Other Fuel System Hoses Lines/piping, And Fittings Problems of Dodge Ram 1500

When the vehicle is filled up with gas, it will stall until some of the gas is burned off. This has happened to me in the middle of an intersection while turning. Vehicle loses all power. The vehicle also constantly emits gasoline fumes. Very dangerous as my truck is parked in the garage with the hot water heater. Check engine light has been on for months and the instrument cluster reads "gas cap". My mechanic checked it out and verified this is a known problem with this model of Dodge ram involving the gas tank. The part that needs replaced is attached to the inside of the tank, so an entire new gas tank is required to correct these issues.

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Tl the contact owns a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500. While adding fuel to the vehicle, fuel spewed from the recovery unit. The contact sustained blisters to the hands and legs, which did not require medical attention. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (mcpeek's Dodge of anaheim, 1221 s auto center dr, anaheim, CA 92806) where it was diagnosed that the filler pipe and/or tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and opened case number: 33280860. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 89,000.

There is a disturbing trend among automakers to eliminate dipsticks from their transmissions. This can be potentially dangerous. I purchased my 2014 Ram 1500 new late last year. Returning on a road trip to new jersey last month the transmission jerked horribly. Once back home I promptly took it to the dealer for service. They reprogrammed the shift points and it worked smoothly for a few weeks. Then it started slipping at 10 mph. I brought it back to the dealership. They checked the fluid level from the fill port on the bottom of the pan and discovered it was a quart low from the factory. This is a terrible design and forces owners into three options ; 1. Ignore their transmission. 2. Have to take it to an expensive mechanic or the dealer. 3. This is where it can get dangerous, get underneath their vehicle with the engine running to get the fluid to the necessary temperature to accurately check it. Hundreds of thousands of shade tree mechanics will endanger their lives to check their fluid levels. Ford has a similarly flawed design on its pick up trucks as well. Had I known about this before I bought the truck I would have gone for the Chevrolet with the conventional dip stick set up. The main reason I bought the ram was for its highway cruising range. I covered 750 miles on a single tank ( 32 gallons ). However there is more to the ownership experience than that. Being able to check simple things like fluid levels before, during, and after a cross country road trip and just around town is very important. With all the volumes of motor vehicle regulations on the books I don't know how this design was allowed to go into production. Also, the rotary shift knob on these 8 speed transmissions seems like a fatality waiting to happen. Also, the transmission pan is constructed of plastic with the filter built in to the pan.

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Check engine light, lightning bolt light and service electronic throttle control error message comes on approximately 40-50 miles after refueling. Truck goes into limp mode then clears itself after starting 4 or 5 times over the period of a day or two. Dealer can't locate the problem. Has happened 4 times now. Dealer has updated software, replaced gas tank, replaced gas cap, and replaced tps. Same issue is still happening.

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