There are 12 stored owner reports matching the speed control & cruise leading-label group for the 2014 Ram 2500 in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)"DEAD PEDAL" ISSUE- WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY IN TRAFFIC, AND YOU PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MORE THAN ABOUT 70%, THE TRUCK JUST SITS THERE... LIKE THERE IS NO POWER. IT WILL EVENTUALLY (4-6 SECONDS LATER) SLOWLY INCREASE SPEED, OR IF YOU FEATHER THE PEDAL, IT WILL ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE STREET, OR OTHER TIMES WHEN ENTERING FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TURBO LAG, BUT RATHER SOME KIND OF PROGRAMING IN THE DRIVE TRAIN THAT KEEPS THE TRUCK FROM ACCELERATING BRISKLY WHEN PUSHING ON THE PEDAL..... THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY, THE LISTED DATE IS THE LAST TIME I FELT IT. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 30-40 TIMES SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN JAN 2013. NOTE: I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DRAG RACE OR SMOKE TIRES... I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU NEED TO QUICKLY PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC... DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE...
VEHICLE CONSISTENTLY HAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR A SECOND OR TWO WHEN GOING FROM STATIONARY TO FULL THROTTLE. PRIMARILY WHEN MAKING A QUICK DECISION TO PULL OUT AT AN INTERSECTION OR MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. IF THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED THEN RELEASED AND PUSHED AGAIN THERE IS AN EXTREMELY LAG. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU ARE NEEDING FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION ALL OF MY SITUATIONS HAVE REQUIRED NEEDING IT FAST. THE ACCELERATION BEING DELAYED HAS RESULTED IN NEAR MISSES WHEN ENTERING AN INTERSECTION AS SECONDS OF DELAY IN RESPONSE CAUSES APPROACHING VEHICLES TO GET CLOSER THAN THEY EVER SHOULD.
PERIODICALLY WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL I GET NO RESPONSE AND TRUCK JUST LAGS. UNFORTUNATELY THIS SEEMS TO ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN I'M TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY OR WHEN I'M MAKING A LEFT TURN AND ALTHOUGH I MAKE THE TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A GOOD DISTANCE SOMETIMES THE TRUCK JUST STOPS AND I HAVE A DELAY BEFORE THE TRUCK STARTS MOVING AGAIN WHILE I'M SITTING RIGHT IN THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
VERY LONG (2-5SEC) HESITATION OCCASIONALLY ON ACCELERATION. MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN LEAVING A STOP OR ACCELERATING FROM VERY LOW SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD A FEW NEAR MISSES BECAUSE OF THIS. ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE DEALER REMEDY THIS ISSUE HAS YIELDED NO RESULTS.
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE COMPLETELY LOST THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR UP TO 3-5 SECONDS. THE MOST SEVERE OCCASIONS ARE WHEN TRYING TO TURN LEFT ACROSS A 2 LANE HIGHWAY OR CHANGING LANES/MERGING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE THROTTLE RESPONSE LOSS AKA "DEAD PEDAL" IS HEAVILY DOCUMENTED IN CUMMINS FORUMS IS EASILY DUPLICATED BY BARELY TOUCHING THE THROTTLE, LETTING OFF FOR A SPLIT SECOND, AND THEN HITTING THE THROTTLE AGAIN. THESE STEPS WILL PUT THE TRUCK IN DEAD PEDAL/LOSS OF ACCELERATION FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE POWER IS APPLIED AND THE TRUCK STARTS ACCELERATING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND ONE THAT I TRIED TO IGNORE FOR THE FIRST 50,000 MILES BY BEING PATIENT AND LEAVING LOTS OF ROOM FOR MERGING/TURNING, BUT AFTER A NEAR MISS ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED SO CHRYSLER WILL FIX THIS KNOWN ISSUE HAPPENING WITH ALL NEW MODEL 2500'S. ON 11/21/2015 I TRIED TO TURN LEFT ONTO A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC GOING 65 MPH. THIS PARTICULAR HIGHWAY HAS LITTLE VISIBILITY TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC DUE TO A HILL. I TOUCHED THE THROTTLE TO TURN AND THEN HESITATED FOR SPLIT SECOND, BACKING OFF THE THROTTLE, AND THEN DECIDED IT WAS CLEAR AND HIT THE THROTTLE AGAIN BUT THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE GAINING POWER AGAIN AND ACCELERATING. IT'S HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT IF I HIT THE ACCELERATOR IN MY $60K TRUCK IT MAY NOT GO ANYWHERE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.
TURNIG LEFT ONTO DIXIE HWY FROM A PARKING LOT AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND IT TOOK ABOUT TWO SECONDS FOR THE TRUCK TO MOVE, ITS HAPPENED MANY TIME IN THE FEW MILE THAT I HAVE . *TR
I HAVE A 2014 RAM WITH THE CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE. THROTTLE LAG ON THESE TRUCKS IS DANGEROUS. THERE IS ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT LAG AFTER THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN RELEASED AND THEN PRESSED ONCE AGAIN. *TR
DEAD PEDAL AFTER LIFTING OFF THROTTLE COMPLETELY AND THEN REAPPLYING THROTTLE. HAVE TO WAIT 2-3 SECONDS BEFORE TRUCK DOES ANYTHING AND ITS NOT TURBO LAG. I'VE TRIED ROLLING OFF THE THROTTLE AND ALSO LIFTING OFF THROTTLE QUICKLY AND IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, THERE IS NO RESPONSE AT ALL FROM THE TRUCK FOR AN UNSAFE AMOUNT OF TIME. GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS IT CAN BE SCARY AT TIMES. *TR
WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER, THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE LAG BEFORE THE TURBO SPOOLS. *TR
WHILE TRAVELING IN A CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA, I WANTED TO CHANGE LANES AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS LEAVING ME STRANDED IN BETWEEN LANES AND I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND! *JS THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.
MY 2014 RAM 2500 6.7 DIESEL TRUCK HAS A PROBLEM WITH A THROTTLE HESITATION IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS (DEAD PEDAL) THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU GIVE IT SOME THROTTLE AND THEN YOU LET OFF SLIGHTLY AND REAPPLY THE THROTTLE AGAIN THE TRUCK WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE INPUT FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS! THIS SITUATION CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND HAS PUT ME IN A BAD SITUATION SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT! THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED!
WENT TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR STUCK AND REACHED SPEEDS 110 MPH, HIT THE BRAKES THINKING I HIT CRUISE CONTROL, RELEASED BRAKE ONLY TO SEE THAT IT DID NOT SLOW DOWN, HIT THE BRAKES AGAIN AND PUT IN NEUTRAL TWICE, DID NOT WANT TO TURN OFF KEY AT THAT TIME BEING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY I-25. THE SECOND TIME IN NEUTRAL IT SHUT ITSELF DOWN BECAUSE RPMS WERE SO HIGH, FINALLY THE PEDAL CAME UP ON ITS OWN. IT WAS FLASHING AT THE TIME THROTTLE SENSOR AND THE RED LIGHTING BOLT. I BROUGHT IT IN AND CODES CAME UP, I WAS TOLD THE CODE CAME UP FOR BRAKES AS THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO ME DRIVING WITH TWO FEET, [XXX]. THEY RELEASED THE VEHICLE TO ME SAYING IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. SO NOW I HAVE TO DRIVE A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WORRYING IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND WHERE IT MIGHT HAPPEN, ON ONE OF THE COLORADO PASSES, OR IN TRAFFIC. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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