What 1,425 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ram 1500 Crew Cab

The contact owns a 2015 Ram 1500. The contact stated while coming to a stop, the brake pedal was depressed due to the vehicle in front abruptly stopping with the ABS warning light illuminated. On several occasions, the brake pedal felt abnormal when depressed. On another occasion, the contact stated that the vehicle accelerated up to 30 MPH which caused the contact to rear-end another vehicle. The air bag did not deploy. No injuries were sustained, and no medical attention was provided. A Police report was filed with the Florida Highway Patrol and the report number was not provided to the contact. The vehicle was not towed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the ABS module failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the contact was informed that no after-market parts were available. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact referenced an unknown recall related to the brake booster failure however the part was not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 188,635.

NHTSA ODI 11628864

About a year ago my vehicles auto traction , brake light and abs light illuminated. The warning that my vehicle gives when I turn it on and start is braking system needs serviced and electrical breaking system needs serviced. The code that shows in diagnosis is abs brake module needs replaced. My brakes have not been right. The part has been back ordered for over a year. There are no parts and my dealer and Ram answer is it’s under engineering review till January 15. The dealership answer is get one from the junk yard which they’re aren’t any. I wouldn’t feel confident driving my grand babies with used brake parts. I was in an accident today because of brake failure and thankfully I didn’t hurt anyone in the car in front of me.

NHTSA ODI 11627997

UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION FOLLOWED BY INABILITY TO STOP OR STEER OR LIMIT ACCELERATION. SECOND ACCIDENT, SAME VEHICLE, IDENTICAL PROBLEM.

NHTSA ODI 11231983

ON MAY 29,2018. I REARENDED A SEMI TRUCK. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN TOWED TO COLLISION CENTER I ADDRESSED MY CONCERNS TO THEM THAT I FELT MY VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE TRUCK MAINTAINING SPEED WHILE I WAS APPLYING BRAKES. THEY PLUGGED IT INTO SCAN TOOL AND FOUR DEFAULT CODES CAME UP. (ABS,AIRBAG,POWER STEERING,DOOR MODULE)I THEN PROCEEDED TO OPEN A CLAIM WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INVESTIGATED WAS WHY DEFAULT CODES CAME UP & TRUCK WAS NOT STOPPING TO AVOID COLLISION. DAIMLER CHRYSLER ASSURED ME THERE THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATOR WOULD INVESTIGATE ALL THE ISSUES (ALL DEFAULT CODES). THEY WHERE SENT OUT, PLUGGED TRUCK INTO SCAN TOOL AND TOOK PICTURES. THIRD PARTY SENT MY HUSBAND & I A COPY OF WHAT THE CRASH TEST DATA WAS.BEEN CALLING THEM FOR ANSWERS SINCE MY TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING FOR MONTH & A HALF UNTOUCHED. TO FIND OUT THAT THEY ONLY INVESTIGATED AIR BAG ISSUE & NOT OTHER VERY SERIOUS MECHANICAL SAFETY ISSUES. CLEARLY DOCUMENTED IN CRASH TEST DATA, FROM MY VEHICLE, STATES POSITIVE TORQUE TO MOTOR WITH PEDAL PRESSURE OF ACCELERATOR READING AT 0% & WHILE BRAKES WHERE BEING APPLIED. I HAVE DOCUMENTS TO PROVE MY STATEMENTS. ALSO AT TIME OF ACCIDENT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL OF CRUISE CONTROL. ON JUNE 14TH ,2018 MY HUSBAND CHECKED OUR VIN AGAIN & IT IS NOW INCLUDED IN CURRENT RECALL. AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. BUT THE RECALL IS DUE TO THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE OR ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NOT REMOVING POSITIVE TORQUE REQUESTS FROM THE CAN-B. IF CAN-B STOPS COMMUNICATING WITH THE ECM OR PCM. ALSO ALL OTHER DEFAULT CODES SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED LIKE THE POWER STEERING THAT PULLED TO ONE SIDE WHILE I WAS BRAKING. THEIR ARE TO MANY ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT & ARE HIDING. *BF *TR

NHTSA ODI 11111242

TRUCK HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION TWICE AND IT COULDN'T BE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKES EITHER TIME. ONCE IT TOTALLY LOST POWER AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION IS VERY DANGEROUS ' MAKES THE TRUCK MOVE AT A HIGH SPEED SUDDENLY AND UNABLE TO BE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKES. WE DROVE THROUGH TWO FENCES. WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE FENCES AND THE TRACKS THE TRUCK MADE IN THE SNOW. *TT *AS *DT *JB

