2016 RAM 1500 Engine Problems

AFTER THE RECALL, MY RAM ECODIESEL HAS NO POWER AT ALL, IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE UNTIL IT GETS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. EVEN THEN, IT IS VERY SLUGGISH, SOMETIMES DANGEROUSLY SLOW LIKE WHEN TURNING LEFT WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE BEFORE THE AEM RECALL DUE TO THE EMISSIONS ISSUE. WHILE MINE HAS NOT DOE THIS, I AM PART OF A GROUP OF ADDITIONAL OWNERS, OF WHICH AN ALARMING NUMBER HAVE CAUGHT FIRE POST AEM RECALL. ALSO A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF ENGINE FAILURES. I AM CONCERNED THERE ARE MAJOR DESIGN FLAWS, AND NOW THIS LATEST UPDATE SIMPLY MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

DANGEROUS LAG IN THROTTLE RESPONSE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.. DELAY IN THROTTLE RESPONSE IS GREATER THAN 4 SECONDS IN ALL ATTEMPS AT ACCELERATION.

AFTER RECALL FOR THE DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, THE TRUCK IS VERY SLUGGISH WHEN COLD, SOMETIMES TAKINGS 3-5 SECONDS TO RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT. FUEL ECONOMY REDUCED. TRUCK FEELS LAZY UNTIL IT WARMS UP COMPLETELY. EVEN THEN, IT ISN'T AS RESPONSIVE AS IT WAS BEFORE THE SOFTWARE FLASH.

I OWN A 2016 ECODIESEL RAM 1500, AND EVER SINCE I COMPLETED THE REQUIRED ENGINE SOFTWARE UPDATE MANDATED BY FCA DUE TO THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, I HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN ACCELERATION DURING CONDITIONS WHERE THE ENGINE IS NOT FULLY WARMED UP AND SOMETIME AT NORMAL CONDITIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PULLING FROM A STOP THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THESE DELAYS CAN BE AS LONG AS 3 TO 5 SECONDS!! THIS POSSES A HUGE RISK TO THE DRIVE, HIS OCCUPANTS, AND OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL. THE ECO DIESEL COMMUNITY WAS PROMISED THAT THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE WOULD NOT IMPEDE FUEL ECONOMY, ENGINE PERFORMANCE, ENGINE NOISE, AND MANY OTHER THINGS AS WELL. YET HERE WE ARE MY SELF AND MANY OTHERS HAVING TO THINK TWICE EVERY TIME WE PULL THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, OR A DRIVE WAY, OR TURN ON A CURVED ROAD WHERE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE, HOPING...

I OWN A 2016 ECODIESEL RAM 1500, AND EVER SINCE I COMPLETED THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE UPDATE ON MY VEHICLE DUE TO THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT I HAVE NOTICED A DRASTIC DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF ACCELERATION MY VEHICLE HAS UNDER CONDITIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE IS NOT FULLY WARMED UP AND OCCASIONALLY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WELL. THERE ARE TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE 3 TO 5 ENTIRE SECONDS TO FINALLY START ACCELERATING AND WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC OR AT INTERSECTIONS THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THE MY VEHICLE WILL RESPOND IN THE MANNER I NEED IT TO WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY AND LOCAL. I BECOME A HAZARD TO OTHER DRIVES AS WELL AS TO MYSELF AND MY OCCUPANTS. THE ECODIESEL OWNERS COMMUNITY WAS PROMISED THAT THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE WOULD NOT IMPEDE FUEL ECONOMY, ENGINE PERFORMANCE, ENGINE NOISE, AND MANY OTHER THINGS,...

