Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHENEVER THE CONSUMER SETS THE CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE ACCELERATES BEYOND WHAT HE SETS IT. *AK .. . THIS WS A GRADUAL THING.RIGINALLY, CRUISE CONTROL WOULD MAINTAIN SET SPEEDS AFTER IT WAS UP TP NORMALRUNNING TEMPERATURE. LATER, IT WOULDN'T HOLD SET SPEED AT ALL. HAD IT REPAIRED. CONSUMER'S 7 YEAR-100,000MILES WARRANTY DID NOT APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL WORKS SOMETIMES & ABS LIGHT & BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIME AND STAY ON. *AK
WHEN IN CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY START ACCELERATING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE SUDDENLY AND THEN STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES.*JB
CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63MPH. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES TO DEACTIVATE CRUISE CONTROL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
CRUISE CONTROL TURNED ON BY ITSELF AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER QUICKLY PLACED IT INTO REVERSE AND SHUT ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO MAKE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING. DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *SLC
ALL FOUR REAR WHEELS ARE BENT. THE ONLY PEOPLE UNTIL NOW TO TOUCH THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN DODGE DEALERSHIPS(SANDOVAL IN NM. THEY ALSO EVENTUALLY FIXED THE SPEED CONTROL WHICH WOULD ADD 5 TO 20 MPH TO A SETTING AT ANY TIME. VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE TRIED TO GET T A DODGE DEALERSHIP HERE (LARAMIE, WY)TO LOOK AT MY RIMS AND THEY GIVE ME THE RUNAROUND.
INTERMITTENTLY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DELAER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THESE PROBLEMS. *AK
CRUISE CONTROLADVANCES ON ITS OWN WITHOUT SWITCH BEING ACTIVATED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION LOCKS AND UNLOCKS AT ANY SPEED AND AT ANY TIME. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. *AK *ML
WHILE BACKING UP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL JAMMED, CAUSING DRIVER TO RUN INTO HOME FROM UNDER CARPORT. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SEE E-MAIL '[email protected]' TITLED "1999 DODGE RAM 5.9L THROTTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" SUBMITTED ON 6/10/99. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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