NHTSA ODI 11064807

PLEASE SEE COMPLAINT I SENT TO CHRYSLER WITH DOCUMENTS. YOUR LIST BEFORE ONLY LET ME SELECT 4 TOPICS THAT I WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10946162

I AM FROM PITTSBURGH, PA . LAST TUESDAY MORNING, I SHOVELED MY DRIVEWAY AND THEN GOT INTO MY TRUCK AND WENT TO A NEARBY SHEETZ AND GOT SOME GAS. I RETURNED TO MY HOME AND BACKED MY TRUCK DOWN MY DRIVEWAY AND PARKED AND PUT MY TRUCK INTO PARK AND APPLIED THE E-BRAKE AND SHUT OFF THE TRUCK. I THEN WENT INSIDE MY HOME AND WALKED INTO MY KITCHEN. ABOUT 3-4MIN LATER I WAS RANDOMLY LOOKING OUT OF MY BACK WINDOW AND I SEE MY TRUCK IN MY NEIGHBORS BACK YARD AGAINST THEIR FENCE. IT APPEARS MY TRUCK ROLLED AWAY DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT OF BEEN BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BUT I HEARD ON THE NEWS ABOUT A POTENTIAL FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF THESE TYPES OF ACCIDENTS FORM RAM TRUCKS FROM 2014-2016. I WAS LITERALLY SHOCKED BY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK AS I AM ALMOST CERTAIN I BOTH HAD THE SHIFTIER IN PARK AND APPLIED THE E-BRAKE. I CURRENTLY HAD TO SUBMIT A CLAIM TO ERIE INSURANCE AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY TRUCK FIXED AFTER $3500 DOLLARS IN DAMAGES. IF YOU NEED ANYMORE DETAILS MY NUMBER IS [XXX]. THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ODI 10936488

TWO ACCIDENTS AND WAS DENIED RECALL - EVEN THOUGH MY 2015 DODGE RAM 1500 STEERING COMPONENT HAS BEEN DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT #1 FEBRUARY 16, 2016 BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION WELL. CAR DID NOT BRAKE WELL IN THE RAIN, WAS COMING TO A RED LIGHT WITH A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, HAD TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES AND THEY WERE NOT BRAKING. DODGE RAM 1500 SKID AND HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR IN FRONT. ACCIDENT #2 MARCH 12, 2016 LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND IT WAS RAINING. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I STARTED A SLOW LEFT TURN WHEN: (1) THE DODGE RAM LOST TRACTION, (2) DODGE RAM OVER STEERED TO THE LEFT FROM THE STEERING INPUT SUDDENLY LOSING POWER, AND (3) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND (4) MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. I TRIED TO COUNTER STEER TO MOVE THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE TO THE STREET BUT THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK THEN SKID, WENT OVER THE CURB AND HIT A LIGHT POST THAT FELL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DODGE RAM AND DAMAGED THE CAR HEAVILY. IF IT HAD FALLEN ON THE ROOF MY PASSENGERS AND I WOULD BE DEAD. POLICE REPORT AND FOUR WITNESSES. ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THE SECOND ACCIDENT, A RECALL FOR DODGE RAM 1500 MODEL YEARS 2015-2016 CAME OUT FOR STEERING. THE RECALL IS FOR THE IDENTICAL MALFUNCTIONING STEERING COMPONENT THAT CAUSED MY SECOND ACCIDENT. CALLED MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN # IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, WHICH MEANS FOR THEM THAT MY CAR WAS MADE AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY FROM THE RECALLS AND IS NOT OF CONCERN FOR THEM. DESPITE THAT MY 2015 DODGE RAM 1500 IS THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF THE RECALL AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT I TOLD THEM I HAD JUST HAD THAT EXACT STEERING MALFUNCTION, I WAS DENIED THE RECALL.

NHTSA ODI 10863769

I WAS TRAVELING ON I-35 FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO IN MY BRAND NEW 2015 DODGE 1500 WHEN MY 'SERVICE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM' LIGHT CAME ON, THE TRUCK STARTED SHACKING SO HARD I COULD BARELY HOLD IT ON THE ROAD, WHEN I GOT PULLED OVER THE DRIVER SIDE BACK TIRE WAS ON FIRE, RIGHT UNDER THE GAS TANK. THE LEFT REAR CALIPER HAD A MASSIVE FAILURE THAT CLAMPED DOWN ON THE PAD.

NHTSA ODI 10786383