VEHICLE WAS IN A SETTLEMENT REGARDING THE ECODIESEL ENGINE. TO GET CLAIM PROCESSED A SOFTWARE CHANGE WAS REQUIRED. AFTER GETTING THE SOFTWARE CHANGE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE TRUCK NOW HAS AN EXTREME ACCELERATION DELAY ESPECIALLY RIGHT AFTER STARTING. YOU CAN PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS, THEN YOU HAVE TO FLOOR IT TO GET IT TO MOVE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AT THE INTERSECTION COMING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY MORNING I HAD TO RUN OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AS MY TRUCK ROLLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND THEN WOULD NOT GET GOING. I TRIED TO PULL OVER AND THEN IT FINALLY HIT AND PUT ME IN A DITCH AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF A CAR ABOUT TO HIT ME. THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO AT THE SETTLEMENT AGENCY FOR FIAT CHRYSLER HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLANT WAS VERY LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TATE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (2903, 7429 RITCHIE HWY, GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED MORE COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, AFTER 1,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE LOST COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO TATE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM WHERE THE MECHANIC FOUND A LEAK IN THE EGR COOLER AND STATED THAT THE EGR CIRCUIT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, AFTER SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRED FREDERICK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (39 WASHINGTON BLVD, LAUREL, MD 20707) WHERE THEY PERFORMED A PRESSURE TEST AND ADDED COOLANT. THE MECHANIC ALSO MENTIONED A WARRANTY ON THE DIESEL EMISSION. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO...

V08 RECALL FLASH HAS MADE MY TRUCK MORE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THERE IS AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF LAG FROM THE ENGINE AND TURBO WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I AM THE SECOND OWNER, BOUGHT ON 7/24/19 AND THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE ALREADY!

I OWN A 2016 RAM 1500 ECO DIESEL. I RECENTLY GOT A RECALL (V08 I BELIEVE) THAT GREATLY EFFECTED THE THROTTLE RESPONSE AND FUEL MILEAGE ON MY TRUCK. I LOVE ON A BEND ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND IT HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I PRESS THE THROTTLE THERE IS A GOOD 5 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE TRUCK ACCELERATES. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AS FCA HAS NOTIFIED DEALERS THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND THAT IS THE RESPONSE THEY GAVE ME. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK THERE WERE NO ACCELERATION ISSUES AND THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS 4-5MPG GREATER BEFORE THIS COMPUTER UPDATE. PLEASE FACILITATE A FIX FOR THIS BEFORE I GET HIT LEAVING MY HOUSE OR TURNING ONTO ANY STREET.

AFTER HAVING THE VO8 AEM DONE TO MY TRUCK, THE PERFORMANCE HAS DROPPED. THE LACK OF ACCELERATION WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC IS SCARY AT TIMES. IF YOU EVEN SO MUCH AS ROLL A STOP THE TRUCK SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN 3RD GEAR AND VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE. FUEL CONSUMPTION IS GREATER CAUSING A DROP IN MPG BOTH WITH NORMAL DRIVING AND GETS WORSE THAN BEFORE THE UPDATE WHILE TOWING.

RAM WITH ECODIESEL ENGINE AFTER APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION DUE TO EPA SETTLEMENT. WHEN ENGINE IS NOT FULLY WARMED UP THERE IS EXCESSIVE (3-5 SECONDS) DELAY IN THROTTLE RESPONSE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITTION AT ANY INTERSECTION. WHEN APPLYING THROTTLE TO ENTER AN INTERSECTION AFTER STOPPING, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD INTO THE INTERSECTION WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR 3-5 SECONDS CREATING A COLLISION HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS AS WELL AS OTHER VEHICLES

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKEN. MY TRUCK HAS ROUGHLY 46,000 MILES ON IT AND YESTERDAY UPON COLD START UP I HEARD AN EXHAUST LEAK COMING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NOTICED AT LEAST ONE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT HEAD BROKEN OFF, THERE MAY BE MORE AS I DIDN'T INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES

VERY POOR ACCELERATION WHEN COLD OR WARM. SIGNIFICANT DROP IN POWER AND FUEL MILEAGE. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED AFTER THE V08 UPDATE

SINCE GETTING THE RAM ECO DIESEL MANDATORY RECALL / RE FLASH. I HAVE EXPERIENCED A "DEAD PEDAL." IT'S NOT AS BAD IN WARMER WEATHER BUT NOW WE ARE STARTING TO EXPERIENCE COLDER MORNINGS AND WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THE DRIVE-ABILITY OF THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND UNSETTLING. I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY NOW.

