2014 Ram 1500: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Dec 5, 2022 · Transmission · TX

Driving 75 on a regular highway and all of a sudden loud clunk and loss of ability to drive and almost caused truck to run into a ditch. Complete fracture of bracket on top of Axel Assembly causing CV Axel to completely come undone and damage to the front end.

Filed Jun 22, 2022 · Engine · MI

I was driving down the highway and when I went to accelerate I heard a loud "clunk" like my transmission dropped. After the loud clunk an indicator came across my dashboard stating "service electronic throttle control". I pulled off to the side of the highway shut my vehicle off and tried to restart it just to make sure it wasn't a glitch. Upon starting the vehicle again, there was a very long delay considered to be a hard start. Since the vehicle started I decided to try to merge back onto the highway but as I was trying to accelerate the vehicles rpm would not go past 3000 rpms and would not accelerate past 40 mph. I shut the vehicle off and had it towed home. I took the vehicle to the dealership around the corner from my home and they scanned it. The code that popped up was P0336 (crankshaft position sensor). Upon further investigation the dealer diagnosed the problem to be the Tone Wheel/Reluctor ring breaking. FCA has an open recall for this exact issue W58/W68, but my vehicle is not included because it was built for the Canadian market. Although, my vehicle is a DS model with the sales code EXF.

Filed Nov 3, 2019 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · TX

I have had several malfunction of the transmission in my vehicle since purchased. They started around a year after I purchased the vehicle and have averaged approximately one malfunction per year. The first three malfunctions were similar; a "hard" downshift or upshift while I was highway driving at highway speed and adjust according to traffic flow. I heard a loud popping noise and felt the jolt of the transmission changing. Like when the vehicle slowed but the transmission didn't react and all the sudden a hard shift same on the upshift. The latest malfunction was different. I was in highway traffic when traffic slowed down. I tried to accelerate to keep up with traffic flow but the vehicle would not exceed the 45 MPH. I could hear the engine revving up but it was like it was stuck in low gear. I pulled off the freeway and stopped and restarted the vehicle and it drove as normal. I have explained the malfunctions to the dealership on several occasions. They said they checked it out and it was normal. After the last failed attempt to get the problem resolved at the dealership, I contacted the chrysler fca us customer center representative by letter. The advised me to a gm at the dodge city dealer in mckinney, tx. The dealership ended up "resetting the transmission". It was explained to me that is similar to resetting your cell phone where all settings go back to the original settings. I was given no other options at the time except to drive the vehicle and see if the resetting resolved the problem. It is my opinion there has been no real resolution to the problem of the malfunction of the transmission. I still have the same fear that if the transmission malfunction under the right conditions it could cause an accident resulting in serious bodily injury or even death to me or someone else. Please give this concern your utmost attention.

Filed Sep 8, 2015 · Steering · 8,000 miles · PA

While turning left or right and accelrating there is a clunking noise in the front end. Brought to dealer and they said the lower steering shaft was bad and would be repaired free of charge since it was under warenty . Got a call 2 days later and was told it was the upper shaft and bearing that needed to be repaced also, so now they have my car for 4 days. I call on day 5 and they tell me it wont be ready and they would call me when it was so I do not have my truck over the labor day weekend they are closed monday labor day. I call on tuesday sept.8, 2015 and am told they had to order and will be replacing the rack and pinion set up in the steering . I do not belive they know what is wrong and are going to replace all the componets till they find the source of the noise.

Filed Jul 18, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 10,089 miles · NH

I have owned this truck for a month and a half and now it is slamming into gear between 2nd and 3rd gear. At 30 MPH. And then it downshifts very hard when slowing! This is a nightmare. It is also vibrating on the highway and it feels like something is going on with the front end. I am bringing it back to the dealer but im sure I will get the same answer as everyone else. That there is no solution for this problem but they know about it. There is a thread for this issue. This truck was not cheap and I had a 93 ford that didn't do this stuff. This is not right and the more I read online this is a ongoing issue and the dealership can not fix it. So are we just suppose to drive around these 30k plus trucks with this issue. The more I look into it this is only one of the issues but I wanted to list my complaint and will also do so to anyone who will listen. Wish I never bought this truck!!!!! They need to come up with a solution because this is unacceptable.

Filed Jan 13, 2014 · Transmission · 300 miles · CT

When truck is down shifting from 2nd to 1st the truck slams into first and makes a clunkimg sound. Dealership flashed the computers and I have driven 2300 miles with the problem remaining.