Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/04/2011 | 34626 | ||
| On 1/18/20010 i experienced uncontrolled acceleration of my 2009 dodge grand caravan. the vehicle was serviced at galeana dodget, ft. myers fl on 1/24. i was told that fuel induction parts needed cleaning and that would resolve the problem. on 1/24 after only 377 miles since service i experienced the problem again. i was in the middle lane of a 3 lane highway driving about 45 mph. when i began moving to the far left lane and bring the vehicle up to the posted speed of 50 mph i noticed the gas pedal depress beyond my intention. i attempted to stop accereration by applying the brakes to no effect. it slowed the rate of acceleration which resumed as soon as i released the brake. as the highway busy i had a hard time controlling the car and pulling back to the right lane so i could safely stop the car on the shoulder when i turned the ignition off. when i restarted the car the engine continued to race at over 4,000 rpms. eventually after several times starting and stopping the ignition the engine returned to appropriate idle speed. as we were in a dangerous place and close to the place we were staying (on vacation) and did not know who to call i drove the car pack and parked it waiting instructions from dodge on how to proceed. at this time i am afraid to drive the car as we had a very harrowing experience. problem previously reported at a gasoline fuel system problem as that is the way the repair shop described it | |||
| 11/20/2009 | 3202 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan sxt. the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated but he was able to keep it under control by depressing the brake pedal. the next day, another driver of the vehicle noticed the vehicle suddenly accelerated so she shifted out of gear and turned the vehicle off. the next time the vehicle was restarted, the rpms shot up to 3000. the vehicle was towed to the dealership and a diagnostics test was performed. the dealer performed software upgrades and returned the vehicle to the contact. in february 2010, the contact noticed the acceleration problem again so she went into an emergency lane. the vehicle was returned to the dealership and the dealer told them that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. the contact called the manufacturer and was awaiting response from a case manager. the vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. the current mileage was approximately 5,400. the failure mileage was 3,202-bk | |||
| 11/24/2009 | 6150 | 1 | |
| While i was getting on the highway gas pedal got stuck and accelerated. it would not des engage even while applying the brake. *tr | |||