ECO DIESEL RECALL ON EMISSIONS, AND NOW HAVE SAFETY ACCELERATION OR "LACK OF" FROM A STOP, FUEL ECONOMY WENT WAY DOWN AND USE OF ALOT DEF, RAM IS AWARE OF IT AND HAVE NOT FIX CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR PAST 4 MONTHS DEALERS RESET AND STILL COMES BACK ON, DEALERS CAN'T FIX AND DON'T KNOW HOW THEY STATED WAIT FOR DODGE FCA I WAS DEALING WITH FELICIA US CUSTOMER CARE CASE NUMBER [XXX] FCA SHE HAD TO CANCEL CASE INSTRUCTED BY HER BOSSES BECAUSE THEIR IS NO FIX.*DT CONSUMER STATED FAILED SOFTWARE WAS INSTALLED WHICH MADE IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ('PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).')*JB

ALL RAMS ARE HAVING LEFTER PROBLEMS. WHEN YOU START THE TRUCK, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TICKING UNTIL IT FINALLY STOPS. THE SOUND IS WHEN THE TRUCK IS STATIONARY AND MOVING.

TRUCK PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING FCA V08 EMISSIONS RECALL DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED. TRUCK POSES EXTREME RISK TO OPERATORS AND SURROUNDING MOTORISTS DURING COLD & WARMUP CYCLES. SUBSTANTIAL POWER LOSS DURING THIS TIME MAKING MERGING INTO TRAFFIC/ACCELERATING AT A NORMAL PACE DANGEROUS UNTIL TRUCK REACHES FULL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. LEAD TIME REQUIRED TO MERGE IS IS EXTREME WHEN ENGINE TEMPERATURE COLD. EXPONENTIALLY AFFECTED WHEN TRAILERING DURING THIS PERIOD AS WELL. TRUCK FEELS LIKE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP IN 5TH GEAR.

FIRST TIME PARKED WITH VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND WENT IN POST OFFICE GOT BACK IN TRUCK. IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN ON MADE A FUNNY SOUND AND LOW OIL PRESSURE CAME UP THEN LIGHT CAME ON, WAITED 10 MINUTES AND STARTED UP FINE. AROUND 2 WEEKS LATER DID IT WHILE DRIVING, HAD CRUISE SET AT 75, IN THE LEFT LANE PASSING 2 VEHICLES AND ENGINE SHUT OFF IT FLASHED LOW OIL PRESSURE, I COASTED TO RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY MADE CALLS AND WAITED 15 MINUTES AND IT RESTARTED. SCHEDULED AND MADE APPOINTMENT WITH RAM DEALERSHIP, AFTER CHECKING COMPUTER AND CHANGING OIL AND FILTER FOUND NOTHING. DEALERSHIP SAID SHOULD HAVE LEFT ERROR ON COMPUTER. PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF PROOF OF OIL LIGHT AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY.TOOK TO DEALERSHIP ON 9/3/2019 WITH 40,727 MILES ON RAM 1500 ECO-DIESEL TRUCK DATES ARE 8/20 AND 8/25/2019 WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAK OFF THE HEAD OF THE BOLT ON THE REAR CYLINDER ON EACH SIDE CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE MANIFOLD ON THE 5.7L HEMI. THE DEALERSHIP SAID ITS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THOSE MOTORS BUT THERE IS NO RECALL.

