Sorry to hear that. Hope they are minor and fixable.I did a road trip today after Sofa King update, waiting to hear from them. Hold your horses on buying this tune, I had several issues today, I'll let you know.
I just filled out the form on the NHTSA site and indicated engine response is dangerously poor. I had another white-knuckle moment trying to make a left-hand turn this week; prior to the AEM flash it would have been no problem. Now the truck just creeps onto the road and moves like a sloth across the lanes before it finally decides to accelerate.Everyone should file a complaint with Chrysler and the NHTSA at safercar.gov. This is more than a performance issue.....IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. The more that express their dissatisfaction with the recall , the quicker the NHTSA will look into it. If you take the time to vent on this forum, take a little more time and vent to the NHTSA.
Like several have stated, we now have a sluggish truck to appease the EPA.
I filled the NHTSA complaint form as well. Not sure how many complaints it takes to get them to act, but...I just filled out the form on the NHTSA site and indicated engine response is dangerously poor. I had another white-knuckle moment trying to make a left-hand turn this week; prior to the AEM flash it would have been no problem. Now the truck just creeps onto the road and moves like a sloth across the lanes before it finally decides to accelerate.
Why don't you just get it deleted?Just had my emissions recall done a few days ago as well on my RAM Limited. Got suckered like others into thinking it was the right thing to do. Also, everything I read said "Performance, Drivability etc would not be impacted"...What a crock! I am having the same side effect as others - zero acceleration from a stop for 2-3 seconds. What I have noticed is that it seems very much related to engine temperature. When the engine is below 150 degrees the acceleration is terrible and downright dangerous (old ladies with a cane could walk faster). Over ~ 150 degrees and the performance improves. It seems they have added significant governing on the acceleration when the engine is below a certain temp. As others noted the dealer just washed their hands of it, claimed they couldn't do anything and gave me a recall complaint number to call...big frigging deal...they didn't have a clue either
Does anyone know what legitimate recourse we have? They have turned my truck into a $60K piece of crap!
I don't know about the other states but in Calif. I have to have my truck smog checked every other year. So I cannot change or remove anything smog related on the motor and my Sofa King Tune I'll have to remove put the FCA crappy update in for smog check. Then remove the FCA sh** and reinstall the Sofa King Tune kind of a pain in the butt, but worth the effort, the difference is night and day. So deleted is not an option for me.
If I were you I would complete the emission update, collect the refund and go get it tuned. But it would leave you out of any further actions taken against FCA in this matter after signing the release from. I think there's more to come, these are just my though's.Looking for advice. . .bought a '16 ram ED two weeks ago from a Ram dealer. Was being certified, and when I went to pick it up, they had started but not completed (i.e. emmisions testing) the AEM update. All checks still say no AEM update completed, but they went far enough to take out the previous owners GD ECM etc. and so I have the crappy performance, still eligible for the rebate I think though. I need to have it emissions tested by the state in the next two weeks(which I hope doesn't "complete" the former AEM update) and am hoping my ED settlement claim clears before that date, but further out than that, what can I do as far as at least getting the rebate, and then pay for a tune? And, no, I'm not trying to double dip out of the cookie jar. . .but since May 3rd, here at least, the prices of ED Ram's has increased at least by the $3k ED settlement "perceived" check coming. . .has in fact changed the pricing index to the point that even already AEM'd vehicles are riding that same $3k price increase. . .and even non franchised dealers are showing up not at auction but at the showroom floors to buy from unsuspecting dealers, claim the $3k, and then ride the $3k recent markup. . .