NHTSA Complaint #10450486 — 2012 DODGE RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOS POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT A FAILURE BUT THE ABNORMAL DECELERATION WAS A SAFETY FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND THE CONTACT EITHER APPLIED THE BRAKES, LIGHTLY TOUCHED OR CAME ANYWHERE NEAR THE BRAKES THEN THE VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DECREASE IN SPEED. THIS SAFETY FEATURE WAS NOT RELAYED TO THE CONTACT PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND THERE WERE NO INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROPER USE OF THE SAFETY FEATURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.