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Vehicle begins shaking between 68-73 mph on several different highways. I wanted to make sure it was not road conditions. The steering wheel doesn't shake but the vehicle vibrates. May be coming from the rear of the vehicle. Replaced all four tires with brand new and had them balanced, had the vehicle aligned. Same problem occurs. This seems to be a common issue. Vehicle has 34,212 miles. Had tires rebalanced after 150 miles of use. Issue did not go away.
While driving my 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 truck the power steering stopped working which caused me to nearly run off the road during an attempted turn. The power steering has since been intermittently cutting in and out which makes it very difficult to steer, especially at slower speeds. I was driving on city streets when this happened.
While driving on paved surface approaching a right turn at 20 mph I experienced sudden loss of power steering.the steering wheel was extremely difficult to turn nearly causing an accident..the dash information center was telling me not to shut down the vehicle.after placing the truck in park the advisory lights went out the red power steering light remained
While driving vehicle when coming to a stop at speeds of 15-65 mph. The steering wheel shakes and it seems as if the truck doesn't want to stop. I was told this is due to the rotors warping. If this happens to a Dodge / Ram pickups they should probably upgrade the discs and pads for better stopping and stabilizing.
Intermittent loss of power steering. Two ocurrances 3 months apart. Low speed right turn at 20mph, dash error light (loss of comm with power steerring) and no power steering. Stop, shut engine down and restart restores power steering. Second occurance (14 Aug 2020), same error while performing left turn at about 25 mph. Shut engine, and restart restores power steering. In both instances, manual non assisted steering still functional. All driving while in city, starting from intersection.
- Forest City, NC, USA
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Electric power steering failure. Over a period of 2-3 weeks power steering has become more and more inoperable and requires very much effort to steer. Dealer suggestion is to completely replace rack & pinion module at high cost - est $2200. Repair must be done to make this vehicle safe to drive. This problem seems identical to the description of the recent (16 Dec 2019) VB8 Chrysler recall for 2019 Ram 1500 trucks.
When backing into garage on 5/24/20 Ram 1500 quad cab steering locked in one position and vehicle accelerator went to the floor. Vehicle accelerated quickly backwards into my garage wall and damaged the garage wall, garage door, and vehicle. I was able to stop the vehicle prior to it hitting the back of the garage and going into my house. The vehicle steering was still locked and the vehicle would not go back into gear. Had the vehicle towed to the dealership.
Sudden lose of front air suspension while highway driving, negatively effected the vehicles stability, steering, and ability to stop. Truck is currently at dealer. Only explanation given is it might be because its cold outside (which has been known to happen in winter).
Noticed at 40K miles there is issue with tie rod ends joints become loose may cause accident reported this to a dealership they trying to brush me off bs that there is issue with rockers and lifters in the engine and exhaust manifold studs are snapping causing exhaust to leak and become louder that's a emission issue also
I was taking a corner at about 20 mph and the power steering gave out causing me to almost crash the vehicle, a couple munutes later it came back on for a little while, and then the next time I started up the truck it had no power steering at all. Now waiting to get it into Dodge for repairs.
Yeah I started with the screens in my dash going dark they could not figure out what the issue was so now it's gotten to where the whole dashboard and the whole everything dies or shuts down. The engine shuts off the front of the vehicle drops down as if you're slammed on your breaks you can feel the pull the transmission as if that's what's slowing me down. Then it hits right back within seconds in the whole vehicle all the lights come on everything everything I'm so bright it almost blind you and then all sudden everything calm down you're back to normal in the picture I sent is what the screens look like afterwards it looks like well you'll see.doesn't matter what speed what area road conditions it just happens random intervals. What is the scare me the most are at 70 miles an hour you have no power no nothing to start locking up and starts back up it has something to do with the sensors they don't know exactly what it is but I can't get it fixed. It's about the scariest thing having your vehicle shut down at 60 to 70 miles an hour quite often. I've talk to other people with the same condition. It's over the three years has gotten progressively worse and they will not do anything about it. And they do know that it is an issue because they have an update for some of the issues so they are aware of this allowing people to die out there.
Truck still under warenty has less than 13,000 miles. 7 different times car won't start. Have had to get it towed to dealership 3-4 times. Each time it's repaired a different electrical computer code is stated as the problem. This has happened in parking lots, our driveway and at a light (car would not go)! very dangerous. Started to happen 3 months after we bought the truck. Happens every 30-60 days.
The contact owns a 2017 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the driver suddenly swerved to the left and pressed the brake pedal to avoid a collision but the vehicle speed and erroneously accelerated faster causing the driver to lose control and crashed into tree. During the crash, the front end of the vehicle was severely damaged but the air bags did not deploy. No injuries were reported and no police reported was taken. The manufacturer was notified and a representative was sent to examine the vehicle and no problem was found with the vehicle. The local dealer autonation Dodge (21777 katy freeway, katy tx.) was also notified of the failure. The vehicle was towed. The failure mileage was 37,000. The VIN was not available.
I was driving on the highway at highway speed and just as I entered a curve the steering went out and a warning came up on the instrument panel which said power steering failure. Once I was in a safe place to do so I turned the engine off and re-started it. Everything returned to normal.
The contact owns a 2017 Ram 1500. While driving 20 mph, the vehicle lost steering power ability and the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The contact had to use excessive strength to steer the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to capper Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Inc. (1738 E Washington St, Washington, ia 52353, (319) 653-3340) where it was diagnosed that the electronic power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000. The VIN was not available.
When under acceleration in any gear, from 2000 to 2500 RPM there is a buzzy feeling vibration in the floor, gas pedal and steering wheel. Taken vehicle to 2 separate dealers who claim "normal characteristic", however this issue did not start occuring until the vehicle had about 1000 miles on it.
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- Cutler Bay, FL, USA