What 687 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ram 1500 Crew Cab

RAKATA RECALL. DOES NOT WANT CRANK TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT CRANK SETTING STILL RE SET THE COMPUTER WILL CRANK SOME TIMES 107784 MILES

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VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER (SHUT OFF/STALLED) WHILE IN MOTION ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS; 1ST TIME VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 80MPH ON FREEWAY; BRAKES AND STEERING LOST POWER FUNCTION MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PULL OVER TO EMERGENCY SHOULDER AND AVOID POSSIBLE COLLISION; EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION; 2ND TIME VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING FROM STOP TO APPROXIMATELY 20MPH ON CITY STREET THEN LOST ALL POWER, HAD TO COAST VEHICLE ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER OUT OF BUS LANE; VEHICLE WAS NOT OUT OF GAS, NO MALFUNCTION INDICATORS WERE ON, VEHICLE WILL NOT START (AS IF FUEL PUMP FAILED) TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS OR ANY SPEED AND LOSING ALL POWER IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ADDING THAT MOST PROBABLY TOW TRAILERS, ETC...MAKES THIS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. ALSO, WE ARE IN AZ WITH EXTREME HEAT, TRAVELING WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN, AND TO BE RANDOMLY STRANDED WITH ZERO POWER CAUSES ADDITIONAL LIFE THREATENING HAZARDS I PERSONALLY REQUEST, AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE AND FINDING AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATED AND THOSE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY WAY OF REQUIRED RECALL AND RESOLUTION

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ITS A SIN AND A SHAME THAT THESE BRIGHT MINDS WENT AWAY FROM THE STANDARD I PIECE RELAY IN THE FUSE BOX TO THIS COMPUTER MESS EVERY MORNING I GO TO WORK AT 4 AM AND I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY ON AND LET IT SIT FOR 10 TO 15 MIN BEFORE IT WILL START AND THEN DURING THE DAY IF I LET IT SIT FOR MORE THAT AN 1 HR I HAVE TO LET IT SIT ANOTHER 15 MIN BEFORE I CAN START THE TRUCK I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL DODGE/CHRYSLER OWNER SINCE 1999 AND UNTIL NOW HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY UNTIL NOW IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FIX IT AT NO CHARGE THATS THE WAY A REAL MANUFACTURER KEEPS ITS CUSTOMERS HAPPY

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I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MY TRUCK TO START. THIS PAST WEEKEND ( 3/11/2017 ) WHILE I WAS OUT SHOPPING, IT WOULDN'T START WHEN I GOT BACK IN IT. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS. I THOUGHT THE FUEL PUMP HAD WENT OUT. I GOT IT TOWED, HAS THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE TIPM IS THE PROBLEM. THEN I FOUND OUT THAT CHRYSLER KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TIPM FOR YEARS AND NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I'M JUST GLAD I WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THIS THING GAVE OUT INSTEAD ON THE HIGHWAY.

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FUEL ALWAYS SPILLS EVERY TIME I FILL MY TANK. I THINK IT MIGHT BE A DANGEROUS. OVERSPILL ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN FILLING TANK

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FUEL PUMP WILLNOT SHUT OFF ,DOORS UNLOCKS AND LOCKS BY THEMSELVES, WINDOWS OPEN AND CLOSE BY THEMSELVES , TRUCK LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES IT ACTS AS IF IT'S STARVING FOR FUEL AND WILL NOT START

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WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT LOW SPEED, ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF. DURING UP HILL CITY DRIVING, ENGINE WILL NOT MAINTAIN CONSTANT RPM OR SMOOTH ACCELERATION. IT TAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES TO START THE VEHICLE. *TR

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MISFIRE P0300 RANDOM DRIVING IN MOTION UP AND DOWN CITY STREETS. *TR

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THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND NOW THE BATTERY IS DRAINING EASILY AND IT WILL NOT START UNLESS YOU SWITCH IT ON AND TAKE IT OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK IN PARK IT WILL START. I HAVE REVIEWED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM OTHER OWNERS. I WAS TOLD BY THE CHRYSLER DEALER THAT IT MAY BE THE EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY BUT OTHERS WERE TOLD THAT TOO AND THEY STILL HAD THE SAME STARTING ISSUE AFTER PAYING A HUGE EXPENSE FOR THIS TYPE OF REPAIR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING AND FAILURES WITH STARTING. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. UPDATE INSTALLED AND HAS NOT CORRECTED PROBLEM. MOST LIKELY HAS FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.. ..UPDATED 11/01/16 *BF THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS FAULTY. THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM BY SUPPLYING POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP, USING AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE. UPDATED 11/03/16.*JB

