2011 Dodge RAM 1500 acceleration problems

Filed Aug 11, 2025 · Acceleration, Electrical · MI

Driving my vehicle throughout December of 2024 and the vehicle would die and power back up, vehicle would run intermittently and fail to continue operating while driving to and from work. Vehicle intermittently stalling during driving would cause "Near Miss" accidents on the road. Potentially endangering myself as the operator and other operators on the road due to a "no start" issue and unsafe operating condition in the electrical system of the vehicle. I thought it was a bad battery so I replaced it with a brand new battery from the auto parts store While I struggled to have this matter resolved before leaving for Army Active Duty. I arranged to have the vehicle turned into a Chrysler, Dodge, Ram dealer to have a diagnostic done on the vehicle. on June 6th according to their technicians report, it shows my TIPM is bad. and needed to be replaced. The dealer failed to acknowledge this was a recall issue and would not cover the repair cost since the vehicle was out of warranty due to mileage and age. when their our hundreds of models being turned in for the same issue nationwide.

Filed Nov 15, 2022 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX

The vehicle's fuel pump continues to run even when the vehicle is turned off causing the overheating of electrical wiring and draining the battery, it's a serious issue and a fire hazard that will set the fuel tank on fire, I filed a complaint back in June and no action has been taken.

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Acceleration, Steering · 115,850 miles · TX

Currently has a hazardous malfunction that is putting myself and my passengers at risk. In the span of 2 months, I have had the steering wheel completely "lock" up while in drive on normal driving conditions (sunny and clear, not too bright, not too windy or wet at all, no fog) when performing a right turn at appropriate turn speeds. You would be unable to maneuver the vehicle out of harm's way when the wheel tenses and locks up completely like this. My first encounter with this issue was turning on a right lane with your own protected lane at the posted speed limit for the turn. It completely locked up on me and I eased my foot forcibly onto the brake so that I could avoid braking too hard and causing the tires to spin out or worse, hitting the pole that is directly 200 feet away (approximate speed was 35mpn and brake reaction time was 2 seconds, accounting for initial notice of the sudden tension and loss of complete control of the truck's steering.). The second encounter occurred within a 2 month span, this time carefully approaching a street intersection. I fortunately realized what was occurring and tried to move far right and out of harm's way but I could only maintain my appropriate lane. At first I could not take out the key or turn it on or off. It was still in drive to my realization. I put it into park and was able to turn the truck back on and continue my way to work. However, I could only be paranoid that this could occur to me under more severe or worse conditions like rain or fog. What if this malfunction were to occur to me if I was on a very elevated highway or had someone tailing me at that very instance?

Filed Feb 12, 2019 · Acceleration, Airbags · 145,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

Takata recall I stop at stop sign made a right turn the truck went in high speed on its own down hill oncoming traffic was coming up in my lane I brake hard as I could trying to avoid head on collision. The car hits me pushes the truck into a light pole to my right. The airbags did not even deploy. I could have been srious hurt are a passenger. These trucks are very dangerous. In motion

Filed Feb 8, 2019 · Acceleration, Steering · 145,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

Takata recall my truck switch into high speed gear speeded up may have caused a crash sterring became hard to control in motion on a city street

Filed Jan 20, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 85,000 miles · NC

Engine started misfiring in the no.1 cylinder and violently shaking, vehicle then lost power to the engine nearly causing me to be rear ended. Took it to the repair shop and defective lifters and camshaft were found, with only 85k miles this should not happen. Did research and this is a very common issue for the 5.7 engines, definitely needs investigated.

Filed Feb 25, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 40,000 miles · NY · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ram 1500. While the vehicle was stopped at a stop sign, the vehicle accelerated without warning to approximately 100 MPH. The contact attempted to apply the brakes, but the brakes failed. The contact turned the ignition off and the interior lights turned off; however, the vehicle failed to stop. The contact shifted into neutral and the vehicle ran off the road. The vehicle came to a complete stop. The contact attempted to start the vehicle and the engine revved even though the ignition was turned off. Prior to the failure, the vehicle came to a rolling stop when it was placed in park. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that there was no failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact was not injured and a police report was not filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered to sell the contact a new vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Filed Dec 30, 2015 · Acceleration · 65,000 miles · NY

2011 dodge ram 1500 acceleration issues accelerate to very high speed and will not release, put in neutral and pump brakes many times to get to release, gets accelerating at times and will not release happened 4 times returning home with girl friend 12/26/15.

Filed Oct 29, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 39,000 miles · NY

Headlights are not normal brightness (compared to any other vehicle I have ever driven) and ineffective for night driving. Cruise control works and disconnects at will. Horn signals at will without notice and even when vehicle is off with keys removed. Causes great and frightening reaction of this driver as well as those around me.

Filed Aug 18, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 79,000 miles · PA

The vehicle's tipm system stopped worked and the vehicle failed to start. It was repaired and this issue has plagued other chysler products. Chrysler refused to offer assistance in the repair.