2015 RAM 1500 Power Train Problems

I RECENTLY HAD THE APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION PERFORMED ON MY 2015 RAM 1500 ECODIESEL. SINCE THE MODIFICATION, THE TRUCK HAS A TERRIBLE LAG WHEN I TAKE OFF, SOMETIMES UP TO 5 SECONDS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON ACCELERATOR AND TRY TO GO. THIS LAG IS GOING TO GET ME HIT AND POSSIBLY KILLED. ONLINE FORUMS OF FELLOW RAM ECODIESEL OWNERS STATE THE SAME PROBLEM. RAM NEEDS TO GET THIS FIXED AND PUSH OUT AN UPDATE THAT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM OR I'M GOING TO GET INJURED OR KILLED IN THIS TRUCK. IT IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THIS RECALL MODIFICATION.

AFTER RECALL V08 /V11 UPDATES: SEVERLY DELAYED TROTTLE RESPONSE WHEN ACCELERATING. FROM A STOP TO ACTUAL THROTTLE RESPONDING TO 3/4 PRESSURE IS AT A MINIMUM OF 30-40 FEET.

V08 RECALL. ACCELERATION FROM ANY SPEED, INCLUDING STANDING START IS DANGEROUSLY DELAYED, PULLING INTO AND ACROSS TRAFFIC IS UNPREDICTABLE. THERE IS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE UNTIL AROUND 70% THROTTLE, THEN ACCELERATION IS UNPREDICTABLE AND LATE. FUEL CONSUMPTION IS BEYOND PASSABLE FOR SUCH A POTENTIALLY EFFICIENT AND POWERFUL ENGINE. THE PURPOSE OF THE VEHICLE IS LIGHT TOWING. THE POWER TRAIN HAS BEEN TUNED TO THE POINT THAT IT'S USELESS, THE VGT FIGHTS AT ABOVE 70% CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN TORQUE AND POWER TO THE WHEELS. FUEL INJECTION TIMING RANGES FROM -17 TO +5 DEGREES, ONLY TO MAINTAIN EMISSIONS EFFICIENCY, THE NEW ECU PROGRAMMING COMPLETELY IGNORES EFFICIENT ENGINE MANAGEMENT- FOCUSING ON EMISSIONS CONTROL. SYSTEM AND ENGINE COMPONENTS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE CRAZY EGT TEMPS THAT COME WITH THE LATE FUEL INJECTION. ENGINE FIRES- INTAKE MANIFOLD IN PARTICULAR- ARE BECOMING VERY COMMON. WILL IT TAKE A FEW FATALITIES BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. ALL TO...

AFTER THE AEM UPDATE RELATED TO THE ECO DIESEL EMISSIONS SETTLEMENT, THE TRUCK HAS A DANGEROUS THROTTLE LAG, ESPECIALLY AT COLD START. I HAVE PULLED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO HAVE ESSENTIALLY NO RESPONSE BEFORE A VEHICLE COMES ALONG AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I CAN PUT THE PEDAL ON THE FLOOR AND IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE TRUCK FINALLY STARTS TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENS WITH AN EMPTY TRUCK BUT IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WHEN TOWING. I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THIS IS THROTTLE RESPONSE, TRANSMISSION OR TURBO LAG BUT IT IS A SCARY FEELING TO NOT BE ABLE TO MERGE NORMALLY INTO TRAFFIC. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED A REFLASH OF THE COMPUTER TO ADJUST THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BETTER FOR A SHORT PERIOD BUT IT IS AS BAD AS EVER.

AFTER V-08 EMISSIONS RECALL ON RAM ECHO DIESEL TRUCK LOST HORSEPOWER AND GETTING LOWER FUEL MILEAGE. THE TRUCK BARELY HAS THE POWER TO MOVE ITSELF MUCH LESS ANY TOWING CAPABILITY. THE FUEL MILEAGE WENT FROM 20 MPG HIGHWAY TO 15 MPG HIGHWAY. HAVE HAD THE TRUCK BACK IN FOR SERVICE THREE TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. RAM IS TELLING ME THAT THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT IS A GOVERNMENT RECALL. I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS TRUCK TO HAVE IT GET 15 MPG ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAVE NO HORSEPOWER TO TOW. THIS TRUCK IS USED AS A RANCH TRUCK, SO TOWING IS WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE DOING. MY ONLY OPTION NOW IS TO TRADE IT IN FOR A BIGGER TRUCK AT A FINANCIAL HIT ON MY WALLET. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD OF NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WITH THE RECALL OVERSITE. I KNOW...