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 22 AUGUST 2019, AN 8 MILE DRIVE. I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO REACH POSTED SPEED LIMIT AFTER TURNING OFF OF A SIDE STREET ONTO MAIN ROAD. I HAD NO FORWARD MOMENTUM WHEN I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO MANUALLY SHIFT GEARS THINKING IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO RPM BUT STILL BARELY ANY FORWARD MOMENTUM. I WAS LOSING SPEED QUICKLY. SOMETHING GRABBED MY ATTENTION, NOT SURE IF I HEARD SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY BUT I HAPPENED TO LOOK OUT MY REVIEW AND SIDE MIRRORS AND NOTICE A HUGE PLUME OF SMOKE EXITING MY VEHICLE. AT ABOUT THAT SAME MOMENT, I NOTICED A LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF, I STILL NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING...

V08 AEM RECALL PERFORMED ON 6/4/19. POST RECALL, LOSS IN FUEL ECONOMY, REDUCED POWER ESPECIALLY WHEN TOWING, AND SEVERE TURBO LAG LASTING FOUR TO SEVEN SECONDS. THE SEVERE TURBO LAG IS CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. THE LACK OF ACCELERATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED IS PRESENT WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AS WELL AS AT VARYING TRAVEL SPEEDS. IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS ON CITY STREETS OR WHEN MERGING INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE, EVEN UNDER FULL THROTTLE FOR BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN SECONDS. THE LAG IS SEVERE EVEN AT FULL OPERATING TEMPERATURES ABOVE 200 DEGREES. THESE ISSUES WERE NOT PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE V08/AEM RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS INSISTED THAT THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AFTER THE V08 AEM RECALL, BUT THE VEHICLE OPERATED WITHOUT THESE ISSUES...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, LOST POWER, THROTTLE CONTROL ERROR COMES ON, TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE, THERE ARE SMOKES OUT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. I TOOK THE NEXT EXIT TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. TURN INTO GAS STATION AND ENGINE GOT CUT OFF. WHEN I POP THE HOOD, SAW FIRE FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. I POUR MY DRINKS WITH ICE, FEW WATER BOTTLES, AND MY FRIENDS DRINK. *DT *DT *TR

THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP, I PURCHASED IT CERTIFIED USED FROM A RAM DEALER WITH 30K ON IT. IT RUNS AND DRIVES FINE BUT WHEN IT IS COLD AND OUT OF THE BLUE IT HAS COMPLETE DEAD PEDAL. THE TRUCK WILL NOT ACCELERATE, IT HAS ALMOST NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AND IT NOT SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL ITS WARM I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES, EVEN A SLOW UNDER POWERED MOPED WOULD SCOOT FASTER THAN THIS TRUCK WHEN ITS NOT UP TO OPERATING TEMP. THIS HAS ALL TAKEN PLACE AFTER THE EMISSIONS UPDATE DONE TO THE TRUCK BEFORE PREDELIVERY. I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GOING TO DRIVE LIKE THIS I HAVE BANNED FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM DRIVING IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT DRIVES AS IT SHOULD "POST UPDATE" THE LACK OF PEDAL RESPONSE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. THERE ARE NO ENGINE CODES, DEALER SAYS ITS FINE...

AFTER AEM EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS UPDATE THE TRUCK AT 57,920 HAS POOR ACCELERATION FROM A START. IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF ITS ON WAY. MILEAGE DROPPED 4 MPG. HAS POOR ACCELERATION UP HILLS. THIS UPDATE CLAIMED TO NOT ALTER THE WAY THE VEHICLE DRIVES AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THIS IS NOT THE TRUCK THAT I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT. I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT SEVERAL TIMES PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE POOR ACCELERATION FROM A STOP "TURBO LAG" THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

AFTER AN EMISSIONS RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON ECO DIESEL ENGINE (ECM UPDATE) THE ENGINE HAS BECOME TERRIBLY SLUGGISH ON INITIAL TAKEOFF. I CAN PUSH THE GAS PETAL TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING HAPPENS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THERE IS INCONSISTENT ENGINE PERFORMANCE THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

AFTER THE AEM RECALL ON MY ECODIESEL THE ACCELERATION IS VERY SLUGGISH ESPECIALLY WHEN COLD. IT IS ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM/ CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE THAT PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC HAS BECOME DANGEROUS. THE TRUCK HAS A 3-5 SECOND DELAY BEFORE ADEQUATE POWER IS AVAILABLE REGARDLESS OF ACCELERATOR POSITION.

