2012 Dodge RAM 1500: loss of power steering

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 Aug 23, 2023 · Steering · 34,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2012 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel made a low winding sound. The vehicle lost power steering functionality without warning. The contact pulled over and restarted the vehicle to regain power steering functionality. The failure occurred 3 times. The contact stated that her spouse replaced the power steering pump. The contact learned that the power steering pump was already replaced once before purchasing the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 34,000.

Filed Nov 17, 2022 · Electrical · ID

My truck has completly shut off on me while driving several times. The last time my truck shut off I was in 4 wd due to snow and ice and the truck shut down I lost steering and slid sideways. It was scary. I could have been seriously injured or hurt someone else due to a crash. I know the win module is the issue because if I just barely touch the key fob while its in the ignition my truck immediately shuts off. I have talked to the dealership and they said the win module failure is a common problem.

Filed Sep 25, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · TX

Intermittent fault from the TIPM module. When slowing to a stop, or slowing to make a turn, the engine dies without warning resulting in loss of power steering and operability while in traffic. The only indication that the engine has died is the tachometer reads 0 RPM, loss of power steering, and the excelerator becomes inoperable. The radio, headlights, and A/C stay on during this. Coming to a complete stop and putting the truck into park (P) and turning the ignition to OFF and then restarting the truck resolves the problem, but on the highway this is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. This has been diagnosed as an intermittent fault derived from a faulty TIPM module and involves multiple RAM 1500, 2500, 3500 owners. Various issues of similar nature reported to dealerships and on forums.

Filed Apr 20, 2022 · Engine, Fuel system · KS

Engine ticking heavily and diminishes some when engine warms up. Vehicle dies randomly while driving and loss of power steering and assisted breaking. Almost had an accident while turning a corner and vehicle died.

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 Aug 25, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · NY

The truck stalled out on the highway doing 60 miles per hour almost got in serious accident. No steering or brakes. (could be deadly). This also happened again making a right turn thru an intersection. Was told it is something to do with fuse box tipm total integrated power module

Filed Feb 23, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 59,000 miles · DE

When the vehicle is running and at speed on the highway, interstate, or street occasionally the vehicle will shut off causing no lights if operating at night time and no power steering and gauge cluster is also off. After pulling over as safe as possible and jiggling the ignition key and turning ignition key to start the vehicle then it will start and run normally until the next incident accrues. I have found that the ignition on these particular vehicles go bad for whatever reason and lose contact which turns the vehicle off while driving at anytime. On my vehicle it doesn't accrue all the time but enough to make it very unsafe. My vehicle just turned 59,000 miles and haven't had any issues until now.

Filed May 16, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 158,000 miles · IL

As I was driving about 40 MPH, and approaching the curves on the road ahead of me, I lost control of my vehicle because I had no power steering, gas, or brakes. All gauges dropped to 0 and I had to coast to be able to stop. Had I made it to the curves, by vehicle would of crashed off the side of road. Apparently the PCM went bad. This is not a part that should ever go bad. This part malfunction could of killed me or someone else. Nonetheless it was also $1303, towing fees, and 5 days of car rental. This is absolutely unacceptable and I don't want this to happen to another driver. There should be a recall of this part. I now have a fear when I drive the truck I have always loved.

Filed Apr 2, 2019 · Steering · MI · crash

2012 dodge ram. Consumer writes in regards to loss of power steering while driving. *ld

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 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.