2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Vehicle Speed Control Problems

LINKAGE IN STEERING COLUMN WILL REMAIN IN 2ND GEAR WHEN I HAVE PUT IT IN DRIVE. IT HAS BEEN IN MECHANICS TWICE. TWICE INTO MECHANICS REGARDING ANTIFREEZE SPILLING INSIDE THE CAB OF TRUCK. REPAIR WAS ON WATER PUMP BOTH TIMES. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BOTH CONCERNS. RESULTING IN HEALTH ISSUES BEING AT RISK LINKAGE WHILE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY. ANTIFREEZE SPEWING INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK ON WINDSHIELD, CARPET AND MATS, ALSO CENTER OF CAB NEAR 4 WHEEL GEAR SHIFTER.OCCURS WHEN STATIONARY OR WHEN DRIVING.

VEHICLE STARTS TO HESITATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN ALMOST SHUTTING OFF DOES IT COLD OR WARMED UP. TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET INTO GEAR AT A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN AND ALSO WHEN IT IS IN PARK AND PUT INTO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN OPEN THROTTLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 184,500. ..UPDATED 11/14/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A 6 WEEK BACKORDER ON A REPAIR KIT THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR REPAIRS. UPDATED 11/16/2012 *JS

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO SPEED UP. I PUMPED THE GAS A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT I FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT EACH TIME I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE I SPED UP AGAIN. I EXITED UP AN OFF RAMP WHERE I HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP FORM HITTING THE CAR INFRONT OF ME AT THE LIGHT. I GEARED DOWN(STICK SHIFT) BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AS IF AT 75 MPH STILL. I TURNED OFF THE KEY THEN RESTARTED THE TRUCK ONLY TO HAVE THE ENGINE CONTINUE TO REV. I THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT IT THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND OUT WHY IT HAPPENED. THIS MODEL DOES NOT HAVE COMPUTER CONTROL...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT MANUALLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND NOTICED A REDUCTION IN BRAKING POWER. THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 49,000.

ON 2/22/05 AT 8:20 AM I WAS DROPPING MY GRANDSON OFF AT SCHOOL. I HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE TO SEE RATHER OR NOT HE HAD GONE INTO THE SCHOOL. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE TRUCK I HAD STARTED IT UP AND PUT INTO REVERSE LOOKED BEHIND ME AND WHILE BACKING UP TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR COMING SO I TRIED TO STOP BACKING WHEN I HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP BECAUSE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR THE ENGINE WAS REVVING LOUDLY AND THE TRUCK WAS GOING BACKWARDS OUT OF MY CONTROL. AT THAT POINT I HAD NOTICED THAT THERE WERE CHILDREN AND MOTHERS ALL AROUND IN MY PATH I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN THE TRUCK TO HIT ANOTHER CAR TO STOP ME. BEFORE I DECIDED TO TAKE SUCH MEASURES I HAD TRIED TO BREAK TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE GAS...

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITH HIGH SPEED. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

THE VAN WOULD JERK BADLY WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE AND WHEN SITTING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT WOULD BEGIN TO LURCH FORWARD REQUIRING ME TO PRESS HARD ON THE BRAKES.AFTER 8 DAYS IN THE DEALERSHIP AND NUMEROUS CALLS FROM THE SERVICE REP.SAYING THAT THEY KEEP FINDING MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION.AFTER I GOT IT HOME I NOTICED THAT THE INVOICE SHOWED THAT ONE OF THE PARTS THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTOR AND THAT IT HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH A REMANUFACTURED ONE.THIS VAN HAD ONLY 3762 MILES ON IT WHEN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED.HOW SAFE WILL IT BE FOR ME TO DRIVE MY SMALL GRANDCHILDREN AROUND IN A NEW VEHICLE WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHEN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH ONLY 3700 MILES ON IT.THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. ADVISED ME THAT THE SHE WOULD CONTACT THE REGIONAL REP. TO MEET WITH ME .IT HAS BEEN...

CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER STATES PASSING GEAR KICKS IN WHEN SPEED DROPS ABOUT 3 MPH. *SLC