Table 1 shows three common electrical system related problems of the 2010 Dodge Ram 2500.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Wiring problems | |
| Ignition problems | |
| Electrical System problems |
2010 Dodge Ram 2500. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle being a lemon the consumer stated the dealer has been unable to determine why the check engine light continues to illuminate. On one occasion, the vehicle stalled during rush hour traffic. The vehicle had to be towed. The dealer informed the consumer, the wiring harness was the problem. However, the part was on back order.
Was driving under cruise control at 75mph on i95 north in the middle lane, and noticed my truck started slowing down and engine had stalled. Power steering and power brakes went out and there was traffic coming up behind me in all three lanes, so I had difficulty steering the truck off to the side of the road. All electronics remained on, key was still in on position, and there were no status indicators anywhere on the instrument panel or evic to indicate there was a problem. The fuel gauge was still over half full. Once the truck came to a stop, I put it back in park and turned the key off. I was then able to start the truck back up and continue driving the rest of the way home without another incident. I took the truck into the dealer the next day and they were unable to find any fault codes from the ecu. Because there were no fault codes found, the dealer was unable or unwilling to perform any repairs to prevent this dangerous condition from re-occurring. So, I've done some research of my own on this condition and found that Chrysler has had identical problems in other vehicle models for which they issued a recall (NHTSA campaign id number: 11v139000). It seems this problem is caused by a loss of communication between the key fob and the wireless ignition node (win). This wireless connection is required to start the vehicle, but for a glitch in the wireless connection to result in a complete engine shutdown while traveling at high speed is a huge safety issue. I am now afraid to drive my truck on the highway unless I stay in the right hand lane.
From statement of operator "while performing road maintenance activities I was driving up a grade at low speed while in four wheel drive and in low gear. The first indication of a problem was a sudden burst of smoke from under the hood accompanied by the engine oil light coming on. I tripped the hood release, went to the front of the vehicle to open the hood. The smoke from the engine compartment prevented me from safely locaing the hood release. I then retrieved the fire extinguisher from the vehicle and applied it the best I could to the engine compartment. At the same time another employee retieved an additional 2 fire extinguishers from another forest service truck and applied their contents in a similar fashion. The application was insufficent to extinguish the fire. Over the subsequent half hour to 45 minutes the vehicle became fully engulfed in fire. The second operator said when he seen the smoke he ran up to the fron side of the truck and could see flames in the engine compartment and at that time they tried to extinguish the fire using 3 5abc fire exinguishers. After depleting the extinguishers they moved back and unhooked the rock rake they were pulling and waited for the fire response to arrive at which time the vehicle was totally engulfed.