My truck has the same Fuse box assembly that several other dodge jeep vehicles have that the fuel pump relay shorts out while driving yet none of yalls recalls include my specific vehicle so that I can get my truck fixed under the multiple recalls yall have issued for this exact problem, dodge should be held liable for their mistakes not the consumers who are having to pay to fix the issue out of pocket simply because y'all didn't include our vehicles in the recall, my vehicle has shorted out many times almost causing us to nearly have multiple wrecks
2011 Dodge RAM 1500 engine complaints
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The exhaust manifold cracked, the electrical system, supplying gas to the engine, is built into the fuse box, which is unfixable without replacing the entire fuse box. Valve on engine became extremely noisy and I’ve had to be replaced
There was complete Cam and Lifter failure and it can be inspected. I was driving on the freeway and suddenly all power was lost and the truck started shaking. Once we got off the freeway, the truck started shaking horribly when we hit 3k RPM. We became an obstruction in the road and driving was dangerous. It is reproduced and confirmed by the dealer. It has been inspected. The check engine went on the same time the truck started shaking.
With no warning the TIPM malfunctioned leaving my truck in a crank with no start scenario and stranded. Then my starter died trying to resolve. Starter replaced and mechanic found the TIPM fuel relay corroded and malfunctioning. Chrysler dealers tell me no new TIPM is available as far as they can search across Canada and they have no ETA when they expect availability of the part. So now I can’t even repair the truck? Every other 2011 Chrysler / Jeep / Dodge had been recalled for the EXACT same part back in 2014-2015 investigation. Why was the 2011 Ram truck excluded from this recall??? A few searches online and it’s evident the majority of 2011 ram owners have run into this issue, and lots of reporting of it. So now I have a vehicle that has 0 parts available to fix (straight from multiple Chrysler dealers parts dept) and is pretty much only good to be used as a paper weight now and I have to look at buying another vehicle because this part isn’t even available? A Recall should be issued for the TIPM is 2011 ram and/or if this part is not available, fair market value buy back from Chrysler/FCA should be mandated, and they can buy back this paperweight of a truck I am now stuck with no solution to even get it repaired with new OEM parts.
The camshaft has balded on one of the cylinders. I first said I had a check engine light with a P0303 code. I replaced the spark plugs, the ignition coils, the fuel injector, and even the PCM. None of that fixed it. I was driving on the freeway when it started flashing the check engine light and the car lost all power so the RPMs don't like to go over 3k. The check engine light still flashes like crazy every time I turn it on and even touch the gas. I checked the vacuum lines and sensors and air lines. They are all perfect. Then I checked the compression and it is less than half of what it is supposed to be on just one cylinder. I looked at the camshaft and found that it was bald and not creating compression that way. I did some research on some forums and found this is really common for this year of Ram. This made it undrivable and unsafe without power. I haven't taken it to a dealership yet because I don't think I should pay for something that is a car malfunction across the board. https://www.ramforumz.com/threads/ram-hemi-cam-lifter-failure-thread.188978/
engine ticking,lifter and cam failure had it checked, engine stalled while driving in traffic almost had an accident,they used defective parts and fiat knew this and did nothing about it,this is a common problem in all these engines from 2009 to 2014
The timing chain and timing tensioner are loose when the economy is on. Have to drive it in tow mode for it to stop. Then the truck jumped forward an hit another vehicle. Now, I have to pay 1600 to get it fixed.. If dodge would've put good quality parts in we wouldn't be having this discussion.
I was driving at highway speed. The vehicle suddenly lost power and began to shutter. It was difficult to control and the vehicle behind me had to swerve to the inside lane to avoid a rear end collision. Upon receipt and diagnosis from Olathe DCJ, they indicated there is a misfire in cylinder 5. Through a Google review, I discovered this is very common know issue. It costs anywhere from $3500-$15000 to resolve let alone the risk to life. In discussion with my service advisor (Mike), they perform this repair a couple of times a month. This is in one location in the Kansas City area. I can only imagine how widespread this issue is.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact initially received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 14V635000 (Engine and Engine Cooling, Fuel System, Diesel). The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and the recall was serviced. Recently, the contact stated that he noticed a fuel leak coming from the fuel heater. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was discovered that a plug on the connector had melted due to a defective O-ring. The mechanic linked the failure to the recall. The dealer was contacted by both the mechanic and the contact and both were informed that the recall was a one-time free repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 183,000.
Wireless ignition node and key . Cave in will not work ,can not move truck stuck in park gear
The contact owns a 2011 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 25 mph, he heard an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle and the vehicle began to shake forcefully. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated a week after the incident happened. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was informed that the camshaft and lifters needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact called and made the local dealer aware of the failure. The contact was unable to reach a representative with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was approximately 145,600.