AFTER GETTING THE ECODIESEL EMISSION RECALL MY TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN COLD. HAVE SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS AFTER PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND NOTHING HAPPENS, IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO PEDAL FOR 3 SECONDS. CONTACTED FCA AND THEY REFER ME TO DEALER, DEALER SAYS IT IS FCA SOFTWARE ISSUE.

ANOTHER RAM ECODIESEL POST-AEM SAFETY CONCERN. DID THE AEM RECALL AND INSTANTLY BECAME A SAFETY HAZARD IN TRAFFIC. EXTREME THROTTLE LAG OF 4+ SECONDS, EVEN IF FLOORING IT. TOO MANY CLOSE CALLS TO LIST MYSELF AND I DON'T LET ME WIFE DRIVE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY (IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HER TRUCK!!). RECALL MAY BE MONETARY AND SUCH BUT THE ISSUE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND WILL RESULT IN MUCH LARGER ISSUES. I'VE WORKED AS A RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY OFFICER; THIS WILL LEAD TO A BIGGER PROBLEM. EPA OR NOT, THIS "AEM FIX" IS WRONG! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GET INVOLVED AND FORCE A RECALL TO FIX THE LACK OF THROTTLE RESPONSE ON THESE VEHICLES. FOR WHAT ITS WORTH, I FOUND OUT THAT I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE CLAIM $$ BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS BUILT IN CANADA. GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAM BADGE, HUH!

OWN A 2016 RAM 1500 ECODIESEL TRUCK AND PARTICIPATED IN THE V08 EMISSIONS RECALL, SINCE THE RECALL HAS BEEN PREFORMED THE TRUCK SUFFERS FROM SERIOUS THROTTLE LAG WHICH I FEEL IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS THE TRUCK HAS UNRELIABLE RESPONSE WHEN TRYING TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION.

MY VEHICLE WAS PART OF A RECENT ECODIESEL SETTLEMENT THAT REQUIRED A RECALL AND RE-FLASH OF THE VEHICLES ECM. FCA STATED THAT THE RECALL RE-FLASH WOULD NOT AFFECT THE VEHICLES PERFORMANCE. THAT IS NOT THE CASH. MY VEHICLE NOW HAS A SEVERE THROTTLE HESITATION WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. PULLING INTO OR MERGING INTO EXISTING TRAFFIC HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS CONDITION SINCE THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREENWAY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF FLORENCE (2354 FLORENCE BLVD, FLORENCE, AL 35630, (256) 766-7324) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

SINCE THE FCA ECM RE-FLASH, MY TRUCK TURBO LAG IS NOW DEADLY, WHEN THE ENGINE GETS PAST THE TURBO LAG IT WILL SMOKE THE TIRES, BUT DON'T BACK OFF OR YOU START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH TURBO LAG. IVE PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND WAITED FOR THE LAG TO CATCH UP, NEARLY BEING HIT ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. FORGET DRIVING UP HILLS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. IF IT HAD DRIVEN LIKE THIS WHEN I TEST DROVE IT, I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT! MY FAMILY HAS LITERALLY YELLED WATCH OUT DAD! WHEN I TRY TO PULL INTO EVEN MILD TRAFFIC FROM A STOP.

AFTER FCA COMPLETED THE EMISSIONS RECALL ON MY 2016 RAM THE TRUCK NOW DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS CAUSED SEVERAL ISSUES WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR ONTO THE INTERSTATE. ALSO WHILE PULLING A TRAILER I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY INTO TRAFFIC OR TO THE HIGHWAY. DUE TO THIS WHILE PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC I HAVE BARELY AVOIDED SEVERAL WRECKS.

