Ram ecodiesel aem V08 flash: After having this flash performed on my 2015 Ram ecodiesel at a Ram dealership as part of the settlement with the epa, there is a 3+ second delay in acceleration from a stop which has created a hazardous situation when at intersections. Also, there is a hesitation when trying to merge in freeway traffic. This turbo charger lag was never an issue before this flash was performed on my truck.

- Burleson, TX, USA

After having the fca approved aem recall accomplished, my truck could no longer maintain speed up hill, wouldn't downshift properly, increased def usage, decreased fuel economy, extremely bad turbo lag (3-5 seconds on average and up to 10). Took it to the dealership and they diagnosed the problem as an intake manifold. They replaced the intake manifold and 2 injectors. Approximately 15 minutes after leaving the dealership, while driving on I-15 northbound, my truck engine caught on fire and my truck burned to the ground.

- Augusta, MT, USA

On 7/29/19 at approximately 12:30 pm, was traveling between 60 - 65 mph, West bound on interstate 40 at N.C. mm 31, the truck lost power (limp in mode), the check engine & service automatic throttle control system lights came on. Noticed a small amount of white smoke emitting from the underside of the truck. Coasted off of the interstate and came to rest in a used car dealership's parking lot. Turned the truck off and opened the hood where I found an approximately 8' flame projecting from under the plastic manifold cover. Doused the flame with a bottle of drinking water and took the plastic cover off where I found the wiring harness sheathing engulfed in flames. Extinguished that with an abc dry chemical extinguisher. Currently the truck is at waynesville Ram with no updates as of yet. Had the egr recall completed on 6/19/19 at waynesville Ram and had noticed decreased power and fuel mileage since but the decreases were minor and just accepted as fact from the recall. I am very concerned at present after researching this situation and conversing with others who have experienced very similar events with the same motor.

- Candler, NC, USA

Ram flashed the computer on my truck to comply with the diesel emissions lawsuit. When I left the dealership after the flash and tried to enter the traffic lane the truck barely responded to the throttle. There was a huge delay and if not for a pull off area I would have been in an accident. How they got this flash approved makes me wonder what is going on with providing safety in a vehicle. I consider what they did to my truck criminal.

- Gansevoort, NY, USA

After receiving the updated engine programming recall on my ecodiesel Ram, the throttle response is dangerously slow when accelerating from a dead stop. There is a several second delay from me applying pressure to the throttle pedal and the engine reacting and accelerating. It's very difficult to judge when turning into traffic because of this delay. Could easily cause someone to be rear-ended because the truck does not accelerate as expected. This was not the case prior to the recall.

- Bastrop, TX, USA

Truck was running perfectly with 43K miles when I brought my truck in for emissions recall V08. The new software has made my truck dangerous to drive when cold, and even after the truck has been sitting for an hour. Until fully at operating temp there is a dangerous throttle lag and loss of power which affects me when I pull into traffic and also while towing my travel trailer. The truck does not accelerate, traveling at 2-5mph with the throttle floored causing rear oncoming traffic to have to apply the brakes. While towing I cant accelerate making merging into traffic unsafe. Returned it to the dealer and they verified all of the symptoms and did nothing because fca said that's how it runs now...blame the epa.

- Rindge, NH, USA

The emissions recall V08 has made my vehicle dangerous to pull out into traffic

- Montrose, CO, USA

After update to resolve the emissions recall issue (ecodiesel settlement), my truck has dangerously poor response to acceleration. It is a life safety issue. After the initial update, I had to bring the truck in a second time because the emissions updates ruined the emissions sensors. Leaving the dealership, I pulled out into traffic on a state highway with plenty of room (at least 200 feet) and after hitting the accelerator, the vehicle stalled for approximately 5 seconds before finally responding, nearly causing the vehicle behind me to run into the rear. If this issue is not resolved, people are going get killed on the highway.

- Gonzales, LA, USA

My 2015 Ram 1500 ecodiesel recently received the V08 recall. Two weeks after the recall the truck broke down on the side of the road on July 01. The truck was in the shop until 07-19. I drove the truck home from the shop and did not notice extreme lag at that time. The. I got I to the truck at the dealer the truck had been idling and was almost to operation temperature of 200' Fahrenheit. The next morning upon first start up I drove the truck and was immediately almost in a accident as when the truck was cold with temps below 150' there was an almost 5 second lag from then the gas pedal was pressed and the truck would accelerate. The truck has severe lag upon acceleration and will not accelerate reliably until the truck has warmed up to almost 200' which takes almost 15 min. The dealer has admitted that there is something wrong but has no way of fixing the problem as the truck is not producing codes to aid in diagnostics. In my opinion the truck is unsafe to drive and should be fixed by Fiat Chrysler.

- Lithia, FL, USA

After recieving fca's recently released recall for the aem emissions recall the trucks performance is dangerously erratic. There are times the truck will hardly move from a stop pulling into cross traffic and other times it will accelerate extremely hard. This unknown makes it dangerous to operate in a lot of circumstances.

- Yuba City, CA, USA

Had the A08 emissions software put on my truck last week and it lost most of its power. Now when I merge into traffic, I'm not able to accelerate safety.. there is a 5-6 second lag before I get any acceleration. The truck was fine before the recall, now it lacks acceleration, power and fuel economy is worse. There are no engine codes so Ram is saying there's nothing they can do.. I'm stuck with a truck that I'm afraid will get me into an accident.

