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While starting my vehicle in the morning, in neutral idle, a clicking sound was coming from under the engine on the driver side. The clicking sound increased as I accelerated the vehicle. Once I pulled over and investigated and found the noise coming from the manifold bolts that have broken/sheared off. Noticed bolts on passenger and driver side are broken.
As soon as I start the engine, a loud ticking noise is coming from the engine. After inspecting it, I have broken exhaust manifold bolt that causes exhaust to exit at the head. The exhaust escapes before it reaches the catalytic converter and the muffler thus causing the loud noise. This is a very common problem with the Ram hemi engines. It is commonly known as the "hemi tick". although this has been a widely known issue, Ram has not issued a recall.
The contact owns a 2013 Ram 1500. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator was illuminated. The contact had to reach under both the passenger and driver seats and squeeze the connectors together to turn off the warning indicator. When the vehicle was started, there was an abnormal noise detected from the vehicle. When inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed a leak from the rear passenger side of the vehicle and that the exhaust manifold bolt fractured. The vehicle was taken to spartanburg Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (1035 N church St, spartanburg, SC 29303, (888) 404-4925) to be diagnosed, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.
Rear-most passenger side exhaust manifold bolt broke; it sheared off at the heat shield, causing a loud tick-like noise emitting from area. Additionally, exhaust fumes enter into the cabin as a result of this. This is the second time an exhaust manifold bolt has broken (sheared off) on my truck; the first time it was under warranty; now, the repair price quote is approx $800 because of the expected time to remove the broken bolt. This is a common issue among Ram 5.7L V8-powered trucks. It is a safety issue due to exhaust fumes entering the cabin, and a quality defect arising from poor quality components and/or improper torquing of the bolts during assembly. Fca needs to issue a recall for this! the old saying, "if you take care of your vehicle, it will last" is not true for Ram trucks because of poor quality control, subpar part quality and improper assembly.
The contact owns a 2013 Ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle leaked enough oil on the ground to start a fire. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but they could not assist. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 120,000. The VIN was unknown.
- Naperville, IL, USA
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The engine has a ticking noise on the passenger side of the engine. It starts off very loud, then smoothed out while idling. If driving and accelerating the ticking is loud enough to hear it inside the truck. It is getting louder and louder. I have service done regularly but cannot identify the problem. Has this happened with other similar trucks" the truck is in perfect condition minus this tick? any suggestions"
Purchase my Ram 1500 with the 5.7 in late 2014. I have put approx 78K miles on my truck and notices a clicking /knocking noise and loss of oil pressure intermittently. After have my mechanic look it over, the motor is having cam and lifter problems. This seems to be a common issue online. In fact, I now noticed several other Ram trucks driving by me in parking lots, or at stop lights that have a faint version of what I am experiencing. I started noticing this I little upon startup only and then it became so bad out of the blue that my truck started running bad as it got loud enough to hear from in the cab. Now its sees I will be out a bunch of money to replace the engine
While driving down the highway, my motor suddenly began making a loud ticking sound, followed by a change in performance, forcing me to quickly change lanes in heavy traffic and get into the breakdown lane and stop.
Truck start driving back and hiccuping causeing the truck to jerk and almost causeing a crash check engine light and P0305 code cylinder 5 misfire changed spark plugs and coil pack still same problem
Engine check, traction control, anti-skid lights comes on with a message throttle control requires service. The engine losses all power or stalls making vehicle difficult to control, stop and get out of traffic. I have replaced the throttle control while the check engine light was on, it did not correct the problem. After the truck sits for a day or two all problems clear. 4-23-2019 is my third incident in 4 months.
Loss of power and hesitation accompanied by the engine light led me to bringing my truck into the dealer. At first I assumed it was another sensor but after 3 days of investigating the real problem was found to be the lifters and cam shaft. Much like many many of complaints I've seen on this and other forums. And much like them I had to wait for it to be repaired, wasn't under warranty and cost me over $4K with no promise that it won't happen again. Please tell me and so many others with this same exact issue why there hasn't been a [xxx] recall with this!? parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
I took my truck in to get looked at January 2019 they thought it was the manifold or lifters so they replaced the manifold and that was not it found out that it was the lifters they tried ordering lifters for my truck and they were not able to get them because they were on back order so I had to replace the motor with a used motor I talked with somebody a Dodge and they were not even willing to help me out so I had to pay out of pocket for the whole thing not a very happy Dodge customer but obviously with lifters being on a back order tells me that my truck is not the only one I believe there should be a recall or something done about this
Oil light never came on to indicate that my truck was low on oil now my engine is blown and I can't drive my truck anymore and I still owe $20,000 on it. My wife was driving the truck when it happened.
The lifters seats are made of plastic and they're known by Chrysler to fail resulting in internal engine damage. There are over 1000 concerns posted about this issue with the 5.7L hemi and the parts have been on back order for over 1 year period. Dealership to correct the issue are asking customers to pay 7 - 10K dollars for a known design flaw
The contact owns a 2013 Ram 1500. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle lost power. The contact pulled the vehicle over and had it towed to champion of Decatur, Inc. (3831 us-31, Decatur, al 35603, (256) 351-8787) where it was diagnosed that the power control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the electronic stability control was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired again. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 82,000.
I had a check engine fault and was told that the cam and lifters have failed on my Ram 1500 5.7 hemi with 62141 miles on it. I use this vehicle for highway travel at 65 to 75 mph with no severe driving and have the oil/filter changed at the dealership between 3,000 and 4,000 miles. Dealership had trouble finding the problem and it is out of waranty so will be stuck with a $4,000 bill to replace cam/lifters and still have a motor with potential problems as whatever metal was worn off is circultating through the system. Known problem with no resolution from manufacturer.
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- San Antonio, TX, USA