1996 Dodge RAM acceleration problems

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

The contact owns a 1996 Dodge Ram. The contact became aware that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 97V068000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic), 01V037000 (Vehicle Speed Control), and 00V135000 (Electrical System); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was 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. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

NHTSA complaint #11627321 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE RPM'S HAD GONE INTO THE RED. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR IT BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD VIEWED ONE OF THE CABLES IN A "U" SHAPE AND IT WAS STUCK INTO A SPRING ON THE GAS PEDAL. *SCC

NHTSA complaint #10040808 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CONSUMER STILL HAVING PROBLEM AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. RECALL#01V037000 THROTTLE CONTROL. COMMUNITY MOTORS 354 SOUTH HWY55 PRICE, UT 84501 1800-944-0219.

NHTSA complaint #8020230 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CONSUMER WAS SENT A RECALL NOTICE (01V037000) FOR THE THROTTLE STICKING ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT UNDER THE ASSURANCE THE PARTS WOULD BE IN. THEY WERE NOT IN SO THEY WERE ORDERED. CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK AND THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE NOW IDLES HIGH AND THE THROTTLE IS WORSE. CONSUMER OILED THE LINKAGES AND THE PROBLEM WAS BETTER. CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THE THROTTLE ROD WAS BAD AND WOULD COST FOR REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER FEELS NO CHARGE SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE ADDED WORK BECAUSE THE RECALL FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #564365 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISIFIED WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME IT IS TAKING TO PERFORM RECALL, EVEN AFTER HAVING PARTS ORDERED IN ADVANCE, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT VEHICLE BE SERVICED THE SAME DAY, HOWEVER HE RECEIVED A CALL STATING THAT THE REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN STARTED, CONSUMER THEN RETURNED VEHICLE ONLY TO LATER BE INFORMED THAT THE PART BROKE AND WAS SAID TO DEFECTIVE, AND ANOTHER PART WAS TO BE ORDERED.

NHTSA complaint #563528 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISIFIED WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME IT IS TAKING TO PERFORM RECALL, EVEN AFTER HAVING PARTS ORDERED IN ADVANCE, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT VEHICLE BE SERVICED THE SAME DAY, HOWEVER HE RECEIVED A CALL STATING THAT THE REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN STARTED, CONSUMER THEN RETURNED VEHICLE ONLY TO LATER BE INFORMED THAT THE PART BROKE AND WAS SAID TO DEFECTIVE, AND ANOTHER PART WAS TO BE ORDERED.

NHTSA complaint #563528 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN APRIL FOR A RECALL 01 V 037 000 REPAIRS OF THROTTLE CABLE, BUT PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA complaint #895278 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

THROTTLE CABLE ON VEHICLE HAD FRAYED WITH ONE OR TWO STRANDS OF WIRE HOLDING THROTTLE. CONTACTED DEALER *AK RECALL 01V037 WAS ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE PLANT WHERE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, DEALER REPLACED CABLE AND LEVER AT CONSUMERS COST. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #892083 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

THROTTLE CABLE ON VEHICLE HAD FRAYED WITH ONE OR TWO STRANDS OF WIRE HOLDING THROTTLE. CONTACTED DEALER *AK RECALL 01V037 WAS ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE PLANT WHERE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, DEALER REPLACED CABLE AND LEVER AT CONSUMERS COST. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #892083 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

RECALL 01 V 037 000/THROTTLE CABLE: DEALER / MANUFACTURER IS TELLING CONSUMER THAT THIS RECALL DOES NOT EXIST; ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.*AK *SLC

NHTSA complaint #890305 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

ON THREE OCCASIONS VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

NHTSA complaint #889796 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

THROTTLE CABLE FRAYED ONCE AT 70MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED..*AK CRUISE CONTROL CABLE ALSO FRAYED.

NHTSA complaint #887040 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THROTTLE CABLE FRAYED ONCE AT 70MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED..*AK CRUISE CONTROL CABLE ALSO FRAYED.

NHTSA complaint #887040 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

ON JANUARY 26, 2001 DURING AN INSPECTION, I NOTICED SEVERAL FRAYED STRANDS ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WHERE IT EMERGES FROM THE SHEATH NEAR THE INJECTOR PUMP. I BOUGHT A NEW CABLE THAT SAME DAY AND NOTICED IT IS OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN THAN THE ORIGINAL. IF THERE WAS ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM TO CAUSE A REDESIGN OF THE PART, IT SEEMS DC CORP. SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE OWNERS. WITH THE POWERFUL TORQUE OF THIS ENGINE, THIS IS A DEFINATE SAFETY CONCERN AS IT WOULD BE HARD TO BRING IT TO A STOP SHOULD THE CABLE FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

NHTSA complaint #741999 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED, CAUSING ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS TO BE ILLUMINATED, ALSO CAUSED CRUISE CONTROL TO HUNT, CONSUMER TAPPED TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #559023 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATOR CABLE BECAME FRAYED/ GETTING JAMMED INTO THE CABLE HOUSING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL INSPECT VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #875506 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

CONSUMER TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR VALVE ADJUSTMENT, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THE THOTTLE CABLE WAS GETTING READY TO BREAK. SO CONSUMER HAD IT REPLACED.

NHTSA complaint #871203 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE HWY AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL INGAGED MY TRUCK EXCELERATED TO SPEED OF 90+ MPH, I WAS UNALBE TO STOP THE VECHICAL.

NHTSA complaint #730780 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE HWY AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL INGAGED MY TRUCK EXCELERATED TO SPEED OF 90+ MPH, I WAS UNALBE TO STOP THE VECHICAL.

NHTSA complaint #730780 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

THE THROTTLE CABLE UNRAVELED, FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SEALS LEAK OIL, TRANSMISSION PLASTIC CONNECTIONS LEAKED, AND AN ALIGNMENT NEEDED T OFFSET BUSHING.

NHTSA complaint #722793 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

WHEN DRIVING THERE IS LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FUEL PUMP. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WON'T MOVE, AND WILL JUST IDLE.

NHTSA complaint #848418 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND TOWING A TRAILER THE THROTTLE LINKAGE JAMMED ALL THE WAY ON. I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF TO STOP. THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BECOME FRAYED INSIDE OF A SHEATH ON THE LINKAGE CABLE AND JAMMED INSIDE THE SHEATH.

NHTSA complaint #700630 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

REPLACE MISSING BOLT ON THROTTLE LINKAGE WERE IT BOLTS TO FUEL PUMP, REINSTALL DRIVE SHAFT, RUN AND CHECK ENGINE.

NHTSA complaint #524520 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

ACCELERATION CABLE FRAYS AT ATTACHMENT POINT OF FUEL INJECTION A VEHICLE COLLISION.

NHTSA complaint #530234 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE SECURITY SYSTEM.

NHTSA complaint #525725 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.