2011 DODGE RAM 3500 Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED HARD SHIFTING WITH, SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

DEALERSHIP IS NOT TENDING TO THE RECALL.. KEEP SAYING PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. BEEN ABOUT 8 MONTHS.

2011 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK SAFETY RECALL.. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE PARKING BRAKE ON. THE VEHICLE ROLLED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND INTO IN ELECTRICAL POLE. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE, BUT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE.*JS

WHILE DRIVING BACK TO OUR HOTEL THE TRUCK WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER 3RD AND PUT ITSELF INTO LIMP MODE. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS, THE TRUCK WAS DRIVING NORMAL AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DID THIS. WE HAVE A BULLY DOG TUNER AND IT DIDN'T SHOW ANY CODES AT FIRST UNTIL WE DROVE IT IN LIMP MODE FOR AN HOUR AT 40KMH TO GET BACK TO OUR HOTEL. SINCE WE WERE ON VACATION WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A SHOP TO OPEN AT WHICH TIME WE FOUND THAT IT WAS THE VALVE BODY THAT LET GO. I HAVE READ THAT THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THE 68RFE ON DODGE FORUMS AND I AM NOT SURE WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL DONE FOR THIS?

VEHICLE REPEATEDLY GETS STUCK IN PARK, BUT INDICATES REVERSE. WILL NOT START OR MOVE. TRANSFER CASE IS NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE TO NEUTRAL, BECAUSE SHIFT INDICATOR LEVER INDICATES IT IS IN REVERESE. SO CALLED "EMERGENCY OVERRIDE PROCEDURE" DOES NOT WORK. BATTERIES MUST BE DISCONNECTED FOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE SHIFT LEVER CAN BE RELEASED. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP (AT MY OWN EXPENSE) UPON THE FIRST OCCURENCE, I WAS INFORMED THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE THEN AND I AM MOST ASSURED IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

I HAVE A COMPLAINT NUMBER ALREADY BUT I DID NOT SEND PHOTOS. MY NUMBER IS 10782106. INCLUDED ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE HOLE IN THE FLOOR BOARD WHERE THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT PENETRATED THE CAB BETWEEN THE DRIVERS LEGS. I CAN ALSO OBTAIN A REPORT FROM THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT. AS THEY WERE CALLED TO PUT OUT THE RESULTING FIRE.

ON JULY 21, 2015 WHILE DRIVING ON I-40 NEAR NEWPORT TN. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE THAT CAME FROM MY 2011 DODGE RAM 3500 TRUCK. AFTER THE LOUD NOISE THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES AT ALL. MY FRIEND, WHO WAS DRIVING AND HAS CDL, GENTLY PRESSED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SAFELY PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF I-40. ONCE THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. A TENNESSEE STATE TROOPER SOON ARRIVED AND CALLED FOR THE NEWPORT FIRE DEPT WHO ARRIVED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT ONE OF THE FIREMEN NOTICED SMOKE IN THE CAB. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE FOUND A HOLE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL IN THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOORBOARD. THAT WAS THE LOUD BANG. THEY ALSO NOTICED A LOT OF METAL HANGING FROM UNDER THE...

2011 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED 2 MONTHS AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE, IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS STARTED. THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND DID NOT LIKE THE WAY, THE VEHICLE HANDLED AND STEERED. THE PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED TO THE DEALER, AT WHICH TIME THEY WERE INFORMED IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS A DUALLY AND THEY WERE NOT USED TO DRIVING ONE AND IT WOULD TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO. APPROXIMATELY 2-3 WEEKS AFTER THE VISIT, THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HANDLING AND STEERING. THE DEALER PERFORMED AN ALIGNMENT. THEY DROVE THE TRUCK FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND THEY WERE STILL UNHAPPY. APRIL 2, 2012, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ECM. A MONTH AFTER DRIVING...

WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW TRUCK FROM A LOCAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA DEALER IN 2011. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND A TREE FELL ON HIS 9 MONTH OLD TRUCK WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES ON IT. HE HAD BODY DAMAGE ONLY BUT THE TRUCK WAS RENDERED "TOTALED OUT" BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. WE PAID OFF THE LOAN WITH THE INSURANCE PAY OFF AND THEN, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS, WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK BACK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. WE THEN HAD THE REPAIRS COMPLETED (AGAIN, BODY REPAIRS ONLY). THE TRUCK WAS INSPECTED AND GIVEN A "SALVAGED/REBUILT" TITLE. NOW...DODGE IS REFUSING US ANY FACTORY ENGINE/POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY ARE REFUSING (ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL LOCAL DEALER) TO REPAIR THE SAFETY RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE TWO RECALLS: (1) LEFT TIE ROD END AND (2) 2011 DJD2 6.7L ECM FLUSH. WE ARE ALSO TO BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST MOST SEVERE SAFETY...