2015 RAM Promaster City Owner Complaints

The contact owns a 2015 Ram Promaster City. The contact stated while operating the vehicle, the message "Service Hill Holder" remained illuminated, and the vehicle experienced harsh driving and would not properly shift into gear. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who reprogrammed the PCM under NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN); but the failure persisted. The contact stated that eventually,y the vehicle failed to start. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 100,000.

NHTSA ID

11633667

Incident

Mar 2, 2024

Mileage

100,000 mi

Engine loss power, vehicle will completely shut down as if it did not have a battery, this has happed with in the last 6 months, vehicle will restart after a few minutes, engine light will come on, engine service transmission service and hill holder service warning on dash which has been service by dealer. This is a on and off issue which is a dangerous safety hazard for driver and other vehicles.

NHTSA ID

11462856

Incident

Apr 29, 2022

Tcm module lost communication from the battery . Causing the car to shift to neutral at stop. Yes it was fixed in 2016 but not fixed correctly . The wires are still corroded . There was a transmission info light came on and went to limp mode

NHTSA ID

11436257

Incident

Oct 8, 2021

The contact owns a 2015 Ram Promaster City. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the contact noticed that the fuel gauge on the instrument cluster was fluctuating. The contact also noticed that the vehicle had lost motive power and felt like the transmission was neutral. The contact attempted to depress the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact pulled over to the side of the roadway and waited for several minutes before restarting the vehicle. The vehicle restarted and the contact attempted to drive back to the residence however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was diagnosed by the local dealer and failure codes for the transmission module were retrieved. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.

NHTSA ID

11431513

Incident

Aug 12, 2021

Mileage

35,000 mi

The contact owns a 2015 Ram Pro Master City. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently shifted into neutral. The accelerator pedal became inoperable. The contact coasted the vehicle off the roadway. The vehicle was restarted and worked as designed. The check engine and transmission warning lights were illuminated. The local dealer was contacted and informed the contact that the transmission needed to be flushed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact stated that the failure was like NHTSA campaign number: 16V529000 (Power Train) however, the Vin was not included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

NHTSA ID

11426700

Incident

Jul 27, 2020

Mileage

125,000 mi

CREAKY SUSPENSION. DEALER DIAGNOSIS: CAUSED BY FAULTY SWAY BAR END LINKS.

NHTSA ID

11349900

Incident

Jan 26, 2019

Mileage

18,000 mi

I PURCHASED VEHICLE USED ON 2/14/2018. CARFAX STATED NO OUTSTANDING RECALLS. AFTER ABOUT ONE YEAR, VERY OCCASIONALLY, WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THE GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE UNTIL THE PROCESS WAS REPEATED. JUST RECENTLY, WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING, BOTH "SERVICE ENGINE" AND "TRANSMISSION" WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A NEAR TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND AN OCCASIONAL STALL. THIS OBVIOUSLY CREATED A DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND THE OTHER DRIVERS IN MY AREA. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL RAM DEALERSHIP (PEACOCK - BLUFFTON, SC) AND (AFTER 5 DAYS) WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW "TRANSAXLE RANGE SENSOR WIRING HARNESS" ($700. +/-) AND A POWERTRAIN SOFTWARE UPDATE (WARRANTY). SOME RESEARCH REVEALED A RECALL BY FIAT-CHRYSLER (8/2016) FOR THE WIRING HARNESS - S55 / NHTSA 16V-529. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, FIAT-CHRYSLER WILL ONLY HONOR THIS RECALL FOR A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE. FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALED THAT NHTSA REQUIRES RECALLS BE HONORED FOR A "REASONABLE" AMOUNT OF TIME, SUGGESTING THAT 10 YEARS IS "REASONABLE". THIS IS DAY #8 AS THE VEHICLE REMAINS IN A BAY AT THE DEALERSHIP. I AM LOOKING FROM SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROCEED.

