Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. While driving 20 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the wiring harness was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the part not being available. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 60,000.
2012 Dodge RAM 1500 electrical complaints
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The vehicle has shut off numerous times while driving due to a faulty ignition switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. While driving 35 MPH and making a turn, there was a delayed response when the accelerator pedal was engaged. The traction control warning light illuminated continuously during the failure. On numerous occasions, the key became stuck in the ignition switch until after repeated attempts. In addition, the gear shifter moved out of gear when slightly touched when driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the clock spring would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 68,000.
While traveling down road the vehicle just shut off losing steering and braking was able to put in neutral and get started after several tries of starting and it would shut right back off before it would start and stay running, it has done this numerous times sometimes when first starting vehicle sometimes right after starting and driving off, it has did this several times pulling out of my driveway onto busy highway almost resulting is an accident. It happened to my wife a couple of times the first time she could not get it to start and stay running to get it out of the roadway and had to put the emergency flashers on and leave it setting across the south bound lane of the highway to come back inside to get me to try to get it out of the road. After that incident she was afraid to drive it,took to dealership 02/09/15 got back today 02/10/15 they had to replace ignition switch module at a cost of $286.75 this was a serious safety issue and needs to be looked into and there should be a recall issued for this problem before there is a serious accident resulting in serious injury or a fatality. There was a recall issued for the same problem on the dodge caravan's and dodge journey's with the same type win (wireless ignition node) ignition switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the key was loose and causing the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,000. Updated 12/17/14*lj the consumer stated the vehicle was repaired by replacing the electronic module. Updated 9/29/2015
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated to start after several attempts. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who stated that the tipm module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000.
On july 8, 2014 my 2012 ram 1500 caught fire while parked in my driveway at home. The vehicle was last operated on the evening of july 7, 2014. At approximately noon on july 8, 2014 while working on my computer inside my house I detected the odor of burning plastic. I assume it was initially originating from inside my house. After investigating I walked outside and found that the interior of my truck was on fire. I put out the fire and immediately called the local fire department who responded to ensure that the fire was completely out. I immediately contacted my insurance company in addition to the local dealer, jeff d'amborsio auto group, I spoke with the service manager who in turn contacted his regional manager for guidance. I received a letter date july 10, 2014 from the chrysler customer claims resolution group advising they were in the process of reviewing my file. I was contacted by the resolution group and advised the file was being turned over to a group, isg, for further investigation in resolution. Chrysler arranged to have the vehicle towed on july 12, 2014 to the jeff d' ambrosio dealership where a representative from chrysler was to inspect the vehicle. That inspection took place on tuesday, july 15th. The origin of the fire according to the insurance company fire investigator originated in the passenger side door panel and resulted in total damages of $23,000 which the insurance company deemed a total loss. My insurance company settled a claim by paying off the loan balance of $19,500 and submitted a check to me for the excess to cover the value of the vehicle. Unfortunately I am not provided results of the investigation performed at the dealership by the representative from chrysler. The case number assigned by chrysler [xxx]. As of today, august 13 I have no resolution directly from chrysler. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Everything was alright, we parked the truck came out and it wouldn't open the door, so we manually opened the door. It was just dead. We had it towed to a dodge dealer in price, utah. We have only had this vehicle for about a year and a half. The computer off the key ignition was gone. It costs us $924.00.
I had both the high and low beam on the passenger side out on may 9th. I took it to the dealer and told them that it seemed strange both bulbs would go out at the same time. The dealer pulled the front end apart and changed both bulbs on the passenger side and told me they were burned out and are now fixed. May 10th at 6:30am I got up and started my truck and once again the passenger side high and low beam light was out. The dealer told me the technician actually made sure it was only the bulb no wiring or connection problem and does not know why it is out again. It is very dangerous and also a violation to be driving with a headlight out in the state of maryland. Several other people have reported this problem with the faulty electrical connection to the headlights and something should be done before their is an accident or worse. It is now in the same dealer again to see what excuse other than a bulb issue they can come up with to charge me again. I would highly recommend dodge look into this and fix it immediately.
Driving out of home to work, light dash panel turned off and on, the windshield wipers came on without being on, switch in the off position, the radio turned off and on, and now does not work at all. Have left vehicle with auto nation dodge in spring, tx and they have had it in the service center for 2 days now and are unable to find out what is causing this dangerous issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 15 MPH and attempting a left turn, the throttle control warning lamp illuminated as the accelerator failed to engage. The contact mentioned that prior to the failure, the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where t he technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 14,565 and the current mileage was 28,113. The consumer stated the accelerator failure occurred at low speeds, while making left turns. The failure would last up to 15 seconds. The vehicle also accelerated on its own twice. On two separate occasions, the truck would not start. Updated 03/11/14
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated the tow hitch harness connector cords were corroded. The contact stated that warning light displayed service the tow hitch. The contact feels that this could cause a potential fire. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection; however, no diagnosis was provided. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. There are no failures at this time.
Started vehicle after I ran errands and got about 500 yards before vehicle displayed serious electrical issues. The electrical issues included the windshield wipers running when the windshield wiper control was set to off, displaying a warning that the driver side seat belt was not latched when the seat belt was latched, displaying a low engine fuel warning when there was over half a tank of gas, displaying a warning for low tire pressure when the tire pressure was okay. Prior to this incident the vehicle has on occasion been difficult to start, acting as if it was not getting enough fuel or the battery was low. Eventually the vehicle engine would engage after several turns of the ignition switch. This is the second time since purchasing this brand new vehicle that we have had electrical issues. The first time the computer had to be rebooted in the vehicle. This time may require the same thing. When I spoke with the dealers service representative, he stated that it could be possible for the computer to turn off the vehicle when experiencing this type of computer malfunction. He said that it might require the driver to coast to a stop. Seems as if this scenario, would pose a serious danger or threat to both the occupants of the vehicle and surrounding vehicles that could result in death or injury.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the horn failed to operate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the horn was repaired. Two weeks later, the horn failure recurred. The contact stated that he would have to press the horn several times in order to get a response. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the contact was told that the horn did not have a sufficient ground. The vehicle was repaired a second time but the horn continued to fail intermittently. The horn would also sound independently any time the contact was attempting a turn in either direction, or when a slight road bump was driven over. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 4,200.
2012 dodge ram 1500 crew cab lone star 5.7 hemi w/mds auto trans. Transmission has a very moderate "bump" or jarring thud inside the vehicle after the truck comes to a complete stop from normal driving speeds in city/highway. Took to dealership and they could not repeat concern as I described. This bump is not normal and is not constant or consistent with all stops. Also, truck was towed to dealership for warranty work after 1200 miles. Trucks electrical system went out. Battery was dead and would not start. Unknown problem. Thank you.
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