2013 RAM 1500 Electrical System Problems

TRUCK SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THERE WAS A MESSAGE ON THE DASH STATING "WRONG KEY FOB". I HAD AN OCCASION WHEN I FIRST GOT THE TRUCK WHERE THE IGNITION KEY WAS NO LONGER RECONIZED AND WOULD NOT START THE TRUCK. AT THIS TIME, THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY AND A NEW KEY WAS GIVEN TO ME SO I HAD TWO WORKING IGNITION KEYS. I WAS A LITTLE UNEASY OF ONLY HAVING ONE KEY ON ME AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, ALWAYS HAD A SPARE IGNITION KEY ON ME. WHILE DRIVING LAST WEEK, THE TRUCK SHUT OFF, FLASHED THE WRONG KEY FOB MESSAGE, AND I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. I TRIED USING MY SPARE KEY, AND THE TRUCK STARTED RIGHT UP AND DROVE NORMALLY. THE ORIGINAL KEY I WAS USING NO LONGER WORKS, AND I WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE...

CENTER INSTRUMENT PANEL KEEP GOING OUT I HAD IT HAD THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES, HEADLIGHTS ON DRIVER SIDE GO OUT AND AFTER THE NEW CHIP WAS PUT INTO UCONNECT THAT FLICKERS

WHEN USING THE HORN DRIVING OR STATIONARY, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DELAY FROM DEPRESSING THE STEERING WHEEL CENTER AND THE HORN SOUNDING. THE DELAY RENDERS THE HORN RELATIVELY USELESS FOR TIMELY WARNING TO OTHER VEHICLES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE CLOSE CALLS. HORNS ARE MEANT AS WARNING DEVICES, SECONDS COUNT AT SPEED AND THIS DELAY IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE REPAIRING THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V461000 (EQUIPMENT) WITH THE USB INSERTED, THE MESSAGE BOARD WENT BLANK AND FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIO HAD BURNED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND RADIO FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE ALSO PERIODICALLY WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

2013 DODGE RAM 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NUMEROUS FAULTS WITH THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER. *SMD THE DEALER PERFORMED SEVERAL UPGRADES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAULTS INCLUDED THE POWER ASSIST BRAKING SYSTEM NOT WORKING, THE POWER STEERING DID NOT ENGAGE, MAKING STEERING IMPOSSIBLE. SEVERAL TIMES THE DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK FROM THE INSIDE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND ON ONE OCCASION, THE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. ALSO, NUMEROUS TIMES THE DISPLAY CONSOLE WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED TO TURN ON IN AUTOMATIC MODE, AND THE BACK UP DISPLAY DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURES WERE RANDOM. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND THE STEERING TURNED TOWARDS THE RIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE RADIO AND ALL DASH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHUT OFF FOR APPROX 10-20 SECONDS AND THEN APPARENTLY REBOOT. THE TRUCK DOES NOT LOSE POWER. THIS HAPPENED SINCE PURCHASE AND HAS BEEN FLASH DRIVE UPDATED APPROX 4 TIMES AND 2 NEW RADIO/COMPUTERS REPLACED. DEALERSHIP HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHY OR WHAT CAUSES THIS.

ATTEMPTED TO START MY RAM 1500, AFTER TURNING THE KEY THE MESSAGE SCREEN READ WRONG KEY FOB. MY TRUCK DOES NOT UTILIZE A FOB. THE TRUCK WAS STUCK IN PARK AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2013 RAM 1500S AND CAN BE A RECURRING ISSUE.

