2013 RAM 2500 vehicle speed control problems

What owners report

• “TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.*PM *DL”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 09/10/2019

• “MY 2013 RAM 2500 TURBO DIESEL HAS EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE TURBO UNIT. UPON RESEARCHING THIS, I FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE CUMMINS HOLSET TURBO. FROM 2007 - CURRENT THIS PART HAS BEEN FAILING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LIMP HOME AT 15MPH WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY I WAS JUST LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 40MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL, AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN REPORTED AS A SAFETY ISSUE. …”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 08/09/2019

• “LOSING TROTTLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NO ACCELERATION AT ALL AT INTERSECTIONS IS VERY SCARY. DEALER SAYS THAT CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. COSTLY AS WELL.”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 08/09/2017

• “I RECENTLY MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHERE I LIVE AND I LET OFF THE THROTTLE VERY QUICKLY AND THEN GOT BACK INTO IT AND MY TRUCK DIDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10-15 TIMES DURING THE 3+YEARS I'VE OWNED IT BUT THIS INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH BECAUSE LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN GETTING BACK ON IT CAUSE ME TO CONTINUE SLOW EVEN THOUGH I MASHED THE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE SOFTWARE OR C…”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 06/02/2017

• “TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 RAM 2500 MEGA CAB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 02/08/2017

• “WHEN I HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND LET OFF FOR A SECOND AND THEN TRY TO RETURN TO THE GAS PEDAL THERE IS NOTHING. A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT "DEAD PEDAL" IT HAS ALMOST GOTTEN ME HIT MANY TIMES DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENED ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD IN THE SNOW AND ALMOST GOT ME AND MY WIFE KILLED. IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN A STUMP THERE, WE WOULD HAVE PLUNGED ABOUT 500 FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE MOUNTAIN. NOT COOL. THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I GUESS WHEN IT GETS ME KILLED, I WILL HAVE TO …”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 11/14/2015 · crash

• “VEHICLE EXHIBITS AN ACCELERATOR 'DEAD PEDAL' PROBLEM. WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, OR SLOWING THEN ACCELERATING, IF ONE LIFTS THE THROTTLE THEN REAPPLIES THE THROTTLE QUICKLY, THE TRUCK DOES NOT RESPOND FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THIS CAN CREATE (AND HAS CREATED) A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE. *TR”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 03/07/2015

• “WHILE DRIVING I NEEDED TO MERGE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. AS I ACCELERATED I SUDDENLY NEEDED TO LET OFF HE THROTTLE DUE TO CONDITIONS. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS REAPPLIED I HAD A COMPLETELY DEAD GAS PEDAL THAT WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. THE TRUCK REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE FOR A SOLID 2-3 SECONDS, THEN IT SLOWLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE TRUCK NEVER QUIT RUNNING AND NO DASH LIGHTS INDICATED A PROBLEM DURING THIS INCIDENT. OVER THE LAST YEAR OF DRIVING THE TRUCK IT HAS DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND PUT ME AND …”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 12/29/2014

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