MoreCowbell
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I may have seen this anoying problem posted elsewhere on this forum. I searched and nothing came up. And I hope this is the right subforum to post this.
I bought my 2017 Ram 1500 SLT in February (Title should have been 2017). Since that time, I have noticed that the ignition fails intermittently. When the switch is turned to the Start position, the engine does not turn over. Instead, there’s a flashing/pulsing light show on the dash console, the amber lights over the shift position flash intermittently, and often the wipers activate. This is quite frustrating !! The only thing I have found to do to re-activate the ignition is to remove the keyfob and wait 20-30 minutes.
In Exploring this via Google, I have found links like this one in which a number of Ram owners have experienced the same problem for a number of model years:
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-c21986_ds626300
The culprit appears to be a faulty ignition switch, which probably needs to be replaced. If it is the ignition switch, I’m surprised Chrysler didn’t do a recall !! Chrysler surely has to know about this problem.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
I bought my 2017 Ram 1500 SLT in February (Title should have been 2017). Since that time, I have noticed that the ignition fails intermittently. When the switch is turned to the Start position, the engine does not turn over. Instead, there’s a flashing/pulsing light show on the dash console, the amber lights over the shift position flash intermittently, and often the wipers activate. This is quite frustrating !! The only thing I have found to do to re-activate the ignition is to remove the keyfob and wait 20-30 minutes.
In Exploring this via Google, I have found links like this one in which a number of Ram owners have experienced the same problem for a number of model years:
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-c21986_ds626300
The culprit appears to be a faulty ignition switch, which probably needs to be replaced. If it is the ignition switch, I’m surprised Chrysler didn’t do a recall !! Chrysler surely has to know about this problem.
- Has anyone ever experienced this starting problem with the Ram?
- I believe I read that, once the switch is replaced, it must be “flashed” at a dealership to establish programming, etc. Does that seem right?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
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