- Voorhees, NJ, USA

Emissions recall update involving V08 has forced my truck performance to now cause for concern the way I am able to drive my truck safely. The pedal response is terrible compared to the "stock software" and is a slow reaction until the truck is "warmed" up to about 150F degrees. Because this software update is released in the summer it should take less time to warm up but living in Michigan, the truck will take a lot longer to warm up during the winter months which will a) not allow me to drive safely through an intersection any more and B) force other drivers to hit their brakes due to a lack of acceleration my truck now has and either hit me or have them avoid my truck causing accidents. The lack of acceleration or "lag" as it is called is for about 2-4 seconds which does not allow the truck to gain any speed worthy of traveling onto a road with traffic. The vehicle should be able to "get out of it's own way" like it was before the V08 was installed. Another issue is that once the truck is able to move because of the "lag" going away finally the engine is then over-revved at an un-normal RPM. The issue with that will be in the winter time when there is ice and snow on roads and the rear wheels will spin on that slippery surface. The most common occurrence for this lag is after start up and starting to drive my truck onto roadways or across intersections. The scariest moment was when I had a very reasonable amount of space to pull out onto a roadway, making a left turn, from a stop and a semi truck caught up to me from the right and I was forced to go to the middle turn lane instead of a drive-able lane to avoid the truck because my acceleration performance had diminished to nothing for the 2-4 seconds meanwhile more oncoming traffic is headed towards me as well. The truck seems to go into traffic fine, but will not speed up regardless of pedal position.

- Holly, MI, USA

Since having the emission recall update installed, acceleration has been excessively reduced at engine temperatures below 150 degrees. The vehicle does not accelerate at a safe level from a stop. This has nearly caused multiple accidents due to the unexpected slow acceleration.

- Lexington, SC, USA

I had recall V08 and some other recalls performed at local Ram dealer, the emissions modification has left my truck very sluggish (throttle unresponsive) when engine is cold. Twice since computer was flashed I have pulled out to cross traffic and truck would not accelerate as it did prior to flash. I was told the flash would not change performance and mileage but both have been affected. I am also using considerable more def fluid. Biggest concern is the lack of throttle response when engine is cold, I tend to forget and pull out into traffic and then it gets quite scary, I believe this could lead to accident. This recall was part of a class action settlement against fca, but the little bit of money I was offered does not help me if I'm hurt or killed driving the truck.

- Swan, IA, USA

Since applying the ecodiesel settlement ECU flash, my vehicle is downright dangerous to drive. Especially when not fully warmed up, shifting and turbo lag makes the vehicle nearly undriveable in certain circumstances. The gas pedal has a huge lag and non-linear behavior (press to floor, nothing, then everything all at once). Shifting, passing, fuel econony, and driveability were hugely impacted by their emissions update and it has made this expensive truck unsafe, because it is unpredictable based on vehicle and transmission "warmup". when cold the truck is unsafe.

- Enumclaw, WA, USA

Fca required V08 recall was completed and their aem installed to the PCM/tcm. I picked my truck up and immediately noticed it was down on power. Since I have lost 4-5mpg average over what I was getting before the aem was installed. The truck is overall down on power since the aem was installed. As well the truck is dangerous to drive until the coolant temp reaches at least 150 degrees F. the truck has no power when the engine is below 150F and can't get out of its own way and leaves me vulnerable to a collision due to turbo lag and lack of power. If I pull into traffic to merge or cross an intersection my fear is I will not be able to accelerate quickly enough or avoid an accident should I need to. I cannot allow my wife to drive the truck any longer due to the dangers and lack of power.

- Spring, TX, USA

Why my VIN number is not in the NHTSA data base regarding the Ram 1500 pick up recall for 2014-2016 vehicles? involving majority of the drive train, exhaust, evc, and air intake.

- Dellwood, MN, USA

I own a 2015 Ram 1500, which I purchased new in August of 2015. This vehicle has the ecodiesel engine as original equipment. This same engine was the topic of a class action law suit filed against Fiat/Chrysler. The agreements in the settlement of that suit requires Ram dealers to update the engine software so that it will meet the original emissions specs. The update is also not supposed to effect drivability. My truck was updated with the V08 recall for this purpose. Since this update, when the engine is cold, the truck has a very long delay (4~7 seconds) before it starts to accelerate from a stop. The engine then accelerates very slowly. It is a serious safety concern when trying to merge into traffic. Once the engine comes to full operating temperature, it comes close to original performance, but it never performs as it did before the recall was done. The service department at my local Ram dealer has verified that there is nothing wrong with any part on the engine, and the problem is a direct result of the V08 recall. This vehicle has been well maintained and exhibited no problems prior to this recall. The settlement required that the update did not effect drivability, but it did so in a dangerous manner.

- Layton, UT, USA

TL- contact owns a 2015 Dodge Ram 1500; contact stated check engine illuminated while driving 75 mpg and fuel gauge returned to empty. The vehicle has not been diagnosed nor repaired by dealer (larry H. miller Dodge Ram tucson, 4220 E 22nd St, tucson, AZ 85711), (520) 395-9311). The manufacturer was not been contacted. Failure mileage 42583.

- Vail, AZ, USA

Fca issued a recall for ecodiesel Ram after an emissions lawsuit. The aem update was not supposed to affect vehicle performance or mpg. It does. Now, after getting the update, the truck is unpredictable in how it drives in regards to acceleration. This creates a dangerous situation when pulling out onto roads with traffic/cross traffic - sometimes it will accelerate very slowly and almost get hit, other times it is fine. Aside from the non safety issues related to fca's emission update (drop in mpg from 29mpg to 20mpg), it has created an unpredictable driving situation with the performance of the engine. I know I am not the only one having these issues too. Thank you for your time.

- Seattle, WA, USA