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2016 Ram Promaster Acceleration problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2016 Ram Promaster's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 7% of all its complaints, most recently on November 1, 2024. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Acceleration complaints

SteeringElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise control

ESC fault codes came on. Brake light switch intermittently not activating causing vehicle to set ESC fault.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11623152
Acceleration & cruise controlWheels & tiresBrakes

E-Brake cable freezes or doesn't disengage causing damage to the rotors, brakes, pads. Dealership said that the e-brake cable had stretched causing the rear parking brake to lock and destroy the rotors, brake pads, shoes, wheel speed sensors, pad sensors. This issue was addressed while the vehicle was under manufacturer right before we purchased the vehicle. No action was taken due to no codes in the computer, which is related to a Technical Service Bulletin for this vehicle. The TSB number is 08-088-16. Dated...

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November 15, 2016. The TSB requires the re-flashing of the computer. The vehicle AVG Mpg does not change from 4.7mpg. There are no VIN numbers on the TSB. It applies to vehicles that are having this issue. The safety issue with this is, the parking assist brakes do not work when this issue is present. This is a 2016 Dodge RAM ProMaster 2500 Diesel. There is no PARK. Only the PARKING ASSIST E-BRAKE.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Wheels · Service brakesNHTSA 11456367
Transmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise controlDriver assistance

I've only been taking it to the ram dealership to be fixed in may still have not got it fixed right one minute I could be doing 40 and then I nexen you know the rpms are up to 7 in the drop down in a jerk so hard to get into gear almost breaks my freaking neck then I will shift in I get up to 65 anything over 65 it starts jerkin and then drops back down and I can't get back started again I had to pull over the side of the road let everything cool lob doesn't make any sense to me already change the transmission...

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cooling system the speed control him sensor I don't know what more I can do I am taking back to the dealership to see if they know what to do because apparently they don't in a light to know why the dealership cannot fix their properly

Filed Incident Power train · Vehicle speed control · Lane departureNHTSA 11413689
Acceleration & cruise control

Heading southbound on hwy 37 the peddle fell off.. Vehicle decelerated and I steered to the right shoulder of the highway .. Lucky cause traffic was heavy and it was dark but glad it didn't get stuck in acceleration it stopped and didn't move again.. Thankful for the end result of this defect.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11179789
Electrical systemAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Experiences dangerous stalling and loss of electrical power to engine during driving. This can cause a serious accident. This is specifically a symptom of one of the many recalls supposedly performed on this vehicle already. I believe the recall repair previously was not completed properly because I have experienced this 10 times in the past two weeks.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11129489

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