2012 Dodge RAM 1500 driver assistance problems

Filed Jan 16, 2025 · Driver assistance, Electrical · AZ

Fuel pump randomly shuts down while driving. Or no start condition. Loss of cruise control hitting bumps in the road. Service 4x4, no tc, no cc, trailer lights disconnect. Dealer has recalls on other same year vehicles w same motor w same TIPM defective part. Not on truck. Warranty will not cover due to common problem. Since fuel relay is part of fuse box, will not cover part. Part alone is $2200. Dealer only. Can't get remanfactured, rebuilt, or part store item. Stuck with a truck that barely runs and almost $3000 to fix a non warranty issue. And very common.

Filed Nov 8, 2024 · Driver assistance · NY

Front frame bracket on gas tank has rotted out. There is a recall on this already for other 2012 ram 1500 vehicles. the federal safety agency 18v-160 frame bracket

Filed Jul 30, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · FL

The fuel pump runs continuously while the vehicle is turned off with no key in the ignition. This causes the battery to die and usually leaves me stranded. There is also an issue with the traction control. This feature is designed to not let the vehicles rear wheels spin out of ratio, which basically stops the rear tires from spinning out. However, it sends false signals that they are it stalls the vehicle in the middle of intersections. I have almost been tboned several times to due the truck stalling and leaving me a sitting duck to incoming traffic. Lastly, the air bag warning light stays on, leaving me to believe it's also receiving false signals. Hopefully they do not deploy while I'm driving. If they do and I live, I'll be back to tell you about it. After doing a lot of research, all of these issues seem to be related to a bad tipm. This is obviously a major issue on thousands upon thousands of vehicles produced by chrysler and some models have already been recalled after a lawsuit. In my opinion these issues could result in bodily injury or death, and a safety recall should not be denied.

Filed Dec 19, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · LA

Truck shuts off while driving. Relay problem. Had told get towed twice $165 each time. Was going 50mph when truck lost all power in metairie louisiana on the causeway bridge 1st time. This can kill someone! This could have killed my family! I will never buy another dodge truck! Chevy I will stick too! I know anything you buy can have a problem but when people complain about the same problems and nothing is done it's bad business! This is not some people are doing to dodge trucks this is something that is going on with the maker of this trucks! So is anybody gonna do something? Will our trucks get fixed? I paid money to buy a truck that I keep up and do not have any other problems but the relay lose of all power while driving, now why and how is that? Is a dodge truck suppose to do that? When buying my truck did anybody tell me this would happen? No! Should I be responsible, no! This truck could kill people! I wasted my money on buying this truck. All these complaints and nobody cares. Somebody needs to be responsible for lost of power. 2nd time lost power new orleans louisiana on a city street. Truck sometimes just won't start after parking. This happened 6 times. I will not fix this truck! Sometimes fuel pump won't even shut off it keeps running. Lost power 11/04/19 first time getting it towed. Lost power again 12/18/19

Filed Nov 22, 2019 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 77,130 miles · GU

In my 2012 dodge ram1500.when I turn off my ignition key everything is off already I heard something still running under my rear chassis when I check the fuel pump still running I'm very scared it might cause of fire because fuel pump does't stop even key is off.I leave my truck for how many hours the pump stop but when I check the truck my battery are drain.and my vsc keep turning on in off I can't drive because my truck look like loosing power and vsc keep blinking even sunny day. Thank you I hope we resove this problem.

Filed Jan 16, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 80,568 miles · TX

Takata recall have a problem with the ignition module on my ram 1500 2012 will start sometimes when it wants to and going down the road I hit a bump truck looses complete power. It is very dangerous going 60 miles a hour down the road and lose of all power no control of the truck whatsoever, especially at night coming around a curve and hit a bump lights turn off no power steering to the truck could have been killed very dangerous situation I think needs to be addressed before I do end up dieing for a simple recall on all the truck and cars that have the same problem and there are plenty of people with the same problem needs to be addressed before something bad happenes thank you

Filed Oct 17, 2018 · Driver assistance · 83,120 miles · MI

Driving on a city road, 40 MPH, clear conditions, all the dashboard icons went dark. Difficult to pull over, steering wheel sluggish response. Able to pull over to side of road, put vehicle into park, turned key to off and then back on. Truck started back up. On 10/13, country dirt road, slowing down to 10 MPH, going into a turn, none of the lights on dashboard flashed, they were simply gone. Tried brakes and turning steering wheel, difficult to turn. Put into neutral, and turned the truck back on, all the dashboard icons and items came back on. Road conditions were clear and dry. Next event was turning the truck on in the driveway, morning of 10/15. Was turning the truck on, and it lost power again. Removed key, then put it back in the ignition, then started up, no issues. Made it to work without issue. **** unsure if this is part of the issue or a separate issue, but both key fobs have stopped working about 5 months ago. Unable to open/close doors on the truck. Replaced the batteries with exact matches of the existing batteries, tried to open doors with both fobs, no change.

Filed Mar 26, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 83,000 miles · FL · fire

2012 dodge ram 1500 express 2wd / 2 door truck. On march 21, 2018 at 9:00 am, I had a fire in the center of my steering wheel by my airbag. I took the truck to the dealer and they told me that my entire electrical wire harness caught on fire for no apparent reason. I called my insurance company and they told me they will only cover normal wear and tear. I believe this is a assembly and manufacturing issue with these vehicles now made in mexico by inexperience and incompetent people working at chryslers new manufacturing plant for cheap foreign slave labor in mexico. The entire wire harness from my steering wheel all the way to my engine through the fire wall needs to be replaced now costing me well over $2200.00. The main wire harness is now a lot thinner wires and not protected from coming into heat or contact and weather conditions in the engine area. My main electrical wire harness in my truck caught on fire on me on wednesday march 21, 2018 at 9:00 am. I just wanted to report this issue to you.

Filed Feb 21, 2018 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 60,000 miles · CA

Nit a safe vehicle to drive. Terrible experiences more than several times.while driving on frwy sometimes the brake pedal hardens making it imposible to brake, gotta pum a lil on gas for the pedal to loosen.once in gear driving at a speed of about 40miles sometimes you can hear as if youve changed the gear and vehicle de accelerates or as if you webt on neutral wgile driving. When shifting either on reverse or fwd brake hardens and while presing gas pedal behicle does not move nowhere, were figured out maybe turning the engine on and off after a couple of times it kinda resets and then it switches on gear transmision always najes a loud noise when changing gear such as if was stuck.. While driving behicle always smells like hot engine or plastic.the problem is bithe stationary and whike driving.

Filed Feb 12, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 70,000 miles · WY

I will be driving down the road and all of the sudden I lose power and the truck dies. When that happens I lose control of the steering wheel and it is very difficult to pull over to safety.this happens often and at anytime no matter if I'm on a city street or highway. It seems to have an effect on my ignition and 4-wheel drive