2012 DODGE RAM 3500 Power Train Problems

The wireless ignition module loses connection internally and the truck will lose power while driving. It usually happens when hitting a small bump and the key in the ignition moves. Truck loses electrical power which shuts the engine off which means loss of power steering and brakes.

Valve body issue

THE INTEGRATED BRAKE CONTROLLER IS INTERMITTENT AT BEST. I PURCHASED A TRAILER AND IT HOOKED UP FINE. WORKED FINE TOWING UNTIL I DISCONNECTED THE TRAILER AND SEVEN PIN CONNECTOR. NOW THE CONTROLLER TELLS ME THERE IS NO TRAILER ON THE CONTROLLER AND THE DASH ALERTS. UPON PULLING THE TRAILER AGAIN THE CONTROLLER TELLS ME I'M NOT TOWING WHEN I AM. ??

SOMETHING IN TRANSMISSION (68RFE) FAILED AND DUMPS FLUID OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK TUBE ONTO THE TURBO WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET IN THE TOWN I LIVED.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY/ROADS EVERY SO OFTEN THE TRUCK WOULD SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. BEEN DOING THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. LUCKILY I NEVER GOT INTO A WRECK BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. NOW THE TRUCK WON?T START AND IT HAPPENED AT HOME. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE TO BE BAD. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS I CAME UP ON A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE SAME IGNITION SYSTEM ON OTHER DODGE?S AND WAS WONDERING WHY THE DODGE RAM WAS LEFT OUT. RECALL NUMBER R03/NHTSA 14V-373. *TR

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC SHOWS MULTIPLE FAULT CODES. MECHANIC AND DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF CODES. REPLACED EVERY SENSOR AND COMPUTER 2 TIMES STILL HAS THE SAME CODES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE SHATTERED AND WAS ON THE GROUND. ALSO, THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVESHAFTS WERE DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,000.

DIFFERENTIAL OUT, 54,000 MILES, EITHER FAULTY WORKMANSHIP OR FAULTY PARTS.

REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEIZED A SECOND TIME, 9000 MILES AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. A PINION BO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURES WITH NO SOLUTION FROM CENTRAL JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM OF RAYNHAM (191 US-44, RAYNHAM, MA 02767, (508) 823-0101) AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL) AND 13V344000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED 13 TSBS FOR THE ENGINE AND 1 TSB FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL), 15V459000 (AIR BAGS), AND 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (BERGERON AUTO - CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 3525 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD, METAIRIE, LA 70002, (504) 888-2131) WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY WHEN THE REMEDY AND PARTS WOULD BE SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V635000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL), 15V459000 (AIR BAGS), AND 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN).

WHILE DRIVING UPHILL I INCURRED LOSE OF POWER TO THE REAR WHEELS. IT GAVE A SMALL SHAKE AND I LOST POWER CAUSING MY RPM TO RAISE. PULLED THE TRUCK OVER ONTO SIDE OF ROAD AND CHECKED FOR ANY POSSIBLE LEAKS OR DAMAGE AND NOTICE NONE. WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AGAIN I ONLY HAD FIRST GEAR. THERE IS A RECALL BY DODGE REFERENCED AS THE N50 AND DODGE IS TELLING ME THIS DOES NOT PERTAIN TO MY PICKUP HOWEVER, THE SYMPTOMS IN MY TRUCK ARE THE SAME AS THE N50 RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE OF BILLINGS, 2229 KING AVE W, BILLINGS, MT 59102) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT AND TRANSFER CASE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,941. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND TOWING A 2017 WOOD DECK TRAILER FMCW-11000-20S, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT AND TRANSFER CASE SEPARATED AND BLEW UP. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS HUBCAP FELL OFF. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVE SHAFT WERE GONE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KING CITY CHRYSLER CENTER (1603 BROADWAY ST, MT VERNON, IL 62864 (618) 242-6600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED, THE AXLE WAS COMPROMISED, AND THE TRANSMISSION, FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, TRANSFER CASE, ENTIRE FRONT AXLE, FUEL LINES, TRANSMISSION...

SCR CATALYST SYSTEM, ENGINE LIGHT ON FOR IT, EVERY OTHER RTUCK WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN RECALLED ALREADY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART; HOWEVER, THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 176,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THE REAR END VIBRATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE TIRES WERE REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UNDER THE MANIFOLD INTAKE THAT THERE WAS AN EXHAUST LEAK AND THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V529000 (STEERING) BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS AS I WAS ROUNDING A CORNER, ONTO A ROAD I WAS TURNING ONTO. I PUSHED ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE PEDAL WAS DEAD !!! AFTER 2-3 SECONDS OF HOLDING THE PEDAL DOWN, THE ENGINE CAME TO LIFE AND SPED UP. SENSE THEN, THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP LIGHT, GOING AROUND CORNERS AND CURVES. IT HAPPENS AFTER LEAVING OFF THE THROTTLE, BEFORE PASSING, THEN A DEAD PEDAL TRYING TO SPEED UP TO PASS. THIS IS SPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN I AM PULLING MY 5TH WHEEL TRAILER AND NEED THE POWER TO HELP CONTROL THE TRUCK AND TRAILER !! HAVING THE CRUSE CONTROL ON OR OFF SEEMS NOT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AFTER PRESSING AND GETTING A DEAD THROTTLE, THE POWER COMES BACK, AFTER HOLDING THE PEDAL DOWN FOR A FEW TO SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT,...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 09/09/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, WHEN HE PUT THE GEAR IN REVERSE. UPDATED 09/16/15*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING BAR FRACTURED AND THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,200.

