2013 Ram 2500 Cruise Control Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.*PM *DL

LOSING TROTTLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NO ACCELERATION AT ALL AT INTERSECTIONS IS VERY SCARY. DEALER SAYS THAT CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. COSTLY AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 2500 MEGA CAB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

WHEN I HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND LET OFF FOR A SECOND AND THEN TRY TO RETURN TO THE GAS PEDAL THERE IS NOTHING. A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT "DEAD PEDAL" IT HAS ALMOST GOTTEN ME HIT MANY TIMES DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENED ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD IN THE SNOW AND ALMOST GOT ME AND MY WIFE KILLED. IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN A STUMP THERE, WE WOULD HAVE PLUNGED ABOUT 500 FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE MOUNTAIN. NOT COOL. THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I GUESS WHEN IT GETS ME KILLED, I WILL HAVE TO HAVE MY FAMILY SUE DODGE OVER IT.

VEHICLE EXHIBITS AN ACCELERATOR 'DEAD PEDAL' PROBLEM. WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, OR SLOWING THEN ACCELERATING, IF ONE LIFTS THE THROTTLE THEN REAPPLIES THE THROTTLE QUICKLY, THE TRUCK DOES NOT RESPOND FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THIS CAN CREATE (AND HAS CREATED) A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING I NEEDED TO MERGE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. AS I ACCELERATED I SUDDENLY NEEDED TO LET OFF HE THROTTLE DUE TO CONDITIONS. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS REAPPLIED I HAD A COMPLETELY DEAD GAS PEDAL THAT WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. THE TRUCK REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE FOR A SOLID 2-3 SECONDS, THEN IT SLOWLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE TRUCK NEVER QUIT RUNNING AND NO DASH LIGHTS INDICATED A PROBLEM DURING THIS INCIDENT. OVER THE LAST YEAR OF DRIVING THE TRUCK IT HAS DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY IN DANGER. I AM ALSO ABLE TO REPLICATE THIS PROBLEM TIME & TIME AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER SHIP THAT ITS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM AND IS ALL OVER VARIOUS RAM FORUMS. *TR

WHEN I'M ACCELERATING AND HAVE TO GET OFF THE THROTTLE AND BACK ON QUICKLY THERE'S A SERIOUS PAUSE, I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE I HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES SINCE MAY, IT IS VERY BAD WHEN PULLING MY RV. PLEASE ASK CHRYSLER TO LOOK INTO IT. THANKS *TR

THE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED THROTTLE PEDAL HAS A SEVERE DELAY WHEN HAVING TO SUDDENLY LET OFF AT SPEED THEN THE NEED TO RE-APPLY THROTTLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THERE IS A DELAY IN UPWARDS OF 1 TO 2 SECONDS BEFORE THE TRUCK RESPONDS TO THROTTLE INPUT. THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC OR MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY. I'VE BEEN CLOSE TO ACCIDENTS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS DUE TO THE LACK OF THROTTLE RESPONSE CAUSED BY THIS. *TR

DURING NORMAL DRIVING WHEN TURNING OR CHANGING LANES AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY TO MERGE INTO MOVING TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK WILL STOP RESPONDING VIA ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY. THE TRACTION CONTROL IS ON, BUT NOT ACTIVE DURING THIS EFFECT. BASICALLY ANYTIME I ACCELERATE RAPIDLY FROM A STOP THE TRUCK DOES NOT RESPOND AND LEAVES ME DEAD IN THE WATER. *TR