2018 RAM 2500 Unknown Or Other Problems

abs / traction control system failure and cruise control no longer function. This has been intermittent since May, 2023. This became permanent in November, 2023.

Driving along my ABS and TCS light intermittenly appear. I looked into this briefly and have noticed that there is a larger issue in this case. There are thousands of Ram 2500 owners who are having this issue. It is a defective part from the manufacturer and should be covered under a recall. I do not have the funds at the moment to pay for these repairs, so in turn I will be driving with not traction control and no anti lock brake system.

The abs light blinks and sounder beeps on and off intermittently while driving and the cruise control does not stay functioning when this occurs.

The "Check Antilock Brake" message appears on the dashboard. The vehicle has been inspected by a mechanic who confirmed that it is either the supplementary brake fluid pump, or the brake pump control unit. Because of the intermittent nature of the problem, the manufacturer requires replacement of both expensive parts, as they do not know the exact problem. Because of the issue, the following vehicle features do not function: * anti-lock brake system * electronic stability control / traction control * cruise control * the holding of the rear brake on a hill until the operator accelerates (important in a standard transmission truck used for towing)

Abs light and traction control light will flash and beep intermittently when driving have researched a lot of people have the same issue newer models have been recalled for the same problem.

Bought secondhand at auction with low mileage. Had checked outbytrusted mechanic, all was well. Vehicle records showed brand new transmission on truck. Transmission slipped after service. From July 2022 to today (December 2023) have had to replace transmission FOUR TIMES at great expense. Went to dealership and found no recall notice, they are offering to purchase truck for $7500 cash. Purchase price was approximately $33000 plus about $15,000 in repairs/new transmission replacements and cost of rental vehicle in the thousands as this was a truck purchased for a business. Please issue a recall for this vehicle! This has put a huge dent in our small business and we still don’t have a functional truck!

I just bought a 2018 ram 2500 tradesman yesterday and had the abs light came on today and stayed on. Read comments online and was advise to report this issue as a safety issue and possible class action law suit potential. Seems like many people have the same issue even with a barely use vehicle.

I am getting an ABS sensor warning that was previously fixed 3 years ago under warranty but is now resurfacing. It is a constant alarm that prevents the cruise control from engaging.

ABS light and traction control light continues to be on. Disables the 4wd drive. No traction control

Abs light continusly going on and off

warning ding followed by dash informing me that traction control and electronic braking has problem. Local dealer has confirmed problem in Feb. 2023. Dealer states replacement part not yet available and no estimate as to when part will be available.

My Anti Lock Brakes, Traction control and power steering have gone out repeatedly on this vehicle. The ABS pump HCU unit has failed at 8,433 miles. The same thing failed again at 12,924 miles. As of this complaint the same thing has failed again at 20,000 miles. I have not had it repaired because Ram will not guarantee the new part they put in is not defective, like the original part and the 2 other replacement ABS pump they installed which have failed. I don't drive my this truck that much because without the abs for which the break system on the truck was designed for I feel like it is a danger to myself and others.

I’ve just started experiencing the ABS light coming off and on. Did some research and find that this is a common problem wish my truck. Making appointment with dealer to have it checked out. Also about a year ago my radio had to be replaced as the screen was delaminating. Was told this also common problem but Ram was of no help. Had to buy new radio. Now my truck only has 32,000 miles on it and was under 30 when radio was replaced. But I’m second owner and ram would not warranty it. Now that I’m researching this site I’m seeing many problems that are consistent with mine. This should be a recall. The brakes and the radios. Think I’ll be trading this truck off.

The ABS/Traction Control light continually goes on and off. I took the vehicle into Tate Dodge Ram Service center in Glen Burnie, MD the first week of January 2023. They diagnosed the problem as the ABS Control Module and Hydraulic Control Units as bad. I was told that it would take 2 weeks to get the parts. I checked back with them 2 weeks later and the ETA had changed to March 16, 2023. I left the vehicle with them and checked back after March 16th, the ETA had then been changed to August 15, 2023. I picked the vehicle up from the service department and check on it August 15th. They had received on of the part, but the other one was scheduled to be delivered Sept 15, 2023. I contacted them again on Sept 18th, when I was told that the part would not be delivered until February...