AFTER HAVING THE EMISSIONS RECALL APPLIED TO MY TRUCK, I HAVE LOST ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE THROTTLE LAG IS DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE. THIS MAKES TURNING THROUGH TRAFFIC VERY UNSAFE.

AEM REFLASH AS REQUIRED BY THE FCA EMISSIONS RECALL #V08 HAS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY, CAUSING NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES WHEN CROSSING AND TURNING PAST ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP REPORTS ALL RECALLED CUSTOMERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME ISSUES.

RAM ECODIESEL RECALL. MY POST AEM EMISSIONS FLASH HAS CREATED A SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED VEHICLE WITH UNPREDICATABLE ACCCELLERATION AND ENGINE RESPONSE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE VEHICLE BECAME IMPARIED AFTER THE EPA/DOJ FORCED RECALL FOR EMMISSIONS CONTROL TAMPERING. THIS UPDATE HAS PUT MY FAMILY IS SEVERAL SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC THE TRUCK HAS NO POWER OR RESPONSIVENESS. PULLING OUT OF SIDE STREETS ACROSS TRAFFIC THE TRUCK HAS NO POWER OR RESPONSIVENESS. THE TRUCKS MPG HAS GONE DOWN NEARLY 15% AND DEF CONSUPTION HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. PLEASE DO SOMETHING AS FCA IS CLAIMING THERE IS NO ISSUE. THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

AFTER THE FCA EMISSIONS RECALL, MY VEHICLE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL 'LAG' AFTER PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LACKS ENGINE POWER, AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IT IS A JAZZERS WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AS DESIGNED IF THIS IS TRULY THE DESIGN. DODGE NEEDS TO BE FORCED TO ADDRESS THE 'LAG' IN ACCELERATION AND LACK OF POWER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR WORSE.

ECODIESEL EMISSION FIX . WELL I LOVED MY TRUCK TILL THEY FIXED IT .NOW AT LOW SPEEDS IT DOESN'T ACCELERATE MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS. I TOOK IT BACK TO RAM AND THEY SAID THAT'S THE FIX AND IT WAS THE GOVERNMENTS FAULT. WELL I KNOW IT'S FCA FAULT AND I DON'T THINK THEY CAN FIX IT PROPERLY OR THEY WOULD OF DONE SO AT THE FACTORY.. SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE . WHEN YOU HIT THE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENS FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS THAN TAKES OFF SOMEONE WILL GET HURT . TO THINK OUR GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGREED TO THIS IS A DISGRACE. I'LL NEVER BUY A FCA PRODUCT AND TELL EVERYONE THE SAME

I TOOK MY ECODIESEL TRUCK TO MY LOCAL FCA DEALERSHIP AND THEY INSTALLED THE APPROVED EMISSION MODIFICATION (AEM). AFTER I RECEIVED MY TRUCK BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THERE WAS A VERY NOTICEABLE INCREASED THROTTLE RESPONSE LAG FROM A STOP. AFTER APPLYING WIDE OPEN THROTTLE (WOT), THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RESPOND FOR 3-4 SECONDS. THE AEM SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE "PERFORMANCE" OF THE TRUCK WILL NOT BE IMPACTED; WHICH IS NOT WHAT I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED. THE THROTTLE RESPONSE LAG POST-AEM INSTALL ALMOST GOT ME INTO TWO ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO A HIGHWAY. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BY OTHER ECODIESEL OWNERS ON INTERNET FORUMS AND VIA YOUTUBE VIDEOS DEMONSTRATING THIS SAFETY ISSUE. FCA FAILED TO DISCLOSE THIS THROTTLE RESPONSE ISSUE; AS A RESULT THEY HAVE CREATED A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, TO INCLUDE MYSELF, POST-AEM INSTALL. I PULLED OUT THE DEALERSHIP LOT EXPECTING A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WOLFECHASE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (8170 US-64, BARTLETT, TN 38133, (901)-373-3030) TO BE REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE ECO DIESEL ENGINE EMISSION. THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS REDUCED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,153.

THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE RECALL ON THE ECODIESEL ENGINE DUE TO A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT. THE REPAIR WAS MADE AND NOW THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL THE ENGINE WARMS UP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK DOES NOT GO. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT AS TRUCK STALLS AND THEN ACCELERATES A FULL 4-5 SECONDS LATER. I WILL NOT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE MY TRUCK NOW DUE TO THIS DANGER. IN CHECKING WITH OTHER OWNERS EVERYONE WHO HAS THE "UPDATE" DONE PER THE LAWSUIT IS HAVING THE SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEM. TO BE SPECIFIC, WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD, YOU HIT THE ACCELERATOR, THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE FOR 4-5 SECONDS. THIS CAUSES YOU TO ROLL SLOWLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

I PURCHASED A 2016 RAM 1500 IN MAY 2019 WITH APPROXIMATELY 25K MILES ON IT. A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASING I NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK THAT'S CAUSES THE WHOLE BED TO SHAKE AROUND 65+ MPH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT TO ME THE DRIVESHAFT WAS WOBBLING A LITTLE WHEN HE HAD THE TRUCK ON THE LIFT. TOOK THE TRUCK TO TWO DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERS ABOUT THE ISSUE, THE FIRST DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SO I WENT ON A TEST DRIVE WITH THEM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NOTICED THE VIBRATION I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT. LONG STORY SHORT THEY TOLD ME MY TIRES(ONLY 25,000 MILES) WERE BAD AND I SHOULD REPLACE THEM, GET AN ALIGNMENT AND THE PROBLEM WOULD BE SOLVED. SO I DID JUST THAT AND THE VIBRATION OF THE WHOLE BED...

AFTER GETTING THE EPA REQUIRED EMISSIONS RECALL COMPLETED (V08) THIS TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. THERE IS A LONG DELAY IN THROTTLE RESPONSE (3-5 SECONDS FROM THE TIME I HIT THE THROTTLE FROM A STOP UNTIL THE TIME THE TRUCK HAS ANY SORT OF RESPONSE) WHICH MAKES IT EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR CROSS TRAFFIC LANES. THERE IS ALSO VERY LITTLE THROTTLE RESPONSE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO A FREEWAY. I HAVE ALREADY HAD A FEW NEAR MISSES IN THE 3 WEEKS AFTER I HAD THE UPDATE DONE. NONE OF THESE ISSUES EXISTED BEFORE THE V08 RECALL WAS PREFORMED.

RECEIVED THE V08 RECALL UPDATE. WAS TOLD THIS UPDATE WOULD NOT AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE, DRIVABILITY, EFFICIENCY NOR SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE!! THE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE IS PLAGUED WITH DANGEROUS DELAYS IN ACCELERATION, POOR SHIFTING TO THE POINT OF BEING A SIGNIFICANT LIFE-SAFETY ISSUE!! FROM A STOPPED POSITION, STEPPING ON THE GAS WILL PRODUCE A 2-3 SECOND DELAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC - SEVERE RISK OF BEING BROAD-SIDED OR REAR-ENDED! GEAR SHIFTS ARE OUT OF SYNC AND DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PERFORMANCE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS FROM A STOPPED (I.E. INTERSECTION) OR MOVING (I.E. PASSING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS) MOTION. TOO MANY CLOSE-CALLS WITH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS/FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIED AND HINDERED RECALL UPDATE!! THESE ISSUES ARE WELL-DOCUMENTED ONLINE AND CONSISTENT WITH OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS WHOM HAVE HAD THIS RECALL UPDATE. IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BEFORE PEOPLE START TO GET SERIOUSLY...