I HAVE RECEIVED VARIOUS RECALL NOTICES ON THIS VEHICLE WHICH I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS TO SEE IF THIS CAR QUALIFIES AS A LEMON. THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED BY THE DIFFERENT DEALER SHIPS, BUT HAVE MORE THAN 5 RECALLS IS A BIT TOO MUCH.

ECODIESEL - FOLLOWING RECALL AEM (APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION) UPDATE, THROTTLE RESPONSE IS EXTREMELY POOR AT TIMES. WHEN TURNING ONTO A ROADWAY FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE IS SOMETIMES VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE, RISK OF COLLISION DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO INCREASE TO SAFE SPEED. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE UNDER THIS CONDITION THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ABRUPTLY ACCELERATE WHICH SOMETIMES RESULTS IN WHEEL SPIN (LOSS OF TRACTION). THIS HAPPENS IN DRY AND WET CONDITIONS.

METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE ENGINE AND I HAVE BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS FOR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY FOR REPEATED AND ONGOING REPAIRS SINCE FALL OF 2018 THE FIRST DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPLACE THE ENGINE WHEN THE METAL FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND IN MY ENGINE AFTER A CYLINDER MISFIRE 5 AND 7 THEY CONTINUED WITH ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS AND DID FURTHER DAMAGE TO MY ENTIRE TRUCK. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD AND GIVEN PROOF FOR MY VIN THAT I NEED AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO IT BASED ON THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND STAND BEHIND THE INITIAL PROBLEM AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE (ENGINE MARK SERVICE MANAGER . THEY DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH PART REPLACEMENT AFTER PART REPLACEMENT WHICH IS BILLED TO CHRYSLER UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY THAT I HAVE ON MY TRUCK. I BELIEVE THEY NOT ONLY LIED BUT COMMITTED FRAUD WITH...

RE: 2015 RAM 1500 PICKUP WITH 3.0 ECODIESEL ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOLLOWING THE V08 EMISSIONS RECALL, DRIVABILITY HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY REDUCED AND HAS CREATED DANGEROUS THROTTLE LAG AND IMPROPER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTION. I WOULD SUMMARIZE THESE ISSUES AS TURBO LAG AND IMPROPER SHIFT MAPPING. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THERE IS A 2-3 SECOND LAG BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO MOVE EVEN IF THE THROTTLE IS FULLY DEPRESSED. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN INTO TRAFFIC OR CROSSING AN INTERSECTION THIS WILL LEAVE YOU EXPOSED TO A "T-BONE" COLLISION. AFTER THIS LAG IT WILL THEN ACCELERATE RAPIDLY AT FULL THROTTLE, MUCH FASTER THAN YOU ARE EXPECTING. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A TURN THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OR A WIDER TURN THAN DESIRED, POSSIBLY INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC OR OFF THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS BEHAVIOR IS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED...

EPA HAS REQUIRED AN AEM FLASH UPDATE FOR MY RAM ECODIESEL. THIS UPDATE HAS BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. DUE TO THE UPDATE, WHEN THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 160 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THERE IS A 3-5 SECOND DELAY IN ACCELERATION. 0N 7/8/19, LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP FROM RECEIVING THE EPA REGULATED UPDATE, I HAD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC. NOT KNOWING WHAT THE AEM UPDATE HAD DONE TO MY VEHICLE, I PULLED OUT OF THE LOT AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE. MY VEHICLE ROLLED INTO 3 OF THE 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC. I HAD THE PEDDLE AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO AND DURING THAT 3-5 SECONDS, MY VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISHLY GOING 4 MPH. ONCE THAT 3-5 SECONDS PASSED, THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AS IT SHOULD WITH THE PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR. ONCE THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GET OVER 160 DEGREES, THE DELAY DROPS FROM 3-5 SECONDS DOWN TO 1-3...

