaust manifold continues to leak. I believe it has to do with the exhaust manifold bracket bolts that break. Ram continues to repair with the same poor quality parts.
This seems to be a common issue with 2014 Ram trucks. The fuel sending unit will go out send an eml code and the fuel gauge will drop down to empty even though there is a full tank. Dodge wants to charge me $1000 to replace this, since I am outside of the oem warranty. This has happened on a number of occasions to me. It happened to my wife and daughter while they were driving my truck and had to stop and top off the gas tank otherwise the truck could have shut down. It had 3/4 tank of gas in it. This is a safety issue and should become a recall.
Fuel gauge stopped working suddenly and without warning while stopped at a red light. This resulted in the activation of the malfunction indicator lamp and low fuel message. This is a known problem that fca is well aware of with thousands of reported cases online.
Takata recall. I have a 2014 Ram 1500 and the fuel sensor went out on it with only 18000 miles. Unfortunately it was past the 3 year warranty coverage so it's not covered by the dealership. Upon research, I have learned this is a common issue reported by many Ram owners. I feel that this is a manufacturer defect and I feel it is a a safety threat since you don't know how much gas is in your vehicle. This could lead the driver to being stranded on the side of the road and unsafe. I would like to see that this gets turned into a recall. I refuse to pay over $1000 to have this repaired just so Chrysler can make more money on non-reliable equipment. The vehicle can either be stationary or in motion when the fuel sensor has failed.
Fuel sensor is wrecked at under 50K miles. The fuel gauge will suddenly go to 0 with check engine light on immediately after last gas fill. This is a known issue for Ram, faulty product by faulty manufacturing.
Truck made a loud pinging noise, while driving on a county road, truck appeared to catch fire, cab filled up with black smoke with soot with a burning smell which caused the truck to shut down. Threw a code of low pressure fuel and engine light on. Had towed to nearest dealership, which could not pull up codes thrown. Changed fuel filter. Couple months later, while driving on a county road, truck threw code electronic ignition throttle control, could not get any pressure, smoking under hood and from behind. Appeared to have caught fire again but truck did not shut down as in 1st situation. Had towed to nearest dealership. Has been there now for 14 days. Having to replace egr cooler and intake manifold along with a lot of seals as I learned they are plastic and melted due to fire twice. Why would Dodge make any intake especially on an eco diesel plastic? sounds like asking for a fire according to the dealership. Also too...these parts being replaced and being covered under my extended warranty are also part of the "eco diesel settlement" settled on May 3rd, 3019 which my truck was towed on May 2, which in this settlement they awarded an extended warranty on the exact parts being replaced. I currently have no pics or documents as truck is still currently at dealership being worked on as I was told they have never seen this before and this is a very complicated task to repair.
The fuel sensor fails and causes the driver to run out of gas while in traffic. The gas gauge only works when the tanks is extremely full once the truck has been driven for five miles it goes the gauge reads empty and the check engine light comes on. As a result there is no way to determine how much fuel is left in the tank.
Fuel gauge drops to empty shortly after filling up. This can cause safety issues if the vehicle runs out of gas and leaves the driver stranded as there is no way to know how much fuel is left in the tank. This is a major problem with Ram trucks and a quick google search shows countless people that have or are experiencing the same issue. Out of all of my years driving, I've never known of a single vehicle with this many failures of this type.
While driving, fuel gauge goes to empty, displays 0 miles to empty, check engine light comes on, and screen displays "fuel sensor fail". after about a minute the gauge will go back to the correct level as will the miles to empty, but the check engine light will remain on. This happens any time the vehicle does not have a completely full gas tank, but is also sporadic and doesn't happen all of the time.
The sensor on the def tank in the Ram 1500 ecodisels is failing. Instead of being able to buy a sensor to replace it Ram is making you buy a whole tank to replace the sensor. This has happened to multiple people that I know of and Ram still refuses to stand behind their product.
Fuel leak at inside bend of metal fuel line. Factory defect. Fuel leak at several injectors whee it meets manifold. Glow plug module and glow plugs constantly failing. Water pump leak and replaced. Air suspension inoperable. Vehicle well maintained and only 32,000 miles
Vehicle fuel gage goes from full to empty once the gage reaches half a tank while driving. Vehicle is out of warranty with 69,000 miles and display reads fuel system failure engine the service light is on and vechicle eco mode will not operate. I proceeds to file a complaint with Fiat Chrysler autombiles on February 18 2019 case # 58020421 and was directed by them to take it to an fca certified dealership to diagnose the problem and call fca back with the results. The diagnotics should an active fault in the fuel sending unit and fcas responce back was since the vehicle is out of warranty I would have to pay for all the repairs. My main complaint is this is a reaccuring problem with their fuel sending units with many Ram owners and all fca will tell you is take it to your dealership. $476 later they replaced the old sending unit with the same oem part number that I believe is a faulty part and they will only warranty this part got 2 years. Fca needs to address this issue and if the company feels that it is not a safety issue and will not cover the cost of relacement that needs to be expressed to the customer when filing a complaint with them.
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- Swansboro, NC, USA