1994 DODGE RAM Vehicle Speed Control Problems

The contact owns a 1994 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact became aware that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 01V037000 (Vehicle Speed Control) and 99V214000 (Suspension); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer and a second dealer, Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (5401 I-30 Frontage Rd, Greenville, TX 75402), were contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and informed the contact that they were not required to perform the recall repair because the vehicle was more than 10 years old. However, the vehicle was not more than 10 years old on the date the defect or noncompliance was determined. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TOWARDS TRAFFIC WHICH RESULTEDC IN AN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

TRUCK WAS IN PARK AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT SUDDENLY JUMPED OUT GEAR, ACCELERATING UP TO 50 MPH. UPON UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION THE TRUCK HIT A TREE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD BROKEN AT THREAD. RECALL ON THROTTLE CABLE WAS DONE IN THE FALL OF 2001. CONSUMER REPAIRED PART.*AK *YH

BECAUSE OF LINKAGE SOCKET THROTTLE LINKAGE UNEXPECTEDLY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE.THE DEALER PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT REPAIRED VEHICLE FOR SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

TRACK BARS FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WONDER.*AK CONSUMER STATES IF THE THROTTLE POSITION SWITCH FAILS THERE IS NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE SPEED.*JB

CONSUMER IS CALLING DEALER IN REGARD TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 970 FOR THROTTLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR REPAIRS, BUT IS UNABLE TO REMEDY BECAUSE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. *AK

THROTLE ROD WITH THREADED ENDS HAVING BALL SOCKETS SCREWED ON, LOACATED DRIVER SIDE IN CENTER OF MOTER, TOP, HOOKS FOOT PEDDLE CABLE TO THROTTLE BODY LINKAGE AT INJECTION PUMP, BREAKS NEAR WHERE THREADING STOPS IN CENTER OF ROD, PURCHASE OF NEW ROD ALL WAYS GETS "NEW IMPROVED VERSION, PLEASE PAY AT FRONT COUNTER" WE PULL TRAILORS IN CITY TRAFFIC 90+% OF THE TIME AND LOSS OF THROTTLE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AT ON RAMP OR INTERSECTION IS NOT A GOOD EXPERINCE! SPEED CONTROL AND LOSS OF HVAC DUCT CONTROLS TO VENTS LOST DUE TO VACUME LINE SPLITING BEHIND DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT NEAR METAL "CAN" FUEL LINE SPLITS OR HOLES IN FRONT OF DRIVER SIDE, ABOVE TRANSMISSION, BELOW FUEL FILTER, FUEL LEAKS ALL OVER. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OCURRING SINCE VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER AND MECHANIC, WE NOW KEEP SPARE VACUME AND FUEL LINE AND...

THROTTLE ASSEMBLY KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING ENGINE TO GO BACK TO IDLE, AND WILL SHUTDOWN. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS A COMMON DEFECT. *AK *ML

PROBLEM #1 ON 31 MARCH 1999, I VISITED MY GRANDSON IN CENTERVILLE, VA. I DROVE MY TRUCK THERE AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I LEFT TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE TRUCK, PLACED THE SHIFTER IN REVERSE AND LET IT ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN HIS SLOPED DRIVEWAY, BRAKING WHEN I GOT ON THE STREET. I PLACED THE SHIFTER IN DRIVE AND STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. IT CRAWLED FORWARD DOWN THE STREET. I PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR AND GOT NO RESPONSE. I STOPPED THE TRUCK, PLACED THE SHIFTER IN PARK, GOT OUT, AND THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY HAND. IT DID NOT HAVE ANY RESISTANCE. I OPENED THE HOOD AND LOOKED AT THE INJECTOR PUMP WITH MY FLASHLIGHT AND NOTICED A LINK HANGING DOWN FROM THE PUMP AND IT . THERE ALSO APPEARED THAT THERE WAS SLACK IN HE ACCELERATOR CABLE....

UPON TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO FULL OPEN THROTTLE. UPON APPLICATION WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BE STUCK IN THE FULL OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. AFTER GOING OFF THE ROAD AND HITTING A CONCRETE WALL, ENGINE WAS STILL WIDE OPEN, VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED. WAS PROJECTED INTO ONCOMING INTERSTATE TRAFFIC AND AN 18-WHEEL SEMI-TRUCK, COLLIDED WITH ME. THE DODGE IS DEMOLISHED AND I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. *AK

DRIVING VERY SLOWLY ACROSS POND LEVEE, MASHED ACCELERATOR,ENGINE INCREASED SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT. VEHICLE PLUNGED INTO LAKE, SEVERLY INJURING DRIVER AND PASSENGER, AND HITTING DRAIN PLUG OF LAKE, CAUSING DRAINAGE AND LOSS OF FISH, ETC.,LAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DEEP AND, BOTH INJURED PASSENGERS ALMOST DROWNED. BOTH SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPRIENCED SUDDEN ACELERATION WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. CAUSING A HEAD-ON COLLISON WITH A TRACKER TRAILER AND A BRICK WALL. THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

WHEN DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE CUT OFF AND THE THEN RPMS RACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

THROTTLE LINKAGE CAME APART, ACCELERATOR ARM , CAUSING A LOSS OF SPEED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE THROTTLE LINKAGE AND CONTROL BROKE . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

DRIVING 5 SPEED VEHICLE, LEFT VEHICLE IN 4TH GEAR, VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS ABOUT 4 FT BEFORE APPLYING EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT THROTTLE STICKING, WHEN UPON BRAKING VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD AND WON'T DECELERATE, RESULTING IN NEAR ACCIDENTS. *AK

SPEED SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING SPEEDOMETER/OVERDRIVE TO FAIL.

DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEED OF 10 MPH, VEHICLE WENT HIGH IDLE POSITION, OPEN THROTTLE, TO STOP THE VEHICLE TURN OFF THE IGNITION. *AK

VEHICLE SLIPPED IN CRUISE CONTROL, WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, RESULTING IN HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE, NO ACCIDENT. TT

REPLACED SPEED SENSOR. *AK

ENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL FOR 1/2 HOUR, TRIED TO DISENGAGE WITH BRAKE PEDAL, DID NOT DISENGAGE UNTIL AFTER VEHICLE ACCELERATED, DEALER CAN'T LOCATE PROBLEM. TT