NHTSA Complaint #11270471 — 2015 RAM 1500

AFTER COMPLETING THE EMISSIONS RECALL ON THE ECO DIESEL A SIGNIFICANT LAG IN ACCELERATION HAS OCCURRED. THIS LAG IMPACTS ABILITY TO KEEP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WHEN MERGING ETC. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT IS UNPREDICTABLE AND DRIVER CANNOT DETERMINE ACCELERATION BY SIMPLY PRESSING THE PEDAL DOWN - SOMETIMES WITH A 5-10 SECOND DELAY IN RESPONSE TO ACCELERATE. THIS CAN OCCUR FROM A STOP, AND MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY, FROM A STOP LIGHT AND MAKING A UTURN IN THE AUTHORIZED AREAS, WHEN MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY RAMP.