FOLLOWING THE EPA MANDATED REPROGRAMMING, THE VEHICLE SUFFERS THROTTLE LAG TO A DEGREE THAT IT IS UNSAFE. FROM A STOP, ESPECIALLY WHILE WARMING UP, A LAG OF 3 TO 5 SECONDS IS EXPERIENCED. SOMETIMES WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK WILL BEGIN TO MOVE, ONLY TO HESITATE AFTER IT'S ALREADY TOO FAR INTO THE INTERSECTION TO ABORT THE ACTION. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED SINCE THE MANDATED REPROGRAMMING.

AFTER RECEIVING THE UPDATED ENGINE PROGRAMMING RECALL ON MY ECODIESEL RAM, THE THROTTLE RESPONSE IS DANGEROUSLY SLOW WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP. THERE IS A SEVERAL SECOND DELAY FROM ME APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE THROTTLE PEDAL AND THE ENGINE REACTING AND ACCELERATING. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WHEN TURNING INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THIS DELAY. COULD EASILY CAUSE SOMEONE TO BE REAR-ENDED BECAUSE THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE PRIOR TO THE RECALL.

AFTER THE REFLASH OF ECU/TCM ON RAM ECO DIESEL FOR EMISSIONS THE TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH EXCESSIVE TURBO LAG WHEN COLD. IT OFTEN HESITATED SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE MOVING.

THE EMISSIONS RECALL V08 HAS MADE MY VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC

AFTER RECIEVING FCA'S RECENTLY RELEASED RECALL FOR THE AEM EMISSIONS RECALL THE TRUCKS PERFORMANCE IS DANGEROUSLY ERRATIC. THERE ARE TIMES THE TRUCK WILL HARDLY MOVE FROM A STOP PULLING INTO CROSS TRAFFIC AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL ACCELERATE EXTREMELY HARD. THIS UNKNOWN MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO OPERATE IN A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

EMISSIONS RECALL UPDATE INVOLVING V08 HAS FORCED MY TRUCK PERFORMANCE TO NOW CAUSE FOR CONCERN THE WAY I AM ABLE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK SAFELY. THE PEDAL RESPONSE IS TERRIBLE COMPARED TO THE "STOCK SOFTWARE" AND IS A SLOW REACTION UNTIL THE TRUCK IS "WARMED" UP TO ABOUT 150F DEGREES. BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE IS RELEASED IN THE SUMMER IT SHOULD TAKE LESS TIME TO WARM UP BUT LIVING IN MICHIGAN, THE TRUCK WILL TAKE A LOT LONGER TO WARM UP DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHICH WILL A) NOT ALLOW ME TO DRIVE SAFELY THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ANY MORE AND B) FORCE OTHER DRIVERS TO HIT THEIR BRAKES DUE TO A LACK OF ACCELERATION MY TRUCK NOW HAS AND EITHER HIT ME OR HAVE THEM AVOID MY TRUCK CAUSING ACCIDENTS. THE LACK OF ACCELERATION OR "LAG" AS IT IS CALLED IS FOR ABOUT 2-4 SECONDS WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE...

SINCE HAVING THE EMISSION RECALL UPDATE INSTALLED, ACCELERATION HAS BEEN EXCESSIVELY REDUCED AT ENGINE TEMPERATURES BELOW 150 DEGREES. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE AT A SAFE LEVEL FROM A STOP. THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED SLOW ACCELERATION.

FCA REQUIRED V08 RECALL WAS COMPLETED AND THEIR AEM INSTALLED TO THE PCM/TCM. I PICKED MY TRUCK UP AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED IT WAS DOWN ON POWER. SINCE I HAVE LOST 4-5MPG AVERAGE OVER WHAT I WAS GETTING BEFORE THE AEM WAS INSTALLED. THE TRUCK IS OVERALL DOWN ON POWER SINCE THE AEM WAS INSTALLED. AS WELL THE TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE UNTIL THE COOLANT TEMP REACHES AT LEAST 150 DEGREES F. THE TRUCK HAS NO POWER WHEN THE ENGINE IS BELOW 150F AND CAN'T GET OUT OF ITS OWN WAY AND LEAVES ME VULNERABLE TO A COLLISION DUE TO TURBO LAG AND LACK OF POWER. IF I PULL INTO TRAFFIC TO MERGE OR CROSS AN INTERSECTION MY FEAR IS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH OR AVOID AN ACCIDENT SHOULD I NEED TO. I CANNOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK ANY LONGER DUE TO...

