1997 Dodge Ram cruise control problems
Owners reported cruise control problems in 25 complaints for the 1997 Dodge Ram, 5% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 25 5% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
While driving at 35 MPH vehicle accelerated in low speed. Consumer put transmission into reverse and then into park, and vehicle sideswiped another vehicle at 15 MPH0. Upon impact, driver's side air bag deployed and vehicle started to accelerate at high speed, and and vehicle went out of control. Consumer applied the brakes, and the vehicle wouldn't stop. It fishtailed. And consumer wife, who was pregnant, had to jump out of the vehicle due to vehicle veering into oncoming traffic .
Other problems reported for the 1997 Dodge Ram
- Brakes 90 complaints
- Transmission 59 complaints
- Steering 40 complaints
- Air bags 39 complaints
- Engine 31 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 31 complaints
- Fuel system 30 complaints
- Suspension 24 complaints