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9-16-16: VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO BE "JUMPED". 9-17-16: NEW BATTERY INSTALLED BUT LATER IN THE DAY, STARTING PROBLEMS WENT ON. 9-19-16: VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER; INITIAL PROBLEM IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING NEW FUEL PUMP AND PLUGS. LATER, THIS WAS THEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A FAULTY "TIPM" AND THAT COST WOULD BE OVER $2000.00 (THAT INCLUDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS APPARENTLY BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT TAKE ACTION TO ISSUE A RECALL. IN REALITY, DID WE BUY A VEHICLE WHICH THE MANUFACTURER KNEW TO CONTAIN DEFECTIVE PARTS? PARTS, WHICH IN REALITY, CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES? SHAME ON THEM! I THOUGHT THAT I HAD A QUALITY VEHICLE. I PAID OVER $45,000 FOR THIS TRUCK AND IT WAS BUILD WITH THIS DEFECTIVE PART? HELP ME OUT HERE AND HELP OUT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN.

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TRUCK HAS INTERMITTENTLY STARTED OFF AN ON THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE OWNED IT (10 MONTHS). TRUCK DIED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP TRUCK NOW WONT START AT ALL I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY'VE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, WIRING HARNESS. SAME SYMPTOMS APPEAR AFTER BOTH "REPAIRS".

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2011 RAM 1500 SPORT WITH TIPM-7. VEHICLE STARTED HAVING PROBLEM STARTING, I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LOSS IN FUEL PRESSURE. REPLACED FUEL PUMP. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. AFTER RESEARCH FOUND OUT THIS TRUCK HAS TIPM-7. REPAIR SHOP VERIFIED THIS. THE INJECTORS WERE CHECKED AND WERE FINE. ENGINE RUNS PERFECTLY AFTER START. DIAGNOSIS FAULTY FUEL PUMP RELAY. THE SAME FUEL PUMP RELAY THAT CHRYSLER RECALLED 230,000 VEHICLES IN 2014 AND AN ADDITIONAL 467,000 VEHICLES IN 2015. WHY WON'T CHRYSLER FIX THEIR SCREW UPS?

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MY FUEL PUMP WONT STOP RUNNING AFTER VEHICLE IS SWITCH OFF, DRAINING MY BATTERY. TRUCK WON'T START UNTIL NUMEROUS TRIES AND SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING.

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WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE AT A TYPICAL GAS STATION, AND THE STATION'S FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF AUTOMATICALLY, FUEL COMES UP THE FUEL FILLER NECK AND WASHES DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME, BUT DOES HAPPEN MOST OF THE TIME, AND AT VARIOUS STATION LOCATIONS AND VARIOUS STATION COMPANIES. I'VE READ OTHER REPORTS THAT INDICATE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS AFFECTED OTHER OWNERS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES. AS SOON AS I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER, HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM. PER THE SERVICE MANAGER, THIS ISSUE HAS ONLY BEEN ADDRESSED WITH REGARD TO A FEW VEHICLE MODELS AND YEARS, AND THIS ONE IS NOT COVERED. WORKING WITH DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE, A CASE NUMBER HAS BEEN OPENED. THE DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO LOWER THE COST OF THE LABOR TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE, HOWEVER WE WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR THE PART AND THE REPAIR FOR A KNOWN DEFECT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 'WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN' AND THE "ABOUT HOW MANY MILES WERE ON YOUR VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT' FIELDS DON'T REALLY APPLY, AS THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE, AND CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME I GO THE THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP THE VEHICLE. THE DATE I PROVIDED FOR THE 'WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN' FIELD IS THE DATE THAT I VISITED THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND SPOKE WITH DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

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MY TIPM FUSE BOX . MY FUEL PUMP STAY ON WHEN I TURN OFF THE PICK UP AND WHEN IM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT WILL JUST SHUT DOWN NOW IT WILL NOT START WHEN COLD.(DEALERSHIP) SEZ IT A BAD FUEL PUMP RELAY THAT IS INTERGRATED TO THE FUSE BOX. MY WIPERS WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. (DEALERSHIP) SEZ IT'S THE FUSE BOX AND HAS TO BE REPLACED FOR $1,000 MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 12,500 MILES ON IT AND IS 5YRS OLD. DEALERSHIP TELLS ME IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES.

