Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2012 Dodge Ram 2500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
FRAME BROKE IN 3 SPOTS, ALONG WITH A FRAME AND WHEEL BEARINGS, GEAR CONTROL BOX, ALIGNMENT, THE TRUCK BODY MOVES WHEN TURNING NOT THE WHEELS. THE TIRE STABILIZER HASN'T TURNED OFF IN OVER A YEAR AFTER POURING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS.. TRUCK IS UNDRINKABLE AND NOT EVEN 10 YEARS OLD. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE LIFTERS DETACHED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE MISFIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR, THE SPARK PLUGS, AND COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.
HOOD CLOSING SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING WHILE CHECKING ENGINE OIL......UPDATED 04/01/16 *BF
EXHAUST SMALL IN CAB WIN USING THE ENGINE BRAKE.
I LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNING, I WALKED ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY WHILE DOING SOME CLEANING ON MY PROPERTY AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND I SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE GROUND ON FIRE. IT LOOKED LIKE FIRE DRIPPING DOWN FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND IN NO TIME THE TRUCK BURNED TO THE GROUND. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT? SHOULD I GET AN ATTORNEY? *TR
TOWING 5TH WHEEL TRAILER UPHILL IN LOW GEAR, LOST POWER,BIG BANG SMOKE FIRE.!!! *TR
I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY FORWARD IN A PARKING LOT. I TURNED LEFT AND MY LEFT TIE ROD BROKE. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DODGE DEALERSHIP. *TR
I BOUGHT A 2012 RAM 2500 CREW CAB 4X4 MADE IN MEXICO 10TH MONTH OF 2011. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK DEC 28TH 2011 NEW. THE TRUCK WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT AND UNDER A LOAD YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE TRUCK. UNDER A LOAD, IT WANTS TO DART ALL OVER THE ROAD IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING HOOKED TO THE BUMPER. TOOK THE TRUCK TO 3 DODGE DEALERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ABOVE PROBLEM. DODGE SAYS THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK WHATSOEVER. BUT, AFTER HOOKING THE TRAILER TO MY 2009 GMC DIESEL WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL TOWING I KNEW IT WAS THE DODGE TRUCK THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH. DODGE STILL DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS DODGE TRUCK. I TOOK THE DODGE TO A FRAME SHOP. THE FRAME SHOP CALLED ME IN LESS THAN A HOUR REQUESTING THAT I RETURN TO THE SHOP, SO THEY COULD SHOW ME THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRAME. THE FRAME IS OFF FROM PLUS 5 MM TO MINUS 23 MM OFF CENTER. THE REAR END IS SITTING ABOUT AN INCH CLOSER ON ONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER MAKING THE TRUCK WANT TO TURN LEFT ALL THE TIME. THE BED ON THE TRUCK SITS CROOKED TO THE CAB. DODGE STILL DON'T WANT TO FIX THE TRUCK. I HIRED A LAWYER BUT DODGE HAS NOT REPLIED. I THINK IT IS TIME THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN ON THIS MATTER. BECAUSE I HAVE A FACTORY DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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