Takata recall the tipm went bad in my truck at 85,000 miles. Truck will not start at times, it will lock me out of my own vehicle (thank god my kids were never locked in). The fuel pump runs constantly even when the truck is turned off because the tipm does not allow it to turn off. It affects all of my electrical stuff, including radio, power locks and power windows. My windows will role down out of nowhere when the vehicle is turned off, and the windows will not role back up. The backup camera will come on while I am driving forward, my radio will freeze up to where I can no do anything to it. My key gets stuck in the ignition and will not come out! The whole entire truck just locks up. When you're driving, and it decides to shut off out of nowhere, I lose all power!!! No brakes or steering!!! Its uncontrollable!! There has been many many complaints of this problem with the tipm in the 2011 ram 1500 including people almost getting into accidents. My friend also had this same problem and totaled his truck because it locked up on him while driving! All of these complaints and well aware of the problem, ram still decides not to recall it or even fix it!! If I was aware of this and known the danger I put myself in and others in everyday, I would have never purchased this vehicle!!
2011 Dodge RAM 1500 brakes complaints
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The cab brake light and the tail lights stay on, and the brake is not being applied. Getting the factory trailer brake light flashing, anti skid light on dash, and the 4wd service light on dash.
While driving on a 2 lane road at 50 MPH approx speed, the engine shut off. Power steering and power brakes became extremely stiff, but I was able to muscle truck to shoulder. After stopping, I put it in park, the key was still in on position; turned key and engine started. I have owned this truck for 45 days and this has happened twice at totally random times. I am very fortunate I was on a road without much traffic. Had I been in a steering, passing or other situation, I could have been in a serious accident I learned from internet that this is a frequent complaint of ram owners and other chrysler product vehicle owners, and that a recall has been issued for certain chrysler vehicles already. The faulty part was the tipm module. There is also a class action lawsuit in process involving other chrysler vehicles not yet recalled, including the model I own. I took the vehicle into the dealer, and they could not positively identify the cause. They would not agree to replace tipm even though I'm under warranty, but instead wanted to do software updates on several "modules" and said if it happened again, I should bring it back. Totally unacceptable!!! I called ram customer care and explained that the vehicle is dangerous and that I cannot accept a software update in the hope it fixes it given the tipm history of these vehicles. They advised that there were no diagnostic "codes" present, so they would not replace the tipm. They then admitted that a faulty tipm would not produce any codes, but again said they needed to rule out a software issue first by trial and error and refused to replace the tipm even though there was no way to diagnose if it was faulty. My son is driving this truck to college, and I am not about to risk him being killed in this vehicle so I was forced to pay $1,350 for a new tipm. Ram needs to recall these immediately.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ram 1500. While driving approximately 25 MPH making a right turn, the vehicle shook hard without warning. The brake pedal traveled to the floor when it was depressed. The contact had no control over the steering and the wheel would not move. The contact crashed into another vehicle and the brakes returned to normal. The contact sustained injuries to the neck and a knot on the left side. Medical attention was not required. A police report was filed. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to his residence. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ram 1500. While the vehicle was stopped at a stop sign, the vehicle accelerated without warning to approximately 100 MPH. The contact attempted to apply the brakes, but the brakes failed. The contact turned the ignition off and the interior lights turned off; however, the vehicle failed to stop. The contact shifted into neutral and the vehicle ran off the road. The vehicle came to a complete stop. The contact attempted to start the vehicle and the engine revved even though the ignition was turned off. Prior to the failure, the vehicle came to a rolling stop when it was placed in park. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that there was no failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact was not injured and a police report was not filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered to sell the contact a new vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.
We were traveling home july 18th on the interstate when the truck started shaking and he tried to get off the interstate on an exit. The stearing messed up and he like to have not got it stopped before we were running out of ramp. It' was light not having control of the wheel or brakes. When we got stopped he opened the hood to see if he could see a problem there. He also walked aroung the entire truck checking tires. We finally decided to try it again. We were then only about 60 miles from home. We drove slower the rest of the way because that was a very scary thing to have happen. Our granddaughter had softball practice wed. Night in knoxville tenn. It wasn't as bad as as the 18th but it done it a few times on us again. We haul presious cargo , our granddaughters, it scares us to death driving with them in tha truck. I taled to chrysler 3 days ago and she told me I would get an email in a day or 2. She also has us an appointment to get the bolt put on on august 17th. But our concerns are it may have more damage because of the brakes and steering doing this. We only bought this truck on april 19th 2015. The recalls are from 2013. Why weren't they fixed then? The truck had not even turned over 50,00 miles when we bought it. We bought it because it had low miles and we want a safe vehicle to travel to her games and practices. Now we are afraid that something will happen and they might get hurt. I tried to call them again today, july 31st I was on hold for over 4 hrs.never did get a real person to answer.