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"TAKATA RECALL" MY 2011 RAM 1500 STOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY STREET AND STEERING WHEEL GOT HARD AND IT WAS HARD TO START UP. SO I TOOK IT TO GET FIXED THEY SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP SO WE REPLACED IT,THEN I WOULD TURN THE KEY AND IT WOULD STAY STUCK TRYING TO TURN ON KILLED MY BATTERY BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP AGAIN NOW THE FUEL PUMP WILL NOT TURN OFF UNTIL I PULL THE FUSE NOW THE SAY IT'S THE TIPM I CALLED THE DEALER AND SAID NO RECALL BUT I'M HAVING ALL THE PROBLEMS AS THE CARS THAT DO! I PUT ALL THAT I HAD TO GET A RELIABLE TRUCK FOR MY KIDS AND I AND THIS HAPPENS.

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FUEL PUMP RELAY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING.

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TIPM (FUEL PUMP RELAY) DOES NOT LET THE TRUCK START. ITS NOT ALL THE TIME MOSTLY IN COLD WEATHER. I HAVE BEEN STUCK OUT WITH THE TRUCK NOT STARTING. DEALER HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. 1500 TO GET IT REPAIRED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LED COURTESY MIRROR LIGHTS DON'T WORK ALL THE TIME. EVIDENCE OF MOISTURE ON LENSES.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL SPILLED BACK OUT AFTER THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

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WE HAVE BEEN HAVING INCREASING PROBLEMS WITH DODGE RAM WILL NOT START SOMETIMES CAN TAKE 4 HOURS TO RESTART. IT TURNS OVER BUT FUEL PUMP IS NOT EGAGEING WINDOWS WILL SOMETIMES GO DOWN N THEN SOMETIMES ONLY CREEP UP AND DOWN ITS LIKE TRUCK HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN. HAD IT TO BE FIXED A NUMBER OF TIMES TO BE TOTD ITS FIX WHEN ITS NOT ONLY NOT FIXED BUT PROBLEM IS GETTING INCREASINGLY WORSE. MY TRUCK IS A 2011 WITH 39000 MILES ON IT.

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FAILS TO START, FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING CAUSING TRUCK TO STALL MULTIPLE TIMES ON CITY STREETS TO AND FROM WORK AND ON THE HIGHWAY 2X DRIVING TO VISIT RELATIVES, TIPM NOT SENDING SIGNAL TO THE FUEL RELAY, HAD 4 MECHANICS INCLUDING 2 CHRYSLER SERVICE SHOPS TO FINALLY DIAGNOSE THE TIPM FAILURE, WILL HAVE FURTHER DOCUMENTATION UPON REPLACEMENT OF TIPM FROM CHRYSLER DEALER.

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THE VEHICLE HAS A BAD TIPM, THE FUEL PUMP RELAY DOES NOT WORK AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AT ALL NOW. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURED AS I MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE STUTTERED AND STALLED. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE. NOW IT WILL NOT START AT ALL.

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK STALLED AND IGNITION SYSTEMS WENT DEAD. HAD SEVERAL ISSUES DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT WHERE BATTERY WAS DEAD, STARTING VEHICLE PROBLEMS AND STALLING REPEATEDLY. DEALER HAD TO RELPACE TIPM $1280.74. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NO CURRENT RECALLS ON THIS PART, CONTRARY TO ONLINE INFORMATION.

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WHEN PULLING OUT OF BUSINESS DRIVEWAY ONTO BUSY RD., TRUCK JUST DIED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. HAD TO GET TOW TO SHOP AND HAD FUEL PUMP REPLACED. FUEL PUMPS DON'T JUST GO OUT AT 30,000 MILES ALL AT ONCE BUT, THIS ONE DID AND I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS. SITTING CROSSWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD IS DEFINITELY UNSAFE! THANK THE GOOD LORD FOR THE GOOD SAMARITANS WHO HELPED ME PUSH IT OUT OF THE ROAD, I AM 68 YRS OLD AND NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH.

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