WHEN DRIVING MY TRUCK AT ANY SPEED EVEN A STOP THE CLUSTER WILL RESET. RADIO, AC & TRUCK ALL STILL WORK, ONLY THE CLUSTER WILL RESTART. I HAVE BEEN TAKING MY TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY HAVE DONE A FEW UPDATES BUT THIS WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

CENTER DASH CLUSTER REBOOTS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING WHILE CLUSTER RECYCLES. IT HAS OCCURRED DOZENS OF TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT OCCURS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. NOW THE AUTO DOOR LOCKS ARE INTERMITTENTLY WORKING ON ALL OF THE DOORS. HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK 3 OF 4 DOORS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPSTARTED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

CENTER DASH CLUSTER REBOOTS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING WHILE CLUSTER RECYCLES. IT HAS OCCURRED DOZENS OF TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT OCCURS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. I HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS SINCE IT FIRST OCCURRED. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A CLUE AS TO THE ROOT CAUSE. MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM.

I STARTED NOTICING MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT FLICKERING FOR A FEW DAYS AND NOW THE LOW AND HIGH BEAM LIGHTS ARE BOTH OUT. I ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE BULBS AND REALIZED THEY WERE FINE. THE DAY AFTER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES AND NOW MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WONT ROLL DOWN. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY (TIPM) TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AND IT WILL COST AROUND $800 OR MORE TO REPLACE. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY THIS MUCH MONEY FOR A FAULTY PART AND FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT, IM LUCKY TO HAVE THE LITTLE PROBLEMS I DO. REPORTS OF PEOPLES VEHICLES STALLING, NOT STARTING, AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING, ETC.. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL? PEOPLES LIVES COULD BE AT RISK.

CENTER DASH CLUSTER REBOOTS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING WHILE CLUSTER RECYCLES. IT HAS OCCURRED DOZENS OF TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT OCCURS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. I HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS SINCE IT FIRST OCCURRED. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A CLUE AS TO THE ROOT CAUSE. MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. MY DOME LIGHTS ALWAYS FLICKER EVEN AFTER HAVING IT LOOKED AT TWICE BY A RAM DEALER TECHNICIAN. *TR

CENTER DASH CLUSTER REBOOTS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING WHILE CLUSTER RECYCLES. IT HAS OCCURRED DOZENS OF TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT OCCURS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. I HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS SINCE IT FIRST OCCURRED. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A CLUE AS TO THE ROOT CAUSE. MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 DODGE RAM 1500 AND AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP. WHEN I BEGAN TO COST OUT ONTO THE ROAD I HIT THE ACCELERATOR THE WAS A HUGE ENGINE REV BUT NO POWER AS I LOOKED TO THE SHIFTER ON THE DASH THE D WAS FLASHING ORANGE HAD TO PUT MY FOOT ON BRAKE SHIFT TO N AND THEN WAIT FOR A FEW SECONDS TO SHIFT BACK INTO D AND PULL AWAY. HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE BEEN COMING I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN BAD SHAPE. THIS IS AT LEAST THE 4TH OR 5TH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED AND HAVE BEEN TO DEALER AND THEY SAY NEVER HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND GAUGES RADIO EVERYTHING ELECTRONIC IN THE TRUCK SHUTS OFF AND RESTARTS. LASTS FOR 5-7 SECONDS THEN BACK TO NORMAL. NOTHING ELSE GETS AFFECTED SO FAR. JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK OWNED IT FOR 10 DAYS AND HAS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR. MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE DASH SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. IT HAS DONE THIS THREE OTHER TIMES AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SO NOTHING GETS DONE ABOUT IT. I AM AFRAID THAT THERE MAY BE A LOOSE CONNECTION SOMEWHERE THAT WILL CAUSE HEAT AND BURN MY TRUCK, OR I MAY GET STARTLED AS THE DASH STARTS FLASHING ON AND OFF AT NIGHT AND JERK THE STEERING WHEEL AND WRECK THE TRUCK. IT SEEMS TO ME A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO, THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

FIRST OFF I LOVE MY TRUCK. I AM HOWEVER HIGHLY FRUSTRATED THAT DODGE CAN NOT SEEM TO RESOLVE TWO ISSUES THAT I AM HAVING. THE FIRST I BELIEVE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND HAVE HAD IT AT 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS EACH TIME THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN NOT SEEM TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO CODE STORED IN THE COMPUTER THERE FOR NOTHING DONE. WHILE I AM DRIVING AROUND TOWN AT SPEEDS OF 40-50 MPH ALL OF MY DASH LIGHTS AND MY RADIO TURN OFF, STAY OFF FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AS IF REBOOTING AND COME BACK ON. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS WITH DIALS ALL FALL TO THE LEFT NOT READING ANYTHING. I AM AFRAID THAT ONE TIME IT DOES THIS IT WILL NOT COME BACK ON AND LEAVE ME STRANDED OR WORSE MAYBE CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT....

ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 14TH 2015, I DROVE TO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WHILE I PUT FUEL IN MY TRUCK. WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START AND THE MESSAGE CENTER STATED "WRONG KEY FOB". THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER. IT HAS NOW BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR 5 DAYS. THE DEALER THINKS THAT POSSIBLY THE WIRELESS IGNITION MODULE MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS 37,100 MILES. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE SHUT OFF, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE LOCKED, AND I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND MAY HAVE CRASHED. *TR

HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES WITHIN 30 DAYS. AT LOW SPEEDS BETWEEN 15MPH AND 35MPH, ENGINE STOPS, GAUGES GO DEAD AND APROX 6 SECONDS LATER THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO PARK. 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS LIGHTLY BREAKING & COASTING FOR A STOP LIGHT; 2ND TIME I WAS CRUISING ABOUT 35MPH; AND 3RD TIME I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION GOING INTO PARK AFTER THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT DEAD REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU TURN THE IGNITION OFF WITHOUT FIRST PUTTING IT INTO PARK - WHEN THIS HAPPENS, A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTS INTO THE PARK POSITION. I HAD AT LEAST 1/2 TANK OF GAS EACH OCCURRENCE. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP ON 1/14/15, DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY CAN CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM, WHICH I CONSIDER...

WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 DODGE RAM A ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAME ACROSS THE DASH BOARD AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK BACK HOME . AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF NOW THE TRUCK WONT START. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE MY GAUGE CLUSTER INTERMITTENTLY REBOOTS ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD SAY THIS OCCURRENCE HAS HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES DURING THE YEAR I HAVE OWNED MY TRUCK. I BOUGHT IT BACK IN OF SEPTEMBER 2013. IN ADDITION, I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY MAP LIGHTS FLICKER. NOT SURE IF IT'S AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I'VE BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN TO THE RAM DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO ERROR LOGS IN THE TRUCK'S COMPUTER SYSTEM. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS FORUMS WITH OTHER 2013 RAM TRUCK OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PHENOMENON AND WHO HAVE BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE WITH NO LUCK. *TR

DASH LIGHT AND RADIO WENT BLANK. WHEN THEY CAME BACK ON THE DASH DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY AND THE RADIO RESET. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW CONTROL MODULE AND THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. WHEN THE NEW ONE CAME IN I WENT TO START THE TRUCK AND NOTHING WORKED COULD NOT EVEN TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD HOW TO UNLOCK SHIFT SELECTOR. SINCE BEING REPLACED I HAVE HAD IT BACK INTO THE DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME ORIGINAL COMPLAINT. I HAD THE MODULE REPLACED AGAIN BY A DIFFERENT DEALER ABOUT A MONTH AGO. AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEMS HAVE STARTED UP AS BEFORE. WHILE DRIVING THE DASH WILL GO COMPLETELY BLANK AND MAY OR MAY NOT RESET WITH OUT HAVING TO TURN TRUCK OFF. *TR

GAUGES GO BLANK AND THEN TURN BACK ON WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCKS DASH WILL GO BLANK, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND THEN RESETS. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED, WHEN THE VEHICLE RESET THE THROTTLE CAME BACK ON WIDE OPEN AND ALMOST CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. I REACTED BY MANUALLY SHUTTING DOWN THE VEHICLE AND COMING TO A REST ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ONCE I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE ALL WAS OK. I WAS ONLY A MILE FORM THE DODGE DEALER AND RETURNED IT TO THEM FOR A DIAGNOSIS. AGAIN, NOTHING FOUND. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES (DASH RESETTING WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS) BUT ONLY ONCE HAS IT CAME BACK ON FULL THROTTLE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR THE DASH RESETTING JUST TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. THIS IS A VALID SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AFTER REVIEWING THE DODGE...

