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Problems with 2017 RAM 3500 SERVICE BRAKES

On average, the 2017 RAM 3500 starts to “feel” problems with the SERVICE BRAKES and its various aspects after 21 810 miles.

Recently reported SERVICE BRAKES problems on 2017 RAM 3500

Current owner of this vehicle, victor ciobanas, rolled back odometer twice in the last year, 50000 miles each time, and several times before. i was working on this truck as a driver. owner said he did it for warranty in dealership. now odometer shows around 80000 miles, while the real mileage is around 300000 miles. he did it at 8270 s 86th ct., justice, il, "andy's auto electronics", 12 june 2019.

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ram 3500. while driving 37 mph, the vehicle would not decelerate when the brake pedal was depressed. as a result, the vehicle drove off the road and crashed into a ditch, then the brakes would not work and engine was at max rpm and could not shut engine off. consumer could not steer back on the road. truck finally stopped after 5 to 6 times after revving. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who repaired the front end damage and transmission. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. a police report was filed and there were no injuries. the dealer was not contacted. the cause of the failure was not determined. the failure mileage was 22,000. *dt*jb *bf*jb

I have a ram 3500 towing a 15 000 lbs camper with the factory integrated brake controller will not stop my camper. less than 30 mph there is very little stopping with the system set on all max settings. i have spoke with ram ,/dealer and was told system is working as designed. there are a lot of people complaining about the same thing all over the web. ram should be made to fix this before somebody gets killed if it has not already happened. there is another complaint on your site saying the same thing

The trailer brake controller have been little to no trailer braking power at low speeds.

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ram 3500. while driving with a trailer connected, the "trailer brake not connected" message illuminated. the vehicle was taken to pine belt chrysler jeep dodge ram (1400 ocean ave, route-88, lakewood, nj 08701), but the failure could not be duplicated. the vehicle was repaired but repairs were unknown. the manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that he could not be reimbursed. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 69,000.

The intergrated towing break controller is faulty and will not stop my camper in an emergency situation..

I have a ram 3500 single rear wheel truck with integrated brake controller. it was hooked up to my 10,000# gvw 5th wheel trailer this past weekend and no matter how i set the controller, for either braking strength or trailer selection type, it provides imperceptible braking to the trailer. it nearly pushed me right through an intersection at 25 mph because there was no braking. this occurred on a 35 mph level grade and i was slowed at the time for an approaching red light. truck is rated to tow much more. i disconnected factory unit and put in an aftermarket and it worked exactly as it should, which should rule out both the trailer and truck wiring as it uses the same with just an plug switched from internal brake controller to aftermarket.. i have seen many postings about this on the internet and it seems fca has a star case on this as well #s1508000014. i feel this can put any driver in a very bad or deadly situation very quickly. i had both a 2010 and a 2012 ram 3500 trucks with the same controller and towing the same trailers and there were no issues at all. i will be taking this to a dealer in about 2 weeks for testing, but all postings i have seen show no resolution from fca on this problem. i think it is imperative that this gets reviewed before someone gets killed by this.

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