NHTSA Complaint #11075765 — 2016 RAM 3500

MY TRUCK, WITH THE AISIN TRANSMISSION AND SINGLE REAR WHEEL, HAS A HORRIBLE THROTTLE DELAY. PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION OR IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS TERRIFYING, BECAUSE IF THE DELAY KICKS IN, I CAN PUT THE PEDAL DOWN AND THE TRUCK WILL LITERALLY NOT REACT FOR 3-5 SECONDS. THIS IS ALSO TRUE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS ON THE HIGHWAY, AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE, ETC. IT'S LIKE THE THROTTLE PEDAL DOESN'T KNOW YOU'RE PUSHING IT FOR QUITE A FEW SECONDS, AND THEN AND ONLY THEN IT WILL REACT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW SITUATIONS WHERE I'VE BEEN PULLING OUT ACROSS TRAFFIC FROM A STOP SIGN, THINKING I HAD PLENTY OF TIME IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ONLY FOR MY TRUCK TO BE DEAD IN THE WATER. NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, NOTHING. I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS. RAM WILL NOT HELP, AND STATES THAT MY PROBLEM IS NOT THERE. I ASSURE YOU IT IS, AND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FORUM POSTS I SEE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, IT'S DEFINITELY OUT THERE. I WISH I COULD GET OUT OF THIS TRUCK BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE SUCH A HUGE LOSS ON IT. IT'S EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND STRESSFUL TO DRIVE.