NHTSA ID

11321463

Incident

Apr 11, 2020

Mileage

81,000 mi

VEHICLE WAS JUS IDLING IN PARK I SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING FEW DAYS LATER VEHICLE RAN HOT AND FAN NO LONGER WORKS

NHTSA ID

11300206

Incident

Jan 13, 2020

Mileage

39,000 mi

A COVER ON THE TRANSAXLE, AT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE, WAS DISCOVERED, BY A DEALERSHIP WHILE PERFORMING A RECALL REPAIR OF THE COOLING FAN, TO HAVE A HOLE IN IT AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE DEALERSHIP'S SHOP. NOW BEING REPAIRED BY A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP.

NHTSA ID

11268918

Incident

Oct 10, 2019

Mileage

50,100 mi

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 30MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN 1 WEEK AFTER DEALER FIXED THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND SENSOR. THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE SINCE JUNE OF THIS YEAR. CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES AND STILL HAVING ISSUES. WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON THE CAR LOSES POWER. WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED THERE IS NO RESPONSE. THE RPM MATCHES THE SPEED

NHTSA ID

11252348

Incident

Aug 25, 2019

Mileage

39,900 mi

SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER NOT VISIBLE WHEN DRIVING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. HAVE ADJUSTED TO MAXIMUM BRIGHTNESS AND STILL CANNOT VISUALIZE WHILE DRIVING. MULTIPLE OTHER COMPLAINS OF SAME PROBLEM ON DODGE FORUM. COMPANY MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT DEALERSHIP UNSYMPATHETIC. POOR ENGINEERING, IN MY OPINION AND VERY DANGEROUS

NHTSA ID

11234565

Incident

Dec 20, 2015

CAR WAS HESITATING WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. ONCE IN A WHILE THE CAR WOULD JERK BACK OR FORWARD. WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER. THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 5 MPH. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER WHERE HE CHECKED THE LIGHT CODE AND CAME BACK AS TRANSMISSION SENSOR ISSUE. DEALER RESET THE CODE AND I WAS OK FOR A WEEK. CODE CAME BACK ON WHILE DRIVING. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD UPDATE THE SOFTWARE. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK THE CODE CAME BACK AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY GAVE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER TO LOOK AT AND THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS A BAD VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE CAR FOR A MONTH NOW AS THEY WAIT FOR THE BACK ORDERED PART. ALL TIMES THE LIGHT CAME ON I WAS ON A STREET OR ROUTE DOING UNDER 50 WHILE DRIVING FORWARD

NHTSA ID

11233237

Incident

Jun 14, 2019

Mileage

37,800 mi

VAN STOP RUNNING WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. PULL OVER AND CHECK BATTERY CONNECTION, WIGGLE WIRE, RETURN TO VAN AND IT RESTARTS. THIS HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. I AFRAID TO GET ON THE EXPRESS WAY.

NHTSA ID

11182408

Incident

Feb 25, 2019

Mileage

40,000 mi

ON 4 JANUARY 2016 I BOUGHT FROM THE DEALER TOWBIN DODGE HENDERSON NEVADA CAR BRAND PROMASTER CITY 2015, FOR THE FIRST YEAR THE CAR WAS EFFICIENT, AFTER ALMOST A YEAR THE CAR STARTED TO HAVE VIBRATION, I REPORTED TO THE DEALER, THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, THE SECOND TIME THE BATTERIES, IN TOTAL, THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER SEVEN TIMES IN TWO YEARS, I CONTACTED CUSTOMER CARE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THIS MATTER, BUT ALMOST EVERY DAY I WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WILL CALL ME THE NEXT DAY BUT OF COURSE, NO ONE CALLED, NOW I FOUND OUT MY CASE THE SECOND DEPARTMENT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT DID, BUT NO ONE CALLED ME, JUST DOES NOT COUNT WITH THE CLIENT, I FEEL DISCRIMINATED, JANUARY 2, 2019, THE WARRANTY IS GONE, THE CAR IS NOT WORKING, NOW TO REMOVE THE PROBLEM I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN BE THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER, WHO DOES NOT LIKE THIS CAR ANYMORE BECAUSE HE / SHE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE MORE PROBLEMS, NOT TO MENTION SERVI CU DEALER IS A TOTAL MISTAKE, THEY CAN NOT DO BASIC SERVICUM ON WHAT I HAVE DOCUMENTS SO I CAN FIND THE PROBLEM, I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO TURN TO, EVEN LEMON LAW DEALT WITH THIS MATTER AS IF IT WAS NOT IMPORTANT, TO LIE DOWN $ 4000 AND SIGN AN AGREMENT IN WHICH I SAY I WILL NOT HAVE ANY DEVIATIONS TO THE MANUFACTURER, GENERALLY SPEAKING I SOLD A CAR THAT CAN NOT FIX AND WASH THE HANDS

