NHTSA Complaint #11363951 — 2017 RAM 1500

WHY DRIVING MY 2017 ECODIESEL TRUCK WITH 38,500 MILES ON IT, ON HIGHWAY 80 ABOUT 55 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR MY TRUCK LOST POWER. MY WIFE NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE TIRE THATS THE SAME PLACE MY EXHUAST TAIL PIPE IS ON THIS TRUCK,MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I OVER HEATED WHEN I LOST POWER BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE MY TEMP WAS 208 DEGREES. THE TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING BUT WITH NO POWER I MANAGED TO GET IT OVER THE BRIDGE PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO THE STOP LIGHT AT THE END OF THE OFF RAMP,WHEN WE STOP AT THE LIGHT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AMASSING THE TRUCK STILL RUNNING I PUT THOUGH THE ENTER SECTION PULLED OVER SHUT THE TRUCK OFF EVERYONE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK SMOKE POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND FENDER WELLS, CALLED 911. THE TRUCK IS A TOTAL LOSE. WITH FCA HAVING A RECALL ON THE EGR COOLER AN NO FIX THIS IS A PROBLEM. IN THE RECALL IT STATES IF THE EGR COOLER FAILS IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE.