HollyF
Junior Member
This is a long post...please bear with me. Last June (2023) we purchased a 2022 Dodge Ram 2500 Longhorn Limited Edition, with 30,000 miles on it. Within about 3 months, it started doing weird things. The center console screen would go black, and wouldn't come back on. Sometimes the sensors still worked, and sometimes they wouldn't. The screen would come back up the next time or two the truck was started. We took it to the dealer; at first they were stumped but then one of their mechanics unplugged something, waited a couple of minutes and plugged it back in. Rebooting solved that problem. A few weeks later during a rainstorm, the wipers quit. They came back on after a few minutes, then quit again. The service department determined it was a bad part inside the turning indicator arm (or whatever it's called), which of course our extended service contract didn't cover, so that was replaced at a cost of almost $500. Problem solved for about 3 weeks, then it started happening again, along with other things. I was on a two lane road, nothing in front of me or on either side of me, doing about 45 mph. Nothing coming towards me. Suddenly a very loud, blaring sound inside the cab and a red warning message on the dash, which was gone as soon as it appeared so I have no idea what it said. I think it was an imminent collision message but as I said, there was nobody and nothing on that stretch of road but me. Next thing to happen was the remote start wouldn't work. Then the truck wouldn't start at all. It was towed to the dealer....the service department kept putting the truck on the diagnostic machine but couldn't get it to throw a code. When it finally did, it said the PDC was the problem. They said it hadn't been properly sealed, moisture had gotten inside and everything was corroded. After 11 days in the shop, we got our truck back. My husband said it ran great. Next morning it won't start again. Couldn't even be jumped. We installed a new battery. Still completely dead. It was towed back to the dealer a couple of days ago. We've heard nothing. Does anybody have any insights as to what the problem could be? Has this sort of thing happened to anyone? This is our only vehicle, and we are paying big bucks for it....paying big bucks for the extended service contract too. I am at my wit's end.