NHTSA Complaint #10682656 — 2012 DODGE RAM 1500

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROAD THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF LOSING STEERING AND BRAKING WAS ABLE TO PUT IN NEUTRAL AND GET STARTED AFTER SEVERAL TRIES OF STARTING AND IT WOULD SHUT RIGHT BACK OFF BEFORE IT WOULD START AND STAY RUNNING, IT HAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES SOMETIMES WHEN FIRST STARTING VEHICLE SOMETIMES RIGHT AFTER STARTING AND DRIVING OFF, IT HAS DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO BUSY HIGHWAY ALMOST RESULTING IS AN ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED TO MY WIFE A COUPLE OF TIMES THE FIRST TIME SHE COULD NOT GET IT TO START AND STAY RUNNING TO GET IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND HAD TO PUT THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND LEAVE IT SETTING ACROSS THE SOUTH BOUND LANE OF THE HIGHWAY TO COME BACK INSIDE TO GET ME TO TRY TO GET IT OUT OF THE ROAD. AFTER THAT INCIDENT SHE WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT,TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 02/09/15 GOT BACK TODAY 02/10/15 THEY HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH MODULE AT A COST OF $286.75 THIS WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE DODGE CARAVAN'S AND DODGE JOURNEY'S WITH THE SAME TYPE WIN (WIRELESS IGNITION NODE) IGNITION SWITCH. *TR