general problems of the 2012 Dodge Ram 1500

The brake line broke on my Dodge truck and all the brake fluid leaked out. Fortunately this didn't happen while driving on the highway. I discovered no brakes when I got in the vehicle to leave. I have a long driveway. As I was driving the slight grade down to the main road, I hit the brakes and they went to the floor. I was able to turn around in my yard before all the brake fluid was gone and get the truck back to my barn. I got under the truck and took a picture. I discovered that the brakes had rusted and leaked out the fluid. No one has inspected it or confirmed it. The truck is not safe to drive and sitting in my barn.

On my way home. Going through in town (slow)traffic all of sudden I notice I had no power steering & no brakes, no please pull out , I noticed if I keep my rpm about 1500, I would get a little power steering & brakes back!, 4 miles to get home , I drove home slowly what happened was I lost my serpentine belt tensioner!!! . My main purpose, for my truck is to toe my fifth wheel RV!!, I live in the north west of us, like! in the mountains!! terrified that it won’t happen again!????.

In approximately 2019 I received multiple warning lights including "serv 4wd", tcs disabled, and abs warning lights. Had it looked at by the dealer who replaced wheel sensors and performed diagnostics. All lights cleared exept tcs disabled warning which is indicationg that the tcs system is not functioning and has a collateral effect of the cruise control not being able to turn on. I have paid to have this remaining indication diagnosed on two different occasions, each leading to a dealership recommendation to replace the hydraulic control unit / abs module at a cost of approximately $1500 and a wait for backordered parts exceeding one year - all with no guarantee of this fixing the problem. My truck has been in this condition for about 5 years now. A quick google search will show that there have been multiple instances of faults of this type affecting the hcu/abs modules with the problem becoming particularly prevalent in the 2017-2018 model years. Thousands of complaints have been submitted and class action lawsuits started, but it appears fca has yet to adequately address this potential safety issue caused by a defective part that is known to them.

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500. While the brake pedal was engaged, the vehicle made a loud thumping noise. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the rotors warped and caused the brakes to wear. As a result, the rotors and brakes needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 25,000.

Front brakes locked up at 60 mph.

While traveling down road the vehicle just shut off losing steering and braking was able to put in neutral and and get started after several tries of starting and it would shut right back off before it would start and stay running, it has done this numerous times sometimes when first starting vehicle sometimes right after starting and driving off, it has did this several times pulling out of my driveway onto busy highway almost resulting is an accident. It happened to my wife a couple of times the first time she could not get it to start and stay running to get it out of the roadway and had to put the emergency flashers on and leave it setting across the south bound lane of the highway to come back inside to get me to try to get it out of the road. After that incident she was afraid to drive it,took to dealership 02/09/15 got back today 02/10/15 they had to replace ignition switch module at a cost of $286. 75 this was a serious safety issue and needs to be looked into and there should be a recall issued for this problem before there is a serious accident resulting in serious injury or a fatality. There was a recall issued for the same problem on the Dodge caravan's and Dodge journey's with the same type win (wireless ignition node) ignition switch.

Brakes mushy, go all way to floor, when trying to pump brakes truck takes off knocking 79 year old woman to the ground hurting her. Took to Dodge dealership they couldnt find anything. It did it again took it to another Dodge dealership, they suggusted to take it back to the original Dodge dealership. Total times of it happening 6 times with the last time truck shutting itself off in the middle of the road. Backup display is freezing up and telling to get out to look when nothing is there. Dealership james hodge motor CO. Thinks it the computer board but they dont want to do anything about it, because theres no recal for whats happening. I did some research and found something on the brakes, when I went back to print it out, the article was not there anymore. Reimers, paris, texas any others that this is happening to please report for safety.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated he parked his vehicle, then applied the parking brake and upon exiting it the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a large body of water. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 14,500. Dt.

While driving down the road the engine suddenly dies. All power steering, brakes, etc are gone. I have to coast to a stop and restart the vehicle. This has happened at least 6 times since purchasing the vehicle in August of 2012. One day it happened several times in succession. The most recent incident took place on June 5, 2014. I have taken it to the dealership and they will not do anything as they can not recreate the issue while it is in the shop. I am very concerned as this is the same issue that is happening with the current huge gm recall involving faulty ignition switches . I pull a travel trailer with this vehicle and this is a very dangerous issue to have happening. Up until now it has not happened while towing the trailer but I am extremely concerned for my safety.

Unknown this truck was not involved in an accident however it came close with steering /brakes the engine faulty wiring harness caused major issues it wasn’t until recently I saw a video of how to fix the problem you can view these videos online I will say Dodge is responsible they did have buybacks this too I had no knowledge of no recalls either however I recently address it to the dealership who sold me this truck the service manager told me it’s my issue not theirs they took care of it years ago this is the reason I am sending my complaint I was informed your department will look into this matter to get a resolution on this serious matter thank you. I have some photos the video would not download you can see it if you put 2012 Dodge ram engine faulty wire issues . Yes I spent $3000 for a mechanic to wire it this should had been fix by Dodge Chrysler not me and it still needs to be fix.