CortezPW
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I'm posting this as a running log of ongoing concerns, services, in hopes of gaining traction with Ram. I'm tagging Ram Cares because I'm incredibly disappointed with my truck at this time. I'll document dates of service, interactions with dealership plus dates and photos (if possible) of my issues.
@RamCares
Purchased 2022 Ram PowerWagon 11/4/2021
I purchased this truck from:
Boulder Chrysler Dodge Ram Inc
3200 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80301
That's a 8 hour drive from my home. I was told the vehicle had 22 miles on it, upon arrival it has slightly over 600 miles. Upon inquiry, I was told the GM had been driving it to "get it to the price we sold it for." I should've walked away. But alas here I am...
First Week of Ownership: Speakers pop whenever doors open/close or power is turned on/off anywhere in vehicle. Radio presets randomly reset themselves. Also noticed some hesitancy in starting occasionally. I began documenting dates/times/pics after about 2 weeks of ownership.
This leads us to:
11/26: Started and idled at 200-300rpm, CEL on, died after about 15 seconds. Tried to give it some gas to rev it up to typical idle speed and wouldn't do it.
11/29: UConnect Battery Failure Alert? Don't recall the exact wording, but it was something along those lines.
11/30: Satellite Antenna Failure Alert - lasted a few minutes and went away
12/2: Black UConnect screen with only bottom navigation buttons (Attached pic) I drove around like this for about 36 hours total before it came back.
12/10: Ram Dealer (Local) checks all grounds (9 total) and finds no issue, cannot replicate issues
1/3: Satelite Antenna Failure Alert - This actually starts happening everytime the vehicle is started
Week of 1/3: Consistently hesitates to start everyday, takes 2-3x longer to start than typical and starts about about 400rpm idle instead of the typical throaty/rev start
Week of 1/3: At stop, idle speed decreases to 400-500rpm, brake pedal will push to the floor, feels like vacuum pressure loss
Week of 1/3: Speakers loud "pop" sound goes from intermittent (50%) to 100% of the time. Any time power turns on/off the speakers emit a loud crack/pop sound. This mostly is noticeable as you enter/exit vehicle, even when exiting with doors closed as you walk away in the parking lot you'll hear them pop 2-3 seconds after doors closed.
1/7: UConnect Battery Failure - See Dealership Alert (Pic attached)
*Headed over to dealer that day, threw an Over Voltage/UConnect Battery Failure code.
1/8: Complete failure of antenna systems. SiriusXM is frozen, FM/AM no longer work.
1/11: Dealership unable to solve radio issues, stated this was normal and would be potentially months before solved. Other issues went unaddressed.
Ongoing Issues:
Idle drop and and brake pressure drop at idle
Hesitancy to start
Random electrical issues
No working antenna in vehicle
I'm unfortunately unbuilding this truck, have a Carli diff guard in the box I'll be returning, trying to cancel a WKOR sliders order. I do not trust this truck to serve its intended purpose, which was remote camping and exploration. Unfortunately have already purchased a GFC Camper for it. I've been in for service 4 times so far, with a fifth coming shortly due to the failure on 1/7.
@RamCares
Purchased 2022 Ram PowerWagon 11/4/2021
I purchased this truck from:
Boulder Chrysler Dodge Ram Inc
3200 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80301
That's a 8 hour drive from my home. I was told the vehicle had 22 miles on it, upon arrival it has slightly over 600 miles. Upon inquiry, I was told the GM had been driving it to "get it to the price we sold it for." I should've walked away. But alas here I am...
First Week of Ownership: Speakers pop whenever doors open/close or power is turned on/off anywhere in vehicle. Radio presets randomly reset themselves. Also noticed some hesitancy in starting occasionally. I began documenting dates/times/pics after about 2 weeks of ownership.
This leads us to:
11/26: Started and idled at 200-300rpm, CEL on, died after about 15 seconds. Tried to give it some gas to rev it up to typical idle speed and wouldn't do it.
11/29: UConnect Battery Failure Alert? Don't recall the exact wording, but it was something along those lines.
11/30: Satellite Antenna Failure Alert - lasted a few minutes and went away
12/2: Black UConnect screen with only bottom navigation buttons (Attached pic) I drove around like this for about 36 hours total before it came back.
12/10: Ram Dealer (Local) checks all grounds (9 total) and finds no issue, cannot replicate issues
1/3: Satelite Antenna Failure Alert - This actually starts happening everytime the vehicle is started
Week of 1/3: Consistently hesitates to start everyday, takes 2-3x longer to start than typical and starts about about 400rpm idle instead of the typical throaty/rev start
Week of 1/3: At stop, idle speed decreases to 400-500rpm, brake pedal will push to the floor, feels like vacuum pressure loss
Week of 1/3: Speakers loud "pop" sound goes from intermittent (50%) to 100% of the time. Any time power turns on/off the speakers emit a loud crack/pop sound. This mostly is noticeable as you enter/exit vehicle, even when exiting with doors closed as you walk away in the parking lot you'll hear them pop 2-3 seconds after doors closed.
1/7: UConnect Battery Failure - See Dealership Alert (Pic attached)
*Headed over to dealer that day, threw an Over Voltage/UConnect Battery Failure code.
1/8: Complete failure of antenna systems. SiriusXM is frozen, FM/AM no longer work.
1/11: Dealership unable to solve radio issues, stated this was normal and would be potentially months before solved. Other issues went unaddressed.
Ongoing Issues:
Idle drop and and brake pressure drop at idle
Hesitancy to start
Random electrical issues
No working antenna in vehicle
I'm unfortunately unbuilding this truck, have a Carli diff guard in the box I'll be returning, trying to cancel a WKOR sliders order. I do not trust this truck to serve its intended purpose, which was remote camping and exploration. Unfortunately have already purchased a GFC Camper for it. I've been in for service 4 times so far, with a fifth coming shortly due to the failure on 1/7.
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