SINCE APPLYING THE ECODIESEL SETTLEMENT ECU FLASH, MY VEHICLE IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT FULLY WARMED UP, SHIFTING AND TURBO LAG MAKES THE VEHICLE NEARLY UNDRIVEABLE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE GAS PEDAL HAS A HUGE LAG AND NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOR (PRESS TO FLOOR, NOTHING, THEN EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE). SHIFTING, PASSING, FUEL ECONONY, AND DRIVEABILITY WERE HUGELY IMPACTED BY THEIR EMISSIONS UPDATE AND IT HAS MADE THIS EXPENSIVE TRUCK UNSAFE, BECAUSE IT IS UNPREDICTABLE BASED ON VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION "WARMUP". WHEN COLD THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE.

HAD THE ECM MODIFICATION DONE PURSUANT TO THE EMISSIONS SETTLEMENT BETWEEN FIAT CHRYSLER AND THE EPA. VEHICLE HAS BECOME A TERRIBLE SLUG WITH HORRIBLE ACCELERATION, AND I HAVE NOW HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE IT WON'T ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WITHOUT SCARING ME FOR FEAR OF GETTING T-BONED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SIMILAR PROBLEMS MERGING INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC; IT JUST WON'T GET THE JOB DONE. IT IS CLEARLY NOT THE VEHICLE I PURCHASED NOR THE VEHICLE IT WAS BEFORE THIS SOFTWARE "DOWNGRADE".

WHY MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT IN THE NHTSA DATA BASE REGARDING THE RAM 1500 PICK UP RECALL FOR 2014-2016 VEHICLES? INVOLVING MAJORITY OF THE DRIVE TRAIN, EXHAUST, EVC, AND AIR INTAKE.

I HAD THE REQUIRED AEM UPDATE DONE 6/18. THIS IS FOR THE ECO DIESEL EMISSION SETTLEMENT. SINCE THIS WAS DONE IT IS A DIFFERENT TRUCK. WHEN COLD, THROTTLE DELAY IS SIGNIFICANT. ITS DANGEROUS AS YOU CAN'T GET MOVING WITHOUT FLOORING IT! IT GETS BETTER AS IT WARMS UP BUT STILL FEELS LETHARGIC AND FUEL CONSUMPTION IS WORSE.

I HAD THE RECALL DONE ( V 08 ) , NOW THE THROTTLE RESPONSE IS TERRIBLE AND THE FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED BY TWO MPG IN TOWN AND TWO AND A HALF MPG ON THE HIGHWAY . YOU DON'T WANT TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT ROOM BECAUSE OF SEVERE THROTTLE LAG , IT WILL LAG AND THEN TAKE OFF LIKE A ROCKET , BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN , ALSO DOWNSHIFTS ON HILLS THAT IT NEVER USED TO BEFORE . I WISH I WOULD NEVER HAD THE RECALL DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!

HAD V08 RECALL DONE AND LOST APPROX 5MPG AND WHEN LEAVING A STOP SIGN AT TIMES CANNOT GET TO MOVE VERY SLUGGISH AND A LOT OF THROTTLE LAG DEALER STATES NOTHING IS WRONG ALONG WITH FCA BUT THE TRUCK DID NOT DO THIS PRIOR TO V08 RECALL

AFTER GETTING THE MOST RECENT 'V08' RECALL ON MY 2015 RAM ECO DIESEL I'VE SINCE HAD EXTREME LAG ON THE TRUCK WHEN TAKING OFF. THIS MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE BEFORE THE UPDATE.

AFTER COMPLETING THE APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION, PER THE FCA-EPA LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT, I'VE NOTICED SUBSTANTIAL TURBO LAG AND SHIFTING ISSUES (HOLDING GEAR TOO LONG). THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO STREETS OR EXPRESSWAYS WHERE I NEED TO ACCELERATE UP TO SPEED QUICKLY. THERE IS A 3-5 SECOND LAG BEFORE THE TURBO BEGINS SPOOLING AND MY TRUCK BEGINS ACCELERATING.

