On february I drove from my home several miles to a fast food restaurant taking an interstate on the way. I used my cruise control on my way there and just pressed the brake to disengage it when I exited the interstate. I then continued to the drive to the restaurant where I pulled into a line to the drive through window as I moved through the line I would apply my brake to stop and as cars pulled forward I just let my foot off the brake to slowly move forward then pressed the brake again to stop. I did this several times then suddenly when I took my foot off the brake my truck suddenly accelerated and ran into the car in front of me before I could stop it. The driver of the other vehicle and I were not injured and drove to the parking lot to exchange insurance information. Since the time of the accident I recently checked for recalls om my truck and found one related to the cruise control the federal safety agency # 18v‑332 which could be related to my accident. I have recently had the recall service done june 30, 2018 at my local dodge dealer.
2014 Ram 1500 transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. While driving various speeds, the rear differential made a loud abnormal noise. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the rear differential needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in any recalls and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
My truck keeps rolling forward or backwards when put into park, also my cruise dont shut off or turn on half the time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and shifted to the park position. In addition, the contact experienced an electrical failure in which all of the interior lights would not turn off when the vehicle was turned off. A dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000. The VIN was not available.
On november 24, 2017 the vehicle was placed in park using the mounted knob gear shifter. The driver was going to remove items from the bed of the truck into a bulk trash area in the driver's housing development. The bulk trash area is a 3-wall concrete dumpster hider, with no dumpster inside (as shown in picture). The passenger exited the vehicle prior to the driver exiting. After exiting the vehicle and walking towards back of the truck, the truck began to roll backwards, ultimately hitting the concrete barrier that brought the vehicle to a stop. Upon re-entering the vehicle., the driver noted that the knob gear shifter was in "reverse". The driver immediately called insurance provider to file claim, as well as fca, the vehicle's manufacturer. Fca sent an investigator while the truck was at the body shop to assess vehicle. Owner also brought vehicle to ram dealership subsequent to body repairs for inspection. Ram said because incident could not be reproduced, issue did not exist. Owner has owned vehicle since november 2014 and this was the first time this incident occurred. As such, duplication is not predictable. Fca placed blame on parking brake not being utilized.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced difficultly shifting into the correct gear. The failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to future ford (4625 madison ave, sacramento, ca) where it was diagnosed as a software failure. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v821000 (power train); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Mike riehl's roseville chrysler dodge jeep ram (25800 gratiot ave, roseville, mi) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The failure mileage was approximately 4,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Oil leaking from part #68105583af, adapter-engine oil filter.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. While the contact's vehicle was stationary, it rolled away while in the park position and crashed into a parked vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. The contact sustained injuries to the left foot (severe bruising from the heel to the toe) in an attempt to stop the vehicle from rolling away. Medical attention was required. Allen samuels chrysler in aransas pass, texas was made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000. *tt
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. While the shifter was in park, the vehicle rolled away without warning. The vehicle was taken to martins chrysler, dodge, jeep, ram (1422 main st, union grove, wi 53182) where a diagnostic test was performed, but the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact back to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000. The VIN was not provided. *bf
The truck will roll away after placing gear in park. This has happened on many separate occasions.
Vehicle has dial knob shifter it pops out of gear while going down road has a few times will shift to p .. No police report required there was no accident the times it occurred one time I was out of vehicle it was in park and shifted in to drive. I had 2 witnesses to this event .multiple dates and dates are estimated
Truck when placed in park has rolled away from me into the roadway on more then5 occasions. Truck was parked and the parking break was in-gauged t, keys where not in the vehicle and this occurred more then 5 minutes after the truck was parked.
My truck has a rotary switch used to switch between park, reverse, neutral and drive. My vehicle was running and I was in drive. I stopped and turned the switch three places to the left. This put the vehicle in park. I left the engine running. I exited the vehicle and left the driver door open. I leaned over to look at something and when I turned around the truck was rolling backwards. I ran after the truck but could not catch it and it crashed into another truck that I own. My truck came to a stop and when I got back into the vehicle it was in reverse. Thankfully no one was injured but my truck suffered moderate damage. This all occurred on private property so there was no police report filed.
August, 2017 parked my 2014 ram on side street to put out yard sale sign when I returned to truck it was not there , looking around saw the ram under a big pine tree upon opening door I saw my truck was still in park. Thank goodness only had hood damage.
My trucks 'service electronic throttle control' light (lightning bolt) comes on both when starting my vehicle and when driving my vehicle. When it comes on when I try to start the truck, it wont change out of the gear it is in (ie I cant go faster than 15-18mph). It sometimes goes off if I turn the engine on and off multiple times. The more dangerous timing of it is when the light comes on while I'm driving.this either causes me to downshift into a lower gear which throws me forward and revs the engine in excess of 3000rpm, or while I am stopped, the rpms climb without any foot on the accelerator. If I take my foot off the brake while this happens, I accelerate forward either up to 18mph or 30mph depending which gear it is 'stuck' in. I have taken it to one local ram dealer 6 times reporting the same issue. The did flash updates, replaced accelerator pedal sensor, brake sensor, repaired connector for the accelerator pedal sensor, and replaced throttle body (all of which at the time, they said each individual component was the root of the problem). I have taken it to another local ram dealer, and they attempted to fix it with 4 and a half hours of diagnostic time. They replaced the throttle body and replaced a cable/connector and low and behold, the problem still exists. This is very dangerous for so, so many reasons. I note that not only the check engine light have come on, but the traction control light, ABS light, service 4wd light, ! Temp light, check brake light, and of course the service electronic throttle control light.
