Welp Latest RAM DEAD - Electrical

[Farmer Fran]

RAM is dead as doornails. Working fine then dead. I figure I have a slow ground drain that will be about impossible to find. But going to have a positive attitude that it is just a bad battery.

EDIT: I have a jump pack that has worked on dead ass vehicles and mine did nothing, nothing. I tried 2x, it woke up then died immediately. Dead, dead, no power at all.

 

[hemihustlin]

did you get out your multimeter?

 

[Docwagon1776]

That sucks and is unfortunately way to common on the 2025s. If it's not the battery, a strong suspect is one of the major harnesses. They are tight as banjo strings and tug at the connectors until something gives per a local service advisor.

 

[Daw14]

That sucks and is unfortunately way to common on the 2025s. If it's not the battery, a strong suspect is one of the major harnesses. They are tight as banjo strings and tug at the connectors until something gives per a local service advisor.

I read this same article,about a year ago .
You would think that general quality checks would happen as the trucks went down the assembly line.
Especially with new electrical systems.

 

[Farmer Fran]

I charged my second charge pack and it started this morning. At the dealer now.

 

[tjfdesmo]

Bummer you are having troubles..

 

[Docwagon1776]

I read this same article,about a year ago .
You would think that general quality checks would happen as the trucks went down the assembly line.
Especially with new electrical systems.

I'm not sure which article you mean, I just talked to the guy in person. Unfortunately, he's no longer with the dealership and went to a Ford dealer so I don't get his input any longer. Well, unfortunate for me but fortunate for him, he likes it there quite a bit better. Warranty authorization doesn't work via emails with Indians there.

QC catches things out of spec, but if the spec changes to allow the problem then it's not on the guys on the factory floor.

 

[Daw14]

I do not remember where , it could have been yesterday, and I probably would not recall.
However it referenced the harnesses being stretched tight , with pins pulling free.

 

[RamDiver]

I do not remember where , it could have been yesterday, and I probably would not recall.
However it referenced the harnesses being stretched tight , with pins pulling free.

Are you sure that wasn't another senior's moment?

They seem to be wildly contagious on this forum.

It is most unfortunate in the world today that manufacturers resort to using the end users as their quality control. Or, in some cases, it just doesn't matter after the sale.

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[Daw14]

Are you sure that wasn't another senior's moment?

They seem to be wildly contagious on this forum.

It is most unfortunate in the world today that manufacturers resort to using the end users as their quality control. Or, in some cases, it just doesn't matter after the sale.

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In my world ,just about anything can happen , or maybe not ?

 

[PolarisCobra]

I wonder if some of the issues that only certain people see are due to cables/harnesses being routed incorrectly on the factory floor. My truck (so far) has been very good, only a couple of times where the rear camera didn't work. A restart solved that.

But if a cable is routed on the wrong side of a bracket (for example), it could wind up being too short, causing all sorts of intermittent failures.

 

[Docwagon1776]

I wonder if some of the issues that only certain people see are due to cables/harnesses being routed incorrectly on the factory floor. My truck (so far) has been very good, only a couple of times where the rear camera didn't work. A restart solved that.

But if a cable is routed on the wrong side of a bracket (for example), it could wind up being too short, causing all sorts of intermittent failures.

Even if possible, there's no way that would result in intermittent issues. The computer would go ape **** right out of the gate.

 

[Farmer Fran]

Both batteries dead. They claimed a system was constantly on and there was a software update that fixes it. They performed that and a few other software updates.

This is a quality dealer, so i have no reason to not beleive them.

Edit: yes they replaced both batteries

 

[DanAR]

If it wasn’t for the new Atlantis High electrical issue plaguing the 2025 models, the hurricane motor trucks would seem to be faring pretty well from a reliability standpoint. I wonder how long before they work all the bugs out of it. Hope the software updates and batteries take care of the issue.

 

[ramffml]

They claimed a system was constantly on and there was a software update that fixes it.

Nice of Ram to let you know about that available update only after it strands you in the middle of winter.

 

[Farmer Fran]

Nice of Ram to let you know about that available update only after it strands you in the middle of winter.

And it was freakin cold this morning

 

[Wild one]

I do not remember where , it could have been yesterday, and I probably would not recall.
However it referenced the harnesses being stretched tight , with pins pulling free.

I remember reading the same thing somewhere awhile ago,but i'm like you,i forget just where i read it.
It might have even been on here

 

[Farmer Fran]

Do not turn this into fear mongering with the "I thought I saw it here and I cannot remember where"...

Obviously, the problems are real but do not exacerbate it, I mean "come on man!" Really!

 

[Docwagon1776]

I remember reading the same thing somewhere awhile ago,but i'm like you,i forget just where i read it.
It might have even been on here

I've mentioned it a time or two.

It's the leading cause of the current Rams being deadlined, either software issues or the physical electrical infrastructure. Intermittent issues are *believed* to be primarily hardware related due to harnesses at their physical maximum creating spotty connections when things shift under load, which also leads them to be harder to replicate.

So far the motors have not been problematic, and the transmission is a proven good unit. They just can't get their **** together on electrical systems. Which, at this point, seems to be Stellantis wide. Jeep 4Xe under unresolved recalls and stop sale order then discontinued, the Dodge Disaster that is the Hornet, and the Daytona/Charger issues are all primarily electrical and/or software related. If they just don't have the talent to design robust systems or they are hamstringing them with budget requirements I have no idea, but it's a shame to see how far they have fallen in reliability scores and customer satisfaction. But, hey, at least they are more expensive!

 

[Wild one]

I've mentioned it a time or two.

It's the leading cause of the current Rams being deadlined, either software issues or the physical electrical infrastructure. Intermittent issues are *believed* to be primarily hardware related due to harnesses at their physical maximum creating spotty connections when things shift under load, which also leads them to be harder to replicate.

So far the motors have not been problematic, and the transmission is a proven good unit. They just can't get their **** together on electrical systems. Which, at this point, seems to be Stellantis wide. Jeep 4Xe under unresolved recalls and stop sale order then discontinued, the Dodge Disaster that is the Hornet, and the Daytona/Charger issues are all primarily electrical and/or software related. If they just don't have the talent to design robust systems or they are hamstringing them with budget requirements I have no idea, but it's a shame to see how far they have fallen in reliability scores and customer satisfaction. But, hey, at least they are more expensive!

Chrysler is famous for being as cheap as possible with electrical wiring to save a penny,so it wouldn't surprise me,if they cut an inch out of the wire harness,when they should of added an inch to it