2017 Ram 1500 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

VEHICLE LOW FUEL LIGHT COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. TANK IS 32 GALLONS AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ACTIVATES AS IF IT HAD A STANDARD 26 GALLON TANK. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN EARLY 2017 I HAVE REPORTED IT TO FCA SEVERAL TIMES AND BEEN TOLD A SOFTWARE UPDATE WOULD FIX IT. EACH TIME THEY SAY THE UPDATE WILL BE COMING IN A FEW MONTHS BUT IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY NOW.

WHEN DRIVING MY DOGE RAM 1500 TAIL GATE COMES DOWN BY IT SELF HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERS TWIC HAPPEITE AND THEY SAY THEY CANT FIND ANY THING WRONG WITH IT

WHEN PARKING AT A HILL YOU DRIVE AWAY AND THE TAILGATE OPENS UP. THEN AS I'M GETTING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHICH IS NOT ON A HILL IT DID THE SAME THING. IT OPENS AND CAUSES IT TO SLAM DOWN.

ON RANDOM OCCASIONS THE TAIL GATE WILL FALL OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER RAMM OWNERS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO EFFECT THE 2017 AND 2018 RAM TRUCKS. I HAVE INSPECTED AND INVESTIGATED THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM...I DO NOT SEE AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM, THERE ARE SEVERAL ONLINE BLOGS AND DISCUSSION THREADS OF THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD WORK TO RESOLVE AND OFFER A SOLUTION TO ALL OWNERS. I AM RELUCTANT TO HAUL ITEM IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK DUE TO THIS DEFECT AS THE RISK OF SOMETHING FALLING OUT AND POTENTIALLY INJURING ANOTHER MOTORIST. I DID PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE USED WITH SEVERAL MILES ALREADY ON THE VEHICLE , I SUPPOSE THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE PROBLEM BUT WAS UNCERTIAN OF HOW TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THERE IS ONE RECALL FOUND ON THE RECORDS AND IT STATES THAT REPAIR IS REQUIRED BY A DEALER. WILL THIS BE TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO ME LOOKING AT THE CAR?

2017 RAM 1500 TAILGATE RANDOMLY DROPS. APPARENTLY IT IS THE LOCKING MECHANISM THAT FAILS, WHEN YOU LOCK OR UNLOCK THE VEHICLE IT WILL RANDOMLY CAUSE THE MANUAL TAILGATE LATCH TO OPEN. THE TAIL GATE FALLS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR AFTER YOU HAVE PARKED, IT CAN FALL ANYTIME CAUSING BED CONTENTS TO FALL OUT OR POSSIBLY STRIKING SOMEONE WALKING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS A RARE OCCURRENCE AND OF COURSE DOESN'T STOCK THE PART. 2017 IS NOT THE ONLY YEAR VEHICLE THIS AFFECTS ACCORDING TO RAM FORUMS.

I DO NOT FEEL AS THOUGH THE GEAR KNOB IS SAFE. I THOUGHT I HAD TURNED THE KNOB TO PARK & OPENED MY DOOR TO GET OUT & THE TRUCK WAS IN REVERSE. GEAR SHIFT STICKS ARE MUCH MORE ACCURATE. I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING RID OF THE KNOB, OR, HAVING SOME SORT OF SAFETY MECHANISM THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO MOVE IF THE DOOR OPENS, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. HAD I NOT REALIZED THAT I WAS NOT IN PARK SOON ENOUGH, I COULD HAVE RAN MYSELF OVER OR HIT SOMETHING.

I WAS LEAVING TO GO TO HARDWARE STORE..I WAS BACKING MY TRUCKS OUT AND NOTICED MY SHED WAS OPENED I STOPPED PUT IT IN PARK GOT OUT TO CLOSE IT AND WHEN I GOT OUT THE TRUCK ROLLED INTO MY HOUSE..I COULDNT GET IN IN TIME TO STOP IT....IT WAS ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE HOUSE