1999 Dodge 1500 Driver assistance Problems

TL* THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING THE BROTHER-IN-LAWS 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THEY STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLES ACCELERATOR PEDAL SELF INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ALTHOUGH THE DRIVER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET OF THEIR HOME. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS WHICH ILLUMINATED PRIOR OR AFTER. THE CONTACTS NEIGHBOR EXPERIENCED A MINOR INJURY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL THE RPM WERE EXTREMELY HIGH AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE OWNERS HOME AND THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. A DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

11246402

Incident

Aug 18, 2019

Mileage

150,000 mi

OUR SEAT BELTS LOCKED UP ON OUR 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. TOOK OUR DODGE TRUCK TO DODGE DEALERSHIP 06/05/2017 WHO SAID OUR SEAT BELT CONTROL MODULE HAD GONE OUT. WE PAID $400 TO REPLACE. PICKUP ON 06/26/2017. 3 DAYS LATER 06/29/2017 WHILE TOWING OUR 20 FT NORTH RIVER BOAT ACROSS CHARLESTON HARBOR BRIDGE ON THE DOWN HILL SIDE TO PORT LAUNCH RAMP OUR VEHICLE POWER SHUT DOWN, SEAT BELTS LOCKED UP AGAIN AND OUR BOAT WEIGHT PUSHED HITCH INTO OUR TRUCK DESTROYING THE HITCH AND WHEEL JACK. THE BOAT HAD TO BE TOWED ( $399) TO BE REPAIRED AND $150. IN HITCH REPAIRS. THE TRUCK ITSELF WOULD NOT START UNTIL THE BATTERY NEGATIVE WIRE WAS REMOVED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO DEALERSHIP ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY. A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND OUR VEHICLE AND STOPPED TO HELP; CALLING A TOW TRUCK. NO REPORT WAS FILED OR REQUIRED. AFTER A 2 WK DELAY THEY COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT MODULE SAYING THEY WERE DISCONTINUED. ADMITTED THEY HAD INSTALLED A MODULE ( NOT A SEAT BELT MODULE SUPPOSEDLY BY MECHANICS ERROR) REQUESTED OUR MONEY BACK WHICH THEY DID 07/14/2017. WE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING UNSUCCESSFULLY ONLINE AND OTHER SOURCES WHICH SAY THEY ARE DISCONTINUED, NOT AVAILABLE. OUR STATE AND CITY LAW CARRIES A $250 DOLLAR FINE FOR NO SEAT BELT USE MORE IMPORTANTLY WE OUR NOW SUBJECT TO EXTREME POSSIBILITY OF DEATH OR MAIMING IN AN ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO SOME INFORMATION THIS ALSO AFFECTS OUR AIR BAGS WHICH MAY CAUSE FAILURE OF THEM. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OUR INSURANCE IS NULL AND VOID IF WE DON'T HAVE SEAT BELTS AND EVEN IF WE COULD GET A MECHANIC TO DO A WORK AROUND ( WHICH THEY REFUSED DUE TO THE LIABILITY ISSUES) INSURANCE STILL VOID. IN CASE OF OUR DEATH OR INJURY THERE WILL BE A LAWSUIT AGAINST DODGE. IT WON'T DO US MUCH GOOD! THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. DODGE SHOULD BE FORCED TO PROVIDE A LAW REQUIRED SEAT BELT MODULE REPAIR. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE BEFORE THEY FIX THE PROBLEM?

NHTSA ID

11024697

Incident

Jun 5, 2017

Mileage

104,091 mi

VEHICLE'S BRAKING SYSTEM SEEMED NOT TO BE WORKING PROPERLY, TAKING LONGER DISTANCES TO STOP. A CHECK OF EQUIPMENT SHOWED ALL MECHANICAL PARTS TO BE FIT, AND ADJUSTED CORRECTLY. CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE BUT THEN HAD SMALL ACCIDENT INVOLVING BRAKING WHILE GOING DOWNHILL. AT THIS TIME IT WAS DETERMINED I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. DIAGNOSTICS OF THE BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM DETERMINED THE COMBINATION SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS THE CULPRIT AND HAD FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE LIGHTS AND FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION TO GO INTO COAST MODE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THIS ALSO RESULTS IN THE CRUISE FUNCTION TO NOT CANCEL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF FAILURE THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR THIS FAULT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A REGULAR PROBLEM, AS THIS PART IS BACK ORDERED AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS FAULT I FEEL IT SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NO FACTORY PART AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE CONDITION. MY VEHICLE IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10235599

