Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Dodge Ram 1500

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Ram 1500. While the vehicle was on an incline and shifted into reverse, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The failure occurred while in reverse and in drive. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that this has happened numerous times. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle would not accelerate for a brief moment and then it accelerated rapidly without warning. The vehicle was taken to be repaired but it was diagnosed that nothing was wrong with it. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 101,000. Ad.

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Upon selecting transmission "d" option instrument panel indicated "6", drove to barn for horse feed. Needing to back up to fence, to disperse feed, transmisson selection of "r" was necessary. Using the brake pedal to regulate speed and no usage of accelerator pedal (as automatic transmisson vehicles will generally motivate when gear selection is initiated) "sudden acceleration" occurred causing damage to tailgate which was down. Brake pedal was pressed and vehicle was stopped. With brake pedal depressed transmisson selection "d" was initiated, in order to investigate damage, and once again with brake pedal used to regulate speed and no usage of accelerator pedal "sudden acceleration" was again encountered. Brake pedal was again depressed which stopped vehicle. No further occurrances were encountered that day. Weather was sunny and cool, high 40's, with dry conditions.

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Gas pedal stuck, and caused unintended accelerating while making a left turn onto a busy street. Vehicle spun out while my husband tried to get the pedal unstuck the truck spun out more and turned a 180 facing oncoming traffic back passenger tire hit against the cement median knocking the tire in and busting the axel.

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Unintended acceleration while driving into garage. Engine rpm increased while my foot was on the brake. Nothing happened luckily I had the brake applied so I didn't hit anything. Also on the highway a couple of times the engine rpm increases by itself momentarily causing the truck to surge.

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Purchased vehicle used from dealership. Shortly after purchase, I pulled out into traffic and accelerated heavy. The accelerator pedal popped down to the floor resulting in rapid acceleration and speed gain. I stomped the accelerator pedal and it popped back up allowing me to regain control of vehicle. Once on open road I pushed accelerator pedal to floor and it stuck again. Once again it popped up when I tapped it with my foot. After that I made sure I did not go to the floor again until the other day. I was pulling out into traffic uphill when a car seemed to be coming a little fast caused me to accelerate to near floor. At that point the accelerator popped down to the floor but would not pop back up when I tapped it with my foot. It resulted in me having to cross into the oncoming lane to avoid ramming into the rear of the vehicle in front of me which was traveling the speed limit. My hemi reached 80+ m. P. H. In a short distance in a 45 m. P. H. Zone. I finally forced the pedal up with my toe under it. This scared me enough to investigate and call Chrysler. They first said the floor mat was the cause. I continued to persuade them and they now are opening an investigative case. In the meantime I continue to drive it carefully. It is my self-employed work truck too, and when it sits I do not get paid. I tried placing in park and pushing to floor without floor mat, and pedal still pops down and sticks full throttle. Found cases on internet of deaths related to this and youtube video proof of other instances. Why is there no recall or public knowledge of this?.

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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.

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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 updated 04/20/11.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact started the vehicle and depressed the accelerator pedal when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle became uncontrollable. Although the brakes were engaged, the vehicle continued to accelerate and crashed into cement steps and the siding of a building. The contact sustained minor injuries in the neck and shoulder area. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The failure mileage was 2,003.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Ram 1500 st. The contact made numerous attempts to start the engine before the engine started. When the gear was shifted from park into drive, and while applying the brakes, an unintended acceleration occurred. The engine rpms began to increase and repeated pressure was applied to the brake pedal, followed by a slow delayed response. The gear selector was put into the neutral position, then the vehicle traveled approximately one hundred feet and came to a complete stop, and immediately the engine stalled. The manufacturer and dealer were notified of the failure. The manufacturer advised that the vehicle be taken to a dealer for further investigation. The manufacturer accepted responsibilty for the towing expense. The contact had significant concern of the safety issue involved. The failure mileage was less than a 1,000.

At times, when in drive and when pressure is applied to brake vehicle suddenly accelerates forward for no reason requiring more pressure on brake until acceleration stops, but not before moving forward. This could be 3-5 feet depending how sudden the acceleration occurred. This has happened several times, with the last occurring where I hit the front end of our other SUV. This scares us because what if a person is in front of us, etc. . . We have reported this to our Dodge service and they told us that they have no reports of this. They also asked us if we could have had our foot on the accelerator? to me the way the accelerator pedal and brake pedal is it is almost impossible for this to happen in a automatic transmission type vehicle. This has happened at least 3 time prior to this with this vehicle. It also happened in a 2005 durango we had a few times.

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