2003 Dodge RAM & 2003 Dodge RAM 2500 + 1 more recall: speed control
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain pickup trucks, equipped with cummins diesel engines and manual transmissions, may experience an elevated idle speed after extended cruise control use.
💥 The risk
This CAN result in unintended acceleration and a reduction in braking effectiveness, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will reprogram the software in the cummins engine controller. Owner notification began on march 10, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 03V033000
- Manufacturer recall #
- C02
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 19,500
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-853-1403
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 10, 2003
- Built
- Aug 5, 2002 – Dec 24, 2002
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Daimlerchrysler recall no. C02. Customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).