2018 RAM Promaster City

THE LOW OIL SENSOR DOES NOT GIVE ANY TYPE OF WARNING, MESSAGE, OR STORE A FAULT CODE IN THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS NORMALLY DRIVEN BY MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER. ON 2 OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES IN THE FIRST CASE, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DODGE/RAM DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED FOR FAULT CODES AND NONE WHERE FOUND, AND THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY AT THIS TIME. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED, HE INFORMED ME THAT MOST LIKELY IT WAS THE LOW OIL SENSOR. HE INFORMED ME THAT ON THIS VEHICLE THE LOW OIL SENSOR DOES NOT DISPLAY A MESSAGE OR SET A CODE, IT SIMPLY SHUTS OFF THE MOTOR. HE SAID THE SENSOR COULD BE ACTIVATED BY A BRAKING ACTION, AND IN THAT CASE IT WOULD SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WITH NO WARNING. HE SAID AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE OIL SETTLED BACK ON THE SENSOR THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART WITH NO ISSUE. IN THE SECOND CASE, THE VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT BRAKED HARD UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE LOST AND ALMOST RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. IN THIS CASE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL ADDITIONAL OIL WAS ADDED. LUCKILY IN BOTH CASES THIS OCCURRED IN LOW SPEED RESIDENTIAL AREA STREETS. BUT, IF THIS OCCURRED IN A HIGHWAY OR HIGHER SPEED SETTING THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. HIGHER SPEEDS, UNEXPECTED BRAKING, VEHICLE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE OIL CONSUMPTION ON THIS VEHICLE IS OUTRAGEOUS. I DID HAVE THE OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL TEST PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS CONDUCTED PROPERLY BY THE DEALER. AND I AM TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT RE-PERFORM THE TEST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 RAM PROMASTER CITY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE L.T. BEGNAL MOTOR COMPANY (129 RT 28, KINGSTON, NY 12401, (845) 331-5080) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS LEAKING FLUID AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V149000 (POWER TRAIN) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. *LN*JB *BF CONSUMER STATED FLUID CONTINUED TO DISAPPEAR FROM THE LEAKS AND BY 58K WHOLE BOTTLE WAS ADDED. DEALER CONFIRMED POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKAGE. WARRANTY RAN OUT ON 35K.*JB