Incident

May 14, 2008

Mileage

140,000 mi

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATING TO 40 MPH AND PULLING OUT A PARKING LOT THE THROTTLE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. WHEN THIS OCCURRED DRIVER IMMEDIATELY PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE, BUT THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A COMPLETE STOP. A FRIEND/HANDY MAN FOUND WHERE THE THROTTLE WAS HUNG, AND TWITCHED IT BACK DOWN.*AK

NHTSA ID

10111523

Incident

Feb 14, 2005

Mileage

51,000 mi

INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BETWEEN 80 TO 90 MPH, THE THROTTLE CABLE STUCK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE CABLE TWCE AND THE PROBLEM CONTINED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10073819

Incident

May 18, 2004

WHILE AT A STOP SIGN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE WENT FULL THROTTLE, CONSUMER KEPT FOOT ON BRAKE, AND VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

NHTSA ID

895885

Incident

Sep 5, 2001

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INDIANA TOLL-ROAD, IT HAD BEEN SNOWING AND WAS SOMEWHAT SLICK. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CRUISE CONTROL KICKED THE TRUCK INTO PASSING GEAR AND INCREASED ACCELERATION. THIS HAPPENED WITH VERY LITTLE HEAD WIND AND NO INCLINE. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE TRUCKS REAR TIRES BROKE LOOSE AND I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DODGE REP. SAID " IT IS SUPPOSE TO DO THAT."*AK

NHTSA ID

741336

WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER (3000 LBS) FROM SAN ANTONIO TO CORPUS CHRISTI, AIR TEMP 85 DEGREES, OVERDRIVE OFF, DISTANCE 130 MILES TRAVELED, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER UNLOCKED AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP, AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED VIBRATING. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND LET THE VEHICLE COAST UNTILL THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKED AGAIN, ABOUT TWO MILES AND SPEED DROPPED TO 50 MPH. EVERTHING SEEMED ALRIGHT UNTIL WE TRAVELED ANOTHER 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, IT HAPPENED A THIRD TIME ABOUT 10 MORE MILES DOWN THE ROAD. WE TOWED THE TRAILER EXACTLY 185 MILES WHEN WE HAD TO STOP FOR GAS, TANK ON EMPTY, AND PUT IN 27.5 GALLONS OF GAS. I WOULD SAY THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ALOT. STAYED TWO DAYS AT THE COAST AND TRIED TO DRIVE BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, TRAVELED 30 MILES TO A MILITARY BASE WITH THE ENGINE REVING AND BARELY DOING 50 MPH, LEFT THE TRAILER IN STORAGE, FILLED THE TANK AGAIN, TOOK 8 GALLONS OF GAS, DROVE BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, ANY TIME TRIED TO DO OVER 70 MPH TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START VIBRATING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEMS, THEY GAVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO ME A WEEK LATER STATING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WENT DOWN TO CORPUS CHRISTI ON 14 JUL 2000 TO RETREIVE THE TRAILER, TEMP 92 DEGREES, LEFT THE BASE AND TRAVELED 11 MILES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER UNLOCKED AGAIN. COULD ONLY DO 30 MPH BACK TO THE BASE OR THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD UNLOCK. TOOK IT BACK AGAIN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID "THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION". ALL THEY DID WAS PUT THE COMPUTER ON IT , THE PAN HAS NOT BEEN DROPPED YET, PRESSURE GAGUES HAVE NOT BEEN PUT ON IT EITHER. THEY WANT ME TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE TRAILER IS 185 MILES AWAY AND THE VEHICLE CAN NOT TOW IT BACK HERE. WHAT DO I DO???*AK

NHTSA ID

725712

Incident

Jun 21, 2000

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID

552048

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE NOTICED A FOUL SMELL, WHICH SEEMED TO BE PLASTIC BURNING. CONSUMER CUT THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF, SUDDENLY CLOUDS OF SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO DISCOVER THERE WAS A FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND ABS HAVE STOPPED WORKING, AND ALL 4 TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 15000 MILES. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

850992

Incident

May 17, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT 20-25MPH TOOK FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, AND VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE SAME SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. *AK

NHTSA ID

850136

Incident

Sep 28, 1999