Federal safety regulators are investigating 2013?2016 Ram 1500 trucks and 2014?2016 Dodge Durango SUVs with electronic rotary transmission shifters in response to complaints that some vehicles rolled away after the shifters were put into park.
The investigation covers about 1 million vehicles. There were no rollaway incidents when the vehicles’ parking brakes were engaged, according to documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?s Office of Defects Investigation.
Nine injuries and 25 crashes were alleged among the 43 complaints filed with the ODI.
?FCA US is cooperating fully with NHTSA’s investigation, the scope of which is limited,? company spokesman Eric Mayne said in an email. ?Other vehicles equipped with rotary shifters are not included. In accordance with prudent practice, the Company joins NHTSA in urging all drivers to use their vehicles’ parking brakes.?
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The shifter involved in the ODI?s investigation is different from the electronic ?Monostable? shifter at the heart of a global recall of more than 1.1 million FCA vehicles. Supplied by ZF, that eight-speed transmission’s shifter is in certain 2012?2014 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 cars and in 2014?2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs. Federal regulators say complaints link that shifte...