2014 ran 1500 tradesman blacked out edition. After stopping the vehicle and putting in park to check other concerns when running 40mph the truck shakes and sounds like misfire, after stepping out of truck it began to roll backwards and pushed me down. After getting back up the truck continued to roll down the hill and ran over my ankle and foot. Before crashing into a concrete wall. Since then I have used the emergency brake when parking and the truck was repaired by insurance. 8,000 dollars of damage to the truck and my right foot is still healing after 2 months. Dash showed truck in park and lever was completely up. This is the 2nd time it happened, and I got lucky the truck didn't run over my chest or head. The first time the truck didn't stay in park was probably about 7 months ago, I placed truck in park and began to get out when the truck was still rolling forward. I had to push on brakes and remove from park and put back into park for it to work. Intermittent park position is a very bad thing to be intermittent.
Shifter knob has slipped or changed gears while moving or standing idle. Other times it will not shift into any gear ie: reverse. Also dash lights flicker at times, and at times will not turn off parking lights killing the battery. This has happened several times over the past 2 months.
Starting to back out of my driveway, I stopped and thought I had shifted the rotary automatic transmission knob to the park position to go into the house and retrieve an item before continuing. Apparently, I did not get the knob correctly in teh park position, as I started exiting the vehicle with the door open, the transmission was still in reverse and started rolling backward. I re-entered the vehicle to apply the brake, but not until the opened truck door had collided with my garage wall, causing damage to the truck door and the garage wall. I felt fortunate that I was not pinned between the door and the garage wall before I was able to get back in the vehicle. The knob shift control is not very intuitive and I believe can lead more frequently to driver error. It was also surprising to me how much acceleration and force occurred without applying any pressure to the gas pedal.
I have a 2014 ram 1500 reg. Cab 2 whl. Drive with only 8,300 miles, once and awhile when I drive my truck when I put it in park and shut off my truck I cant get my key out it only goes to accessories, I have to restart the truck put it back in drive then back in park shut the truck off to pull out my key...this has happened 15 + times.....I am sure if my truck was on small incline it would roll....looking for a recall on this but nothing....anybody else have this problem thank you
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. While the vehicle was stationary the vehicle, which was attached to a trailer, rolled down the hill while in the park position. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v161000 (power train). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 46,600. Updated 06/29/17*lj the consumer stated that when checked the dash, the truck was in reverse. The vehicle was repaired.
My truck was placed in "park" mode. I exited the vehicle to open a gate. The truck was stationary and running as I walked up to the gate but as I was manipulating the combination lock all of a sudden the truck began moving forward and hit the closed gate. Luckily I was standing slightly off to the side and was not pinned between the gate and truck. I was bumped by the front corner of the vehicle but sustained no injury. Very scary situation given the remoteness of my home location.
I bought a one owner certified used 2014 ram 1500 2wd truck with 22k miles about 1 month ago. Dealer has all service records. As soon as I got on the highway leaving the dealer, the seats start to shake at about 55mph, I can feel a violent shaking and vibration coming from the seats and center console. It is not felt in the steering wheel at all. Runs fine, no unusual noises etc. Rides fine up to 55mph. I took it back to the dealer, they balanced the tires. This did not fix it. I took it back, they replaced one tire and road force balanced them again, still no luck. They had it for a week and replaced the driveshaft. A little better, but still not right, vibration is still there. They had 2-3 of their senior guys drive it, and have had my truck for over 2+ weeks now and are still not sure what is wrong. I just made my first payment and only got to drive the truck a few days in one month of ownership. I see numerous similar complaints online about this. No recalls on my truck?? Someone help.
I pulled up to a gate at a facility just off the highway in belton, texas and put my truck in park using the dial. I left the truck running and got out to open the gate. After exiting the vehicle it somehow began moving forward until it impacted the gate. I got back in the vehicle and the dial was still in park. It destroyed the gate and messed up the front end of my truck. I did not know this had been reported so much until I got online and researched it and now see that is it a problem with many other drivers experiencing the same issue.
The trucked rolled down my driveway while in park with parking break engaged.
While driving my children to the park my truck switched itself from drive to park. I was pulling up to a stop sign while this happened. The truck has a knob for the selection shift. My children were in the back and scared all of to death not to mention it almost caused an accident. The knob still said the vehicle was in drive, but the display said to push the brakes and put the vehicle into drive. Something similar happened a few months ago, but the time I thought maybe I had hit something with my knee or foot to cause it. I now know that there is a serious problem with that knob. I was still moving while applying the brake, then the truck just jerked to a stop. I first hit the gas, but the engine increased RPM, but the transmission was not engaged. I will not put my children in this truck again.
I ran home quick to get something out of my office, I parked the truck in the drive way, put it in park and left the truck running. I jumped out, ran through the garage and when I got to the top of the stairs I turned around to see the truck coming right at me, I jumped up on the top stair as the truck came up the drive way and through the garage and slammed into the cement stairs in the garage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. After the vehicle was placed in the park position and the emergency brake was engaged, the vehicle began to roll forward moments after the driver exited the vehicle. As a result, the vehicle crashed into the garage door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the cause of the failure was unable to be determined. In addition, while driving, the vehicle failed to accelerate above 30 MPH. On another occasion, while driving, the headlights became inoperable and the instrument panel flickered. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 15,000.
When I put my 2014 dodge ram pickup in park and get out it rolled back. This has happened three times. Twice it rolled about 3 feet, other time about 6 feet. Dodge dealer here in anchorage alaska claims they no nothing of issue and do not have a fix for the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. While the vehicle was stationary, the air suspension warning indicator remained illuminated. In addition, the transmission malfunctioned while in the fourth wheel drive position. The vehicle overheated without warning. The vehicle was taken to be repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,819.
This model vehicle continues to lunge forward/bump from the rear when coming to a stop from a 2-1 downshift. Chrysler dealers refuse to acknowledge the issue and state since other same model/year makes do it it is considered normal.
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