2017 Ram 3500 Fuel System Problems

MY RAM 3500 2017 LOST SHIFTING IN AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS TOWED TO HERMISTON CHRYSLER IN OREGON 9/21/2020. THEY SAY WARRANTY REQUIRES THEM TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. PARTS WERE SENT TO FIX IT. NOW WARRANTY SAYS SEND PICTURES. MIGHT SEND NEW TRANSMISSION. I MADE A 1400 MILE TRIP THERE THIS WEEK AND CAME HOME IN ANOTHER RENTAL. MY PICKUP CAMPER IS STRANDED THERE.

AFTER ONLY 57K MILES THE FUEL SENSOR / FUEL PUMP IS MALFUNCTIONING. FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. I BELIEVE NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TRUCK CONSTITUTES A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH RAM TRUCKS AS REPORTED 100S OF TIMES ON LINE.

I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO MERGE TO THE RIGHT TO EXIT THE FREEWAY. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO ACCELERATE AND MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE HESITATED AND THERE WAS NO POWER AT ALL FOR 2-3 SECONDS. AFTER THAT SHORT PERIOD, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MERGE. THIS SUDDEN FAILURE TO ACCELERATE WHEN MERGING IS A HAZARD BECAUSE WHILE WAITING FOR POWER FROM THE ENGINE ANOTHER CAR COULD CLOSE THE DISTANCE AND HIT ME DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED HESITATION.

WHILE BEGINNING TO PULL OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A VEHICLE THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FASTER THAN EXPECTED, I LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND THEN MADE THE DECISION TO CONTINUE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I GOT BACK ON THE THROTTLE, THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATE 2 SECOND DELAY WHERE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. I AVERTED AN ACCIDENT BY MANAGING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, BUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY 2013 RAM 3500 I HAD PREVIOUSLY. TO SUMMARIZE, I WOULD CALL THIS A "DEAD PEDAL" ISSUE. I CAN REPLICATE THIS SITUATION EVERY TIME BY ACCELERATING, LETTING OF THE ACCELERATOR, AND THEN GETTING BACK ON THE ACCELERATOR QUICKLY. AGAIN, THERE IS A ROUGHLY 2 SECOND TIME PERIOD WHERE THE ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND WHATSOEVER.