My wife has been complaining that the steering gets stiff and unresponsive sometimes.

- Garfield Plantation, ME, USA

For the past year or so, the power steering will cut out requiring significantly increased effort. This seems to be random and comes and goes. Recently it has become more frequent including today when I was turning at an intersection, This appears to be an issue with this generation of Ram trucks so I felt I should report it.

- Webster, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH and driving to the left, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The power steering assist fault message was displayed. The contact manually steered the vehicle using excessive force. The contact drove to a location and was able to pull over and restart the vehicle however, the failure persisted. The following day while pulling out of the driveway, the failure recurred after several minutes. The contact called the Mopar Hotline and was informed that the VIN was not included in the NHTSA Campaign Number: 10148569 (Steering) and 10149005 (Steering). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.

- Vancouver, WA, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ram 1500. The contact stated that after restarting the vehicle, the message -??Power Steering Failure-?? was displayed, and the steering wheel was very difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the steering rack was faulty and needed to be replaced; however, the parts needed to repair the vehicle were on backorder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 74,650.

- Orlando, FL, USA

Without warning power steering goes in and out. Sometimes it works just fine other times it has happened while driving on the highway. Sometimes will start with power steering already not working.

- Victoria , TX, USA

Power Steering Failed all of a sudden while riding around 40mph. put myself and others in danger. Unable to turn without puttting alot of strength into it. No warning lamps or messages about power steering.

- Sunrise, FL, USA

Was driving to gym and power steering rack that everyone else is having issues with went out while driving. I was able to muscle my truck off the highway and into the parking lot of the gym. From there it was towed to a auto repair shop and quoted almost $4,000 to fix. I was able to get the part and fix it for $2,700. The part only was $2,435. We need paid back from Mopar. This is not right so many people are having the same issue. Thank you.

- Walkerton, IN, USA

While driving, the power steering stop functioning. There was no accident however, it functioning properly in traffic.

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

I am currently experiencing intermittent power steering failure, my 2014 Ram 1500 only has about 80k miles on the clock as I barely drive it. About 3 months ago I noticed heavy/slow steering, not totally failure, but more stiff than usual. About a month following that, I noticed intermittent steering loss, luckily I noticed the problem early and was able to respond accordingly. However, due to the steering being intermittent, it is unsafe to continue using the vehicle for the time being as there is no way to know when it will cut in and out meaning the vehicle can act unpredictably. Thankfully I have another vehicle to use, but looking at the repairs, it would probably cost me close to 2000 dollars and I would rather not pay for something that expensive unnecessarily.

- Hampden, ME, USA

Truck with under 60k miles. Experienced intermitent to full power steering loss. Truck would get really hard to steer at all speeds, especially in banking curves. Would also oversteer while making 90? turns, like it had a sticky steering wheel - that did not want to return to position. My mechanic said the electronic power steering was shot and since it was a part of the rack and pinion, the entire rack needed replaced. Turns out the part is recalled on 15'-19' models, but not my '14. Although it seems to be a known issue. Dodge said to me and my mechinic seperately, that due to scarcity the part was not available, and if it was it would be $2,500 for the part alone. Dodge corporate told me that it needed to be looked at by one of their service centers. The local dodge svc center told me, that unless I showed that I did prior work at the dealership, Dodge would do nothing for me, not to waste my time or $$ on a 2nd diag. A third shop was able to find a remanufatured rack and pinion and installed it for $1880.96...and still I worry the issue will arise again. The reman part has a 3yr warranty - a part, I am told should have lasted the life of the vehicle. Although the repair was done the past couple of weeks, I have no idea if the shop disposed of it or not. The part put me at risk as it would all of a sudden stop working, while driving. The problem was reproduced and identified by 2 serperate independent service centers. No lights came on my dash. While it could have, it did not cause accident or injury, but it did put my work truck out of commision for a while.

- Gurnee, IL, USA

While driving the steering completely failed and the vehicle was extremely hard to turn. I managed to slow the vehicle without incident and drove the vehicle very slowly home. I see there is an investigation into this and I'd like to add my testimony.

- Columbia, SC, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality and the steering wheel became firm. The contact was able to drive to the residence and shifted to park(P). The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle, and the check engine and steering warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

- Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA

intermittent power stering loss. steering light on dash would come on and power steering would stop working. Had to manhandle the steering. Thank goodness no accident.7 Dealer replaced gear rack. 8/1/2023 Cost $3600. to have power stering replaced.

- Oglethorpe, GA, USA

Driving down the the highway of Creedmoor Road in Raleigh, NC, I had a sudden loss of power steering and hit a guard rail. Luckily, the only damage was to the front bumper. I took the vehicle into my local garage and they said that the power steering is Electronically controlled by the Rack and Pinion and that it had failed. The parts are nearly $3,000. My truck only has 80k miles on it. Looking throughout various forums, it seems that this is happening to many others as well with various amounts of miles. Until right now, my truck still has no power steering and is undriveable. The part is not available for purchase. This is a very dangerous situation. Had it been my wife driving, she would not have been able to control the steering as the v8 weighing on the front wheels makes it difficult to turn at all.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

Driving through Vermont from New Hampshire, we took a winding road to get off the highway and going through a corner the trucks power steering locked up and i had to slow down and muscle it to the side of the road, scared the hell out of me. We went back to the highway, straight roads to get back home. It is at a dealer waiting for the parts, it has cost me a new battery so far, was checked the day before at Valvoline 13.5 volts. I am not liking the $ $4,000 + figure to fix it.

- Northwood, NH, USA

When I start the engine, the steering wheel icon comes on. It says service power steering. There's no power to turn the steering wheel. After the engine runs and I turn off the engine and start it again, the icon doesn't come on and I now have steering power. This happened 3 times. I currently have the truck in the shop to be serviced. The amount is $4500. I need to know if this is a recall issue. I don't have this amount to spend on this concern. Althea Smith

- Ocala, FL, USA

The power steering went out while I was driving on the highway At posted speed limit. I was unable to freely steer and navigating through traffic became extremely dangerous. I-??ve taken it to two mechanics and they said the rack and pinion needs to be replaced due to the component being part of the steering mechanism. No warning lights came on prior to me driving. The warning light came on while I was driving as soon as the powering steering went out.

- Rosenberg, TX, USA

Power steering failure. Electronic power steering rack failed while driving. Caused vehicle to go off road. Was able to avoid hitting anything but was only lucky.

- Ringgold, GA, USA

Complete loss of steering assist (electric power steering). A large number of vehicles experienced the same issue, but the dealer advised that there was not a factory recall. There were so many failures that aftermarket rebuilds were not available, as only hard parts were replaced during rebuilding. Circuit board failures were not repairable. I paid a RAM dealer over $4200 for repairs, and had to wait 2 months for parts, because so many had previously failed. I would like to see NTSB force a recall, and I would like to recover my repair cost, as the RAM factory is clearly responsible.

- Prattville, AL, USA

My truck has 87,000 miles. 1st my engine went out last month because of a known engine issue that Dodge is not owning up to on Hemi engines. 3 weeks later after replacing the engine my Power steering went out as I was driving causing it to be very hard to drive. These are both known issues with these trucks that recalls should in place for. I have spent close to $14,000 in one month fixing these issues Dodge should be paying for on a truck with only 87,000 miles.

- Woodstock, GA, USA