Parking brake locked up due the fact that parking brake pads had been completely worn. Details: bought vehicle at 100 miles and had always been releasing the parking lever prior to drive and at little over 2,000 miles, parking brake failed and locked up at a parking lot 150 miles away from home. I believed the parking brake system must had been engaged without my knowledge since there had been no warning light on dash. That was why it took over 2000 miles to completely wear down parking brakes to the point at the final pull/engagement, it locked up. Since the vehicle is still brand new and under manufacturer warranty, I had asked dealer to investigate and dealer would not. I had also asked fca to send engineer to investigate the incident and was told ?no?. Their reason was it was my fault which is easier for them to do than accept the responsibility. I also asked my extended warranty policy people (which I had purchased) but the extended warranty folks said, the vehicle was brand new so it would be cover under the manufacturer warranty which the extended warranty would not cover until the manufacturer warranty period had expired. Since this is a brake issue and I believe this is also a safety issue which I need help escalating to fca to take/accept some responsibility at least to investigate.
2017 Ram 3500 brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ram 3500. While driving 37 MPH, the vehicle would not decelerate when the brake pedal was depressed. As a result, the vehicle drove off the road and crashed into a ditch, then the brakes would not work and engine was at max RPM and could not shut engine off. Consumer could not steer back on the road. Truck finally stopped after 5 to 6 times after revving. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who repaired the front end damage and transmission. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The dealer was not contacted. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure mileage was 22,000. *dt*jb *bf
The trailer brake controller have been little to no trailer braking power at low speeds.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ram 3500. While driving with a trailer connected, the "trailer brake not connected" message illuminated. The vehicle was taken to pine belt chrysler jeep dodge ram (1400 ocean ave, route-88, lakewood, nj 08701), but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was repaired but repairs were unknown. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that he could not be reimbursed. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 69,000.
The intergrated towing break controller is faulty and will not stop my camper in an emergency situation..
I have a ram 3500 single rear wheel truck with integrated brake controller. It was hooked up to my 10,000# gvw 5th wheel trailer this past weekend and no matter how I set the controller, for either braking strength or trailer selection type, it provides imperceptible braking to the trailer. It nearly pushed me right through an intersection at 25 MPH because there was no braking. This occurred on a 35 MPH level grade and I was slowed at the time for an approaching red light. Truck is rated to tow much more. I disconnected factory unit and put in an aftermarket and it worked exactly as it should, which should rule out both the trailer and truck wiring as it uses the same with just an plug switched from internal brake controller to aftermarket.. I have seen many postings about this on the internet and it seems fca has a star case on this as well #s1508000014. I feel this can put any driver in a very bad or deadly situation very quickly. I had both a 2010 and a 2012 ram 3500 trucks with the same controller and towing the same trailers and there were no issues at all. I will be taking this to a dealer in about 2 weeks for testing, but all postings I have seen show no resolution from fca on this problem. I think it is imperative that this gets reviewed before someone gets killed by this.
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