NHTSA Complaint #10936501 — 2003 DODGE RAM 2500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR WOULD SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION INTO REVERSE AND ROLL BACKWARDS INDEPENDENTLY. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO PARK, THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID THE VEHICLE REVERSING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO PROVIDED A TEMPORARY REMEDY, IN WHICH IF THE VEHICLE'S DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO REVERSE, THE HORN WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SOUND TO WARN THOSE NEARBY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,500.