2016 Ram 3500 Brakes Problems

Your truck's parking brake and shifter system isn't working reliably. You've experienced the truck rolling forward while in Park and the engine starting without pressing the brake pedal, and the shifter sometimes locks up and won't engage gears. Your truck has also developed steering issues and tire wear problems that the dealership says can't be fully fixed. A previous recall update (67A) was supposed to address the parking brake but appears not to have solved the problem.

Your truck's Hydraulic Control Unit (a critical component that manages braking and stability systems) has failed multiple times and keeps being replaced. When this part fails, your anti-lock brakes, traction control, park assist, and cruise control stop working properly, which creates a safety risk. You'll see warning lights and messages for ABS and traction control appear after the failure happens. The dealer has confirmed this problem can happen repeatedly, so fixing it will likely require replacing the Hydraulic Control Unit again or diagnosing why the replacements keep failing.

After your truck was involved in an accident, your brakes stopped working when you pressed the pedal. Your vehicle continued moving forward about 600 feet until the ABS system finally brought it to a stop. A mechanic found that your brake master cylinder had failed and needed to be replaced. The repair involved replacing the brake master cylinder.

A yellow traffic light was lit and I started braking, then I heard a loud bang/snap and the trucks brake pedal went to the floor and would not stop. I then had to use the parking brake to stop the truck.

MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. LUCKILY DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT. COMPLETE BRAKING FAILURE WHILE MOVING ON A FLAT SURFACE NO WARNINGS. BAY DODGE IN PANAMA CITY, FL HAS BEEN PERFORMING OIL CHANGES AND SERVICING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND NOTED NO ISSUES. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AT BOB PFORTE DODGE IN MARIANNA.

I HAD A BRAKE FAULT IN MY 2016 RAM 3500 ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WHILE PULLING INTO A 150FT LONG DRIVEWAY ABOUT 8INCH OF SNOW IN 4 LO I PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY AT ABOUT 10MPH OR SOJUST TO KEEP MOMENTUM INTO THE DRIVEWAY AS THE SNOW PLOW HAD BLOCKED THE DRIVEWAY WITH A LITTLE SNOW. I LET OFF THE GAS PEDDLE AT ABOUT 100FT LEFT OF THE DRIVEWAY ROLLED FOR ABOUT 10-20 FT THEB STARTED TO TRY RO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDDLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO MOVE OR GET ANY BRAKING POWER TAPPED THE BRAKES A COUPLE STILL NOTHING. I THEN STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE (I WEIGHT 240LBS) TO TRY TO GET SOME BRAKING POWER AT ALL AT THIS POINT AND I AM GETTING CLOSE TO THE HOME. AT ABOUT 5FT AND ABOUT 5MPH BE4 THE HOME THE BRAKE PEDDLE FINALLY DEPLETED AND GAVE ME BRAKING POWER BUT BY THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE WENT INTO THE HOME AND WRECKED MY NEW TRUCK. I GREW UP HERE AND DRIVING IN THE SNOW! HAVE NEVER FELT A VEHICLE DO THIS, I AM A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND DRIVE FOR WORK HAVE NO ACCIDENTS ON MY RECORD AND NOW THIS! MY WIFE HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN IT WAS WELL ALMOST REAR ENDED SOMEONE WITH MY TWO KIDS BOTHER IN LAW AND MOTHER IN LAW IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN MY NEW TRUCK AND DODGE WONT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR ACTION.

ON MAY 25 WE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE WHILE BACKING OUR NEW 2016 5TH WHEEL TRAILER INTO OUR DRIVEWAY. THIS INCLUDED BACKING DOWN OUR HILL AND TURNING TO THE RIGHT INTO OUR DRIVEWAY. THE ROAD WE LIVE ON IS A PRIVATE ROAD. AFTER THE INCIDENT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER RETAINING CLIP WAS EITHER NOT INSTALLED OR WAS MISSING CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY TO COME APART FROM THE "BRAKE" BOOSTER ARM WHICH RESULTED IN OUR INABILITY TO OPERATE THE BRAKES OF OUR PICKUP OR 2016 TRAILER. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED OVER $18000 IN DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER AND OUR PROPERTY. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILE WHO INVESTIGATED. THEY REPORTED THAT UPON "REVIEW THE INSPECTION REPORT ..."," WE ARE NOT LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING RESPONSIBILITY. THERFORE WE MUST RESPECTFULLY DECLINE ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THIS INCIDENT." AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR THE PAST 2.5 WEEKS BUT MOST OF ALL ARE SHOCKED AT THEIR RESPONSE. WE HAVE NOTED THAT CHRYSLER HAD RECALLED OVER 24,000 VEHICLES INCLUDING RAM TRUCKS BETWEEN 2010 AND 2013 FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SPUR SOME ACTION ON THIS ISSUE.

OEM TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER BARELY WORKS. TRIED WITH ALL 4 SETTINGS (TRAILER TOWING SHOULD HAVE NEEDED "ELECTRIC HEAVY" SETTING) HAD TO TURN THE GAIN ALL THE WAY UP TO GET THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE, PULLING AN EMPTY TRAILER. SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY LOCK THE TRAILER BRAKES ON SETTING 10 FOR GAIN. TRAILER BRAKES ARE ADJUSTED CORRECTLY AND AFTERMARKET BRAKE CONTROLLER WORKS FINE WITH THAT TRAILER.