2012 ram catching on fire?

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2012RAMMAN

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Has anyone heard of someones 2012 ram catching on fire my buddies dam truck suddenly caught on fire while driving smoke was coming out of the dash board and they all jump out and that was it bye bye ram :(
 

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There was a member on here not to long ago that had that happen to him. Ive also heard a few other cases..cant remember what the problem was?? Somebody will chime in and let us know the cause lol
 

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Ive seen at least 2 other members on here that had theres catch fire... dont remember if they ever said the cause though
 

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I'm not sure they could determine the cause of that one that burned on the beach - it was burned to the wheels... I do remember the truck was sitting parked when it lit on fire, tho (wasn't being driven).
 

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Yours did too? Were you driving it? Yours wasn't the one on the beach - I think that guy went out and bought a Ford or GM.
 

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Wow that sucks for your buddy.
 

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That sucks man. Sure hope this isn't a trend.


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Yours did too? Were you driving it? Yours wasn't the one on the beach - I think that guy went out and bought a Ford or GM.

lol no what I posted is a link to the one that burned down on the beach.
 

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Scary stuff!! Glad you got out before it got bad. Good luck with the insurance co :(
 

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Fire

My 2012 2500 burnt to the ground 3 days ago. It started on the turbo side. And when I jumped out it was leaking something flammable because it too was on fire. My guess is a turbo seal went out and leaked on hot exhaust or a fuel line came loose or broke and leaked on exhaust to initially light it. But nothing for sure has been determined.
 

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Has to be an isolated incident...I mean there are roughly 200k trucks being sold each year.

Big question is what caused it.

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id cry if i had to watch my truck burn...with all the money i have in mods i would probably just throw my wallet in the flames with it
 

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2012 catching on fire

Today is Fathers Day 2016. My mother just called my in tears. She and dad drive a very nice 2012 Ram truck they purchased new. Dad is 8 years old and the truck literally has only 20,000 miles on it. They were driving down the road and realized their truck was on fire! They were able to get out and it completely burned up.
 

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"Dad is 8 years old"


Your father is little young to be driving.
 

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Today is Fathers Day 2016. My mother just called my in tears. She and dad drive a very nice 2012 Ram truck they purchased new. Dad is 8 years old and the truck literally has only 20,000 miles on it. They were driving down the road and realized their truck was on fire! They were able to get out and it completely burned up.

Huh ????
 

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A few ram's have burned. A buddy of mine sons 2014 F150 burned, while in the garage...

I think most are a fluke of some sort, but I've given up parking cars in garages lol

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In the past, almost every car/truck fire I've heard of suspiciously occurred in the vicinity of aftermarket radio install. Nowadays, most aftermarket radios have ready made harness conversions available, so it's probably not the reason, anymore.
 

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as long as no one is hurt or worse yet killed a fire would really not bother me in the least. Insurance would purchase a brand new rig.
 
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