2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Vehicle Speed Control Problems

ON A 35MPH STREET, TRUCK SUDDENLY BUCKING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL, AND THE RPM'S WERE ERRATIC. I PUT IT IN N PULLED OVER AND SHUT IT OFF. IT RESTARTED WITH NO ISSUES. I DROVE ABOUT 9 MILES, PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS COASTING UP IT, WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRUCK ACCELERATED. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE, NOTHING. I SLAMMED IT IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WHILE IDLING, OR MOVING AT A SLOW RATE. I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO A 50MPH, 4 LANE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. I STEPPED ON PARKING BRAKE, TURNED IT OFF AND THANKED GOD THAT I WAS UNHARMED. I STARTED BACK UP, PUT IT IN D, DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL (LIGHT TURNED GREEN) AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, THEN IT BUCKED A FEW TIMES AND ACCELERATED ON IT'S...

SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTION; THE BRAKE PEDAL JUST WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FEET BEFORE INTERSECTION; APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO EFFECTIVELY STOP;SPEED WAS BELOW 30 MPH WHEN APPROACHING INTERSECTION AND BRAKE LOSS OCCURRED; TRUCK HAS ALSO HAD FOUR "DEATH WOBBLE" EXPERIENCES EVEN WITH PITTMAN ARM AND ASSOCIATED PARTS REPLACEMENT; TWO EXPERIENCES OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION (POSSIBLE JAMMED OPEN THROTTLE) OF THE TURBO, LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL; SUDDEN ACCELERATIONS OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER CRUISE CONTROL USAGE AND TRAVELING LESS THAN 30 MPH; WHILE STATIONARY, VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED WIRING HARNESS SHORT AND FIRE ON FIREWALL WHILE CONNECTED TO TRAILER. PICTURES ATTACHED WERE TAKEN WITHIN 12 HOURS OF SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES.

I WAS LETTING MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 CUMMINS WARM UP IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN RPM SUDDENLY JUMP TO 3000 FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AFTER THAT I LEFT TO GO TO WORK I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET GOING 30 MILES AN HOUR AFTER THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR THE TRUCK AUTOMATICALLY ACCELERATED AS IF I WAS PUSHING FULL THROTTLE AND THEN LET OFF WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES, THEN I HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE I PULLED OVER SHUT THE TRUCK OFF STARTED IT BACK UP AND THEN HAD THROTTLE RESPONSE AGAIN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOW ON. ON MY WAY TO AUTOZONE TO GET MY CODES READ IT DID IT ONE MORE TIME WHERE IT ACCELERATED BY ITSELF I HIT THE BRAKES AND IT STOPPED ACCELERATING AND AFTER THAT I LOST THROTTLE CONTROL AS IN A "DEAD PEDAL". THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN IF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HOOKED TO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN ORDER TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED IN REVERE AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE CRASH CAUSED NO INJURIES AND THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 178,500.

TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK ON I-65 NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN, KY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WENT TO 90 MPH WITHIN SECONDS. I FIRST TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKE TO TAKE OFF THE CRUISE, THAT DID NOTHING, I THEN PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH AND THE ENGINE SCREAMED AND THE SPEAKERS BLEW, STILL GOING 90 MPH I MANUALLY TURNED OFF THE CRUISE AND THAT SLOWED IT DOWN. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT DODGE/CHRYSLER WILL NOT HONOR BECAUSE THE ECM NEEDS REPLACED NOT REPROGRAMMED. DODGE WANTS $3,473.00 FROM ME TO FIX. MY TRUCK ACCORDING TO DODGE HAD THE RECALL DONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I DON'T WANT TO DIE OR KILL SOMEONE IF MY TRUCK GOES OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD MATTER IF IT NEEDS REPROGRAMMED OR REPLACED. A RECALL IS A RECALL AND ADMITS TO A PROBLEM. THIS RECALL REFERS TO VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL...

I'VE HAD THIS SINCE THE DODGE C02 RECALL A WHILE BACK. HAPPENS MAYBE ONCE A WEEK, MAYBE TWICE, BUT NOT OFTEN ENOUGH TO REPRODUCE AT THE DEALER. HERE'S THE DEAL: YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO APPLYING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THROTTLE TO THE VEHICLE DURING LAUNCH TO MAINTAIN RPMS. THE ENGINE RUNS UP TO 2000-3000 RPM WHEN YOU EXPECT IT TO BE AROUND 1200. THE COMPUTER SEEMS TO BE FUELING UP FOR LAUNCH, BUT DOES NOT WHEN THE RPMS COME UP. AFTER 5 SECONDS OR SO, IT WILL SUDDENLY "REALIZE" THAT IT MADE THE MISTAKE AND STARTS TO FUEL, WHEN YOU THEN HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN QUITE A BIT TO MAINTAIN THE RPMS. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. CHRYSLER TECH GROUP CAN NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM SO THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN AN INJURY, AS IT IS GETTING MORE SEVERE AS TIME...

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK AND WHILE IDLING IT SHIFTS INTO REVERSE. ALSO, VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON HIGH. THEN, IT BEGINS MOVING BACKWARDS AND STOPS, ONCE IT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT.*AK