FUSES CONTINUE TO BLOW FROM VARIOUS OUTLETS/HUBS/PLUGS IN THE VEHICLE. RANDOM NOISE COMES FROM UNDER DASH WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF. KEY(FOB) ALSO GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WILL NOT COME OUT UNLESS TRUCK IS TURNED BACK ON. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL POWER. FIDDLED WITH BUTTONS FOR A FEW MINUTES THE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. DEALERS TOLD ME THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I AM PROVIDING A FOLLOW-UP ON MY 2013 DODGE RAM. BOTH CHRYSLER AND THE DEALER HAVE WORKED ON MY TRUCK NUMEROUS TIMES TO KEEP THE TRUCK PANEL LIGHTS FROM COMING ON. I AM STILL LOSING MY BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE CLUSTER PANEL CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING ON WHICH IS JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY NOW. I HAVE FINALLY PARKED THE TRUCK AND PLAN TO SEE IF WE CAN AFFORD A THIRD VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS ARE ALMOST A YEAR OLD AND I AM CONVINCED CHRYSLER IS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I AM CONVINCED THAT IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I CRASH AS I NEVER GET A WARNING WHEN THE BRAKES OR THE POWER STEERING WILL FAIL. THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER ARE NOW VERY INVOLVED, WHICH I APPRECIATE BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I HAS BEEN...

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SO FAR HAS REBOOTED AND RETURNED TO WORKING CONDITION BUT SO FAR CLUSTER HAS FAILED AROUND 20+ TIMES WHILE DRIVING. UNKNOWN IF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL RESUME FUNCTIONING AFTER FAILURE UNTIL IT DOES RESTART. DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MAKING VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A HARDWARE PROBLEM, SOFTWARE PROBLEM OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP AND SPEAKING WITH RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE ISSUE . *TR

I WAS PARKED AND THE TRUCK DIDN'T START BACK UP. TRUCK WAS LESS THAN 2 WEEKS OLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE BATTERY WHICH WAS THE FIRST GUESS. THE DEALER SAID IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM THAT WAS INSTALLED AND THEN TAKEN OUT WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2013 AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING IT UNTIL TODAY 7/1/14. THE SAME THING HAPPENED THIS MORNING. THE TRUCK LEFT ME STRANDED AT A GAS STATION. WAITING FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS. *TR

I HAD PROBLEMS PRIOR TO APRIL 2014 BUT I AM JUST USING A TIME FRAME WHEN CHRYSLER GOT INVOLVED. IN 2013 AND 2014 MY DODGE RAM WOULD HAVE THE CLUSTER PANEL COME ON WITH AIR BAG SERVICE NEEDED FIRST AND THEN THE REMAINING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON TO INCLUDE ENGINE LIGHT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER THEY TRIED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM TO INCLUDE RESETTING THE COMPUTER. OVER TIME I WOULD LOSE MY POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. FORTUNATELY I WAS GOING INTO A PARKING AREA WHEN I LOST THE POWER BRAKES OTHERWISE I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE CRASHED SINCE I DID NOT EXPECT THE CHANGE. AS OF LATE THE TRUCK WILL NOT START OR THE RADIO WON'T GO OFF. CHRYSLER HAS REALLY DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND MAYBE I WILL NEED TO CRASH FIRST BEFORE SOMETHING...