If I am driving and a lifter gives out and the vehicle shuts down then ANYTHING can happen at any speed. SO wtf are ya'll talking about this is not a safety concern? So if u want to get into how many people are in harms way if this fails we are talking about Thousands to Millions. AS THESE CARS GET OLDER WE WILL ONLY SEE THIS HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. Build a terrible product u need to get called out for the terrible design because u wee trying to screw people out of repair money by the terrible design. These companies should be sued out of existence. They dont care about the longevity of their product and should not be allowed to sell to AMERICANS.
Engine is giving a code that a lifter is bad. With only 170000 miles this should never be a problem unless there is a defect with the parts used to make the engine.
The lifters are knocking and there's a tick in the engine. I've done some research and there's a whole forum regarding complaints for the Hemi's 5.7L engines in this specific year of my vehicle and other FCA vehicles, stating the notorious "Hemi tick" and the lifters going bad. Yes my vehicle is available for inspection because I can't afford the amount shops are trying to charge. If multiple vehicle's, made by FCA with the Hemi engine for models 2011, are having the same issue I would think it had to do with a manufacturing defect. The vehicle has caused a major vibration and jerking when I try to drive which could in turn cause me to wreck! My vehicle has been inspected at a shop. My check engine light is on and came on after hearing the tick in the engine for awhile previous to the light coming on. The lifters knocking started about a month ago.
Fuel Pump Relay inside the TPIM failed as did in the same unit that has been previously recalled in other vehicles.Chrysler Recall P54. Without warning the relay failed while hiking in the desert. I returned to a dead battery and a 17 mile hike back out to cell signal to get help. If this failure happened while driving down the road the results could have been a very deadly crash. Why is this part under recall on other vehicles and not this one? It is the same part!
Truck was driving normally until getting on the highway. As truck was driving on the on ramp to highway and trying to merge into traffic it hit 60mph and started to shake violently and engine bogged down, slowing the truck down to under 60 MPH. The check engine light came on, flashing. Slowed down and the check engine light went off and truck drove find. After pulling over to side of the road engine shut off and restarted. No issues. Attempted to merge back into highway traffic but again truck shook and bogged down once reaching 55mph. Took into dealership and plugs and coil pack were replaced. This did not solve the issue. Catalytic converters was checked and it was not plugged and functioning properly. Needless to say this was another ram with a bad lifter that cause the cam shaft to wear out. Engine was replaced. After engine was replaced this LED to issues with the seal between the oil pan seal and the engine. The seal failed and was leaking oil. Took right back to dealership and they now have had to put two oil seals on. Please look into this issue as this is the 4th ram I've heard of listed in the last month with this issue. There are similar issues noted recently on this website.
Engine code reading misfire on cylinder 3 while driving down the interstate. Vehicle has less than 80k miles. Vehicle starts to shake and is harder to control, and loses acceleration, is random, almost causing a multi-car pileup. Issue is the camshaft and lifters. It is descibed in this communication this is apparently a known issue with anything with a 5.7, 6.0 or 6.4 hemi motor. Spark plugs and plug wires were replaced 3/21/21, driven again on 3/22/21, same issue, almost causing another crash due to loss of power on the interstate when merging, and then shaking almost sending the vehicle into bridge.
Engine would not start. Once started while driving motor would surge like not getting gas and almost stall. Mechanics replaced fuel pump but while driving and parking for dinner engine once again wouldnt start. Mechanics still havent resolved issue
Truck has a hard time starting first time of the day after that it is ok
I was operating my vehicle when it presented a check engine light. I utilized a code reader to determine it was a cylinder 5 misfire code. The code disappeared after roughly 30 seconds. About an hour later, the check engine light came on and stayed on. The truck started violently shaking, causing me to almost lose control of the steering wheel. I had to quickly pull off to the side of the road from the middle lane, almost causing multiple accidents as my speed rapidly decreased. The shaking continued for another two minutes after which it stopped. I was able to get the vehicle home by traveling at a low rate of speed and keeping the engine speed under 3000 RPM. The issue was diagnosed as a failing camshaft and lifters causing a misfire and the loss of power. This is a serious safety issue, and I am not able to drive my vehicle for fear of the misfire occurring again and me losing control of the vehicle causing an accident.
The check engine light came on while driving and the code was a p305 which is an engine misfire on cylinder 5. We had the truck looked at and the spark plugs were replaced then the coil packs none of which fixed the truck. Finally the dealership said the lifters in the motor failed which damaged the cam shaft. We had to replace the motor in the truck. The dealership even said that the part was faulty and dodge continued to use them in the engines.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled without warning. The contact pulled over and the vehicle restarted after several attempts. The contact stated that the failure recurred and after manipulating the key in the ignition, the vehicle started. Towbin dodge (275 auto mall dr, henderson, nv 89014, (702) 558-3800) was contacted and the contact was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and diagnosed with an ignition switch failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted or informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,500.
