When driving on highway z wink within throttle linkage broke which caused consumer to pull off to the side of the road. Consumer has contacted dealer. Dealer refused to provide any assistance. Please provide any further details.
1997 Dodge Ram acceleration complaints
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Please delete odi #739665. This is the revised complaint. The first repair to the accelerator sticking was done at the cadillac truck center in cadillac, michigan. The last two repairs were done at bonney motor sales in lake city, michigan. I notified dodge corporate headquarters in auburn hills, michigan, of this problem in november of 1999, and they resolved this by "paying for the repairs." my contact person at that time was [xxx]. At that time my truck had 56,000 miles on it. The last time I wrote them a letter it was dated january 5, 2001, and also sent them the bill in the amount of $86.63 for another repair (#3) at 73,000 miles. We did get a response from that letter last week. Her name was [xxx] and her phone number was [xxx]. She informed me that chrysler was not going to cover this bill and if I had a problem with it, I should get ahold of bonney motor sales that did the work on the truck. She told me that chrysler is not responsible for dealership work. The main concern I have over this is the safety issue. When the accelerator sticks, I have to put the truck into neutral and wait for the accelerator to come down. I have already gone through a red light because of this problem and have had several other near-miss accidents. Please contact me if you have any questions. I would like to get this resolved. Thank you. *ak parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
The first repair to the accelerator sticking was done at the cadillac truck center in cadillac, michigan. The last two repairs were done at bonney motor sales in lake city, michigan. I notified the dodge corporate headquarters in auburn hills, michigan, of this problem in november of 1999 with no response. At that time my truck had 56,000 miles on it. The last time I wrote them a letter dated january 5, 2001, and also sent them the bill in the amount of $86.63 for another repair (#3) at 73,000 miles. The main concern I have over this is the safety issue. When the accerator sticks, I have to put the truck into neutral and wait for the accelerator to come down. I have already gone through a red light because of this problem and have had several other near-miss accidents. As a result of the accerlator sticking so bad, I have also been using my brakes more than necessary resulting in replacing them more than I should have to. We did receive a phone call from our last communication with the corporate headquarters in auburn hills last week. They told me they could do nothing about this problem and would not be responsible for the bill. Please contact me if you have any questions. I would like to get this resolved. Thank you.
The fuel solenoid was replaced due to failure which caused the engine to shut down, the replacement was 1/3 larger with a different mounting bracket.
Cruise control will not maintain speed, it keeps on accelerating until max vehicle speed is obtained. Dealer notified under warrenty did not receive part until after warrenty was over, will not repair now
Intermittently while driving along accelerator pedal goes to the floor without application, causing unwanted acceleration. This happens with or without cruise control engagement. This has been an ongoing problem for about 18 months. Dealer is not able to determine what is causing this problem.
Cruise control will not shut off at steering wheel button. Also, cruise control will not shut off at touch of brakes. Vehicle in four times for service. Chrysler contacted, vehicle still defective.
While driving at 35 MPH vehicle accelerated in low speed. Consumer put transmission into reverse and then into park, and vehicle sideswiped another vehicle at 15 mph0. Upon impact, driver's side air bag deployed and vehicle started to accelerate at high speed, and and vehicle went out of control. Consumer applied the brakes, and the vehicle wouldn't stop. It fishtailed. And consumer wife, who was pregnant, had to jump out of the vehicle due to vehicle veering into oncoming traffic . Then driver put vehicle into park, and engine continued racing. Turned key off and jumped out and ran behind his wife.
The throttle body and injector system failure caused loss of power steering and brakes.yh
Since july of 1997, I have experienced the transmission slipping out of gear into neutral at highway speeds. Also, a thump in the front end intermittently while driving down all types of road, a spark knocked so loud I sometimes wonder if the motor is going to last. There is often the smell of burning wires and burning fluid and sometimes the cab fills with smoke. In addition, cruise control gains speed (sometimes 5 to 8 MPH over what it is set at). The odometer gains miles.
Cruise control failed. Yh
At 20,000 miles the throttle control rod broke in half, causing the engine to drop to idle. Rod was replaced. Garage said that this occurs often.
While traveling 60mph w/cruise control engaged, started to push coast button to slow down. Vehicle did not slow down, but increased in speed. Cruise control did not disengage. Taking vehicle to dealer.
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