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.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I was exiting the hwy at about 80 km/H when out of no where the truck accelerated and I felt the gas pedal disappear under my foot. I was not using cruise control, the weather was normal and roads were dry. The truck accelerated up to 120km/H all on its on very quickly and my reaction was to brake, with both feet on the brake I was having difficulty trying to slow down, luckily there was no traffic in front of me for a few hundred yards. I then started gearing down to try and slow down which worked but the engine was still going full throttle, the engine light came on and there was a chime and the etc warning light came on to the right of the speedometer (a red lightening bolt) this went on for a few minutes and then out of no where just stopped and the gas pedal let up and the truck drove normally after that. Dodge dealer said the only code that came up was for driving with the brake and gas at the same time and said it was probably my driving that caused it and other than that the truck is fine. I use the same foot for the brake and gas and only did that at the time to slow down.
The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that he parked the vehicle and applied the parking brake however, the vehicle erroneously accelerated and crashed into a large body of water. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries reported. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 14,500.
I was on vacation in smokes going up a hill. I was behind a slow moving car about 25 to 35 mph. When all the sudden my truck starts slugging. It was like it didn't know what gear to get in. It would go high and start jerking then low. Their was a car behind me so finally I just stopped in the road to let the one in front go on. It felt like the transmission was going fall out of the truck. Now it does it just going down the road. I can push the peddle 1/4 way down and it does not respond. It shifts in to a higher gear to soon this transmission in these truck need to be recalled before someone get hurt or killed. You never know what they going to do. Guess its the cause of the vibration at 60 to higher also. I took it to dealer today and they said its all normal. How can it be normal when it was not doing it when I first got it. Guess that is their answer to every problem makes their day easer. We the people of Ram owners need help.can anybody help us we pay to much for those trucks for them to ride like that. And for our peace of mind knowing that we are controlling the truck not the transmission. Don't wait to have it recalled because it might be you that gets hit by a defaulted truck or even worse your kid that is walking into a store. Asking for help before something bad happens. Thank for your help!!
I was on my way home, driving on my street. After I came to a stop on my corner I accelerated to go through the intersection when the truck just took off on it's own. It felt like somebody just slammed on the gas pedal. My first reaction was to slam on the brake pedal. Now I have both feet on the brake pedal and the truck is still wanting to take off. By now I'm in front of my house, both feet on the brake pedal and the trucks rear tires break loose. So now the truck is doing a burnout. My next reaction was to put the truck in neutral. Once I pushed the gear shifter into neutral the transmission jerked so violently it made the truck stall. I called the manufacturer and they sent a tow truck. The dealer has yet to find why this happened.
The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle would loos power without warning. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the vehicle did not exhibit a failure but the abnormal deceleration was a safety feature of the vehicle. The dealer also stated that if the vehicle was being driven and the contact either applied the brakes, lightly touched or came anywhere near the brakes then the vehicle will automatically decrease in speed. This safety feature was not relayed to the contact prior to purchasing the vehicle and there were no instructions for the proper use of the safety feature. The failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was 75. The VIN was not available.
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- New Westminster, WA, USA