Service electronic brake system and ABS system

Our backup camera glitches all the time and doesn’t disengage when it should

Vehicles touch screen becomes unresponsive to touch and skips around screen turning items and censors on and off while driving. Seat heaters have turned on and off on boiling hot days, radio stations switch back and forth, volume has gone up and down, parking censors have been turned on and off while driving, radio has called random numbers and people while driving and while waiting for truck to prime and start. The problem has progressively gotten worse and skips around more with every day that passes. Vehicle has been to the dealership twice for this issue. The dealership said it has become a common problem with the touch screen for this vehicle and doesn't know why it's not a recall. This is a huge distraction and $1800 replacement which is not an easy random add to a budget, meaning most will deal with the distracted driving and probably cause and...

The Traction Control and ABS/EBS sensors have failed on my truck. The dealer states that I need an HCU and ABS module in-order to correct the problem, however because the vehicle was made in Mexico the replacement parts are not available.

ABS LIGHT AND TRACK CONTROL IS ON AND THE TRUCK IS NOT GETTING TRACTION TO THE GROUND AND MY CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT WORKING WITH THE LIGHT ON.

The ABS system has been damaged since September 23, 2022 and I went to the dealer in West Palm Beach and the one in Ocala Fl and none of them have the part. And it's not just me, there are many people with the same problem.

The hydraulic control box has been bad in my 2018 Ram 2500 since October of 2022. I have tried to order the part through two different dealerships and three times now directly from Mopar, where my order was cancelled. We were originally told the part would be available in December, then March, now it’s August. The ABS and traction control warning lights ding on and off constantly, which is obviously annoying, but much worse- this is our family travel vehicle. We travel with two children and are frequently hauling heavy loads- a large trailer full horses or a 10,000 lb boat. Not having antilock brakes period is a danger, but hauling heavy loads puts us and the vehicles around us at risk.

Abs And Traction Control Light comes on and Chimes go off. you lose ABS and Traction Control and Cruse control , This is a know issue with 2018 Ram 2500 . Parts are hard to come by and are very expensive to repair , This safety concern and should be a Ram Recall . I have not taken it to the dealer yet but since it is out of warranty by time , I cant afford the high cost of the repair

The Uconnect display will randomly start rapidly selecting features causing great distraction to the driver and occupants. This includes automatically initiating the SOS call, dialing 911 on Bluetooth connected phones, turning on seat heaters, steering wheel heaters, activating the reverse camera display (the list of things it will do goes on for most of the features), all causing great distraction.

Abs lights on traction control lights on constantly off and on alarming. Making it un drivable Was told it's very common issue currently being investigated by nhtsa. Dealership confirmed HCU Pump control module. Costing me quoted $1750 for repairs and unknown when part comes in. Earliest is end of March. All the forums and videos I've seen that this is constantly happening and this needs to be recalled. I believe it already has on the 2019-2022 models. Safety concern with no abs or traction control. Also cruise control won't work.

First time brake system hydraulic control unit failed was at 17,000 miles, now have 76,000 and it has failed again. Abs system notification goes off and on constantly. Turbo actuator has failed at 76,000 miles. Check engine light and associated ecu codes are flashing. Rear view camera on tailgate goes out intermittently.

Bought a truck and drove around 420 miles home, within 24 hours of purchase warning lights and sounds went on and off over and over while driving. Took it to 3 mechanic shops, and all 3 said it was the same thing. All shops said it's been a problem for that truck, but there are no recalls on it yet. The warning lights are for the very important ABS brake system and traction control system. Having a hard time finding a mechanic shop that can get the parts to fix the problem.

The infotainment screen is malfunctioning. It makes phantom button presses. The most dangerous of all is when I am backing up. Instead of it showing the back-up camera it shows the bed camera. Very dangerous!!!!

while having tires changed 3 different times a lug nut stud has broken off. none of the times was the nut cross threaded or over tightened. the broken stud piece turned out of the nut by hand and seem to have had a manufacturing defect in the metal. i have the broken pieces still. if there is a problem with the way the studs were manufactured they all could break off causing an accident

ABS hydraulic assembly fails intermittently and randomly during driving causing the warning chime to sound repeatedly and results in distracted driving as well as degraded braking safety feature.

Electrical issue with the radio. It will change screen, turn the radio up and down. Turn and off. Makes SOS calls on its on. Turn the AC to hot in Arizona when it's already 100+ degrees out. All while driving.

The vehicle entertainment center has an issue where the screen is separating from the unit. This is a SAFETY ISSUE because the system CANNOT be turned off and the unit controls not just entertainment features such as radio, navigation, etc but also controls driver functions such as seat controls, heat & air, cell phone connections, etc. The screen is a touch screen unit meaning that the separation issue causes the system to think random areas on the screen are being touched due to road vibration. This causes the vehicle's computer systems to freak out and do things like randomly call people if a cell phone is connected, change seat settings, turn on air conditioning full blast and then switch to heat full blast, select random navigation points, etc. This is HUGELY distracting to the driver and UNSAFE. An internet search will indicate that this issue has been a known issue...

