Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, the rpms decreased, and the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and an independent mechanic who were unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.
2011 Dodge RAM 3500 engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. While driving 55 MPH, the contact noticed an abnormal odor and immediately turned off the vehicle. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 78,538.
I purchased truck around march 1, 2014 with 48415 miles, on march 14,2014 we were on the interstate with a 4 horse trailer in tow when the vehicle stalled without warning, vehicle shuttered, check engine light came on. We started to pull over then we regained power. We called the dealership that we purchased it from when we got to our destination, they told us to power off for 15 minutes and restart with the remote starter, this took the check engine light off. The same problem occured on may 1, 2015, interstate with horse trailer in tow again. This time we noticed the fuel dropped and the fuel milage indicator started flickering, we let off the fuel peddle and repressed regaining power, about 1 mile down the road it happened again the shutter was harder, we had to tap the fuel peddle 2 time to regain power. We notice the miletoempty went from 90 to 60 when it happened. Both occasions we had been traveling for about 100 miles with about 30 or 40 miles being on the interstate at about 70-75 mile per hour, when the problem accured. Both times we completed our round trip of 600 miles with worry!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The VIN was unavailable. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact stated that after driving 100 miles and the vehicle was parked, the contact could smell the engine overheating. The failure recurred on two other occasions. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000. Updated 5/20/15*cn the consumer stated as of may 1, 2015, the vehicle had not yet been repaired. Updated 6/30/2015
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning for 10-20 seconds. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who made unknown repairs. However, the failure recurred on numerous occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 15,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received a notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel) however, the part needed to perform the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system diesel); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 13v529000 (steering) and 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 4/6/15*cn the recall was rectified. Updated 04/09/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel); however, the part was unavailable for the repair. 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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 13v529000 (steering) and 14v634000 (engine and engine cooling , fuel system, diesel) however, was unable to have the vehicle repaired within a reasonable amount of time. The contact attempted to call the dealer to secure an appointment but had not received any correspondence. The manufacturer was not notified of the delay. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 13v529000 (steering) and 14v635000 (engine and engine cooling, fuel system, diesel) and stated that the parts needed were not available. The dealer did not provide a specific date for when the parts would become available. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge ram 3500. While driving 65 MPH, there was an abnormal noise coming from the vehicle and an unknown warning light illuminated. The failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was informed that the exhaust system was leaking. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 1/28/15
Driving at night going about 60 MPH when all systems failed, no engine, no power brakes, no power steering and worst of all, no lights. Engine wouldn't crank, fuse box was making snapping sounds even with key out of ignition. After about 5 min truck started and I was able to drive it home, about 5 miles. Truck ran, but poorly. The next day I attempted to drive it to the dodge dealer, truck did same thing (complete system failure) after driving about 5 miles. I then had truck towed to the dealer. Naturally truck runs fine for service tech, they reset a bunch of codes, but could find nothing definitive. Unable or unwilling to do more. This fills me with absolutely no confidence. In 4 days I need to take this truck pulling a trailer from wa to az for work.
Loss of air conditioning. Took truck to dealer and they found a hole in the condensor line behind the opening in the front bumper where the radiator, A/C cooling lines, transmision cooler all sit exposed to road hazards, such as rocks, debris or any other sharp object that may enter through the opening striking the critical powertrain coolers. This type of damage is not covered under warranty and may be claimed on your vehicle insurance. There is no protection on this open lower area, where the radiator is protected by the vehicle front grill. There is no aftermarket grill that can be purchased to protect these components. Earlier model dodge trucks had lower grill covers for the bumper cooling opening.
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