2013 Ram 1500: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Nov 4, 2024 · Acceleration, Electrical · CA

ABS light would come on when driving periodically on and off. for a few months it felt like brakes were locking up, Steering was very difficult and hard like the steering wheel was locked making it difficult to turn the steering wheel. dashboard components would periodically turn off and restart. when driving it would make a grinding noiselike the brakes were locked, this would occur with the abs light on and off. the major incident when driving on the freeway. the speedometer completely failed, the digital and needle both were not working. the abs light and warning came on, i pulled over because the speedometer was not working at all, but i was able to drive. the abs warning kept beeping. i was able to pull off of the highway into a parking lot, and the truck shut off and locked. unable to restart the truck at all.

Filed Mar 12, 2024 · Fuel system · PA

Wife and I were driving and we heard a grinding or loud rubbing sound. Pulled over to see the fuel tank hanging close to the ground. Thank goodness no fuel lines broken. Front strap looks ok, but where the strap goes looks damaged or rotted.

Filed Mar 30, 2022 · RI

Driving to work and heard metallic grinding noise. Pulled over to see front of gas tank almost on the ground. Upon inspection strap broke through the bracket on frame. It is rotted. Very dangerous. Why is in not recalled.

Filed May 17, 2017 · Brakes · 85,000 miles · TX

For the past several months I've noticed either drive train surging or brake failure at low speeds while parking - the truck seems to lurch forward unexpectedly. I thought it might have happened while pressing the brake pedal over a few seconds or possible shift issues while parking but I haven't been able to purposely duplicate it. Tonight while driving about 35 MPH I slowed behind a vehicle making a turn when the brake pedal went to the floor with no braking. I backed off the brake pedal and reapplied pressure (maybe rapidly a few times - not sure) resulting in some braking and some squealing that sounded like tires skidding although the slowing was gradual and not abrupt. I made the turn behind the other vehicle and drove about another 1/4 mile home with no other problems and normal brake action. I've noticed that over the past few months there's a vibration when braking which may be related. The truck has about 85,000 miles on it, oem brakes and no problems noted during vehicle inspection at 80k service. The brake fluid reservoir is full. Most of my driving is highway commuting with relatively little braking.

Filed Jun 3, 2015 · Suspension, Wheels · 70,500 miles · TX

Grinding from left wheel. Vibration from left wheel. Front left bearing hub assy. Bad.

Filed Mar 16, 2015 · Transmission · 29,237 miles · GA

On three separate occasions the vehicle's transmission suddenly began emitting a loud grinding type noise, it stopped pulling forward, and completely stalled in the roadway. After I parked along the side of the roadway and placed the gear shift in park, then back in drive, the vehicle slowly started to pull forward again emitting the loud grinding type noise. Fortunately, I wasn't traveling at a faster speed or on the freeway with heavy traffic when the malfunctions occurred. I could have been seriously injured in a collision because if appeared as though the transmission was going to fall out of the vehicle. I have carried the vehicle in the dealership for repair on each occasion to no avail.

Filed Mar 13, 2014 · Transmission · 20,751 miles · GA

A few weeks earlier I heard a horrible grinding noise from my transmission while driving at 30-35 MPH. I took it into the dealer and they could not duplicate the problem and inspected my vehicle stating that there were no leaks, fluid was fine and transmission was in good shape. I then got my vehicle back after 18 business days in the shop and I heard the grinding again (950 miles later). I got under my truck to look and found that my hydraulic cooler lines were leaking and my transmission looked like it had 200,000 miles on it. This is very strange because I have no documented work on my transmission and it went 19793 miles with no leaks and randomly started to leak??