general problems of the 2010 Dodge Ram 3500

While driving, the truck just shuts off. Resulting in loss of steering, lights and power breaks.

2010 Dodge Ram 3500. Consumer writes in regards to brake transmission shift interlock.

The truck had a gooseneck flatbed 30ft trailer attached to the Dodge ram with a john deere tractor loaded on top of the trailer. The vehicle was running and in park on a slight downhill. The trailer was prepared with the ramps down for the tractor to be backed off. Upon backing the tractor off of the trailer, when the rear tractor wheels moved to the down ramp, the shift in weight caused the truck, flatbed trailer and tractor to begin rolling down hill for 300 yards and through a barbed wire fence and finally coming to a stop due to uphill slope in the terrain. The tractor was able to back the rest of the way off of the trailer without incident. Upon reaching the truck and trailer the vehicle was still in park and running. This is a serious defect that needs immediate attention before someone is hurt.

Upon hitting a bump, hump, or hole in the pavement while driving at highway speeds the steering wheel begins to vibrate and move side to side unexpectedly; the front end of the truck shakes and bounces violently until speed reduces to near stop. Brakes and steering are near ineffective until the violent shaking stops. It feels as if the whole front end is about to break loose from the vehicle, and driver control is severely compromised. This has happened 8-10 times in two years of ownership. It is always unexpected with no warning. I have become very uneasy about road trips in this vehicle. I am about to take it to a Dodge dealership one more time as the problem occurred again two days ago. I have only 700 miles of warranty left. Past trips to Dodge dealerships have given no relief with the comment always being "we could not get the problem to occur when we test drove the truck, and all front suspension tolerances are correct".

2010 Dodge Ram 3500 integrated brake controller does not work well enough to stop trailer. The controller does not send braking voltage to trailer for a full 3 seconds after the truck brakes are applied and takes 2-3 seconds to ramp up the voltage after the truck brakes are applied. If the controller is set to a setting of 5-10 the controller only sends 3. 0 to the trailer. The controller never sends over 3. 0 no matter how long or hard the brakes are applied. The result is when stopping, the trailer pushes the truck into intersections. The brake controller was replaced and it still works the same. Contacted Dodge and after playing phone tag no solution in sight. This is an accident waiting to happen. I have been close several times when another vehicle stops short or changes lanes and stops eliminating the extra stopping distance I allow because of the ineffective brake controller.