NHTSA Complaint #11311911 — 2019 RAM 1500

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING WHILE BREAK PEDDLE WAS ENGAGED. VEHICLE CONTINUE ACCELERATING WITH HEAVY BREAK PADDLE APPLICATION. ACCELERATION CONTINUED TO THE POINT OF TIRE SCREECHING AND SMOKING MOVING VEHICLE INTO INTERSECTION. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART TILL THIRD ATTEMPT. VEHICLE WAS THEN MOVED TO SAFE LOCATION AND TOWED TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR 6 DAYS WITH NO RESOLUTION. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A DOWNTOWN LOCATION WITH HEAVY VEHICLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC. HAD IT BEEN AS LESS EXPERIENCED OR LESS ATTENTIVE DRIVE THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE PROVED FATAL. I WILL NOT BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE UNTIL ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED AND A SOLUTION PROVIDED. VEHICLE IS TWO MONTHS OLD WITH LESS THAN 5000 MILES.*DT CONSUMER STATED DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE.*JB *JS