-Anti lock brake system control module and traction control system failure with 32000 miles on truck.- In reading online forums they have admitted to knowing these parts were bad. Not sure why this hasn’t been made a recall issue given it involves the braking systems on a huge portion of these trucks sold.- Dealership states both parts are bad but excluded from warranty and extended warranty.- warning lights come on at the same time it locks the brakes up until warning lights go out. -Well at 70 mph on the highway and it locked my brakes up. I was just lucky it didn’t cause a wreck or roll over accident which it very easily could have.

We were involved in a single car crash, it’s been over a month and it’s still under investigation. The steering link was still intact. Is there another reason that would have caused us to loose control of the steering and crash?

I have owned this vehicle from the beginning. The first thing that happened 4 wheel drive module went out causing my cruise and abs system go down took to the dealer found out the module went down they replace it under warranty. Then a couple months later the abs system went down again to it to the dealer they said the abs passenger side sensor went bad replaced it under warranty. Drove for about 6months lost abs again the same sensor went bad they replaced again under warranty. Then about 6 months the abs went down again that's when they said they hcu and abs went bad replaced it did fine. Then Dec 21 the abs started acting up took to O'Reilly here in town read the code this one came up c0020-01. Call the dealer gave the code to them they said abs most likely went out. Truck is...

The screen is delaminating for the navigation system. It has also affected the ability to use my phone hands free through Autoplay or bluetooth as the screen is malfunctioning

THE WINTER STORM WARNING KEEPS POPPING UP ON MY SCREEN AND IVE SEARCHED EVERYTHING TO NO AVAIL OF DISCONNECTING.... THIS IS AGRAVATING AND DISTRACTING HELP THIS IS ALSO DANGEROUS WHILE MOVING ,,,DISTRACTING

TRUCK SLIDES AFTER BEING PARKED . IT HAS SLID ANYWHERE FROM 1 FOOT WHILE I STOOD THERE WATCHING. TO SEVERAL FEET WHERE I HAD TO JUMP BACK INTO THE TRUCK TO STOP IT. AND OVER 14 ONE NIGHT FROM THE TIME I PARKED TO WHEN I CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING. DOES NOT FULLY ACCELERATE THRU A TURN.,TOUGH TO TURNS SOMETIMES. IN SAME TURNS

I PURCHASED THE TRUCKS USED FROM A DEALERSHIP RICK HENDRICK IN FAYETTEVILLE, NC. IN MARCH OF 2019. IT ONLY HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT. ISSUE ONE WAS THEY SOLD IT TO ME WITH PARTS THAT VOID WARRANTY PER CHRYSLER AND THIS WAS NOT DISCLOSED UP FRONT. MAIN PROBLEM I HAD TO THREATEN TO SUE IN ORDER TO GET MONEY BACK TO GET TIRES WITH THE CORRECT CLASS RATING AS I COULD NOT TOW WITH IT. NEXT ISSUE WAS THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY BAD WHEEL BEARING OR BREAKS AT 37000 MILES WHICH PER THEM WAS DUE TO A LIFT KIT. THERE IS NO LIFT KIT ON THE TRUCK BUT SOMEONE INSTALL A LEVELING KIT. DODGE ALSO PERFORMED A WARRANTY RECALL ON THE TRUCK AFTER IT WAS PURCHASE WHICH IS THE D TRUCK DRAG LINK. IT HAS SINCE COME UNDONE AND THERE IS NO CORRECT FIX FOR THIS OR SOLUTION TO THIS...

BACK UP CAMERA SCREEN IS TOO DARK, EVEN ON THE LIGHTEST CONTROL SETTING. I'VE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERSHIPS AND OPENED A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMPANY'S CUSTOMER CARE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE CAMERA IS OPERATING NORMAL OR AN ADDITIONAL CAMERA SHOULD BE INSTALLED AT MY EXPENSE (THIS CAMERA WOULD ONLY DISPLAY THE TRUCK BED) PLUS MY TRUCK IS NOT EQUIPPED FOR THIS FEATURE

CARPLAY STOPS WORKING AT RANDOM. WAS WORKING FINE, THEN STOPS. ONLY CHARGES PHONE FOR A SECOND. THEN STOPS ALTOGETHER. WE'VE BOUGHT SEVERAL NEW CHARGES, APPLE NAME BRAND, TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT PHONES & IT STILL ISN'T WORKING.

