TRAVELING IN RIGHT LANE OF 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT FROM THE RIGHT INTO MY LANE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I LET OFF THROTTLE AND APPLIED BRAKES. NOTICED AN OPENING IN TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE. TURNED ON THE TURN SIGNAL, STARTED TO SHIFT LANES AND APPLIED THROTTLE. TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FOR WHAT FELT LIKE 2-3 SECONDS. BY THAT TIME THE CAR BEHIND ME IN THE LEFT LANE WAS RIGHT ON MY BUMPER. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL. I HAD NOTICED A 1-2 SECOND THROTTLE DELAY A COUPLE TIMES WHILE MANEUVERING THROUGH TRAFFIC EARLIER IN THE DAY AS WELL. *TR
2014 Ram 3500 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2014 record →
ENTERED MY TRUCK, TO GO TO WORK. SHUT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, AND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR WINDOW BLEW OUT. THE TRUCK WAS NOT EVEN A MONTH OLD. I LIVE IN A RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND NOTHING HAD HIT IT, TOUCHED IT, ETC. TEMP IN THE 50'S WITH RAIN. COVERED UNDER MY INSURANCE WITH NO DEDUCTIBLE, BUT EVEN THE GLASS COMPANY HAS SAID THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. IMPERIAL DODGE IN MENDON, MA DUCKING MY PHONE CALLS. CHRYSLER., TO THERE CREDIT SAID THEY WOULD CHECK INTO IT, (EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THEY WON'T). POINT BEING, "WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING?" EVEN THOUGH IT'S COVERED UNDER INSURANCE, THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT! AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO MAN UP AND TALK TO ME. *TT
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