2016 RAM 1500 Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HIS WIFE HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WAS ALSO AND ABNORMAL OIL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE OIL PRESSURE LOW, CHECK OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SAW A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL ON THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AUTOWORLD DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (1370 AUTO CENTER DR, PETALUMA, CA 94952) AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENGINE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED, AND WAS UP-TO-DATE ON ALL MAINTENANCE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, AND THE CONTACT REQUESTED THAT A NEW ENGINE BE EXPEDITED TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS EXPEDITED TO THE DEALER AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ARRIGO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM WEST PALM BEACH (6500 OKEECHOBEE BLVD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411, (561) 421-5387) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TONE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 106,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LAKELAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2875 MALL HILL DR, LAKELAND, FL 33810) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR TONE WHEEL WAS DELAMINATED. THE DEALER WAS PROVIDED THE RECALL INFORMATION BUT DISPUTED THE REMEDY WITH THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE TWO LEVELS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE RECALL REPAIR PROCESS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

BROKEN RIGHT SIDE MANIFOLD BOLT. LEAKING AND TICKING. I PAID A LARGE AMOUNT FOR THIS TRUCK, YOU NEED TO RECALL THIS ISSUE THAT THOUSANDS ARE HAVING AND BETTER BOLTS AND/OR MANIFOLD.

I HAVE REPLACED THE 3 WAY CONTROL VALVE 4 TIMES AND EACH TIME AFTER ABOUT A WEEK THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTROL VALVE BLOWS OUT AND RADIATOR FLUID ALL OVER. IT HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD/HIGHWAY.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET 2 RECALLS REPAIRED TO OUR VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. I CALLED THIS WEEK AND THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THEY WERE A YEAR OUT FOR SCHEDULING AND WERE ONLY DOING 1 RECALL REPAIR PER WEEK. MY TRUCK IS RUNNING POORLY (NO ACCELERATION, ENGINE IS STRUGGLING. RUNS OK WHILE STATIONARY BUT STRUGGLES TO OPERATE WHEN MOVING BE IT CITY OR HIGHWAY.) AND WITH ONLY ONE DEALERSHIP AVAILABLE I AM AT A LOSS. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?

OIL COOLER DEVELOPED A MASSIVE LEAK DUMPING AT LEAST HALF THE OIL ON THE GROUND AND ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK. OIL IS ON THE EXHAUST WHICH CAUSE A SMELL OF BURNING OIL WHICH CANNOT BE SAFE. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE AND PARTS ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

TRUCK DIED WHILE MERGING ON TO INTERSTATE. ALMOST REAR ENDED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. MAGNETIC STRIP CAME APART AND STOPPED SENDING THE SIGNAL FOR FUEL,

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLED. TOWED IT TO SHOP AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT WITH INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. A VALVE DROPPED INTO THE MOTOR RESULTING IN THE ENTIRE THING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 38000 ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GULF CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (3781 S MCKENZIE ST, FOLEY, AL 36535, (251)943-5075) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RELUCTOR WHEEL AND CRANK POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT LEARNED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000.

I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND EXPERIENCED A TOTAL SHUT DOWN, ATTACHED IS THE INVOICE THAT I PAID TO ARRIGO RAM WHILE IN WEST PALM BEACH FLA FOR THE TONE RING REPLACEMENT ON MY 2016 RAM ECO DIESEL 3.0 I HAVE COME TO LEARN THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS EXACT ITEM CALLED W68. FOR SOME REASON MY VIN NUMBER DOESN'T COME UP ON THE RECALL LIST, ALTHOUGH I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT ISSUE LISTED, AND I OWN THE EXACT VEHICLE NAMED IN THE RECALL. I ALSO PAID FOR A RENTAL THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP WHILE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE ARRIGO SERVICE MANAGER AND HE TELLS ME HIS HANDS ARE TIED WITH REGARD TO REIMBURSEMENT AS MY VIN WAS SOMEHOW NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL. I BELIEVE THIS IS MERELY AND OVERSIGHT AS PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HE WAS AUTOMATIC STARTING THE IGNITION, WHEN HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER MARTY CANCILA DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (2175 N HWY 67, FLORISSANT, MO 63033, (314) 831-3300) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT CALLED TO TRACY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (3460 NAGLEE RD, TRACY, CA 95304; (209) 820-1800) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS REMEDY NOT AVAILABLE.

