1998 Dodge Ram vehicle speed control problems
25 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 1998 Dodge Ram — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Dt*: the contact stated while driving the vehicle with the cruise control set on 70 mph it became stuck. The vehicle's speed kept accelerating, the engine revved. The brake pedal had to be depressed very hard to get the vehicle to slow down. After slowing down the vehicle it was put into neutral…”
filed Mar 22, 2006
“Cruise control intermittently shuts down, causing vehicle to slow down. Safety factor is that there is no indication to following vehicles that a problem exissts. For instance, I passed a truck on i81 in wva with the cruise set at 70 mph the trucks speed was approx 67 mph. When I pulled back into…”
filed May 8, 2002
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH DIESEL ENGINES ONLY, THE THROTTLE LINKAGE JOINTS…Campaign 02V161000 · Jun 14, 2002
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Ram years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Ram | 2 | 7% |
| 2008 Ram | 1 | 4% |
| 2006 Ram | 3 | 12% |
| 2004 Ram | 5 | 9% |
| 2003 Ram | 3 | 6% |
| 2002 Ram | 4 | 3% |
| 2001 Ram | 14 | 4% |
| 2000 Ram | 4 | 3% |
| 1999 Ram | 11 | 3% |
| 1997 Ram | 23 | 6% |
| 1996 Ram | 30 | 5% |
| 1995 Ram | 46 | 8% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1998 Dodge Ram
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.