NHTSA Complaint #11072164 — 2015 RAM 2500

THIS REPORT FOLLOWS THE NHTSA REPORT 11051041 OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN THE SAME 2015 RAM 2500 TRUCK (11/4/17). ON 2/10/18, THE 2ND AND 3RD EPISODES OCCURRED. AFTER A HARD ACCERATION TO 70 MPH, THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW IN RESPONSE TO BRAKING. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. AFTER TWO APPLICATIONS OF THE BRAKES, I PUSHED THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND HIT THE HAZARD FLASHERS. EVEN IN NEUTRAL AND WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV, BUT THE TRUCK SLOWED VERY GRADUALLY. I EASED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PUSHED IT INTO PARK. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL, SLOW THE TRUCK AND GET IT OFF OF THE ROAD, A MESSAGE FLASHED TWICE. I BELIEVE THE MESSAGE WAS--SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE. BUT I AM NOT SURE. THE MESSAGES LITERALLY BLINKED ON AND OFF, AND I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE TRUCK. THE FIRST EPISODE OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN THIS TRUCK WAS TERRIFYING. THIS EPISODE FELT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. IF I HAD NOT READ EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND STRATEGIES FOR REGAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. AND, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD PRACTICED STRATEGIES FOR REGAINING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING TO OTHER PLACES AND WHEN THE TRUCK WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. AFTER PARKING I CALLED MY HUSBAND. HE CAME TO THE LOCATION. THE TRUCK WAS TURNED OFF FOR TEN MINUTES. WE SWITCHED TRUCKS. HE GOT INTO THE RAM AND STARTED IT. THE ENGINE WAS AGAIN REVVING. HE TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY. HE THEN TOOK THE TRUCK TO AN AUTO SUPPLY STORE TO PULL THE CODES. THERE WAS NOTHING. THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN HOME. IT IS PERMANENTLY PARKED AND IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. ACCIDENTS HAVE ONLY BEEN AVOIDED BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WITH SPARSE POPULATION AND TRAFFIC, COUPLED WITH WIDE ROADS.