2012 Dodge RAM 1500: brake failure

Filed Jul 17, 2025 · Brakes · OH

The brake line broke on my Dodge truck and all the brake fluid leaked out. Fortunately this didn't happen while driving on the highway. I discovered no brakes when I got in the vehicle to leave. I have a long driveway. As I was driving the slight grade down to the main road, I hit the brakes and they went to the floor. I was able to turn around in my yard before all the brake fluid was gone and get the truck back to my barn. I got under the truck and took a picture. I discovered that the brakes had rusted and leaked out the fluid. No one has inspected it or confirmed it. The truck is not safe to drive and sitting in my barn

Filed Mar 13, 2025 · Brakes, Steering · OR

On my way home. Going through in town (slow)traffic all of sudden I notice I had no power steering & no brakes, no please pull out , I noticed if I keep my rpm about 1500, I would get a little power steering & brakes back!, 4 miles to get home , I drove home slowly What happened was I lost my serpentine belt tensioner!!! .MY MAIN Purpose, for my truck is to toe my fifth wheel RV!!, I live in the north west of US, LIKE! in the mountains!! Terrified that it won’t happen again!😳☹️

Filed Dec 10, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · NC

Exiting the freeway the truck vibrated and shut off going 55 mph, no brakes, no power steering going into a curve. I managed to keep it on the road and had it Towed to nearest dealership where they were able to diagnose the problem immediately and I was told that this is a know problem with this truck. $6000 to fix, contacted Ram customer service and a very rude woman put the dealership on the line and berated them for claiming there was an issue while explaining that it is completely normal for an engine to blow at 130k miles regardless of maintenance and as it’s out of warranty they were not responsible. “Normal” for an engine to blow, absolutely ridiculous and someone could have died. There are now 533 cases of this happening and Ram refuses to address it.

Filed Jan 10, 2019 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · MO

Win moduel(wireless ignition node module) vehicle has 90,000 miles. When key is inserted into ignition and turned to the start position the win module fails to make a circuit internally and will not crank the vehicle. The faulty connections inside will also move while vehicle is in motion causing the vehicle to shut off at sometimes a high rate of speed. Resulting in loss of brakes,steering, lights, etc. Serious injury or death may occur because of this issue. My personal vehicle has done this repeatedly while in motion and also when starting. The latest occurrence being last night when driving 60mph down a rule stae hi-way we lost complete power!!! No head lights, no engine, no power breaks, no power steering, everything was dead. This was very scary!!! Was able to come to a stop in the middle of the hi-way and turn off the key and everything powered back up. This could have ended a lot worse!!! This is a known problem with other chrysler models and should be recalled on this one also.

Filed Jun 15, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 181,520 miles · MS

Tipm computer issues. Fuel pump not shutting off dur to relay sticking inside the tipm. Random engine shutdown in traffic. Abs system inactive due to electrical issues inside the tipm. Engine codes from options not installed in the truck from factory. Tipm not recognizing key in ignition (cannot start with key. Only by remote) brake failure due to ABS module not getting signal from tipm.

Filed Nov 28, 2017 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · WA

Win moduel(wireless ignition node module) vehicle has 90,000 miles. When key is inserted into ignition and turned to the start position the win module fails to make a circuit internally and will not crank the vehicle. The faulty connections inside will also move while vehicle is in motion causing the vehicle to shut off at sometimes a high rate of speed. Resulting in loss of brakes,steering, lights, etc. Serious injury or death may occur because of this issue. My personal vehicle has done this repeatedly while in motion and also when starting. It happened on a city street while doing 35 MPH.

Filed Mar 7, 2016 · Brakes · 42,000 miles · WA

When first bought truck issues with brake stopping . Problem happened periodically .till when service tech brought it around and could stop . It was diagnosed as master cylinder. 5 months later same problem . The initial touch on brake pedal at high speed (50)+the brake pedal goes to the floor. When pumped it re-establishes normal level of power . Afraid this will fail again . This is starting to happen daily.

Filed Sep 20, 2015 · Brakes · 33,564 miles · MN

When applying brakes the pedal goes to the floor with little or no braking. Upon releasing brake peadal and depressing again the brakes then work normally. Occurs intermittently and randomly. Has occured 4 times between 9/3/15 an 9/20/15. Brakes operate normally other than the 4 random occurences. No other signs or symptoms. Brake system on vehicle has not been serviced prior to this, it is as delivered new.

Filed Sep 6, 2015 · Brakes · 47,000 miles · CA

When driving at approximately 25mpg down a residential street, I heard a scrape and a slight thud towards the rear of my truck.I immediately started to try to slow down and pull over but there was a loss of brakes and I had to push the brake almost to the floor to get it to stop. I did get the vehicle to stop and checked around the car for the problem. My left rear brake caliper was hanging down and the fluid was leaking out. Upon close inspection, both of the caliper pins were missing.

Filed Jun 8, 2015 · Brakes · 17,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. While driving 10 MPH and attempting to engage the brakes, the brake pedal sank to the floorboard and the brakes failed to respond. The vehicle was taken to dealer. The technician diagnosed that the brake and fuel lines were severely rusted and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 17,000.