MY 2015 RAM ECODIESEL IS PART OF THE FCA RECALL FOR EMMISIONS. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE I NOTICED A DECLINE IN PERFORMANCE. THE VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE LAG IN ACCELERATION. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT. THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. YESTERDAY I DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH A LOAD IN THE BED 2 TIMES. IT IS MY OPINION THAT MY 2015 RAM ECODIESEL IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH ANY TYPE OF LOAD IN THE BED OR ON A TRAILER. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT HAS NO ACCELERATION AT ALL FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LONE TIME. PROBABLY 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE RESPONDS. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FCA BUT ALL THEY DID WAS CALL THE DEALER AND REPEATED TO ME THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS...

I RECENTLY HAD THE AEM RECALL UPDATE DONE ON MY 2015 RAM 1500 ECODIESEL AND NOW MY TRUCK'S PERFORMANCE AND FUEL MILEAGE HAS REALLY SUFFERED. LOST ABOUT 3 MPG AND THE TRUCK IS VERY SLUGGISH NOW. IT MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT JUST BARELY MOVES WHEN YOU PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO MERGE INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH AND REVS THE ENGINE HIGHER BEFORE CHANGING GEARS. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RECALL AND FCA FOR MAKING A GOOD RUNNING TRUCK INTO A DANGEROUS TO DRIVE PIECE OF JUNIK!

I HAD PREVIOUSLY FILED A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO THE EFFECT OF THE AEM (V08) ECODIESEL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT RECALL. THE NUMBER OF THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT IS: 11210536. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS DANGEROUS/SAFETY RELATED, THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER A COLD START, ALTHOUGH APPARENTLY RUNNING SMOOTHLY, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, WILL NOT. A TURTLE COULD OUT RUN THE VEHICLE. IT TAKES OVER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING TO GET A MORE REASONABLE ACCELERATION. AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF A COLD START, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE AFTER NORMAL DRIVING, THEN SLOWING, AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT TAKES SEVERAL SECONDS FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT AND FOR THE TURBO LAG TO GO AWAY - VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TURNING IN FRONT OF OR MERGING WITH TRAFFIC.

"AEM RECALL" FOLLOWING THE AEM RECALL ON THE DODGE RAM ECODIESEL, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES DEAD SPOTS IN IT ACCELERATION. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, EVEN TO THE FLOOR, PROVIDES NO INPUT TO THE TRUCK FOR 3-5 SECONDS. THIS ISSUE HAS PLACED MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IN DANGER IN MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS AND IN MERGING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED DEMINISHED FUEL MILEAGE OF OVER 3MPG. FCA SPECIFICALLY STATES THE FOLLOWING: "THE AEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE ANY OF YOUR KEY VEHICLE ATTRIBUTES, SUCH AS AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY, RELIABILITY, DURABILITY, VEHICLE PERFORMANCE, DRIVABILITY, ENGINE NOISE OR VIBRATION, OR OTHER DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS. CLICK HERE TO READ THE COURT APPROVED NOTICE THAT INCLUDES IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE AEM ON YOUR VEHICLE." ALMOST ALL OF THE VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS LISTED ARE AFFECTED IN A NEGATIVE WAY. IN DOING SO, FCA IS PLACING ALL ECODIESEL OWNERS AT RISK.

AFTER MANDATED "REPROGRAMMING" FOR THE ECODIESEL SETTLEMENT ON MAY 29TH, TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE FROM STANDING START, TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TO ENGAGE. HAVE TO TURN TRUCK OFF AND RESTART AND HOPE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES IN DRIVE.

AFTER CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT OF ECODIESEL AND AFTER AEM INSTALLED (MODIFICATION OF ECM AND TCM FOR EMISSIONS) THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL LAG (TURBO, TRANSMISSION) THAT RESULTS IN THE VEHICLE NOT ACCELERATING- LIKE YOUR DEAD IN THE WATER. WHEN PULLING INTO A BUSY LANE OF TRAFFIC IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE.

