NHTSA Complaint #11025493 — 2011 DODGE RAM 1500

MY TRUCK IS A 2011 WITH ONLY 63 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START RIGHT AWAY WHEN COLD. AT FIRST IT WOULD RUN FINE ONCE WARM BUT EVENTUALLY IT STARTED STALLING WHEN WARM. I THOUGHT IT WAS EITHER THE FUEL PUMP OR THE TPIM WHICH I FOUND OUT ABOUT ONLINE AS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED IT'S DEFINITELY THE FUEL PUMP. I WENT TO A LOCAL SHOP TO HAVE THEM TEST IT AND SURPRISE, SURPRISES IT WAS THE TPIM. WELL IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLAR PART AND ANOTHER $500 TO PROGRAM THE NEW ONE. THE ISSUE IS WITH A RELY THE CHRYSLER PUT IN THE UNIT THE IS PART OF THE MOTHER BOARD. SO INSTEAD OF REPLACING ONE RELAY THAT ENTIRE UNIT HAS TO BE REPLACED. YES A $1500 JOB FOR A 5 CENT RELAY THAT DODGE DECIDED TO NOT MAKE STPERATE FROM THE TPIM MOTHER BOARD. ONE OTHER THING, I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF TH TOIM COULD BE THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM BUT NEVER FOR YOU YEAR VEHICLE. THAT IS WHY THEY WERE SO SURE IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. ONLINE THEY HAVE AN AFTER MARKET KIT THAT YOU CAN BUY IF YOU HAVE SOME ELECTRICAL SKILLS SO YOU CAN BYPASS THE RELAY IN THE TPIM. IT'S SUCH A PROBLEM THAT A COMPANY IS MAKING MONEY BY PRODUCING AN AFTER MARKET ITEM TO FIX THE ISSUE. KNOWING THIS I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. ESPECIALLY BEING IT'S SO EXPENSIVE TO FIX PROPERLY.