AS I WAS DRIVING, AFTER TURNING A CORNER, ACCELERATING ABOUT 40 MPH THE ENGINE VIOLENTLY SHOOK, TRUCK LOST ENGINE POWER. DEAD. AFTER TOWING BACK TO DEALER, THE FAULT CODE INDICATED THE SENSOR RING FAILED (RECALL W58). THAT WAS MID-SEPTEMBER 2020. THE TRUCK WAS IN SAME DEALERSHIP FOR MOST TIME SINCE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 2020 WITH EMISSIONS PROBLEMS. SO FAR, ALL HAVE BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY. DEALER HAS PROVIDED ME WITH TRANSPORTATION, BUT I HAVE NOT HAD MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE, WITH NO END IN SIGHT. LOCKWOOD MOTORS MARSHALL MN HAS ALL REPAIR INVOICES, SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN WARRANTY COVERED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IDLE ROUGH AND SHUT-OFF WHEN SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HIS HOME. THE CONTACT CALLED CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT FT. WALTON (541 MARY ESTHER CUT OFF NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32548, (850) 308-6160) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MISFIRING IN CYLINDERS 1, 3 AND 5 HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE MISFIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT SINCE THE CASE WAS NO LONGER REVIEWABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO PROVIDED THE SAME DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS UNREPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,500.*DT CONSUMER STATED ON JAN 23 2021, OIL WAS DRAINED AND MAY...

20V-475 OR W58 RECALL TO REPLACE RELUCTOR WHEEL HAS BEEN PUBLIC SINCE AUGUST. TO DATE, FCA HAS PROVIDED NO INFO ABOUT TIMING OF A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. A FAILURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT RELUCTOR WHEEL DUE TO DELAMINATION RESULTS IN INSTANT ENGINE FAILURE. I HAVE HAD TO PARK THIS TRUCK FOR FEAR OF ENGINE FAILURE. NOW MY 5 YEAR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AS THE TRUCK SITS FOR MONTH AFTER MONTH. IF A REPLACEMENT IS EVENTUALLY INSTALLED, I SHOULD GET A WARRANTY EXTENSION TO MAKE UP FOR MY LOSS OF 4 MONTHS OF WARRANTY AND 4 MONTHS OF USE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE THE ENGINE REEVED UP AND STALLED. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND DETECTED A FIRE AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES OR POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT CALLED MCCONNELL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 1405 HEALDSBURG AVE, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 (888) 392-4082 WHO REFERRED CONTACT TO MANUFACTURER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOOK POSSESSION OF THE...

I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 12/19 TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE TO RECALL VA7 AND VB1/NHTSA 19V-757. I AM CURRENTLY ON 3 WAITING LISTS FROM 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS TO GET THIS SAFETY RECALL FIXED. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THESE DEALERSHIPS THAT THE PARTS AREN'T AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, I CONTACTED FCA RECALL ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. WHEN I RECONTACTED THE DEALERSHIPS WITH THIS INFORMATION, I WAS TOLD AGAIN THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS. IT'S BEEN A YEAR WAITING FOR THIS RECALL TO BE FIXED.

RECALL VB1 IS NOW OVER YEAR OLD AND NO DEALER HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET PARTS AND COMPLETE REQUIRED SAFETY SERVICE.

CEL LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THE EGR COOLER HAS BASICALLY FAILED, SENDING HOT COOLANT IN TO THE ENGINE. EGR COOLER AND INTAKE ARE TO BE REPLACED UN RECALL VB1. TWO DEALERSHIPS AND FCA ARE SLOW WALKING GETTING PARTS TO CONSUMERS FOR VEHICLES THAT POSE A SEVER FIRE HAZARD WITH RESTRICTING THE MAIN PART TO ONLY ONE PER WEEK PER DEALERSHIP. AT THAT RATE IT WILL TAKE FCA 107,979 WEEKS TO REPAIR ALL TRUCKS, OR 173 YEARS, ALL THE WHILE CONSUMERS ARE LEFT HAVING TO DRIVE VEHICLES POSING A SEVERE FIRE HAZARD.

