8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
73,000 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (3 reports)
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problem #3

Sep 132018

Ram 1500 4.7L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 118,000 miles

Truck was running, I shut it down to load some things in the back. When I tried to restart it, nothing. We shorted it out to start it, and did that for several days. Pulling the fuses was the only way to stop the engine and turn off the headlights. You can pull the key and it keeps running with the lights on. The only way to start is to short and only way to stop to pull fuses.

- Alymira F., Kingsport, US

problem #2

Nov 162013

Ram 1500 3.7L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 67,000 miles

So I've been having this problem for a while of when I hit a bump or go over train tracks my truck would shut off, but then It'd just kick back on, sometimes it would shut off. We thought it was the throttle position sensor but we changed that and it was still doing it. I let it be and it stopped for maybe 3 months. Than it started doing it again, just not as much. Then one day my truck just shut down all together, wouldn't turn on, it'd crank but it wouldn't turn over, my dad ran some codes and went to multiple auto stores and a dealership and they had no idea what he was talking about. Till someone told him it needed a whole new "computer", and it'd start right up. Well, we got a used computer and it didn't start but my check engine light did come on, finally. (It never came one before) so we were toying with it, and he took a spark plug off, and he told me to try to start it, I turned the key, and it was doing the same thing, but it tried to turn over. Put the spark plug back on and all it did was crank again. We are starting to think it has to do with the wiring but what could it be? No one knows what it could be. Not even a damn dodge dealership.

- Jordyn K., Grain Valley, MO, US

problem #1

Apr 202008

Ram 1500 SLT V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 34,000 miles

Every so often (1 - 3 times a week) I will turn the ignition key and nothing will happen. Dead silence. No click of the starter or anything. The dealership couldn't fix the problem and I have no idea what to do to fix it. Very frustrating. I've tried everything. All the necessary components have been replaced and it still does not start periodically. I have to turn the key many times ( 20 - 300 times. That's right, 300 times) and eventually it will start right up. There has to be some explanation to this problem. Please let me know.

- app, Land O Lakes, FL, US