NHTSA Complaint #11115610 — 2012 DODGE RAM 2500

MY VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START IT. THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER TURN OVER AND DIE IMMEDIATELY, OR NOT EVEN TURN OVER AT ALL. THIS WOULD HAPPEN A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY START THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT, AND IT HAPPENED EVERY TIME I WENT TO START IT. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TIPM RELAY WAS SHORTING OUT CAUSING THE CURRENT TO THE FUEL PUMP TO BE CUT OFF, PREVENTING FUEL FLOW TO THE ENGINE. THEY REPLACED THE RELAY AND I WENT ABOUT MY DAY, AFTER A STEEP COST FOR THE REPAIR. HOWEVER, AS I LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE ONLINE, I FOUND A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE FOR THE SAME YEAR MODEL VEHICLES, ONLY THEY WERE DODGE CARAVANS AND DODGE DURANGOS. MY VEHICLE IS MANUFACTURED BY THIS SAME COMPANY AS THE CARAVAN AND THE DURANGO, IT IS THE SAME YEAR MODEL THAT WAS AFFECTED ON THESE OTHER VEHICLES, BUT FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS NO SAFETY RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS, AND ALSO TO VOICE MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE INITIAL ISSUE AT HAND TO HOPEFULLY BRING THIS TO LIGHT.