I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND LOST ALL POWER, NOTICED SOME STEAM/SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW FLAMES. I DID NOT HAVE AN EXTINGUISHER SO I CALLED 911. VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. IT WAS PART OF THE EGR COOLER RECALL FOR THE RAM ECODIESEL, PART WAS ON ORDER BUT HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED YET. I HAD BEEN ADDING COOLANT TO THE TRUCK EVERY FEW WEEKS , TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THIS BUT THEIR RESPONSE WAS TO NOT LET THE COOLANT LEVEL GET TOO LOW. * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

DIESAL EGR COOLER RECALL VB1/NHTSA 19V/757 NO PARTS AVAILABLE AT MY DEALER. I HAVE BEEN ON A WAITING LIST FOR OVER 4 MONTHS...I HAVE CONTACTED FCA AND THEY STATE PARTS ARE BEING LIMITED, MEANWHILE AFFECTED ARE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT COULD CATCH FIRE AT ANY TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT, THE ECM WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS DELAMINATED, AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,482.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS HAVE BROKEN ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS A COMMON KNOWN ISSUE AND RAM WILL NOT FIX THE DESIGN FLAW. THEY WILL FIX IF ITS STILL COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY . SIGNAL OF ISSUE IS THE TICKING AT COLD STARTUP YOU CAN HEAR BY FENDERWELLLS. WILL GO AWAY ONCE ENGINE IS WARM.

TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR ENGINE LIGHT 12/18/19 PARTICULATE SENSOR PROBLEM. SENSOR CODE CLEARED RETURNED 12/19/19. 6/29/20 RECALL CSN 1, EGR COOLER. WITH THIS WORK HAD TO REPLACE MANIFOLD AND THEN DAMAGED HEAD ENGINE CYLINDER DUE TO DAMAGE BY TECHNICIAN AND HAD TO REPLACE, RETURNED 7/24/20. 7/30/20 ENGINE OVERHEATED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. FAULT OF LOOSE HOSE CLAMP AND SYSTEM NOT BLED OF AIR, RETURNED7/31/20. 8/4/20 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.EGR COOLER BY PASS ACUTOTUR VALVE NOT WORKING. RETURNED 8/6/20. 8/10.20 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. EGR BYPASS SOLONIDE HIGH RESISTANCE AND NOT ACTUATING, REPLACE ACTUATOR, RETURNED 8/11/20. 8/17/20 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. REMOVED CAM DRIVEN VACUUM PUMP, RETURNED 8/21/20. 8/28/20 ENGINE LIGHT ON AND BLACK SMOKE AND OIL SPRAYING OUT THE BACK. TRUCK TOWED BACK TO DEALER SINCE IT WOULD NOT START. MAIN ENGINE GASKET BLEW AND TOTALLED ENGINE. DEALER STILL HAS TRUCK AS OF TODAY 9/21/20 TO REPLACE ENGINE. ALL...

TRUCK STUCK AT HIGH SPEED, UNABLE TO DE-ACCELARATE, TURNED TRUCK TO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED HAND BRAKE TO GRADUALLY STOP. MESSAGE RECEIVED ON TRUCK;" SERVICE THROTLE BODY" MILAGE ON TRUCK 86463. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MHP AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOW CAR WHEN THIS HAPPEN.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON READING CYLINDER 8 MISFIRE. UPON INVESTIGATION FROM DEALER AND LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, THE ISSUE IS A FAILED CAMSHAFT AND LIFTERS. ALL MAINTENANCE WAS DONE ON THE TRUCK BY THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. TRUCK ONLY HAS 157K MILES AND HAD ZERO ISSUES PREVIOUS TO MY LAST OIL CHANGE AROUND JUNE. TRUCK WAS RUNNING FINE AND THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN STARTED RUNNING HORRIBLE. TRUCK WAS TAKING TO DEALER RIGHT AWAY FOR INSPECTION. TOTAL REPAIR FOR THIS IS $5,500

HAVING AN ISSUE GETTING A RECALL COMPLETED, I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS OVER THE PAST YEAR TO GET FCA RECALL VB1/NHTSA 19V-757 COMPLETED ONLY TO BE TOLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. I HAVE ALSO TRIED TO GET FCA RECALL VA7 COMPLETED AS WELL ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY WILL DO IT WHEN VB1 IS COMPLETED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. CAUSED BY BROKEN STUD/BOLTS TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. FOUR TOTAL, TWO ON EACH SIDE. BROKE CLEAN OFF AGAINST THE HEAD.

EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) COOLER NHTSA RECALL 19V-757; I'VE BEEN ON A WAITING LIST AT MY LOCAL DEALER IN IDAHO FALLS, ID SINCE JUNE...THE DEALER IS TELLING ME FCA IS LIMITING THE PARTS THEY SHIP, I CALLED FCA AND FILED A COMPLAINT, THE OPERATOR CONFIRMED THEY ARE LIMITING THE PARTS THEY SEND TO DEALERS TO 2 A WEEK...AT THIS POINT MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE BE FIXED UNTIL EARLY SEPTEMBER...

THE EXHUAST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON THE RH SIDE OF THE ENGINE BROKE CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK THAT CAN GET INTO THE CAB WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS WITH THE 5.7 HEMI ENGINE. HE TOLD ME THAT CHRYSLER FIAT IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY BOLTS. NOW A YEAR LATER MY LEFT HAND EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS HAVE BROKEN AND I HAVE ANOTHER EXHAUST LEAK COMING INTO MY CAB. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISINING. THIS IS ON EVERY RAM FORUM AS WELL AS I HAVE DISCOVERED. HOW CAN A MANUFACTURE GET AWAY WITH KNOW THEY HAVE A DEFCTIVE PRODUCT THAT CAN KILL SOMEONE. I DONT GET IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, ABNORMAL SOUNDS WERE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE CONTACT STATED A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000

I TOOK MY 2016 RAM TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH A TICKING NOISE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MANIFOLD BOLTS AND THAT RAM WERE NOTORIOUS FOR HAVING THIS ISSUE. I HAVE 64,500 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I THEN EMAIL DODGE CARES AND WAS ASKED WHY WE TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN AN AUTHORIZED LOCATION WHEN IT STILL HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANTY? WE EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE TOLD IT DID NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE WARRANTY. THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. I GET AN EMAIL TODAY STATING THAT IT IS NOT COVERED. I DRIVE THIS 3 TIMES A WEEK TO DELIVER MEALS ON WHEELS. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON RAMS. THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING WITH RAM MODELS 2009- CURRENT MODELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) COOLER MAY CRACK AND ALLOW PRE-HEATED VAPORIZED COOLANT TO ENTER THE EGR SYSTEM. THIS MIXTURE MAY COMBUST INSIDE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THERE IS.A SAFETY RECALL, BUT THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT.. I HAVE TRIED SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2019 TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED WITH NO SUCCESS. I M TOLD CHRYSLER WILL NOT FIX THIS EVEN THOUGH THERE IS. RISK OF FIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 30 MPH, THERE WAS A STREAM OF SMOKE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER. ANOTHER VEHICLE OWNER WHO NOTICED THE FIRE PULLED OVER AND ATTEMPTED, IN VAIN, TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH HIS OWN FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSE THAT THE VEHICLE BURNT TO THE GROUND WITHIN MINUTES. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE WESTGATE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM DEALER (2695 E MAIN ST, PLAINFIELD, IN 46168, (317) 839-6554) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT CALLED BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE REMNANT WAS TOWED TO...

WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LEADS TO A MISFIRING OF CYLINDER 5 FURTHER DIAGNOSING AND CONSULTATION WITH DEALER IDENTIFIES A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THIS 5.7 HEMI ENGINE OF THE LIFTER BEARING FAILING AND LOCKING UP. THE LOCK-UP WEARS OUT THE CAMSHAFT CAUSING THE MISFIRE. THE DEALER SAID THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM AND DO LOT'S OF THESE REPAIRS. *TR

