2008 DODGE RAM 3500 Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Electronic Stability Control Esc Issues in the 2008 DODGE RAM 3500
3 electronic stability control esc complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Electronic Stability Control Esc Complaints
TIPM HAS WENT OUT ON TRUCK. HEAD LAMPS, BLINKERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. WILL REPLACE TIPM
MY 2008 DODGE RAM 3500 HAS DEATH WOBBLE IN WHEN YOU BARELY HIT A BUMP. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP. WE HAVE HAD THE TIE ROD RECALL FIXED. BEFORE THE RECALL THE TRUCK DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM, IT ONLY OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS FIXED. THE DODGE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACED BUT WE GOT A SECOND OPINION AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BALL JOINTS ON OUR TRUCK. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW.
ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE TIPM HAS FAILED ON THIS TRUCK. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND ONE HAPPENED IN 2013. THE THIRD TIME IN DEC OF 2015. ALL THREE TIMES THE MOTOR QUIT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE DASHBOARD WENT OFF. THE TIPM BOX THEN STARTED SMOKING. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLES. ON THE THIRD OCCASION, I WAS DELAYED BY HEAVY TRAFFIC IN GETTING TO THE BATTERY CABLES. THE TRUCK WAS ON A STEEP GRADE. THE HORN STARTED HONKING, WIPERS AND WINDSHIELD SPRAYER ACTIVATED, AND THEN THE VEHICLE TRIED TO START ITSELF AND MOVE FORWARD. IF I HAD BEEN UNDER THE HOOD, I WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER. ALSO, THIS TRUCK WAS PULLING A TRAILER ON A MOUNTAIN PASS WITH NO POWER STEERING, BRAKES, OR TRAILER BRAKES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND MADE THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Other 2008 DODGE RAM 3500 Problem Areas
Steering
86 complaints
Air Bags
18 complaints
Electrical System
16 complaints
Suspension
15 complaints
Engine
11 complaints
Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System
9 complaints
Steeringlinkagestie Rod Assembly
8 complaints
Power Train
6 complaints
Tires
6 complaints
Exterior Lighting
5 complaints
Suspensionfront
4 complaints
Visibilitywiper
3 complaints
Engine And Engine Cooling
2 complaints
Power Trainautomatic Transmission
2 complaints
Service Brakes Hydraulic
2 complaints
Unknown Or Other
2 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
2 complaints
Wheels
2 complaints
Electrical Systeminstrument Panelspeedometerodometer
1 complaint
Electrical Systemwiringinteriorunder Dash
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Coolingengine
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust Systememission Control
1 complaint
Fuel System Diesel
1 complaint
Fuel System Other
1 complaint
Fuelpropulsion System
1 complaint
Power Traindrivelineuniversal Joint
1 complaint
Power Trainmanual Transmission
1 complaint
Seats
1 complaint
Service Brakes
1 complaint
Steeringrack And Pinion
1 complaint
Structure
1 complaint
Structurebody
1 complaint
Suspensionfrontcontrol Armlower Ball Joint
1 complaint
Suspensionfrontstabilizer Bar
1 complaint
Suspensionrear
1 complaint
Traction Control System
1 complaint
Wheelsrim
1 complaint