I am a single 55 year old female, live in Wisconsin on a dead end road 3.10ths of a mile long. I bought my truck brand new from a locale dealership that has since changed hands. 2 days ago, February 14th, 2019, I noticed the ABS light came on (it was not in 4 wheel drive) along with that little icon on the right of a "fish-tailing truck" and the EPS 4 whl drv serv light in middle of dash was blinking. As I was slowing down for a stop-sign, my brakes would not engage entirely, only in intermittents along with the ABS kinda skidding on DRY pavement! This scared me!
I did make it home, called the dealership immediately to drop off my truck and to please issue me a loaner vehicle as I did not feel safe driving it nor did I want more problems accumulating if I did drive it. Number one...they could not find me in their system, this upset me as I paid cash for this truck in December 2009, bought my next set of tires from them and also had purchased 2 oil change packages from the time I purchased this truck. As I was not found in their system, they asked me for the vin number. This pissed me off! I was told that I could drop off the vehicle, they didn't know when they could get to it and that no they did not have a loaner vehicle available for me...I tried reasoning with them with my safety and the safety of my grandsons (ages almost 4 and a 6 year old) as I occasionally have them with me in their car seats in the back. They still would not issue me a loaner and suggested that I rent a car!!! I told them that if they did not have a loaner vehicle for me, then THEY should rent a vehicle for me! Now I'm really getting pissed!
So this morning I went on-line to see if anyone else had similar problems I was experiencing with and guess what? This a common issue with this make, model and year. I am so ready to chew somebody's head off. I am now going to take it to Advanced Auto Parts as they will diagnosis it for free. I will be back with more info as I continue in this nightmare!
Remote operation with the key fob was at first unreliable and then started quitting altogether. Key fobs were checked by the dealer and proven to be good. First it was the remote start and then it was the remote door unlock quit working. TIPM problem which can cost over $1000.00 to replace.
Backup lights quit working due to TIPM. There are no blown fuses or bad connections just no power going to the lights. Tested for voltage and there is none. The bulbs are good. Another problem appeared at the same time that also links back to the TIPM.
The remote unlock for the doors quit working. All fuses are tested good. The key fobs tested by dealer and pronounced good. Only way to get in is use the key and let the horn go off which it (the horn) does only part of the time indicating a problem there also.
My wife was heading to LA to visit her family when our truck stalled on the I-5 just north of the Base we're stationed at. I had to leave a meeting to go help her and recover the truck. My day was pretty much over after that. I was jus thankful she wasn't hurt because of the poor engineering effort Dodge put into this truck. I looked up the problem and it appears to be an issues with the TIPM. I'm going to attempt to try a few things (which we shouldn't have to do) before I see a dealer. Any help with be appreciated.
- Adalberto C.,
Oceanside, CA, US
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I am a single 55 year old female, live in Wisconsin on a dead end road 3.10ths of a mile long. I bought my truck brand new from a locale dealership that has since changed hands. 2 days ago, February 14th, 2019, I noticed the ABS light came on (it was not in 4 wheel drive) along with that little icon on the right of a "fish-tailing truck" and the EPS 4 whl drv serv light in middle of dash was blinking. As I was slowing down for a stop-sign, my brakes would not engage entirely, only in intermittents along with the ABS kinda skidding on DRY pavement! This scared me!
I did make it home, called the dealership immediately to drop off my truck and to please issue me a loaner vehicle as I did not feel safe driving it nor did I want more problems accumulating if I did drive it. Number one...they could not find me in their system, this upset me as I paid cash for this truck in December 2009, bought my next set of tires from them and also had purchased 2 oil change packages from the time I purchased this truck. As I was not found in their system, they asked me for the vin number. This pissed me off! I was told that I could drop off the vehicle, they didn't know when they could get to it and that no they did not have a loaner vehicle available for me...I tried reasoning with them with my safety and the safety of my grandsons (ages almost 4 and a 6 year old) as I occasionally have them with me in their car seats in the back. They still would not issue me a loaner and suggested that I rent a car!!! I told them that if they did not have a loaner vehicle for me, then THEY should rent a vehicle for me! Now I'm really getting pissed!
So this morning I went on-line to see if anyone else had similar problems I was experiencing with and guess what? This a common issue with this make, model and year. I am so ready to chew somebody's head off. I am now going to take it to Advanced Auto Parts as they will diagnosis it for free. I will be back with more info as I continue in this nightmare!
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