I'VE HAD A WOBBLE/SHIMMY IN THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK FROM THE START. HAVE ALIGNED, BALANCED AND ROTATED TIRES AND NOW NEW TIRES. TRUCK REAR END WOBBLES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS NO PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK AND NO RECALLS ARE AVAILABLE. I SEE INFORMATION OUT ON THE WEB OF OTHER OWNERS AND SAME PROBLEMS.

MAKING THE 12 MILE TRIP TO WORK WHEN AT MILE 10 MY TRUCK EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN POWER FOLLOWED BY A SHUDDERING NOISE WHEN ON THE THROTTLE. LIMPED THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SHOULDER WHERE I NOTED SMOKE. OPENED THE HOOD TO DISCOVER A SMALL FIRE TOWARD THE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. TRIED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WITH NO LUCK AND WITH IN 5 MINS THE FLAMES HAD ENGULFED THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK.

WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE ON THE DASH. THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BY ITSELF AND THEN STARTED TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF. AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN IT LEAPED FORWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T MAKE IT REPEAT SO THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY WITH NO RESOLUTION. THIS TIME, I GOT AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF ATTITUDE FROM THE DEALERSHIP SAYING I WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS AND THAT I DIDN'T WANT ANY HELP AFTER THEY MENTIONED THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME. I'M SURPRISED THEY LET ME HAVE THAT TRUCK BACK AS DANGEROUS AS IT IS BUT THEY CERTAINLY DID. THIS THING IS LIKE A TIME-BOMB. JUST WAITING FOR THE...

HAVE A VIBRATION OR SHIMMY IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, WHEEL OR AXLE. HAVE PUT ON NEW TIRES AND ROTATED/BALANCED THEM. DODGE DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED IT OVER AND TELLS ME NO PROBLEM. THE 2014S HAD A SHIMMY PROBLEM. I'VE READ MANY REVIEWS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT OR ABOVE 50 MPH. APPROXIMATE DATE OF OCCURRENCE BELOW.

AFTER 3 RECALLS WERE PERFORMED, INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION SHIFTER RECALL THE VEHICLE NOW SURGES AND LURCHES FORWARD WHEN I START IT. IT IS FULLY IN THE PARK POSITION AND NOT MOVING. I NOW HAVE TO BE SURE TO HAVE MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE WHEN I START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS JUST BARELY OUT OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AT 75, 040 MILES.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS CONTINUALLY SHEAR OFF FROM THE HIGH HEAT DISPLACEMENT OF THE 5.7 V8 HEMI ENGINE. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE A RAPID TICKING SOUND DURING ENGINE STARTUP.

MY DRIVEWAY IS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND FOR THE 3RD TIME SINCE PURCHASING THIS TRUCK, WHEN I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK IT HAS ROLLED BACKWARDS. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY AND I HAD TO JUMP IN THE TRUCK WHILE IT IS MOVING AND PUT THE BRAKES ON. THIS HAS THE 8 SPD TRANSMISSION WITH THE ROTARY KNOB.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, WITH THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALLACE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (2755 SE FEDERAL HWY, STUART, FL 34994, 772-220-3600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ACTUATOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO SHAKE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 46,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED THIS CONDITION REPEATED WHILE ALSO IN REVERSE.*JB

THIS IS THE SECOND RAM I HAVE OWNEC WITH A SHIFT KNOB ON THE DASH. BOTH HAVE FAILED AROUND 60K MILES. IN BOTH TRUCKS THE SHIFT WILL RANDOMLY EITHER GO JNTO NEUTRAL OR PARK WHILE STOPPED.. HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT RED LIGHTS. I'VE HAD TO SHIFT BACK TO PARK AND RESET THE DESIRED GEAR. ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAD CYCLE THE SHIFTER 3 TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD GO INTO GEAR CAUSING TRAFFIC TO BACK UP. I REPLACED THE SHIFTER AND CURED THE PROBLEM ON BOTH TRUCKS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL.

