1995 Dodge RAM 2500 acceleration problems

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT SEARCHED ONLINE FOR RECALLS PE VIN AND FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 01V037000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AS AN UNREPAIRED RECALL PER THE NHTSA VIN SEARCH. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO LANDMARK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM OF MARROW (6850 MT ZION BLVD MORROW, GA 30260, 678-251-2270) AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA complaint #11406129 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA complaint #10916112 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STICKING TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT KICKED THE PEDAL AND IT RELEASED. THE CONTACT THEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS STUCK. THE CONTACT THEN PULLED THE CABLE BACK FROM BEING IDLED AND DROVE HOME. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY NEED TO INSPECT AND REPLACE THE THROTTLE CABLE AND UPPER BELL CRANK LEVER. THE REPAIRS WOULD TAKE A WEEK BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 275,000.

NHTSA complaint #10465437 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

DURING RECALL REPAIRS THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS FRAYED, AND SUGGESTED THAT IT BE DISCONNECTED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED , AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL.

NHTSA complaint #10115490 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

AFTER DRIVING 5 OR 10 MINUTES VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND HAD TAKEN IT TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE PROBLEMS OF THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD LITTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHILE DRIVING. ANTIFREEZE LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE FLOODED AND STALL. THE VEHICLE RAN ROUGH PRIOR TO REACHING 75 MPH. OCCASIONALLY THE SERPENTINE BELT RAN CROOKED ON THE PULLEY AND BROKE. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM LEAKED. THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT PROPERLY FITTED TO THE HOLDERS. THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID.

NHTSA complaint #10091721 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS. ONCE THE THROTTLE CABLE BECAME STUCK AND THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL THE PEDAL UP. THE SECOND TIME A LEVER BECAME JAMMED AND A MECHANIC HAD TO FREE UP THE LEVER WHICH WAS RUSTED. *AK *CB *NLM

NHTSA complaint #10026269 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER HAD THE THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER STATING THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS WERE NOT MET.

NHTSA complaint #564676 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CONSUMER STATES RECALL ITEM THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE BROKE. THERE IS A RECALL (01V037000) POSSIBLY RELATING TO THE THROTTLE CABLE WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE RECALL WERE NOT AVAILABLE. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET AN APPROVED PART AND RECEIVED REPAIRS THROUGH ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT, MANUFACTURER DECLINED CLAIM STATING THAT REPLACEMENT PART WAS NOT AN APPROVED PART.

NHTSA complaint #564359 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL 01V-037, AND THROTTLE ROD WAS WORN.

NHTSA complaint #562702 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE THROTTLE CABLE BECAME UNHOOKED, CONSUMER HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL.

NHTSA complaint #564233 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE THROTTLE CABLE BECAME UNHOOKED, CONSUMER HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL.

NHTSA complaint #564233 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL 01V-037, AND THROTTLE ROD WAS WORN.

NHTSA complaint #562702 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE 970. TOOK VEHICLE IN 3 TIMES, AND EACH TIME THERE WERE NO PARTS. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS MADE BY DODGE MANUFACTURER , TOOK VEHICLE IN, AND STILL THERE WERE NO PARTS.

NHTSA complaint #895928 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE LISTED ITEM FAILED AND CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO STICK,I CONTACTED THE FACTORY, THE DEALER AND NHTSA AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT AFFECTED THIS PART:CAMPAIGN NUMBER: O1V037000.THIS IS A 1995 DIESEL PICKUP AND IS THE EXACT SAME DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS CAMPAIGN NUMBER AND CAUSED ME TO SPEND OVER $350 TO REPAIR AT THE DEALER NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY FACTOR INVOLVED WHEN MY THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AT SPEED.

NHTSA complaint #745519 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

A PLASTIC COMPONENT THAT IS FOUND IN THE THROTTLE CONTROL FELL OUT OF ITS PLASTIC SLEEVE, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHILE PULLING A 29' TRAILER. DEALERSHIP REPLACED PLASTIC COMPONENT AND SLEEVE WITH NEWER GENERATION COMPONENTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.

NHTSA complaint #886522 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

THROTTLE CABLE BECOME FRAYED AND STUCK. CONSUMER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF ANY RECALL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CABLE IS FRAYED WHERE IT ENTERS THE OUTER HOUSING NEAR THE INJECTOR PUMP. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #884958 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

THROTTLE CABLE BECOME FRAYED AND STUCK. CONSUMER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF ANY RECALL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CABLE IS FRAYED WHERE IT ENTERS THE OUTER HOUSING NEAR THE INJECTOR PUMP. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #884958 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

WHEN ACCELERATING GAS PEDAL BECOMES STUCK, AND VEHICLE OVER SPEEDS, IT DESTROYS ENGINE.

NHTSA complaint #883019 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING FAIRLY SLOW, THE THROTTLE STUCK.

NHTSA complaint #557656 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

AFTER RETURNING FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SC I WAS CHECKING THE TRUCK OVER AND NOTICED THREE STRANDS OF THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKEN AND FRAYED OUT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS IF IT HAD BROKEN OR WORSE YET, HAD JAMED WHILE GOING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

NHTSA complaint #732444 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

AFTER RETURNING FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SC I WAS CHECKING THE TRUCK OVER AND NOTICED THREE STRANDS OF THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKEN AND FRAYED OUT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS IF IT HAD BROKEN OR WORSE YET, HAD JAMED WHILE GOING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

NHTSA complaint #732444 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I LOST THROTTLE CONTROL. THE THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD FATIGUED AND RUPTURED AT A BALL JOINT. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE REDUCTION IN SPEED, RESULTING IN ME HAVING TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER.

NHTSA complaint #717520 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

EVAPORATIVE CANISTER LEAKAGE.

NHTSA complaint #515771 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

THE THROTTLE LINKAGES FELL OFF THE VEHICLE,ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO RETURN TO IDLE AND THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION IN THE VEHICLE WITH APPLICATION OF THE GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED.

NHTSA complaint #844202 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES HIGH IDLE, UNABLE TO REMEDY. MJS

NHTSA complaint #545879 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.