SIRIUS XM TRAVEL LINK CONSTANTLY PUSHES NOTIFICATIONS TO THE RADIO SCREEN WHICH MAKES THE DRIVER TALE THEIR EYES OFF OF THE ROAD TO CLEAR THE NOTIFICATION. SIRIUS XM ADDS THE SERVICE TO VEHICLES AT NO CHARGE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE CONSUMER TO ACCEPT OR DENY THE SERVICE AND TAKES AWAY THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO REQUEST THE SERVICE BE TURNED OFF. I HAVE MADE PHONE CALLS AND REQUESTS TO HAVE THE DISTRACTING SERVICE TURNED OFF AND THEY REFUSE SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT HAS NO CHARGE THEY CAN'T TURN OFF THE SERVICE.

WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE THE BACKUP CAMERA DISPLAY GOES MULTI COLOR BLUR.THIS WAS ABOUT 20K THEN CORRECTED ITSELF WHEN PUT IN REVERSES THE NEXT TIME. DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. NOW AT 42 K ITS DOING IT MORE OFTEN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND FRANK AT VACAVILLE DODGE TELLS ME ITS OUT OF WARRANTY, WHEN I HAD ALREADY SEEN THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. I WILL DOCUMENT AND TAKE PICS NEXT TIME IT DOES IT.

DODGE IS KNOWINGLY INSTALLING 18' SPARE TIRES AND WHEELS ON HD PICKUPS WHERE THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY HAS 20 WHEELS EVEN THOUGH THE CUSTOMER IS PAYING FOR A FULL SIZE SPARE TIRE. THIS IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY ON A HEAVY DUTY PICK UP BUT ALSO AMOUNT TO FRAUD IN THAT CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING FOR 20" WHEELS SPARE AND GETTING AN 18"

VIBRATION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. CAN BE FELT AND NOTICED IN STEERING WHEEL. FEELS LIKE A SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE. HAPPENS ON DIFFERENT ROAD SURFACES (ASPHALT VS CONCRETE) UPGRADES, DOWNGRADES, FLAT, LEFT TURN'S RIGHT TURNS STRAIGHTAWAYS. TYPICALLY STARTS AT 55 MPH TO 80 MPH. STILL NOTICEABLE UNDER HEAVY OR LIGHT LOADS AND EVEN EMPTY.

AFTER BUYING THIS VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC TRIM AROUND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS COCKED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE. IS IT A SAFETY ISSUE NO BUT IT IS AN APPEARANCE ISSUE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT ON 1/21/19. THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED IT'S NOT FIXED. WAS TOLD NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. TOOK IT IN ON 3/7/19 SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STEERING WHEEL COVER. THAT'S NOT WHAT IS COCKED.

I'M HAVING ISSUE WITH CONSTANT WEATHER ALERT POP UPS ON THE SCREEN IN THE CENTER OF THE CAB. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING AND IT FORCES YOU TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE POP UP TO RETURN TO THE SCREEN. THESE ALERTS HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES DURING A 15 MINUTE COMMUTE. THIS MAY SEEM INCONSEQUENTIAL BUT IT IS NO DIFFERENT THEN TALKING ON THE PHONE AS IT REQUIRES YOU TO TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD,

THE FCA BASED UCONNECT SYSTEM WITH THE 5 YEAR SIRIUSXM TRAVEL LINK SUBSCRIPTION HAS A FATAL SOFTWARE ERROR WITH NO SOLUTION. IT FORCES PERSISTENT "WEATHER UPDATES", EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES, WHICH ARE A FULL SCREEN BLOCKING NOTIFICATIONS REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO PHYSICALLY INTERACT WITH THE SCREEN TO REGAIN ACESS. THESE APPEAR ON ANY SCREEN: GPS, RADIO, BACKUP CAMERA ETC. AND WILL NOT STOP. THERE IS NO MENU CONTROL TO AFFECT THE PROBLEM, NO ABILITY FOR DEALER TO AFFECT, SIRIUS XM WILL NOT CANCEL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR DEMANDS. THIS FLAW CAUSES TERRIBLE DISTRACTION FROM DRIVING RANDOMLY AND PERSISTENTLY AND RENDERS OTHERWISE IMPORTANT SYSTEMS USELESS.