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST, (MOVE BACK AND FORTH) SOMETIMES. ALSO, IT SHOWS MEMORY SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE WHILE NOT IN PARK. SOMETIMES, THE RADIO VOLUME WILL NOT TURN DOWN, NOR CHANNEL CHANGE WILL NOT WORK. THE RADIO CHANNELS WOULD CHANGE ON THEIR OWN. THIS INCLUDES SATELLITE, RADIO, OR PHONE PLUGGED IN. SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU TRY TO TURN THE A/C FAN SPEED UP IT WON'T GO. YOU HAVE TO DO IT SEVERAL TIMES. TIRE PRESSURE SOMETIMES SHOWS LOW FOR ONE OR MORE TIRES BUT WHEN TIRES ARE TESTED THEY ARE ALL THE SAME PRESSURE. SEEMS SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH THE TRUCK. I WORRY SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. TRUCK WOULD NOT RAISE AND LOWER. MESSAGE ON THE CONSOLE BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND IT DID NOT STORE THE ERROR. ONCE THE ERROR CLEARED UP THERE...

THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS REBOOTED (I.E.-SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED) ON 7 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND COUNTING. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO ANY SPECIFIC DRIVING CIRCUMSTANCE SUCH AS SPEED, ACCELERATION, ETC. IT APPEARS ARBITRARY. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL SHUT DOWN SOMETHING MECHANICAL THAT IT CONTROLS WHEN I AM DRIVING WHICH COULD LEAD TO A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER ALREADY ON MY LAST SERVICE AND THEY 'RESET THE COMPUTER'. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS AND THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT I AM AWARE OF. I AM BRINGING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND HAVE DOCUMENTED THE DATE SAND TIMES THE LAST 3 EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED HOPING THIS WILL HELP IN THE DIAGNOSIS. *TR

THE VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN WITHOUT NOTICE, THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF AND WILL NOT RESTART. THE ELECTRONIC DASH WILL GO BLACK WHICH SHOWS WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN. SO SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL TO RESTART THE VEHICLE CAN BE DIFFICULT SINCE NO INDICATION IS GIVEN OF WHAT GEAR. ALL POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLES COMPUTER DOES SOME SORT OF RESET AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS BUT ANY ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE FAIL TILL THE RESET IS COMPLETE. TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND ALSO NOTIFIED CHRYSLER WHICH THERE ATTEMPTED RESOLUTIONS WERE ONLY GUESS AND DOES NOT RESOLVE THE SHUTDOWNS. CHRYSLER AND SERVICE TECH'S HAVE STATED THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE ISSUE YET ANOTHER CUSTOMER IN FOR SERVICE SAME TIME AS MYSELF WITH A JEEP COMPLAINED OF THE SAME ISSUE THAT I HAD SEEN WITH MY RAM. IT APPEARS THIS IS BIGGER ISSUE...

THE 8.4" MULTI-DISPLAY TERMINAL (MDT) BECAME INOPERABLE AND I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL HEAT/AC/DEFROSTER OR VIEW THE BACK UP CAMERA WHICH CREATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THE COMPUTER UPDATED, RE-FLASHED AND UNTIMELY REPLACED. I'VE HAD TO TAKE OFF FROM WORK SEVERAL TIMES TO BRING THIS VEHICLE IN AND LOST TIME. ON 4/2/14, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND WHEN I LEFT THE MDT BECAME INOPERABLE AGAIN AND IS COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTER STACK CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,500.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SO FAR HAS REBOOTED AND RETURNED TO WORKING CONDITION BUT SO FAR CLUSTER HAS FAILED AROUND 20+ TIMES WHILE DRIVING. UNKNOWN IF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL RESUME FUNCTIONING AFTER FAILURE UNTIL IT DOES RESTART. SECONDARY CONDITION TO ENTERTAINMENT CLUSTER MULTIPLE FAILURE. ENTERTAINMENT CONSOLE CLUSTER REPLACED DUE TO MULTIPLE FAILURE OF TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM. THIS FAILED TO RESOLVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PROBLEM DESPITE DEALERSHIP ASSURANCES THAT IT WOULD. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEING REPLACED NOW ON TRUCK. TRUCK 10 MONTHS OLD - MULTIPLE ENTERTAINMENT CONSOLE FAILURES & INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURES. DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MAKING VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A HARDWARE PROBLEM, SOFTWARE PROBLEM OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP AND SPEAKING WITH RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE...

I WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AT THE BANK. WIPERS CAME ON AND ALL GAUGES STARTED FLASHING. SHUT TRUCK OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I VIDEOED IT. I HAD TAKEN IT IN TO DEALER ON 2/15/14 FOR SERVICE AND TOLD THE MANAGER THAT I HAD 2 OCCASIONS WHERE MY GAUGES HAD FLASHED AND WENT COMPLETELY DARK AND I RESTARTED IT AND THEY CAME BACK ON. FIRST PROBLEMS NOTED WERE AROUND 5K MILES, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND TOOK IT TO VACUUM IT OUT AT THE CARWASH. AFTER SHE WAS FINISHED, SHE STARTED IT AND WENT TO PUT IT INTO GEAR AND IT WOULD NOT GO. HOWEVER THIS TIME IT WAS HAULED OFF ON A ROLL BACK COMPLETELY DEAD. SPENT A LOT ON MONEY ON BIG RED AND IT MAKES ME SICK TO KNOW THERE ARE ISSUES NO ONE INFORMED ME OF. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE ON PAVED ROADWAY TRAVELING APPX 30 MPH. VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. WITNESS SAID FLAMES SHOT OUT BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE FROM UNDER THE BODY. LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS AROUND THE VEHICLE AS I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. A QUICK GLANCE AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWED EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL AND NO WARNING LIGHTS. SMOKE IN CAB AND FLAMES CAME UP THROUGH THE DASH AS I EXITED THE VEHICLE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR INCLUDING THE WINDSHIELD BUSTING OUT FROM THE HEAT. TOOK FIRE DEPARTMENT 3 ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. AFTER FLOODING THE INTERIOR AND DASH CAVITY (THROUGH THE HOLE BURNED THROUGH THE DASH) OF THE VEHICLE 2 TIMES, THE FIRE CONTINUED. AT THAT TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND FLOODED THE INTERIOR AND DASH AREA A 3RD TIME WHICH FINALLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE ONLY INJURY WAS SMOKE INHALATION AND RESULTING SORE THROAT SUFFERED...

DRIVING TRUCK IN TOWN APPROX 35 - 40 MPH. CAN GIVE EXACT DETAIL / LOCATION. VEHICLE TRANSMISSION IN "DRIVE". VEHICLE HAS CENTER CONSUL. AS VEHICLE WAS CLIMBING GRADUAL HILL, TRANSMISSION AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFTED. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO FULL THROTTLE UNCONTROLLABLY. ENGINE RPM JUMPED TO 6K - 7K. VEHICLE SPEED STILL INCREASING. STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES THINKING IT WAS STUCK WITH NO EFFECT - RPM REMAINED CONSTANT. THEN PUT BOTH FEET ON BRAKE PEDAL - RPM REMAINED CONSTANT. THEN SHIFTED TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL POSITION. CHECK ETC / RED LIGHTNING BOLT MESSAGE NOW ON IN MESSAGE CENTER LOCATED BETWEEN TACH & SPEEDOMETER. RPM'S NOW AT A CONSTANT 4K WITH VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND COASTING. NO PLACE TO TURN OFF WITHOUT BLOCKING TRAFFIC. STOPPED AT LIGHTED INTERSECTION - VEHICLE STILL AT 4K RPM. SHIFTED BACK INTO "DRIVE", TIRES CHIRPED AND TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD STILL AT 4K RPM. PARKED VEHICLE IN SAFE PLACE...

