NHTSA Complaint #10938701 — 2016 RAM 1500

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10938701
Vehicle 2016 RAM 1500
Component POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 5,200 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State SD

Consumer Description

ON DEC 22 I PULLED UP TO MY FIANC'S SCHOOL PUT THE 2016 RAM 1500 IN PARK MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BREAK. I TOOK MY SEATBELT OFF AND SO DID MY FIANC. TOOK MY FOOT OF THE BREAK AND THE TRUCK WENT FORWARD. LOOKED DOWN VERIFIED THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK FIANCE VERIFIED ALSO AND THE D LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON MY DIAL SHIFTER BUT WAS TURNED TO PARK. PUT THE EMERGENCY BREAK ON TURNED THE KEY OF TURNED THE KEY BACK ON AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT WAS IN PARK AND P WAS LIT UP. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS ROLLED FORWARD WHILE IN PARK. LAST TIME IT TOOK MY GARAGE DOOR OUT. I FILED A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT 10936408 ABOUT THAT INCIDENT BUT WANTED TO PUT IN A COMPLAINT FOR THIS INCIDENT ALSO. THIS IS GETTING TO BE QUITE DANGEROUS. I DO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN I PARK NOW. HARD HABIT TO GET INTO WHEN YOUR VEHICLE IS AN AUTOMATIC BUT I AM GETTING IN THE HABIT. I AM JUST HAPPY THAT IT WAS AFTER SCHOOL HOURS AND NO LITTLE KIDS WALKED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD REAL BAD.. THIS HAPPENED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL PARKING LOT TRUCK WAS AT A FULL STOP AND SHIFTER WAS TURNED ALL THE WAY TO PARK BUT D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING ONCE THE TRUCK DROVE FORWARD ON ITS OWN UNTIL KEY WAS SHUT OFF AND WHAT APPEARS TO ME IT RESET THE COMPUTER SO IT WENT TO PARK WHEN KEY WAS TURNED ON AGAIN.

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