Dodge RAM 2500 hesitation problems

Filed Aug 22, 2023 · Transmission · 223,800 miles · KS

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that the transfer case was making abnormal shifting sounds while the vehicle was parked. The contact stated that the transfer case was replaced; however, the failure persisted. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle was parked while he was working in the garage. The contact stated that he heard a clicking sound coming from the engine, and the vehicle started rolling backwards towards the street. The contact stated that he immediately entered the vehicle and engaged the electronic parking brake, and the vehicle stopped. The contact also stated that the vehicle hesitated to shift into the proper gear while driving. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in TSB Number: 18-091-22. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the computer was flashed; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and contacted the dealer; however, no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 223,800.

Filed Oct 22, 2019 · Engine · 151,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge ram 2500. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle hesitated, lost power, failed to accelerate, and stalled. Also, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and failed to restart. The contact stated that code: p1451 appeared. The failure recurred five times and the vehicle was towed to smolich motors (1865 ne hwy 20, bend, or 97701, (541) 389-1177). The dealer diagnosed that the diesel particulate filter tracked soot from the exhaust and the lower particulate emission system failed. The vehicle was repaired. A month later, the turbo system failed and was repaired by a diesel independent mechanic. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and did not assist. The approximate failure mileage was 151,000.

Filed Nov 25, 2017 · 256,000 miles · CO

Vehicle hesitates when stepping on fuel pedel from a dead stop does it when it wants to off and on at different times and some days not at all.

Filed Mar 29, 2016 · Steering, Suspension · 100,000 miles · TX

At highway speeds, the truck begins to shake violently and cannot be properly controlled. Driver must immediately reduce speed or stop in order to regain control of vehicle. This occurs especially if hitting any kind of bump at highway speeds, even if it is negligible. It is enough to lose stability. The shaking is so violent that it is difficult to maintain a grip on the steering wheel. Because it happens without warning, it places all occupants in danger as well as other motorists because the vehicle cannot be properly steered and must be immediately slowed or stopped, creating a road hazard to everyone. Through research, we have been told this is colloquially known as the "dodge death wobble," and was subject to a recall prior to our purchase and was not disclosed to us. We have since attempted to determine the exact cause of the violent shaking as well as any remedy from the manufacturer, but have also learned there is a pending class-action lawsuit that may cause the manufacturer to hesitate to admit there is a known problem with the "replacement" parts under the prior recall. We have been fortunate to not have an accident (and therefore no police reports, etc.), though there have been close calls when we had no choice but to use the truck. We choose to take other transportation whenever we can. This is a very dangerous defect that must be addressed before someone loses their lives. We plan to take video if we are forced to drive the truck again, or ask our dealer to drive it and confirm the defect. This began approximately in august, but may have been before (I am filing complaint for my husband) and truck has over 100,000 miles on it, but I do not have exact mileage with me at work. Thank you for your consideration.

Filed Oct 27, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 30,000 miles · OH

Prior to epa emissions recall I would achieve diesel fuel efficiencies as high as 21 mpg highway, pulling a 18 foot trailer at a 1 hour duration. The city mpg averaged to 13-15 mpg, since the emissions recall update made on this vehicle, mpg has averaged between 10-13 mpg on highway with no load/no trailer and averages between 9-11 mpg in city. These benchmarks have been consistently compared and road conditions have been same. To add to this issue, there has been a loss of power that has caused unexpected hesitation in a number of instances. Several times I was put in harms way as crossing city divided highway, crossing streets and/or dividing highways where that multi-directional traffic lights are not always present. To further explain, realizing the power pickup was not present and turbo did not seem to be 'spun up' even though acceleration was increased dramatically. Note, to help to possibly remediate these potential accident occurrences, I must power brake and increase engine RPM's to help bring the vehicle to a power level to reduce the risk of power latency. This sometimes helps but not always because power impotency seems to be unpredictable at times.

Filed Aug 6, 2015 · Airbags, Transmission · 1,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated and vehicle would hesitate to accelerate when depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. In addition, the recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v313000 (air bag system) was received in june 2015. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available. The failure mileage was 1,000.

