2021 Ram 1500 cruise control problems
30 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2021 Ram 1500, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30 3% 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
The contact owns a 2021 RAM 1500. The contact stated that while driving his vehicle at approximately 2 to 3 MPH, and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle started to accelerate. The contact stated that the harder he would depress the brake pedal, the more aggressively the vehicle would accelerate. The contact stated that while he was in the drive-thru, the vehicle accelerated into a vehicle in front causing him to crash. The failure occurred on several occasions while in drive or in reverse.
Purchased truck on 3/4/2021.with 21 miles on the odometer. On 3/11/2021 was driving on the freeway doing 65MPH. In the center of a 3 lane highway when the engine shut off without warning and a dash signaled a warning "service electronic throttle control" appeared on the dash, I made it off the freeway without incident and was eventually able to restart the truck and took it back to the dealer who as of today 4/06/2021 not found the issue that caused the engine to shut down, and has not duplicated the issue after…
Other problems reported for the 2021 Ram 1500
- Engine 280 complaints
- Electrical system 198 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 98 complaints
- Fuel system 96 complaints
- Brakes 76 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 57 complaints
- Steering 50 complaints
- Body & structure 34 complaints