2008 Dodge RAM 1500: check engine light

Filed May 6, 2019 · Fuel system · 180,000 miles · AZ

When the vehicle is filled up with gas, it will stall until some of the gas is burned off. This has happened to me in the middle of an intersection while turning. Vehicle loses all power. The vehicle also constantly emits gasoline fumes. Very dangerous as my truck is parked in the garage with the hot water heater. Check engine light has been on for months and the instrument cluster reads "gas cap". My mechanic checked it out and verified this is a known problem with this model of dodge ram involving the gas tank. The part that needs replaced is attached to the inside of the tank, so an entire new gas tank is required to correct these issues.

Filed Jul 24, 2018 · Engine · 180,000 miles · TX

Took my truck to a local dealership bc my engine light came on & started to blink & ding. Barely made it there & so they checked it & said the rocker arm needs replacing. So they ordered it & said its on back order & that there were 600 ahead of me. If it's so many that need this part, it should be a recall on it. I've been waiting for 3 1/2 weeks & still I don't have my truck.

Filed Nov 16, 2017 · Fuel system · 100,300 miles · TX

Vehicle stalls after a gas fill-up. I start my truck after filling up at the pump. Pull out of the station, go a little ways down the road, stop at a stoplight. Sit at idle for maybe 30 seconds & the truck dies. The truck only does this after fillups. No check engine. No codes. Looks like there are a lot of people complaining about the same thing. This has been happening constantly after every fill up. The truck runs fine afterwards.

Filed Mar 6, 2016 · Engine · 71,000 miles · MN

While coasting to a stop light from 45mph, engine shut down loosing power steering, thus 100% control of vehicle. Truck stopped in the intersection blocking 3 lanes of traffic. No check engine light lit up, although did notice RPM fluctuated just prior to episode. Truck started up shortly thereafter, I continued on my way, no clue's on what occurred.

Filed Aug 11, 2015 · 52,700 miles · CT

Check engine light came on. Mechanic changed gas cap, did not fix. Pressure test - gas tank leaking on top. Replaced gas tank on 8/10/2015. We kept the tank just in case someone wanted to inspect it.

Filed Jul 28, 2015 · Engine · 115,015 miles · LA

I was driving vehicle and out no where the vehicle started shaking engine turn off with no warning lights or check engine light come one brakes where hard to apply and steering was hard was able to coast vehicle to gas station and call my husband. He met me there and engine was smoking white smoke. My husband try to start vehicle but it would not come one. We tow the vehicle to the house and call warranty. The advise us to take vehicle to mark dodge in lake charles louisiana, there we spoke to service advisor sam morrison. At this point we left vehicle there for repairs to be done, they replace the engine provided by the warranty company/ lkq. The vehicle spend a total of 28 days for this repair. 2nd occurrence happened 12/2/14 same thing no sings from engine or warning lights, they also replace the engine due to engine been damage internally this time less than 5000 miles since first engine been replace. Mileage at this time was 119,599. It took the dealer 45 days to repair vehicle this second time. 3rd time engine fails this time started making a loud noise and stop vehicle right away this time just over 5000 miles at 125,654. This time they also replacing the engine too and hour vehicle has been at the,dealer for 54 days and vehicle is not repair yet. We bought this vehicle 6/3/13 with 93,111 miles on it we had own the vehicle for 2 years and 2 months right now. The first year vehicle was good and reliable but 2nd year vehcicle has been dangerous to me and my family.

Filed Mar 13, 2015 · Engine · 67,121 miles · MI

The truck began stalling while shifting from reverse to drive. It is now happening when shifting from drive to park. There are no codes in the computer and the check engine light does not come on. When this happens, I loose power steering. The truck always re-starts right away.

Filed Oct 6, 2014 · Electrical, Transmission · 125,000 miles · FL

I was driving with my 4 kids in the truck . Problem started with my speedometer fluctuating while on the interstate going 65mph then suddenly fell to 0 and stayed there. I then started to smell a foul smell resembling natural gas. My ABS light, e brake light and engine light came on. Took nearest exit and pulled over to see what was wrong. Turned truck off then back on and all lights went away but speedo still not working. Continued driving to get it home then the truck started surging when I would let off the gas but would go away when I pressed the gas. Decided I needed to pull over again. I proceeded to the turning lane going 35pmh when all of sudden the rear end locked up and started fishtailing and spinning till it came to a stop. Luckily cars around me swerved around me to prevent from getting hit. Rear axle is leaking fluid and really bad smell. Had to get a flat bed to pull it on and off and unloaded at my house. Thankfully myself and my kids are safe. Unfortunately my 2008 ram 1500 quad cab does not fall under the 2009-2012 recall with the same pinion retaining nut backing out due to no loctite "adhesive" causing it to lock up. All I was told by chrysler was to save any repair receipts in the event the recall gets expanded. My local dodge dealer wants me to tow my truck and charge me $101.89 just to diagnose it just to tell me it's the rear pinion locking nut :/ but they were sure to let me know of the windshield wiper motor that was under recall that I should get fixed....I think this is a bit more important than a wiper motor. The federal safety agency campaign # 13v038000/expansion recall # 12v‑474/chrysler campaign n08 states dodge rams manufactured between february 2008 to june 2009 fell under the recall though my truck was manufactured july 2008 yet it doesn't apply????!

Filed Apr 8, 2013 · Fuel system · 88,801 miles · TX

The 'check engine' light came on. It read 'gascap." I took the truck to the local dodge dealer, who smoke-tested the evap system and found a leak at the top of the fuel tank (toward the front) where two lines enter the evap system. Two nipples come out of a short cylindrical part of the tank itself. One of these is extremely thin, and it had sheered off, leaving its hose unattached. There is no way to repair this single part, as it is intrinsic to the fuel tank itself, thus necessitating the replacement of the entire fuel tank. I found a used one, and the owner of the used parts lot told me he had seen many such occurrences. According to the mechanic at the dealership, the unattached hose presents a very grave safety issue. He told me not to smoke near that part of the vehicle, and that if a spark came up into that area the vehicle could explode. The nipple, according to the owner of the used parts yard, is a weak link in that particular design.