Complaint 1482489

2016 RAM 1500 • POWER TRAIN • incident Mar 8, 2018

Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Complaint ID
1482489
Make
RAM
Model
1500
Model Year
2016
Component
POWER TRAIN
Incident Date
Mar 8, 2018
Date Received
Jul 13, 2018
Data As Of
Jul 1, 2026

Complaint Summary

POWER TRAIN

Owner Narrative

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT AND ENGAGE INTO THE REVERSE POSITION WITHOUT JOLTING AND SHAKING. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO THIRD GEAR, IT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY ENGAGE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE IMMEDIATELY OR THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. FURTHERMORE, WHILE A BOAT WAS HITCHED TO THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT INADVERTENTLY ROLLED AWAY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FORCEFULLY DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR WOULD ILLUMINATE ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING FROM THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NAPLETON'S NORTHLAKE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (3701 NORTHLAKE BLVD, LAKE PARK, FL 33403, (888) 682-8985) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT A FAILURE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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