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
2012 Dodge RAM 1500 steering complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ram 1500. While driving 70 MPH, the driveshaft dislodged from the vehicle and caused the rear wheels to seize. As a result, the vehicle slid down the highway and off to the shoulder. The vehicle was towed to patriot dodge (2499 maryland hwy, oakland, md 21550), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and the contact was awaiting a call back to see if they could assist with the repair fees. The failure mileage was 69,000.
Going slow around mtn curve and lost brakes and steering.
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
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ram 1500. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the contact heard a loud banging noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The driver coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and noticed that the rear axle detached independently. The driver was able to drive the vehicle home. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the rear axle pinion nut detached and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer stated that they did not go by carfax information, and the vehicle was from canada and could not serviced. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000. *tt
Driving make a turn and it just turns off and the steering locks ! Turn back on when in neutral are park. And start up and may not do it for a week and do it again.
I have had my vehicle to lose all power (power steering, anti lock brakes, and seatbelt function) due to a bag ignition switch. This happened while driving 70 MPH down the interstate. I noticed all my dash light came on and my vehicle had completely powered off leaving me with no power steering and no anti lock brakes. Luckily I was on straight enough road to only run off the road once I slowed down. Iafter hitting a ditch I noticed my seatbelt did not lock causing me to slightly bump my head. I wasn't hurt but this has to be a issue. It has worked properly since then but did the same thing on a later date while driving in town.
My vehicle is covered under the settlement imposed against fiat chrysler to offer buyback option to owner based on purchase price minus reasonable depreciation. However, my dealer, fiat chrysler, buyback hotlines, and everyone I have contacted are passing the buck and no one seems to know anything about this buyback program. I have been working on this for 18 months. I am about to go meet with a service dept. Manager this morning, after receiving more ignorance and "I don't know anything about it's" yesterday. Frustrating. There are steering issues, electrical issues, and power train concerns., and if someone gets hurt in the meantime while I am having to navigate this mess, I will own fiat chrysler, the federal safety agency, and will take over the buyback number and turn it into a pizza delivery call center. Thank you
Driving at highway speeds, hit a bump while in a curve, the front end suddenly jumps over/wobbles. Nearly crossed into the next lane several times. This was on I-20 east bound between 285 and 75/85. Several curves with ruts/bumps in the middle of them.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ram 1500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 13v529000 (steering), 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel), and 15v459000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
The dealership informed me of a recall that they did not have the parts in to replace the parts defective. She made me an appointment to return and have it done in about a week. The following week I received a call from her stating that the parts had not came in. She had laughed about not being able to get parts she had been ordering. Told me she would call me when she got them in. Never telling me the seriousness of the recall. That it was fatally dangerous to drive. I received documentation for the recall and called to see what would be done to remedy it. Was guaranteed to be able to drive it since they could only put me in another vehicle if they were going to be required to keep it overnight. I had a wreck the following week. Lost control coming home easter. I am 100% disabled and handicapped from a debilitating spinal disease. I thought the power steering was going out from a wreck I had the end of december. I had my repair work done at the same body shop. They assured me the hoses and pump were replaced but it drives like it has no power steering. Keep in mind I'm a widow to an active duty husband I lost. Mother of 2. The dealership assured me so I put my trust into them. I now have a vehicle that's had extensive damage it will never be right. I'm completely devastated.
Steering wheel harness.
I received a notice of recall for "steering wheel wire harness on your vehicle may become chaffed by the driver airbag module retainer spring ends." I made an appointment with the dealer to take it in for repair but when I arrived, they declined saying they "were too busy unless I want to wait for 4-5 hours." I had an appointment that they set! I requested them to call me to reschedule but I have not heard from them.
Received recall notice that a steering wheel harness could rub and deploy the airbag at any time. I took the truck to hollywood chrysler hollywood fl and they repaired and returned. When I arrived and for the preceding months prior my "fuel economy display" indicated my average mileage was 15.8 gallons per mile reasonably within the specs for this vehicle. Following the wiring harness repair the display now (and for more than 2 weeks ) reports 11.8 mpg. Somehow the repair altered the fuel usage of the vehicle. The dealer checked and said nothing was wrong. But my mileage has gone from 15.8 to 11.8. I'm not driving differently. I'm losing 30% of my gas and the vehicle is now under advertised specs of 14/20 mpg there is an issue they don't want to discuss. Can the federal safety agency contact other owners with this repair and verify? Can you help? Thanks
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. While driving 20 MPH in 4 wheel drive, the steering column and wheels vibrated and made an abnormal noise. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure usually occurred while driving at low speeds. The contact believed the symptoms were related to the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v038000 (power train), but the VIN was excluded. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 18,000.
My ram 1500 while traveling at highway speeds, 60 MPH and above, handles fine until I hit a bump in the road which causes the truck to vibrate terribly and it looses control and requires to take the foot off the accelerator to get the truck under control. It vibrates out of it's lane and if extremly dangerous. I thought it was tires so I never complained but after putting new tires on my truck and the dangerous vibration would still occur after hittling a bump in the road, I searched on line and found that other people with ram trucks have been having this problem for years. Is dodge doing anything about this terrible problem?
My vehicle experienced erratic driving, brought to dealer stated my rack and pinion failed and had to be replaced. My vehicle is not part of recall, which I don't understand, this vehicle failed in a major way which endangered me and my family and I was never notified by manufacturer. Sad thing about this does my vehicle have to be in a crash, fire and fatality till something is done! Thank you for your time [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
When steering at any speed the steering wheel seems to stud-er or get sticky at times as you turn left or right. Dealer said there was no recall on the steering but they greased the front end, seems to be better. When at low or high highway speeds and applying the brakes normally not in a emergency stopping situation, the front end and steering wheel shake violently. Stated around 30,000 miles the driver side parking lights or running lights front and rear are off and not working, directional and brake lights seem fine.