NHTSA ID

11166404

Incident

Nov 1, 2016

VAN LOSES ELECTRICAL POWER WHEN DRIVEN AND STALLS. THIS IS WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GO STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD. THIS IS A OFF AND ON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP WHO COULD FIND ANYTHING NOR CODES. SUGGESTED WE TAKE IT TO A DEALER, THEY TELL US THE SAME THING. NO CODES AND IT DROVE FINE WITH NO ISSUES. WELL, I HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES DRIVING IT AND IT HAS DONE THE SAME THING A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. IT IS A POWER ISSUE AS THE CLOCK/RADIO RESETS EACH TIME IT HAPPENS! DEALERSHIP HAS ONLY DROVE IT FOR 10 MINUTES. IT HAS STALLED AFTER WE'VE USED IT 4-5 HOURS IN THE DAY.

NHTSA ID

11139419

Incident

Sep 14, 2018

Mileage

104,000 mi

ENGINE WONT CRANK OVER WHEN TURNING IGNITION SWITCH. PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 3 WEEKS AND STILL NO PARTS. WAS INFORMED THERE ARE OVER 300 ON BACK ORDER.

NHTSA ID

11102826

Incident

May 25, 2018

Mileage

63,000 mi

EXPERIENCES DANGEROUS STALLING AND LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO ENGINE DURING DRIVING. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY A SYMPTOM OF ONE OF THE MANY RECALLS SUPPOSEDLY PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE ALREADY. I BELIEVE THE RECALL REPAIR PREVIOUSLY WAS NOT COMPLETED PROPERLY BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS 10 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

NHTSA ID

11082390

Incident

Mar 31, 2018

Mileage

22,800 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM PROMASTER CITY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTED FROM DRIVE OR REVERSE TO NEUTRAL, AND LOCKED INTO NEUTRAL SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V202000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN). THE DEALER (COLONIAL DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP, 24 COOLIDGE ST, HUDSON, MA 01749, (978) 568-8000) WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS DROPPED OFF AND THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON JANUARY 4, 2018. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

11056910

Incident

Dec 26, 2017

RADIATOR FAN 68360299AA FAIL AND THE WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 42 K MILES AND I SEE A LOT OF COMPLAINS ON THE INTERNET MY VEHICULAR LE WAS RUNNING WHEN THIS HAPPEN

NHTSA ID

11053974

Incident

Dec 8, 2017

Mileage

42,000 mi

HAD VEHICLE SERVICED FOR A COOLING FAN RELAY AFTER VEHICLE DISPLAYED A P0481 TROUBLE CODE. DEALER SERVICED AND REPLACED FAN RELAY. VEHICLE OVERHEATED APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES LATER DUE TO A DEFECTIVE COOLING FAN. THE FAN MELTED AND SMOKED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE'S TEMPERATURE TO RISE RAPIDLY. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND THAT 3,000 VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY WAITING TO BE SERVICED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART DUE TO IT'S HIGH RATE OF FAILURE. ESTIMATED REPAIR TIME OF 2 MONTHS. STILL WAITING FOR PART TO GET DELIVERED. THE PRESENCE OF SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND UNUSUALLY HIGH DEMAND FOR REPAIR INDICATES TO ME THAT CLEARLY THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