TWICE WITH IN A PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS THE SAME ISSUE/FAILURE HAS OCCURED. "SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL". BOTH TIMES THE ISSUE OCCURED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AT FREEWAT SPEEDS, WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY. BITH OCCURENCES RESILYED IN TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION. I WAS LEFT WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO MANUEVER ON THE FREEWAY, TO THE RIGHT LANES, AS WELL AS LIMITED ABILITY TO MANEUVER AND AVOID TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND, AS WELL TO SWITCH LANES TO EXIT THE FREEWAY SAFELY. ONCE EXITED HE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY REACH A TOP SPEED OF 39MPH. BITH TIMES THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE ISSUE AS AN EGR VALVE PROBLEM.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE FUEL SHIFTS IN TANK FORCING VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY FORWARD UNDER BRAKING. IF UNPREPARED FOR THE SHIFT, WHICH ONLY HAPPENS UNDER BRAKING WHEN THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTS, THE TRUCK WILL OVERPOWER THE CURRENTLY APPLIED BRAKES TAKING MORE TIME TO STOP. THIS CAN RESULT IN A COLLISION WITH A STOPPED VEHICLE OR OBJECT IF THE DRIVER DOES NOT APPLY HARDER BRAKING.

ECODIESEL TRUCK FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, STARTING FROM A STOP AND WHEN IDLING WHENEVER FUEL TANK REACHES 1/4 FULL OR LESS. TRUCK IS DIFFICULT HARD TO START WHEN AT 1/3 FUEL LEVEL. ON JUNE 28TH 2018 AFTER TRUCK SHUT OFF ON FREEWAY BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND I NEED TO KEEP THE FUEL TANK GREATER THAN QUARTER TANK FUEL TO PREVENT THE TRUCK FROM SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION AND IT'S VERY SCARY TO BE DRIVING WITH A LARGE TRAILER AND YOUR TRUCK SHUTS OFF ON THE ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. AUTONATION CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM SOUTHWEST (7980 W TUFTS AVE, LITTLETON, CO) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK. THE VEHICLE CAN SHIFT OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE DRIVER BEING AWARE. UPDATED 10/15/18*JB

LACK OF ACCELERATION FROM STILL TO PASSING GEAR. RPMS GO UP AND SLOWLY ACCELERATE

THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE ENTIRE ORDEAL, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO CONGEST IT. JUNE 19TH: WENT TO DEALER SHIP WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NOBODY THERE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT, AND THEY ERASED IT AND TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT UNLESS IT COMES BACK. JULY 3RD: VACATION TRIP, ABOUT 2 HOURS INTO DRIVING, TRUCK LOOSES THROTTLE, SOLID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, "SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL" SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE BAY, SMELLED LIKE PLASTIC TO ME. FOUND WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MELTED QUARTER SIZED BOILING SPOT ON THE MANIFOLD? I BELIEVE. CHECKED THAT ENGINE LIGHT WAS SOLID, AND ON JUNE 19TH WAS TOLD IF LIGHT IS SOLID, IT'S SAFE TO DRIVE, IF IT'S BLINKING SHUT OFF IMEDIATELY. IT WAS SOLID. VACATION'S OVER, DRIVE BACK TO VEGAS AT ABOUT 40-50MPH (TRUCK WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER) ON BLINKERS THE WHOLE WAY WITH MY FIANCEE IN THE PASSANGER...

I HAVE MULTIPLE ISSUES BUT THE SCARIEST IS AFTER SETTING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND PUTTING MY 2015 RAM 1500 IN PARK MY TRUCK WILL ROLL UP TO 4 FEET. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN PARK. EVERY TIME I PARK IT I WORRY THAT IT WILL ROLL AND HIT A PERSON OR ANOTHER VEHICLE.

VEHICLE IN PARK ON LEVEL CITY STREET. STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE SUDDENTLY ACCELERATED AT SEEMINLY FULL POWER IN REVERSE. CROSSED INTO INTERSECTION AND HIT BY TRAFFIC, CONTINUED ACROSS INTERSECTION, CAME TO REST IN YARD OF HOUSE OPPOSITE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO TURN IN THE IGNITION TO START THE VEHICLE. THE KEY WAS ALSO DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AND MAINLY OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED AND ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. TWO DEALERS (SHERWOOD CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE, 1915 N SALISBURY BLVD, SALISBURY, MD 21801, (410) 749-1301 AND SPIRIT CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, 1945 KINGS HWY, SWEDESBORO, NJ 08085, (856) 467-2200) WERE CONTACTED, BUT DID NOT DIAGNOSIS THE VEHICLE. NEITHER DEALER MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.