Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/18/2010 | 11000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. the contact stated that while the vehicle was in an idle position, the engine began to rev to its maximum rpms. to avoid a crash, her foot remained on the brake pedal. the vehicle was accelerating as if someone had engaged the accelerator pedal. she was forced to turn the ignition off to stop the rpms from increasing. the vehicle was towed to a dealer and the mechanic was unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle has not been repaired to-date. the manufacturer advised her to pick up the vehicle since they could not find a reason for the sudden failure. the current and failure mileages were approximately 11,000. | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 11287 | 1 | |
| At times, when in drive and when pressure is applied to brake vehicle suddenly accelerates forward for no reason requiring more pressure on brake until acceleration stops, but not before moving forward. this could be 3-5 feet depending how sudden the acceleration occurred. this has happened several times, with the last occurring where i hit the front end of our other suv. this scares us because what if a person is in front of us, etc... we have reported this to our dodge service and they told us that they have no reports of this. they also asked us if we could have had our foot on the accelerator? to me the way the accelerator pedal and brake pedal is it is almost impossible for this to happen in a automatic transmission type vehicle. this has happened at least 3 time prior to this with this vehicle. it also happened in a 2005 durango we had a few times. *tr | |||
| 05/12/2007 | 4000 | 6 | 02/01/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. on approximately six occasions, while driving at any speed, the vehicle surged forward without warning. the contact has to depress the brake pedal and hold it down. the rpm's increased and the vehicle felt as if it were attempting to get away. the vehicle has to be completely shut off in order for it to stop. the esp indicator also illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle has been to a dealer six times for this failure without any resolution. the current mileage was 26,529 and failure mileage was 4,000. updated 11/17/08 *cn updated 11/24/08. *jb | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 07/13/2007 | 500 | 1 | 05/30/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 1500. while driving at various speeds, the contact experiences difficulty opening the rear window. the handle is located behind the driver's side head rest. in addition, the accelerator pedal is too close to the brake pedal, which occasionally causes the contact to accelerate when he is actually trying to brake. on one occasion, he crashed into his home due to the pedals being so close together. no one was injured during the crash and the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. the current mileage was 2,990 and failure mileage was 500. updated 07/29/08 *bf updated 07/29/08 | |||