VEHICLE DIDN'T START, WE WERE STRANDED MILES FROM HOME IT SHOWED "WRONG KEY FOB" ON THE SCREEN, STEERING & TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER THEY REPROGRAMMED THE ORIGINAL KEY IT DIDN'T WORK, PROGRAMMED A NEW KEY DIDN'T WORK EITHER ORDERED RECEIVER MODULE DIDN'T WORK EITHER, PROGRAMMED A THIRD KEY & SOMEHOW STARTED. REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET & FOUND MULTIPLE CASES, SOME SAY THAT THEY HAD SAME PROBLEM IN MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. WE WERE NOT IN DANGER AT ANY TIME, BUT IF THIS INCIDENT OCCURS UNDER COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS OR IN AN UNSAFE LOCATION THE STORY COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT. *TR

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A SHORT TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE AND I HAD JUST MADE A TURN ON THE STREET WE LIVE ON WHEN I HEARD A DING SOUND. MY WIFE AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY THAT SHOWED, "SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL". IT STAYED ON ONLY A SECOND AND DISAPPEARED. I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE ANY EFFECT TO THE DRIVING CAPABILITY, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT MESSAGE HAS APPEARED AND I NOTICE THAT THERE ARE TWO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS POSTED HERE ABOUT THE SAME MESSAGE. I THINK I'LL GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT THEY DO. I HAD BEEN USING MY CRUISE CONTROL ON THE WAY BACK FROM MY TRIP WHICH I NORMALLY DO USE AND I NOTE THAT IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THE PERSON WAS USING THEIRS TOO. AT...

ON AUGUST 26TH I WAS TRAVELING IN MY TRUCK AT ABOUT 58MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. AS I ENTERED A 45MPH SPEED ZONE I TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE. THE TRUCK MAINTAINED SPEED SO I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL MANY TIMES WITH THE TRUCK NOT SLOWING DOWN. I THEN HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES QUITE HARD TO SLOW DOWN. WHILE DOING THIS I NOTICED A MESSAGE COME UP ON THE INFO SCREEN WHICH READ SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. AFTER STOPPING I CHECKED TO SEE IF SOMETHING LIKE A FLOORMAT WAS PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WHICH THERE WAS NOT. THIS SAME SITUATION HAPPENED AGAIN ON AUGUST 30TH. I CONTACTED SOUTH LAKE MOTORS, THE LOCAL RAM DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR SEPT. 4. I TOOK MY TRUCK IN AND THEY FOUND A CODE IN THE COMPUTER, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IN THE FOLLOWING 2...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN TO EXIT HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY AFTER BEING RESTARTED. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS AND PANIC ALARM WOULD ACTIVATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TEST DRIVEN, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

30JULY2013 TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP DUE TO NOT STARTING AND LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED IGNITION. 14SEPT2013 BACK TO DEALERSHIP WITH SAME SYMPTOMS. SHOWS KEY IN IGNITION WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LOCK DOORS, RADIO STAYS ON, DASHBOARD LIGHTS STAY ON, DO NOT NEED KEY WITH CHIP TO START TRUCK. BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND FIXED IGNITION. 1OCT2013 BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR SAME IGNITION ISSUE. DEALERSHIP OPENED CASE STAR CASE WITH CHRYSLER. TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT WHEN KEY WAS NOT PUT IN COMPLETELY STRAIGHT IT LOCKS A TUMBLER CAUSING THIS ISSUE. DUPLICATED SAME ISSUE ON 2 NEW DODGE RAM TRUCKS ON THEIR LOT. ENGINEER FROM CHRYSLER ADVISED ACTING AS DESIGNED AND RESOLUTION IS TO RE-EDUCATE CUSTOMER HOW TO INSERT KEY. I (THE CONSUMER) OPENED A CASE WITH CHRYSLER MYSELF ([XXX]AT 800-992-1997 WHICH IS ALSO TIED TO THE DEALERSHIP STAR CASE THEY FILED) TO ESCALATE FOR A BETTER RESOLUTION. BESIDES...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE HORN FAILED TO SOUND AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE HORN WOULD ACTIVATE ONLY WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE LOGO THAT WAS AFFIXED IN THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,900.