Cruise Control problems of the 2004 Dodge Durango

The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Durango. With the cruise control set for 68 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently an additional 20 mph without warning. The failure caused her to be pulled over by the police. In addition, when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the contact heard an abnormal clunk sound. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 299,000.

I was driving to work going approximately 65 mph when I put on the break as traffic had gotten a little thick. As I released my foot off of the break the car kind of jumped (similar to when its in cruise control) and I noticed that it was picking up speed by itself. I immediately thought that somehow it had gone into cruise contro on its own but when I again tried to put the break on I noticed that the break pedal was a bit resisitant and when I removed my foot it again began to accelerate on its own. Still thinking this was a cruise control issue I hit the off button but this did not help. Not knowing what to do and realizing that getting the car to slow down was very difficult I didnt want to exit the expressway and not be able to stop or prevent an accident so I continued my drive to work with my foot on the brake knowing that in the worse case scenario there was a field I could crash into (at my work exit) if I could not get the car to stop. At one point I took my foot off of the break to see if the speed would continue to rise or if it would stop at any point, but after it began to approach 100mph (it was clear that it was going to continue rising)and scaring me even further I put my foot back on the break. Upon exiting the expressway I put both feet on the break and pressed down as hard as I could, only managing to get the speed to about 30 mph before I put it into neutral and shut it off. I was later told by the mechanic that my throttle was stuck. Needless to say it was one of the scariest experiences in my life!.

When using the speed control going down a hill it will not hold back, it will gain speed going down hill. This happens all the time. I have a 4. 7 engine in the 04 Durango. This is a dangerous condition!.

The speed control in the Durangos with the hemi are unsafe ill set the cruise contol and on a small down grade speed will increast 10 to 15 mile hr on a large hill it runns away on you and you have to all way brake I have returned to Dodge 2 or 3 times and they said all the durago with the hemi are like that and its ok that is unsafe and dangerous.