Tl* the contact owned a 2011 ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 MPH on a hill, the brake pedal failed to respond. As a result, the vehicle flipped about one hundred yards and crashed landing upright. A police report was filed. There were two unknown injured that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the pistons disintegrated and caused the brakes to malfunction. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle failed to shift out of park. In addition, the contact stated that the brake light illuminated without the brakes being applied. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing where the brake sensor spring was adjusted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate mileage was 6,800.
Began when I purchased truck of integrated brake failure later turned into bad instrument cluster, visor short, new brake controller and lots of hours. When starting vehicle wipers come on, no interior lights, no turn signals (inside or outside) no heat, no radio no trailer brakes. Now vehicle has been at dodge for 2 weeks. They replaced, instrument cluster, wiring harness, TPMS and problem remains. Very unsafe to drive as no indicators and wipers constantly on. Problem began around 1 month after purchase and plagues me today. I have extended warranty and I am charged 100.00 per visit. Customer care will not provide me with options I must dictate my choices. Terrible service.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the anti lock braking warning light illuminated. The contact was unable to set the cruise control. The vehicle was not inspected for cause of failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The manufacturer suggested a diagnostics test which was not performed. The failure and current mileage was 43,000. Updated 6/14/13 *cn the consumer stated after inspecting the ABS lighting system it was found that the sensor needed to replaced. Updated 07/17/2013
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 1500. The contact was leaving an intersection at 35 MPH and applied the brakes as a vehicle attempted a left turn in from the opposite side of the roadway. The brake pedal traveled to the floorboard abnormally and did not respond. The contact crashed into the side of the preceding vehicle. No one was injured and the vehicle was towed to an auto body shop. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised that they would send an investigator to inspect the brake failure. The contact had experienced the brake failure once prior to the crash. The failure mileage was 29,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that air was entering the brake lines and the brakes had to be bled twice. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but there was no problem found with the brakes by the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 4 and the current mileage was 5,000.
I had a car wreck in a 4 month old 2011 ram 1500 4 wd quad cab on oct 3 rd 2011, I was pushed into a metal guard rail and concrete wall at 70 MPH, the fromt passenger wheel broke compltey off and both front side were impacted hard enough to bed the frame on both sides, no brakes before or after impact, I did habe my seat belt on, none of the front or side air bags deployed at any time. The car that hit me had sull air bag deplyment. I just had the truck into the dealer for an oil change at 17k miles and tire roation which told me "quote" this truck has several recalls that were not mailed out to the owners". They did not tell me what the recalls were they only said that they chaged the oil and roated the tires and checked the coumputer for "issues".
While driving down the highway pulling our gooseneck trailer I hit a bump on the highway. Once I hit the bump the truck began to shake uncontrollably and the steering wheel was ripped from my hands. I could not hold on to the steering wheel. Depressing the brake pedal only made the truck jerk to one side very quickly. All I could do was down shift the transmission and use the trailer brakes lightly to slow down. I had no steering control at all. While slowing down I ran 3 cars off the road on to the shoulder due to not being able to steer the truck at all. I could have easily killed myself and anyone else on the highway at that time. The truck is currently at stanley-lynd autoplex in cameron texas undergoing "repairs". The service manager, mechanic and the dealership owner all stated and agreed that there is no known cause and no known repair to keep this from happening again. This is a very serious life and safety hazard. The truck continued to do this "death wobble" as it was named at the dealership at anytime the truck encountered a bump, expansion joint or un even pavement.
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 1500. While accelerating on an icy road the traction control system engaged and a loud grinding noise was heard. The accelerator pedal also began to vibrate. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the vehicle was operating as intended. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred intermittently while driving on normal road conditions. The contact also stated that while driving in inclement weather he applied the brakes and the anti lock brake system engaged. The brake pedal began to pulsate violently before depressing to the floor. The failure was not diagnosed. The failure mileage was 2,300 and the current mileage was 3,700.
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