Filed Dec 19, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 68,000 miles · VA

Alert: dodge ram 2500 diesel life threatening problem --- on july 11, 2014, while driving on u.s. Route 77 in north carolina I passed an 18 wheeler at 70 MPH and pulled back into the right lane in front of the truck when, without any warning whatsoever, the engine just stopped. The truck I had just passed nearly jackknifed as the trucker applied his brakes in a panic maneuver to avoid rolling over me from behind. Luckily, he maintained control, got around me, and continued on his way. I coasted to the side of the road and tried to restart the engine but, although it would crank, it would not start. I was forced to wait and then, after a time, tried starting it again. It did. I slowly drove to the next exit but not without incident. After going only a few hundred yards the truck bucked, hesitated and stopped again. Again, I waited. This scenario repeated itself until I got to safety. Coincident with the engine stopping the power steering failed, the ABS light came on, it appeared the airbag system was inoperative and all the gauges in the instrument cluster stopped working. Eventually, my truck was towed to lake norman dodge. There, the very helpful assistant service manager, terry, evaluated the problem saying either the powertrain control module or the instrument cluster was the problem but his experience LED him to try replacing the computer first. Replacing the PCM fixed the problem. The instrument cluster resumed working. At least temporarily. On september 16 2014, on a local trip, the truck just stopped again. I was stranded on a state road. I used my prior experience with waiting, starting, driving a little way and having the engine stop again to limp into a local repair shop. Eventually, they towed it to shelor dodge in christiansburg, va. Where it currently remains, ... Inoperable.

Filed May 27, 2014 · Transmission · 145,000 miles · TX

Wow another trip to the transmission place.... This is beginning to get ridiculous. We are at the transmission place again. The hesitation while in motion to get into traffic or while at a stop light we are literally shoving our foot through the floor board while the truck is trying to determine whether or not it wants to shift1-2. We lhad to limp home from a road trip and take it back to our transmission place we had just rebuilt it 8 months ago for the same reason we took it to him in the first place. We know for a fact what parts were used to rebuild the tranny, and we should have any problems, only for them to say oh when you have changed out your batteries or such the electrical could also mess with the governor or the solenoid. Well let's just say we have not changed batteries nor have we towed anything in the last 16 months. Dodge needs to help fix this problem. This is becoming very costly as well as an endangerment while driving or stopped in traffic and the truck begins to buck and wanting to shift the gears at the wrong time and us lose control while stopped or while driving it decades to shift finally. We cannot afford for our children to drive this vehicle if it is going to continue to become an issue with the tranny.

Filed Aug 4, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 34,000 miles · OR

Purchased our truck in june of 2010 from a local dodge dealer. The truck only had 23k and seemed to run okay besides getting crap gas mileage. In late october 2011 the check engine light came on but when we started it up the next morning the light was no longer illuminated.the light stayed off for about two weeks but then the vehicle started running poorly. It would randomly lose power when beginning to accelerate and make a sound almost like a backfire. The first couple of times it began to pick up speed after the initial hesitation but shortly after that the check engine light came on again and it wouldn't go above 10mph. We pulled off to the side of the road and turn it off. When the truck was restarted the light went off and it ran normally again. The truck was taken to the dealership the following day and we were told that even though our truck had less than 40k miles on it, the warranty had expired two weeks previously and they would not cover the cost to diagnose or repair it!!! We did not have the $ to do anything right then so out of desperation I began researching what could possibly be causing the issues with hopes of finding an inexpensive fix that we might be able to do on our own. This is when I learned that chrysler had issued two recalls, g30 - replace the oxygen sensor module & j35 - reprogram/update the ECM. Neither of these were mentioned to us at the dealership when we brought the vehicle nor when we brought it in with these issues and were turned away. I did find out that the re-programming and update had been completed on the truck 5/24/2010. However, I have also since read about many owners continuing to have the same issues after the required "fix" had been completed just as we have. We're left with a truck that's a hazard to drive and pray that it doesn't cut out in front of oncoming traffic while trying to get out onto a road or even worse.

Filed May 8, 2012 · Steering · 60,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 2500. Whenever the contact turned the steering wheel during the first 10 minutes of operation, he noticed that the steering wheel hesitated to return to the proper position. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the contact was informed that the front bearings and u joints needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 60,000.