NHTSA Complaint #10134651 — 2003 DODGE RAM 1500

REF 2003 DODGE RAM 1500QC 4.7L 4X4 17000 MILES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAD A NEAR STALLING ISSUE, AND 1 COMPLETE STALL. I WOULD START TRUCK IN MORNING LET IT SIT FOR 2 MINUTES THEN DRIVE TO WORK AS NORMAL, NO PROBLEMS. AFTER I LEAVE WORK AFTER AN 8 HOUR TOUR I WOULD START TRUCK AS NORMAL LET IT SIT FOR 2 MINUTES THEN DRIVE AWAY AS NORMAL AFTER APPROX 100 YARDS THROUGH PARKING LOT I WOULD STOP AT STOP SIGN WAITING TO TURN, TRUCK WOULD BOG DOWN AND CHUG AS IF IT WANTED TO STALL. I WOULD TAP THE GAS PEDAL WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKE DOWN, THEN WHEN IT WAS CLEAR I WOULD DRIVE AS NORMAL NO MORE PROBLEMS. THE TRUCK HAS DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES .THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALER, SPENT A WEEK, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE IDLE, SO THEY FLASHED THE COMPUTER. I GET THE TRUCK BACK DROVE HOME NO PROBLEM DROVE TO WORK NEXT DAY NO PROBLEM FINISHED MY TOUR STARTED TO DRIVE HOME NO PROBLEM, AFTER 2 MILES I MADE A LEFT TURN AND TRUCK STALLED OUT NARROWLY MISSING A TREE, I CALLED DEALER AND GAVE THEM A CODE THAT FLASHED ON DASHBOARD, NO SUCH CODE HAD IT TOWED IN, THEY HAD THE TRUCK 3 MORE DAYS, NEGATIVE PROBLEMS, BUT THEY INSTALLED AN ON BOARD FLIGHT RECORDER SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS, SO THE RECORDER WENT IN AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK THE PICTURE LIKE THE SHOWED ME HOW AND GOT 3 GOOD SHOTS. THE DEALER GETS THE RECORDER BACK AND SAYS A FEW DAYS UNTIL THEY HEAR FROM DAIMLER/CHRYSLER. A WEEK OR SO GOES BY AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENS A FEW MORE TIMES. I CALL THE DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY SAID THE DATA WAS INCONCLUSIVE. THEY WONT DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. DAIMLER SAYS UNTIL THEY HAVE A DEALER THAT COMES FORWARD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND A SOLUTION THEY WONT ACT ON IT. SO IN THE MEAN TIME KEEP DRIVING THE TRUCK UNTIL THIS HAPPENS. *JB