When I turned my vehicle off and took the key out the fuel pump continued to run for hours because the fuel pump relay is bad. This truck doesn't have an external fuel pump relay like most vehicles do. By having a bad internal relay it can cause gas to continue to pump in an accident and if there is a fire the fuel will continue to pump and not shut off. Also by this fuel relay not shutting off the fuel pump it drains my battery and it will burn out the fuel pump.. The biggest concern by not having an external fuel relay where a person can change it is that when it don't shut off as your driving and get I an accident where fire or heat is involved this could cause an explosion injury or even death, because people don't know this relay is bad and can't change it without changing the whole fuse box or getting the fuse box replaced. The first time it happened I parked the car and removed key and left it for 8 hours while I was at work. I came out to a dead battery, after hooking up jumper cables I could hear a humming sound, which turned out to be the fuel pump continuing to pump gas even though key was out and truck was turned off... I know dodge recalled other types of vehicles with this same problem.
Wheel bearings transmission brakes alternator battery sitting still with alternator and battery and in motion with wheel bearings brakes and transmission
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ram 1500. The contact stated that at vehicle start-up, the engine rattled and vibrated without warning. Over time, the contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated while driving at 35 MPH. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who informed him that there was a misfire in cylinder #8. The contact was informed that in order to repair the vehicle, the lifters and possibly the camshaft needed to be replaced. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The dealer had yet to be notified of the failure. The manufacturer had been notified and the contact was informed that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The contact was then referred to the federal safety agency and was offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000.
Back in august of 2019 I bought my car to the browns 112 dealership and got work done to put in a new engine in the car this work took over 4 months, the check engine light was never off the car now a year later almost and the car is givin me the same problem with the engine shaking and now the dealership is telling me that 27,000 on the new engine the problem is mine and that I wreck the car which I don't understand how I did this
Check engine light came out and vehicle became sluggish on highway. Cylinders missfiring. Lifter noise so removed and replaced camshaft and solenoid. Found many others with similar issues online: https://www.carcomplaints.com/dodge/ram_1500/2011/engine/lifter_and_cam_issue.shtml and https://www.carcomplaints.com/dodge/ram_1500/2011/engine/lifter_and_cam_issue-2.shtml
Check engine light illuminated while driving. Lost power and had to pull over due to vibration. Could not drive even close to the speed limit and caused a traffic backup while driving it to the dealer. Code ws p0305. Misfire on cylinder 5. The dealer changed plugs, and coil pack. Reset check engine light. Drove 12 miles and check engine light illuminated again. Returned to dealer. Mechanic stated it was worn cam. Estimated cost to repair is 4500-5000. This truck only has 140,000 miles on it. I have taken extra care with this vehicle. I'm retired and I planned on this being my last truck. Upon investigation there are literally 10000's of these engines breaking in this manner. It's not only trucks but in all of the various chrysler vehicles. This started with the first model 5.7 hemi. There is no comment or help from chrysler. This engine failure needs to be addressed by the federal safety agency. Individuals have little power to do anything which is why we rely on government organizations such as the federal safety agency to make our collective voices heard. I'm positive that you have thousands of registered complaints on this issue yet you have done do nothing? I know this will mean millions to chrysler. Do they have the federal safety agency in it's pocket? Sure seems to be the case since you are not representing the us citizens harmed by chrysler using faulty parts in the manufacture of the 5.7 hemi. Where is the quality control? This should have been found if chrysler had quality control on the parts they use. I thought this was mandatory. I look forward to your response to see how you are wiggling out of this.
Driving down the road slowing down heading towards a stoplight and my 2011 dodge ram stopped at the stoplight and would not turn over it would crank but would not start. So I had to push the truck into a parking lot call for a tow truck and further inspect the vehicle. Upon looking at the vehicle and left looking under the hood I noticed coolant leaking but was not a problem. When the tow truck arrive 3 1/2 hours later I started talking to him and together his opinion of what happen possible timing or head gasket blown head gasket but that was not the case there was no leakage I still have compression spark and fuel coming to the vehicle. The vehicle was towed all the way back to my property where my brother-in-law assisted who has been a mechanic for the last 18 years has started going through it we have noticed some similar recalls with the timing chain issues which we believe that is the issue because we do have compression and spark ignition and fuel in the vehicle. If you can pleaseshed some light on this I would really enjoy hearing back so I can find out what's going on with the truck and may be a possible recall for this issue.
Coming for the senior center on the freeway. My truck began to shake and the engine light came on & a bell was ringing. I put my emergency light on, I did not know what was going on. Everyone around me had to slow down and I'm in traffic. They will run you over on the freeway. Blowing there horn and they can see something is wrong with you truck. The truck slow down so I keep going. When I got off the freeway I went to o'reilly auto part to see what was going on. The engine light was still on. They put the machine on it and said it was a misfire code 5 and other code also. Now to find out that it the cam/lifter that need fixing. Over $5,000.00 dollar work for this truck. I look on line to see if it was a recalls for this and found out that almost all the dodge ram was having the same problem. Something need to be doing. There are to may ram driver that coming out there pocket to pay for the same thing.
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