Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 3500. After towing a fifth wheel trailer for approximately five hours, the vehicle failed to immediately restart after being shut off and in the park position. The vehicle was towed to an unknown dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact later heard a loud booming sound coming from the rear of the vehicle before failing to drive forward. A software update was performed on the electronic transmission control module, but the failure continued. The manufacturer and dealer (stafford dodge located in fredricksburg, virginia) were notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 10,000.
2016 Ram 3500 transmission complaints
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Brand new vehicle with less than 1,000 miles on it has a violent shake at highway speeds between 62-72 MPH. Three different ram dealers and ram customer support team states that there is nothing wrong with the vehicle and it's operating as designed. Potentially a safety issue as the shake seems to make the truck unstable at times. This is occurring specifically on smooth highways and seems to be even worse around curves. Seems to be a fairly common issue among late model year ram heavy duty pickup trucks and should be worth an investigation. I purchased this vehicle to tow my travel trailer with my entire family in the truck and I'm not comfortable doing that with this defect.
Delayed throttle response. Also fumes in cab.
Daily occurrence. While dead stopped at light or idling along after lifting foot off of brake pedal, then slowly depressing accelerator pedal, there is a 2-4 second delay before truck starts to accelerate. Feels like a dead pedal. This has become worse as the truck accrues miles. When needing to accelerate quickly, the pedal response is slow to respond and has caused many anxious moments with vehicles bearing down on my rear end. I press the pedal and wait for engine to respond. The truck is a diesel and it does not feel like turbo lag. I had a 2007 diesel and this was not a problem at all. I feel that eventually this will cause or lead me to have an accident of some type. Every time I drive the truck I have to make allowances for the lack of pedal response, mostly in city, slow and go driving. On the highway at higher speeds this problem does not seem to be such an issue. I believe that ram needs to address this with some type of reprogramming for the engine, drive-train or both. This type of pedal non-response is very dangerous and quite disturbing. The dealers have no answer to this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 3500. The contact stated that the gear shift indepedently shifted from the park position to the drive position without warning. As a result, the vehicle began to roll forward. The driver was dragged until the vehicle crashed into a fence. The driver sustained lacerations on the body that required medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the technician stated that the failure was a driver's error and unable to be duplicated. The contact mentioned that the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake shift interlock failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,180.
There is an extreme delay when pressing the accelerator and actual acceleration of the vehicle. There seems to be no correlation between how far the accelerator is pressed and vehicle acceleration. When merging into traffic and especially when pulling out into traffic or passing a vehicle. This delay is a severe safety problem. There is a 2-3 second delay between pressing the accelerator and the vehicle actually moving.
When accelerating from a dead stop the engine has a 3 to 4 second lag. Normal response resumes after the initial lag. This condition has been consistant throughout 2016. Truck was purchased new. Present mileage is 4500.
Dead pedal. From a dead stop if you stab the accelerator pedal as in a emergency situation there is a 2-3 second delay before power is applied to the drivetrain. I feel this is a very dangerous situation and ram should have to reprogram these trucks to apply power when called for by the accelerator pedal. This has occured since new
The truck was loaded with approximately 1,400 pounds of hay in the bed. The vehicle was stopped on a slight incline toward the rear. It was placed into park as witnessed by the 2 passengers. The vehicle was stationary as the driver exited the vehicle and closed the door. A couple of seconds later, the vehicle slipped out of park and started rolling backwards.
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