TURNED KEY ON, PUT GEAR SELECTOR INTO N POSITION. ALLOWED TRUCK TO ROLL FORWARD, DOWNHILL 12". TRIED TO PUT INTO PARK AND IT CONTINUED TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD STARTED TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET OUT AS IT STARTED TO ROLL. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO PUT IT INTO PARK BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT METHODS, I.E. ENGINE RUNNING, NOT RUNNING, REVERSED PRIOR STEPS ETC. REPAIR SHOP SAID SOMETHING IS BROKEN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THEY STATED IT WILL HAVE TO BE TORN APART TO FIND THE PROBLEM, MOST LIKELY A COMPLETE REBUILD? WE JUST GOT BACK FROM A VACATION HAULING A 38' 17,000# 5TH WHEEL RV. WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HILLS AT SENICA LAKE OHIO CAMPGROUND? MANY PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED! AT A BEAR MINIMUM THERE SHOULD BE A WARNING POSTED TO SET EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE PUTTING INTO PARK, EVERY SINGLE TIME!

WHILE DRIVING TRUCK, THROTTLE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND LIGHTENING BOLT COMES UP. CAR THEN LOSES ALL POWER AND IT DIES. NO NOTICE. VERY SCARY. COULD CAUSE SERIOUS OR FATALITY ACCIDENT SINCE THERE IS NO NOTICE AND IT JUST GOES FROM 60 - 0. DEALER HAS HAD THE TRUCK IN HALF A DOZEN TIMES AND STILL CANNOT FIX THE ISSUE. CHRYSLER HAS GIVEN ME CASE MANAGER, BUT THEY CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT EITHER. THEY HAVE TRIED A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT IS NOT FIXING THE ISSUE. NOW DEALER SAYS THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS AND THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.

MY DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT 80 MPH IN CRUISE CONTROL WHEN HE STARTED TO NOTICE A VIBRATION FROM THE TRUCK THAT WAS SHAKING THE MIRRORS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL AND STARTED TO DECELERATE. AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH A LARGE BANG WAS HEARD FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WAS LIFTED OFF OF THE PAVEMENT. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE TURNED SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN INTO CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH! THANKFULLY MY DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT BUT WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EVENTUALLY BRING IT TO A STOP. PARTS FROM THE TRUCK HAD BEEN STREWN DOWN THE INTERSTATE OVER APPROXIMATELY 200 YDS. THERE WAS A...

2012 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIE ROD ASSEMBLY RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE TIMES, WHERE HE COULDN'T OBTAIN A SPEED GREATER THAN 40 MPH. ALSO, HE WAS EXPERIENCING POOR FUEL ECONOMY. *JB

TRAVELING CLOSE TO MAX LEGAL HIGHWAY SPEED FOR THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I WAS TRAVELING ON. FELT AND SOUNDED LIKE TWO FRONT TIRES BLEW AND WAS TRAVELING ON THE RIMS (SPARKS AND SOUNDS AND RESPONSIVENESS ON VEHICLE). PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVELINE GOING INTO THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL HAD SEPARATED. IT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE TRANSFER CASE IN THE REAR. THE UNIVERSAL JOINT AND APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT OF DRIVE SHAFT WAS CHERRY RED. BEARING RACE WAS FOUND ON SIDE OF ROAD AND HAD STARTED A SMALL FIRE (WAS PUT OUT BY DRIVER). APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS A GOUGE OUT OF TRANSMISSION HOUSING (LESS THAN AN INCH AT A JOIN BOLT), SLIGHT DENT IN TRANSMISSION PAN, TORN (~2") TEAR IN DIFFERENTIAL WHERE DRIVE SHAFT ENTERS FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. DRIVE SHAFT AND WHAT IS LEFT OF FRONT BEARING ARE FREE TO TURN BY HAND. DIFFERENTIAL FLUID...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD FAILED ON ANOTHER OCCASION AND THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT AND GEAR BOX. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CASTOR HAD FAILED WHICH CAUSED HIS TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT THEN STATED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL GAP BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE FRAME AND THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS LEAKING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.