Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi

• Automatic transmission
• 9,321 miles

I picked the truck up from the Dodge Dealership in Barrie on Friday June 1. The truck was in for warranty repair: the engine would shut down, and only after putting the vehicle in park then initiating a startup did the vehicle start back up. This happened twice, the first time on the highway in stop and go traffic (at 15,000Km's on the odometer), the second at a Drive-Thru. The time that it happened at the drive thru (at 23,000Km's on the odometer), approximately two weeks ago, the 'Check Engine', and a warning light for the Electronic Throttle Control stayed illuminated after the vehicle was restarted and did not go out. The vehicle was immediately taken to the closest dealership.

Leaving the dealership on Friday, I was holding a constant 60Km/hr when the engine suddenly lost power, as though my foot had fallen off of the accelerator; which it hadn't. Later that evening, driving down the 10th Sideroad, with the cruise control set at 90Km/Hr. The truck suddenly kicked out of cruise, the indicator light also went out. Although I was only doing 90 Km/hr, the truck shuddered when the cruise control suddenly kicked out. I did not manually disengage the cruise-control, nor did I hit the brake pedal.

On the morning of Sunday June 3rd, when I turned the key in the ignition, all of the status lights came on, all of them, including the individual lights for "P R N D 3 2 1" and no lights shut off, nor could I get the starter to engage, nor could I hear any sound whatsoever from the engine or any component attached thereto. For each subsequent attempt to start the truck, I turned the key completely to the off position, removed the key then reinserted. On my second attempt to start the truck the Brake light and ABS warning lights stayed on again the truck would not start and no sound from the engine compartment, on my third attempt the ABS and brake warning lights stayed on again, again nothing from the engine. The truck finally started on the fourth attempt, though no warning lights remained illuminated after starting, which from my experience with this vehicle, is normal.

In each event that I managed to glimpse the tachometer, it was indicating RPM well below 1000 RPM.

It is my opinion that there is a serious fault with the electrical system in this vehicle. The Dodge dealer in Barrie replaced a MAP sensor in the engine, I believe the problem is more then just a MAP sensor.