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Front passenger door and both rear door locks operate intermittently.. Doors will unlock with key fob or either front door buttons or front door handles; but they will intermittently lock with key fob or front door buttons or while in drive. Doors not locking keep child safety locks from engaging and children being able to exit vehicle without being in park. Also, prevents vehicle from being securely locked and protecting from theft of items. Truck been to dealership and told of problem they checked but could only get it to replicate issue 2 times and found nothing causing the problem. I have also found multiple Ram forums with a lot of people with same issue. There haven't been any warning lamps or messages before or during issues. The problem is intermittently and has last anywhere from a couple of days to several months at a time.
Engine light comes on when you start the truck. Had the engine light checked said it's coming on because the def. The def had a recall a couple years ago and had it fixed but now the light is coming back on for the same problem.
Electric door locks have locked and unlocked by them self and sometimes won't lock at all you have to keep hitting the fob button off and on till they actually lock or the lock button on inside door. This happened once while driving in a straight road, the other time's just when trying to unlock to get in and when getting out to lock it
1) airbag warning light keeps coming on 2) engine light keeps coming on. Dodge service department says just ignore it. 3) 4X4 4WD has no resistance on interior gear shift
- Tyler, TX, USA
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The last time my truck was in for recall was in 2016. They did not fix it then and have not fixed any recall since, but they clam that there is only one recall open as of date. None of the recalls have been repaired. This is being pencel whiped.
The track bar mounts have all the welds cracked and it causes the truck to shake uncontrollably and is very dangerous. I have almost crashed twice due to this problem. I see that fca currently has a recall for this exact problem R46, my truck falls within the model and years but for some reason is not covered under the recall. I noticed the problem driving on the highway at 60 mph the truck began to shake in a violent and uncontrollable manner all the cars around me slammed their brakes to stay away. I was able to brake down to 20 mph when the shaking stopped. I pulled over to the emergency lane to examine my truck and noticed the cracked welds on the track bar mount. I need to have this fixed under the recall as this is a huge safety problem for my self and my fellow drivers I share the road with.
My Ram 2500 laramie developed a heating issue. I have had my truck to the dealer on several occasions, with no fix. I have replaced the thermostat, heater core, and the blend motors. After all of that, the heater in my truck still doesn't work. My engine will heat up to 190 degrees and the heat just doesn't work. It doesn't matter if I'm driving on the highway, city streets, or anywhere else. The heat doesn't work. This problem started around April 2019.
Backup camera scrambles and goes out intermittently when backing up, and rear passenger taillight posting out in system messages on startup and stored messages but is not out.
The electronic dash in front of the steering wheel which shows what gear such as drive or reverse or park and weather or not you are in 4 X 4 mode goes on and off by itself and now has stopped working all together. This then leaves you not knowing what gear you have place the vehicle which can cause you to cause an acident or injure or kill someone. There is a recall on the 2014 models but not the 2013 models with the same display. This now is a permanent problem and making this vehicle extremely unsafe to drive. This is a work vehicle and has many different drivers. This is an accident / bad accident waiting to happen.
Door locks sometimes lock when the locked button is pressed. Does not matter if it's the lock button on the truck, the auto lock once you go above 10mph, or the lock button on the remote. Since the doors do not lock, kids may be able to exit the vehicle at speed and get hurt!
Volume on radio doesn't work which mean the hands free volume doesn't work either. On a couple of occasions the interuption of the volume not working has caused me to be distracted while driving.
My vehicle has a ratcheting sound that comes from somewhere in the left front corner of the truck when a pothole or dip is driven over at highway speeds. I am unable to tell if this is caused by the braking system, suspension or steering mechanism. I can clearly feel the ratcheting vibrations in on the steering wheel making me believe it is part of steering or suspension. This has been going on in this truck for at least 4 years now and it seems to be getting worse over time. I have taken this truck into multiple dealers to resolve this issue, while both in warranty and out of warranty. The dealers are able to reproduce the noise but unable to find the cause and correct it. This has been an ongoing issue and I am concerned about the safety aspect. Most recently the dealer that I bought it from told me that I should just trade it in for a new one and that the people that test drive the the truck one wouldn't be able to find the issue and I would get the most money now. Seemed very shady to me. I have a complete and up to date service history on this truck and have had lots of issues with it but this one has to be the most annoying. That and the drivers side door mirror that seems to be badly engineered and being unable to see out of it while driving because of the rough ride.
Rear axle tube seals fail prematurely, rendering brakes on affected side(s) ineffective due to lubrication saturation of brake disc and pads. There have been multiple (premature) failures of these seals on late model Ram trucks, some as early as 12000 miles.
Vehicle was bought new the radio screen went blank but the radio was still on. Driving down the road the radio screen would go on and off and the compass didn't work. I was told it might be the uconnect.. the saftey camera back up wouldn't work. I tried to turn the truck off and on to reset the radio but that didn't work. I took the truck in to napleton and they replaced the radio with a new one.
Vehicle was bought new. After having a new radio but in my truck I notice white spots on the screen and the radio was going on and off and the screen would go blank. The saftey back up camera wouldn't work. Again I would try to turn the truck off and on to reset the radio but it didn't work. I took it back to napleton and again they replaced the radio again.
Vehicle was bought new ever scents then I have had to replace 4 radios and compass in my truck.. the screen would go blank but the radio would still be on but you couldn't turn it off. I 've been told it was the uconnect etc.the safety of the back up camera doesn't work. I tried to turn the truck of to reset but that has never worked they keep getting the radios from the same vendor. I recommended that they use a different supplier. Chrysler hasn't but what do I know.
On September 1,2015 at 9:15 pm while driving back from nashville tn to pa. The engine light came on and I noticed the def gauge hadn't moved. So I pulled over to check things out and made it to a gas station and bought some def and tryed to fill it up but the def tank seamed to be fill. I turned the truck on and off a few times to see if that would move the gauge and reset the engine light but it didn't. the engine light stayed on most of the trip back. The next mourning on Sept 2, 2015 I took the truck back to dealer and show them the pictures and explained what had happened. They said to bring it back on the following Tuesday and they would look at it again. I dropped the truck back off at napleton at 9:00 am on Tuesday September 8, 2015.I am waiting to hear back.
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- San Antonio, TX, USA