Driving along highway and all of a sudden truck starts to fishtail out of control from the rear, causing me to go into the ditch in one side of the highway then coming out to go across the interstate then land in the median ditch. Fortunately I hit no one and no one was injured except scaring me till I don't like driving much anymore. The damages were minor loss of the inserts to the locked rims which were brocken off.
Took truck to coppus motors tiffin,ohio on 4/21/2015 due to front left of vehicle making excessive road noise and wanted to know if it was from the tire, or something wrong with front end. Dealership said they checked bearings and suspension and all checked ok. Was told by chrysler to have a certified dealership for goodyear check tires, at that time they advised me, the front end must be out of alignment.took truck to independant front end alignment business, to have alignment checked after purchasing new tires. Toe and camber were both out and were adjusted. After 3 wks. Time, front end alignment was out again. Same business, realigned again. 2wks later took to coppus motors and it was out of alignment again, dealership aligned it. 3wks later took back to coppus motors as requested by dealership to check alignment and it was out again. My new truck tires are now showing excessive wear and are going to soon need replaced, and truck is still not fixed yet. At this time, coppus motors is unsure how to repair alignment so it will hold. Since this all started I have only accumulated 4,000 mi. To have another set of tires already showing wear and needing replacement soon.
When driving or dips or small holes on the road the truck shifts hard to right and left every time.had front wheel alignment done problem still occurs .can't believe out of 600,000 vehicles no recall or by back on my 2012 ram.when they specifically listed 2012 as one of the years that got recalled.I expect a recall and accommodation.
Makes a popping sound on the front left side.
Have had issues on steering straight and vibration at highway speeds. The steering wheel has not been in alignment since before the dealer alignment was done. Tires squeal at turns at slow speed, I have had the tires balanced rotated, I have had the truck aligned by the dealer with no effective difference in the steering or the wear on the tires.
My airbag light comes on the dashboard and stays on for a while sometimes goes off then comes right back on. My windshield washer fluid message comes on even whith a full tank of fluid. My driver side window goes up and down on its own sometimes. My main concern is the "death wobble" coming from the front end when traveling at highway speeds. If you guys could enlighten me on all of this that would be great because I searched my VIN number and no recalls came up. I don't want to be driving down the freeway and my steering suddenly goes. Also god for bid I get into an accident I want to make sure my airbags will deploy.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the driver side tie rod was worn prematurely, which caused the tires to be worn. In addition, three security locks and the studs and bolts fractured on the front driver side tire without warning. The suspension on the driver and passenger side tires was unstable and the steering wheel was extremely loose. The contact also indicated that the wheels were locking in the rear, which indicated a drive train failure because the bolts also fractured in the rear. The vehicle was taken to three different dealers for inspection and diagnostic testing. The contact was provided with conflicting information from the dealers and was waiting to determine how the manufacturer was going to remedy the failure. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 13v038000 (power train), 12v474000 (power train), 13v528000 (steering), 11v350000 (ste/ering) and 10e040000 (wheels). The manufacturer was notified of the failures and provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 29,000. Updated 11/12/15*lj updated 10/19/2017
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact received a notification for the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel) and 13v527000 (steering) and stated that the parts needed were unavailable to repair the vehicle. The dealer was unable to inform when the parts would become available. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available.
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.
The week of march 9th of this year, we took the truck in for transmission problem and wheel alignment to the local dealer: frontier dodge chrysler jeep 5801 spur 327 lubbock, tx 79424 the transmission was repaired. The service advisor told us that they will only fix the alignment after they receive the recall part# n49. Due to them having to realign it again after they repair n49. The steering wheel's position is off. The logo is tilted to the right. With that said, its now december and we have not received any calls from the dealer. They have not contacted us with any updates. We called in june and the service desk and were told that they didn't have our part yet. That was said even before we gave them our name. How did they know who they were talking to? After we identified the truck, they said that the part isn't in yet. The only reason that we are contacting you is due to the poor customer service that we received at the local dodge dealer. And we understand that the recalls need to be done. The only problem is that its not getting don?t in a timely matter. The 2nd recall, with compartment fire, sounds like it could be a disaster. I don't even feel comfortable driving the truck especially having my family in it. I would really like a call or some sort of response to the above situation.
While driving at 60 MPH the truck failed to downshift for an incline on the highway loosing momentum. I depressed the accelerator pedal to the floor and nothing happened. At this point I signaled to move onto the shoulder while the truck continued to lose momentum. When I turned the steering wheel, it was difficult to move as if I had lost my power steering too. The brakes worked and I stopped on the shoulder. I placed the truck in park and back to drive: nothing happened. I placed the truck in park, turned it off, waited a couple minutes and restarted. The transmission and steering now worked. At no time did any warning light appear on the dash. I could have caused a significant pile up on the freeway during rush hour. Since no warning lights appeared on the dash--how do I know what happened--or more likely, how will the dealership find the root cause for this failure. This behavior is dangerous and unacceptable for a 2 year old truck with less than 15k miles. I use my truck to sometimes pull a horse trailer. If this incident happens again while I am towing the outcome will be disastrous. I am now scared to drive my truck.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge ram 1500. The contact received a notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v529000 (steering). The contact was concerned about the safety related issue of the potential failure to the driver side tie rod assembly, which could potentially lead to a crash. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.
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