NHTSA Complaint #11232748 — 2013 RAM 3500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT DECELERATE EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. EVENTUALLY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND STALLED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED UNTIL THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE INTO AN ABANDONED PARKING LOT. CORTLAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (3878 WEST RD, CORTLAND, NY 13045, (607) 218-7520) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED ON OTHER VEHICLES AND THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000. *DT*JB