NHTSA Complaint #11076602 — 2014 RAM 1500

RAM STARTED DYING IN DECEMBER 2017 WHILE DRIVING AT HWY SPEED. ALL ELECTRIC POWER REMAINED, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ON OR ABOUT 1 JANUARY 2018, ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THAT DAY, THE ENGINE SURGED 2 TIMES WITHOUT DYING. DEALER VERIFIED A U1424 TROUBLE CODE RECORDED 3 TIMES. DEALER HAD THE RAM FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK AND COULD NOT MAKE IT DUPLICATE, BUT INDICATED THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE CRANKSHAFT SENOR. THEY DID NOT DO THE REPAIR. DEALER CLEARED THE CODE AND I RETRIEVED IT. THE RAM CONTINUED TO DIE, BUT HAS NOT PRESENTED A TROUBLE CODE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH DODGE/RAM (CASE#33123585) TO WHICH THEY RECENTLY DETERMINED THAT UNTIL THE RAM CANNOT MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, DESPITE THE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. SINCE DECEMBER, THE RAM HAS NOW DIED APPROXIMATELY 7 TIMES AND SURGED MORE TIMES THAN I REMEMBER. THE FIRST TIME I WAS PULLED INTO THE DITCH AS I TRIED TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. 3 TIMES, I'VE NARROWLY MISSED BEING REAR-ENDED AFTER THE RAM DIED TWICE WHILE NAVIGATING THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ONCE WHILE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION. THIS MORNING IT AGAIN DIED AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO NAVIGATE A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT DIED UNTIL I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. BY THAT TIME, I BARELY HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND SWERVE TO KEEP FROM REAR-ENDING ME. THAT INDIVIDUAL CONFRONTED ME IN A VERY HOSTILE MANNER, BUT I DIFFUSED THE SITUATION WHEN I EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE ATTITUDE OF DODGE/RAM IS VERY CONCERNING AS THEIR "POLICY" OUTWEIGHS THE SAFETY OF ME, MY FAMILY AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE, BUT RAM STATES THEY'VE NEVER DEALT WITH THE ISSUE. I HAVE PHOTOS ON MY CELLPHONE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN THE RAM DIES. I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH RAM