HEMI TICK, GOOGLE IT. SEEMS TO BE A REAL THING. I FIRST NOTICED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO A LIGHT TAPPING SOUND THAT WAS NOT INTRUSIVE AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. IT'S GOTTEN NOTABLY LOUDER NOW AND I'VE NOTICED THAT THE IDLE SEEMS TO BE A BIT ON THE ROUGHER SIDE THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WITH THE RPM STARTING TO FLUCTUATE HOWEVER NO ENGINE CODES YET. IM GOING TO TRY TO GET TO THE DEALER FLOOR A WARRANTY INSPECTION WHEN I CAN HOWEVER MY WORK SCHEDULE IS NOT THE BEST. MY TRAVEL HAS BEEN PRIMARILY HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 85% OF MY 42K MILES. I HAVE ROUTINE OIL CHANGES USING PRODUCTS MEETING CHRYSLER SPECIFICATIONS AND DON'T TYPICALLY HAUL ANYTHING AND NEVER TOW. THE SOUND SO FAR IS NOTABLE ONLY WHEN IDLING. STILL RUNS FINE OTHERWISE BUT THE GROWING SYMPTOMS MATCH WHAT I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK BACK FIRE POURING SMOKE PULLED OVER OPEN HOOD SAW FLAMES MOVE TO SAFETY FILED COMPLAINT WITH FCA THEY SENT AN ARM CHAIR INVESTIGATOR WHO SAID INVESTIGATING HE FOUND NOTHING THAT SHOWS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR FCA THEY STATED EVEN THOUGH THERE IS RECALL THAT WARNS OF FIRE HAZARD DOES NOT MEAN IT IS THERE FAULT. SO FAR THEY DO NOT HAVE REPAIR PARTS TO FIX AND FOR ME IT IS TO LATE TRUCK WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE FIRE FCA NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN TRAFFIC, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRANHAVEN JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (348 WEST MAIN STREET, BRADFORD, CT 06405, (203) 488-6351) AND AN UNKNOWN SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED, THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH A DECREASED FUEL ECONOMY. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE HOOD WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO M&L CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM & COLLISION CENTER BODY SHOP LOCATED AT (406 PIEDMONT DR, LEXINGTON, NC 27295, (336) 295-1329) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FLUID NEEDED TO BE TOPPED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY DUE TO THE EGR DIFFUSER THE INTAKE WAS AFFECTED. DODGE HAS CURRENTLY HAD MY VEHICLE FOR ALMOST 3 MONTHS AND RECALLED PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND CANNOT BE ORDERED AT THE MOMENT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED, FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE CONTACT STATED SHE WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WITH NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING LOT AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, DUE TO A STALLING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER SEVERAL RECALLS HOWEVER, ONE RECALL WAS NO COMPLETED DUE TO PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN APRIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER INFORMED HER TO ADD COOLANT TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND...

SINCE I'VE HAD THE AEM UPDATED AS PART OF THE EPA SETTLEMENT I HAVE DELAY WHEN PRESSING THE GAS AND ACCELERATION, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT IS COLD. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A SIGNIFICANT MPG DROP ALTHOUGH THAT ISN'T AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN. THIS CAN BE A PARTICULAR ISSUE WHEN PULLING INTO INTERCHANGES OR ON TO THE HIGHWAY AS ACCELERATION IS UNPREDICTABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO YOUNG CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1195 S STATE RD, IONIA, MI 48846, (616)841-5443) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ANTI-FREEZE NEEDED TO BE TOPPED OFF DUE TO AN EXCESSIVE ANTI FREEZE LEAK. THE LOCATION OF THE LEAK WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *BF*JB

WITHIN 1000 MILES OF RECALL WHERE ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED, I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AT FREEWAY SPEED,, CUTTING ME BACK TO MAXIMUM 40 MPH.FROM POSTED 80 MPH SPEED LIMIT WHICH CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR REAR-END COLLISIONS. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ERROR CODE DISPLAYED ON DASH INFO PANEL. DIAGNOSED AS EGR VALVE FAILURE. WITHIN 250 MILES AFTER REPAIRS, THE EGR VALVE FAILED AGAIN,

THE EGR COOLER HAS A STRESS CRACK ALLOWING COOLANT TO GO INTO CYLINDERS, PER THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I LEFT IT. IN DUNDEE, MICHIGAN.

RECALL ON THE EGR. COOLER THE PART FOR THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE IS AT A DEALERSHIP IN DUNDEE MI.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V818000 (EQUIPMENT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 20V036000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER :19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. LAKE ELSINORE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 31400 AUTO CENTER DR, LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92530 WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.