Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle would not accelerate and the steering suddenly malfunctioned. The contact was unable to control the vehicle and crashed into a tree. No injuries were reported and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and repaired. The contact was not aware of the exact repairs made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 94,000.
2006 Dodge RAM 1500 acceleration complaints
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As I was driving down flat pavement, my truck accelerated on it's own. I pulled my foot off the pedal and it continued to accelerate at the same speed for approximately fifteen seconds. I was not using the cruise control and it was not wet weather, so there were dry driving conditions. I drive a peterbilt truck for a living and I transport cars, and trucks of all size and makes, so I know what is not right for a vehicle engine. I would like to see dodge take responsibility for this and be able to have this looked at by a trained dodge mechanic. My wife is frightened to drive this truck now and we have our son who rides in this truck too. Sure would like to see them in a safe vehicle, was hoping dodge was it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while shifting into reverse, the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 15 MPH before the contact was able to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the brakes were depressed while the failure occurred but the vehicle did not come to a stop until the vehicle was shifted into park. The dealer ran a diagnostic but was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer then advised that there was a sticky substance on the throttle body that could have caused the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 35,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 5 MPH in reverse, the vehicle would abnormally accelerate. The vehicle would become unresponsive to braking attempts and the contact would engage the parking brake in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer and they advised him that the throttle body had become jammed and caused the unintended acceleration failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was approximately 54,000. The VIN was unavailable.
2006 dodge ram 1500 big horn edition hemi yesterday I went to pass a truck and floored the pedal, I went to let up and noticed the pedal was stuck. So I slightly hit the brake but that didn't do much at 85 MPH and accelerating. Was late at night and no 1 on the road so I let it accelerate and tried messing with the gas pedal with my foot but nothing would pop it out. So with the speedometer buried past 120 I put it into neutral came to a stop on side of the road. Tried messing with the gas pedal with my hand but nothing would pop it out. So sitting with rpms maxed out in neutral and no way to disengage the acceleration I turned the truck off and immediately the gas pedal popped out. I started the truck back up and drove home 50 miles with no incidents I just didn't floor the gas pedal. But next day wanted to see if I could recreate the incident. So on a safe road to try it I floored the pedal and same exact thing it got stuck only way to unstick is turn truck off. I did this 5 times and every time it happens. There is no mats or anything catching on pedal and no way to manually pull the pedal out it is really stuck when this happens. Only thing to get it unstuck is turn truck off and it pops out like instantly. Truck is sitting in my driveway and I am able to recreate the problem at any time. Im posting this for some suggestions on what I should do? Possible lawsuit? Report it to who? Or just take it to dealership and get charged to fix it and no report of malfunctioning truck? If this had happened the first time during daylight or commute traffic not late night who knows what would have happened. And there are few reports of same thing happening to similar dodge trucks on the various dodge forums.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 1500. The contact attempted to shift into the park position and when the brake pedal was engaged, there was an unintended acceleration which resulted in the vehicle crashing into a building. The vehicle sustained moderate front end damages and was towed to the dealer. The technician informed that the diagnostic codes detected a problem; however, he was unable to determine the cause of the failure. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. Updated 01/24/11 *bf updated 04/20/11
When the cruise control is turned on and set (above 30 MPH) it continues to increase in speed until reaching over 100 MPH. I took the vehicle to greenbrier dodge in chesapeake virginia, and they were unable to find anything wrong with the vehicle based on their computers. When driven, they had the same problem, but could not find a problem on their computers. The problem was then brought to dodge and assigned a case manager. On 23 sept 10, I was informed that this is not a safety concern by my case manager tina, and advised that dodge could be of no further assistance with this issue.
Throttle stuck when accelerating to enter freeway, applied brakes as pick-up accelerated for half to 1 mile before responding. Problem repeated itself on other dates when passing, could regain control by putting foot behind pedal and pulling back. Dealer replaced accelerator pedal for no charge.
Accelerator sticks to the floor if stepped on too quickly. Multiple attempts to repair and diagnose the cause have failed. Attempts to reproduce the problem at many dealerships has not helped because the sticking of the pedal is very difficult to reproduce when you want it to. Nonetheless,it has occurred at least six times and has made it so my wife is scared to death of the vehicle.
If you apply hard pressure to the brake pedal, the pedal will travel almost to the floor going past the gas pedal. The gas and brake pedals are fairly close together and if your foot is off set on the brake pedal, your shoe will catch the gas pedal when pressing down on the brake pedal. This will cause the engine to speed up while you are trying to stop the vehicle. Trying to stop the vehicle at the same time you are making it go faster, just isn't very good.
Dt*: the contact stated while turning left, the vehicle accelerated without warning across traffic and collided with a retaining wall. Also, the brakes failed. The contact was rendered unconscious and sustained neck injuries. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who was unable to determine the cause of the problem.
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