Justinec101

This is not the first time I have heard of this problem. I read posts by 2 or 3 people on another forum who had the same thing happen to them. The car got stuck at rpms (no not the gas pedal stuck under the carpet or anything) and they could not stop. I guess the thing to do in that situation would be to shift into neutral? Now that I've heard of this problem happening again I'm seriously considering looking at a different car. This is just plain dangerous and unacceptable for a new car. It's not only an SRT problem either, I believe the other complaints were with SEs and maybe an R/T.

Rudy61SRT8

73 I was going to take it to them until I called and found out they were out of buisness as well ... damn!

Gotta take her to palm beach tommorow , will keep everyone posted but this was a very scary situation I didn't wanna run out the middle lane in the high way to the median too scary ... so i'll see what happens not worried as i am under warranty

BLK 6050

I had a similar (?) problem many years ago with my 85 Monte Carlo SS. Not sure if it's the same problem, however my car got stuck at high rpms...and it was traced to the Cruise Control....just an idea...Good Luck..

goatman

Is your car#666 of 6400?

Rudy61SRT8

i wish.

RUBBERBNDMAN

I wonder if this issue had anything to do with the old lady crashing or the guy from Big O Dodge....

FAD1

Sorry to hear that, I mean this is unacceptable for a brand new car. It makes sense that cruise control can be the issue. Did you contact the dealership ? Are they usually good with repairs ? Again Rudy, hopefully everything works out.

BkChallenger09R/T

All these new car's that I know of fly by wire anymore. No cable to the gas pedal. A neighbor had a new Mini Cooper . And it slowed to 30 mph with her foot on the floor. BMW flat beded the car to BMW dealer to be fixed . It was the box connected to the pedal . Guess it could go to wide open just as easy. I sure don't want my R/T doing that. I wrecked my new 71 R/T that way. Floored it and the 4 barrel stuck wide open going into a curve. Pulled it down in low as i had already learned you couldn't steer if you turned the engine off. It kicked into 2nd and turned the car side way's and limbed a embankment . Went through a guy's yard doing 120 mph. Hit a post in his yard . Pushed the driver side front wheel all the way to the door. Took month's to get it fixed . It stuck again on me and a shop redid the throttle . I later learned after getting rid of the car. Was a recall on it for too long a cable that was causing the cable to cut into the plastic housing .

Justinec101

"I wonder if this issue had anything to do with the old lady crashing or the guy from Big O Dodge...."

I was seriously wondering that. I would not be surprised. Not sure about the old lady story but they said the guy from Big O Dodge lost control.

psy999

You mention being low on gas, and doing that several times. You also mentioned that the problem started when you were going around a corner, and problem ending when you were on a straight road. Most likely when you went around the corner your fuel pump started sucking air into the system. It worked hard to purge the air, and finally did after being on a straight road for awhile.

Your car has a high pressure fuel pump inside your gas tank, picking up gas from the near the bottom. The pump also relies on gas to keep it from overheating. Keep running it low on gas and you're going to find out how much it cost to buy and install a new fuel pump (after the old one burns out).

That's why someone before me gave you the good advice to fill your tank up when you reach the 1/4 range. I bet if you stick to that rule, your "problem" will go away (if the fuel pump has not already been damaged).

My guess is that if you tell the service manager exactly what you posted here, and your dad threatens to enact a "lemon law" (which actually varies from state to state so I have no idea what your's may be), the service manager will say what I said as he escorts you two out the door. Its not your fault, but your dad should know better.

Good luck

Dave