This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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Truck died in middle of road, truck would not start.son towed truck out of road to parking lot. Truck, started again ran 3 days. Pulled out of parking lot, the truck accelerated out of controlled hit brakes a few times and truck died again in middle of road. Started again, truck moved 10 feet and died. Tipm (totally integrated power module ) has failed. Unexpected acceleration scared me considerably. Less experienced driver or my wife would have got scared and crashed.
ECM/ECU cummings diesel engine mount problems. Tps error throttle erratic speeds up /down. No response throttle - merging in traffic freeway big problem. Speeds up - almost drive through. Shifting transmission force down/up. In house known engineer ing compatibility cummings /Dodge controller.not public info. See youtube ECM/ECU problems. Changed out 3 tps S & 1 ECM U not compt. Accident looking for a place to happen. Death.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge 3500. The contact stated he started the vehicle and placed the gears in drive, depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle abnormally accelerated without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs. The contact stated he had experienced the failure previously and had an exhaust flush performed on the vehicle to correct the failure but to no avail. The dealer advised the contact not to allow the vehicle to idle to prevent the failure. On a separate occasion, the vehicle abnormally accelerated causing the contact to crash into a barbed wire fence and into a ditch. The vehicle was left in possession of the dealer for repairs. The contact confirmed the failure would occur intermittently. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000 and the approximate current mileage was 86,000.the VIN was not available
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact stated that the cruise control would not turn off while she was driving 65 mph. She lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that the front frame was bent and that the air bags should have deployed. The VIN, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 7,000.
- Bethany, LA, USA
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- Crosby, TX, USA