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.
The vehicle is loss of power steering assist at low speeds making it hard to steer the vehicle. Left or right making the driver have to put more effort into steering the vehicle around obsticalls
After diesel emission modification transmission shifts very rough and jumps vehicle when cold. It sends wheels into spinout when entering roads which can be dangerous. Fuel economy also fell from average of 23-24mpg to below 21mpg. I have taken it to the shop 3 times already. The shop will "reset" the computer, but the issue comes back within a few days. Need a permanent fix.
The fuel gage intermittently drops to zero fuel whe the tank is approximately half full or less. Based on numerous searches this is a common problem. This should be a safety recall item.
As I was driving, after turning a corner, accelerating about 40 mph the engine violently shook, truck lost engine power. Dead. After towing back to dealer, the fault code indicated the sensor ring failed (recall W58). That was mid-September 2020. The truck was in same dealership for most time since last week of August 2020 with emissions problems. So far, all have been covered by warranty. Dealer has provided me with transportation, but I have not had my vehicle to drive, with no end in sight. Lockwood motors marshall mn has all repair invoices, since they have been warranty covered.
Our truck started giving us cranking issues. It would turn over crank and immediately die. We would keep trying and eventually start. At times it wouldnt start. We would call a wrecker to get it towed to mechanic. After it would sit waiting on wrecker it would crank. Finally after fighting with this for 1 year it has been dead for the past 3 months. I have brought it to dealer and they could not diagnose it. It has been at another mechanic and he has not been able to diagnose either.
I've had chronic problems with the back up camera system since I purchased this $60,000 truck. Ram has replaced the camera 3 times and doctored the connection an additional time and it still fails in a few months. Given the size of this vehicle, this is a serious safety concern in an urban environment. Now the head unit itself has failed entirely at 4 years and requires replacement.
While driving the truck back fire pouring smoke pulled over open hood saw flames move to safety filed complaint with fca they sent an arm chair investigator who said investigating he found nothing that shows no responsibility for fca they stated even though there is recall that warns of fire hazard does not mean it is there fault. So far they do not have repair parts to fix and for me it is to late truck was destroyed by the fire fire fca needs to be held accountable.
I recently purchased this vehicle from a used car dealer. This has happened 3 times so far. Sometimes when putting vehicle in drive or reverse, it will lock transmission in park. A warning flashes that vehicle is not in park. No kidding, I'm trying to drive away, but can't. I made a 3 point turn on a busy street and ended up blocking traffic. After 10 minutes of trying several things if finally started working again. Once, I put it in reverse, started backing up out of my driveway, pushed the brake a few times, then suddenly it locked up in the street. After 10 to 15 minutes of restarting truck, it eventually started working again. If someone driving down the road wasn't paying attention, they would have plowed into me both times. One other time I went to start the vehicle in a parking space and couldn't drive anywhere for 15 minutes until it started working. I haven't spoken to anyone at the dealer yet, but I will soon. From research I have done so far it seems to be the shift interlock solenoid. So far, each time this has happened, the vehicle was stopped to shift gears. The big problem is where it stops is a safety concern. Until I can get this looked at, I will need to plan where I park or turn around, so I don't block traffic.
While driving home, I noticed some noise that ounde like a turbo noise and loos of power. I pulled over immediately shut off engine and poped hood. Looke up and smoke from engine. Opened hood and saw small fire on rear passenger side of engine by turbo housing. Soon the truck was totally engulfed by flames.
The contact owns a 2016 Ram 1500. The contact stated that when the fuel tank would reach half a tank, the check engine light would illuminate which then would turn into a low fuel light illuminating. The contact stated that the fuel gauge would then immediately read as empty. The contact took the vehicle to douglas Jeep Chrysler Dodge Ram (2382 S tamiami trail, venice, fl 34293) where they diagnosed the vehicle with a defective fuel sensor and gave the contact an estimate of $800. The manufacturer was notified and offer him no assistance; they referred him to NHTSA. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000.
Parked truck. Turned keyfob to off. Removed and locked vehicle. Noticed vehicle engine was still running. Got back in and tried turning off again. Didn't work. Had to drive for short distance. Tried again. Worked.
Faulty key switch. Does not allow key to fully turn off, and has to be retried, sometimes 3 times. Something like black piece inside keyhole sticks. Truck is 3 yrs,4 months old, and has only 18253 miles on it. It is past bumper to bumper, but this sure seems awful premature to fail. I am guessing it is safe to drive when the key goes in, just make sure it shuts off properly.
Problems for several owners of 2016 Ram trucks. They are complaining on a Ram truck forum about their windows falling off the tracks and down into their doors. It is mainly happening to the driver's side window and only in cold weather. I tried to roll the window down, motor was working, window stayed in place..when it got a bit warmer, as I was driving, the window fell down. This is very common on the '16 models, my dealer said he has had them in all winter. It's happened twice to mine and the last time we didn't even roll the window down and weren't in the truck. Ram designed the window track differently this year and it doesn't work.
Vehicle stalled out while driving at low speed in the city.tried to restart then began sputtering and ultimately died. Vehicle was towed to a repair shop and was told it was a bad fuel relay found in the tipm system.
Radio shuts off without warning, locks up and will only turn back on when shutting off vehicle and restarting it. Headlight flicker on and off while driving. Headlight flicker has done this for 3 months now
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