NHTSA ID

11020429

Incident

Aug 8, 2017

Mileage

15,000 mi

WE OWN A 2015 RAM PROMASTERS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TECH EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. ON THE DASH APPEARED A YELLOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A RED SYMBOL ( ! ). A MESSAGE READ "SERVICE REQUIRED - TRANSMISSION SERVICE". AS THE TECH ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, AFRAID THAT THE VAN MIGHT STALL WITH INCOMING TRAFFIC. HE MADE A SAFE EXIT OFF THE FREEWAY. PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF IGNITION AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR IN HOPES THAT THE TROUBLE WOULD CLEAR. THE RED SYMBOL ( ! ) DISAPPEARED AND POWER WAS RESTORED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO COMPANY.

NHTSA ID

10956088

Incident

Feb 8, 2017

Mileage

23,000 mi

WE OWN A 2015 RAM PROMASTER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND PARK THE CAR. TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT IT DIDN'T TURN ON. RETURNED AFTER 4 HOURS AND THE CAR WAS ABLE TO START. ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT TURN ON. ROUGHLY 15,000 MILES ON VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

10956055

Incident

Feb 17, 2017

Mileage

15,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM PROMASTER CITY. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LEAKED POWER STEERING FLUID ONTO THE GROUND. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BATTERY ACID WAS LEAKING ONTO THE TRANSMISSION COVER, WHICH CAUSED ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

NHTSA ID

10949065

Incident

Jan 31, 2017

Mileage

3,000 mi

AFTER FIRST PURCHASING WE NOTICED IT TENDS TO SURGE FORWARD OR STALL OUT FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHEN PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE A SLEDGE HAMMER HIT THE ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN TO AND CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER IN DUNN NC AND TOLD THEM THE ISSUES AND ASKED IF THE SEVERAL RECALL NOTICES I HAVE GOTTEN COVER THE ISSUES WE'VE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. I WAS TOLD WE DON'T HAVE THE PARTS YOU NEED, DON'T WORRY YOU WILL GET A LETTER TO BRING IT IN WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. WE GOT THE FIRST NOTICE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND HAVE 4 NOTICES NOW. ON ONE OCCASION I ALMOST HIT A BUILDING WHEN THE ENGINE LAGGED AND THEN SURGED UNEXPECTEDLY. SEEMS NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS ISSUE OR THEY HAVE JUST BEEN PUTTING THIS OFF TRYING TO WAIT TIL WARRANTY IS OVER.

NHTSA ID

10938654

Incident

Apr 5, 2016

Mileage

800 mi

FOUR TIMES IN ONE DAY THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS AND ALARMS WERE ACTIVATED. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER. IN ONE INSTANCE, THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ENCOUNTERING VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING A HIGHWAY RAMP. THE IMMEDIATE SLOWING ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION AS VEHICLES ACCELERATING OFF THE ENTRY RAMP AND MERGING INTO MY LANE SUDDENLY HAD TO SLOW OR TAKE ACTION TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME. THIS OCCURRED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ADVISED IT WAS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. I HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT IT ADVISED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. IT ADVISED I WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. THE RECALL DID NOT ADVISE I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I DID DELIVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP ADVISING I WOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. I WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE PART HAD BEEN ORDERED. THEY ADVISED THEY THOUGHT THE PART WAS AVAILABLE BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM IT. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE VEHICLE FOR OVER TWO DAYS AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL TWO TIMES. THE OTHER TWO TIMES IT SEEMED TO LOCK INTO HIGH GEAR AND ONCE YOU HAD TO SLOW OR STOP IT COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I MANAGED TO GET OFF HIGHWAY TWICE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE OTHER TWO TIMES I HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. IT WOULD WORK PROPERLY FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER RESTARTING BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON.

NHTSA ID

10908741

Incident

Sep 19, 2016

Mileage

17,600 mi