AFTER SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR EMISSIONS ISSUE TRUCK FAILS TO ACCELERATE IN A SAFE MANNER WHEN ENGINE IS COLD. WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED IT TAKES UP 5 SECONDS FOR ENGINE RPM TO INCREASE TO THE POINT THAT THE TURBO CHARGER WILL CUT IN. THIS CAUSE THE TRUCK TO ENTER AN INTERSECTION WITH OUT ENOUGH SPEED TO SAFELY COMPLETE THE TRANSITION THOUGH THE INTERSECTION IF TRAFFIC IS COMING. WHEN ENGIN IS HOT THIS DOES NOT OCCUR. I HAD 2 NEAR MISSES BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT WAS OCCURRING. I RETURNED TRUCK TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THIS WAS NORMAL AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND OTHER TRUCKS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. INFORMED THEM THIS PRESENTED A UNSAFE CONDITION.

I HAD THE AEM (APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION) DONE ON MY 2016 RAM 1500 3.0 ECODIESEL ON 07/02/2019. WHEN I PICKED UP THE TRUCK I ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES WITH ANYONE THAT HAS HAD THIS PERFORMED. I WAS TOLD BY THE TECH HE HAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES WITH THIS BEING DONE AND THE ONLY THING HE HAS HEARD IS AN IMPROVEMENT OF MPG. WELL I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FOR 2 DAYS NOW AND I'VE NOTICED A DECREASE OF ALMOST 2 MPG WHICH I KIND OF EXPECTED UNLIKE HIS CLAIM OF IMPROVED MPG. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT NOW WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP IT TAKES ALMOST 7 SECONDS FOR THROTTLE RESPONSE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION! I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS TRUCK FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS NOW AND HAVE NEVER HAD SINGLE PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE TURBO DIESEL HAS A LITTLE...

DANGEROUS AND INCONSISTENT ENGINE POWER. AFTER UPDATE OF ECU FOR EMISSIONS (V08) CONTROL RECALL THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFELY DRIVABLE. WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT OR AWAY ACCELERATION JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN, TRUCK FAILS TO MOVE AND IS SUBJECT TO BEING HIT. AFTER A COUPLE SECONDS POWER RETURNS. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THIS, 'THAT'S THE WAY IT IS NOW' IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. FCA AGREED TO MAKE THIS EM EMISSIONS UPDATE WITH NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE, THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. IF NOT FIXED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE KILLED IN AN ACCIDENTS. I HAVE SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS ALREADY.

TRUCK WAS RUNNING FINE WITH NO ISSUES UNTIL THE EMISSIONS V08 RECALL. TRUCK NOW HAS A SIGNIFICANT LAG WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. IT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING (PULLING OUT FROM A STOPPED POSITION). IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED US TO GET IN TO TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS DUE TO LACK OF ACCELERATION. MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. I REFUSE TO LET MY CHILDREN RIDE AS PASSENGERS NOW BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK. MY TRUCK WAS FINE BEFORE THE RECALL SOFTWARE UPDATE (V08) AND NOW IT'S A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD.

AFTER HAVING THE REQUIRED AEM RECALL FLASHED TO MY ECODIESEL ECU THE TRUCK HAS SERIOUS PERFORMANCE ISSUES THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE OF HORRIBLE LAG. I HAVE HAD 2 ECODIESEL TRUCKS, A 2014 AND THIS 2016 AND THIS KIND OF SCARY LACK OF POWER WAS NEVER AN ISSUE BEFORE THE EPA SETTLEMENT UPDATE. THE DRIVEABILITY AND SAFETY HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY REDUCED.

AFTER RECEIVING THE EMISSIONS RECALL UPDATE V08 ON MY RAM ECODIESEL IT NOW HAS A LAG WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL THAT HAS NEARLY RESULTED IN ME BEING HIT BY OTHER DRIVERS BECAUSE THE TRUCK WILL NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THIS IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN AT A STOP AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN.