My dodge durango (2006) on two separate occasions has lunged forward with the engine revving up and would not stop until I shifted into neutral and pressed on the brake all the way to the floor. The first time was on 9/4/07 I was approaching a four lane divided road, with traffic in both direction I started to apply my brakes and the vehicle just had a mind of its own and wouldn't stop. *Jb
Acceleration & cruise control
Sprinter 3500 Acceleration problems by year
3 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Sprinter 3500's acceleration & cruise control. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.
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A 2006 jeep grand cherokee limited required repair the day after purchase. One dealership could not repair it after three attempts. The selling dealership worked on it for 2 weeks, attempted to release it, but could not due to engine light and shaking all over. Two weeks later, released, seemingly okay. The following day crashed while employee had both feet on brakes. Police stated due to unintended acceleration. *Ak
Dt: contact owned a 2005 dodge sprinter 3500. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving. This mostly occurs while the vehicle decelerated. Happened several times while driving at 25 mph, and it happened approximately eight times. Attempts were made to repair vehicle, but it was for different issues. Because this problem was intermittent they thought the auto service department fixed the vehicle, but problem recurred. Contact's was concerned that this vehicle transported high school...
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children and did not want to see it stall intermittently. *Ak while driving the vehicle will shut off lights on the dash, abs light and the track light on the dash stays on. Clockspring sensor and anti-lock brake module replaced. Stall outs caused by accelerator pedal position lock voltage too high. Accelerator pedal replaced. *Tt
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