NHTSA Complaint #10919737 — 2017 RAM 3500

WHILE BEGINNING TO PULL OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A VEHICLE THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FASTER THAN EXPECTED, I LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND THEN MADE THE DECISION TO CONTINUE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I GOT BACK ON THE THROTTLE, THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATE 2 SECOND DELAY WHERE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. I AVERTED AN ACCIDENT BY MANAGING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, BUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY 2013 RAM 3500 I HAD PREVIOUSLY. TO SUMMARIZE, I WOULD CALL THIS A "DEAD PEDAL" ISSUE. I CAN REPLICATE THIS SITUATION EVERY TIME BY ACCELERATING, LETTING OF THE ACCELERATOR, AND THEN GETTING BACK ON THE ACCELERATOR QUICKLY. AGAIN, THERE IS A ROUGHLY 2 SECOND TIME PERIOD WHERE THE ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND WHATSOEVER.