Fiat Chrysler to Recall 1.8 Million Ram Trucks Over Rollaways

Fiat Chrysler to Recall 1.8 Million Ram Trucks Over Rollaways
Fiat Chrysler said that based on those reports — from owners, dealers and other sources — it had traced the issue to a part known as a brake transmission shift interlock, a device
that normally prevents a vehicle from shifting out of park until the brake pedal is depressed.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Friday that it planned to recall about 1.8 million Ram pickup trucks
that could be shifted out of park without the driver’s foot on the brake.
The company said it had found that heat could build up around the gearshift under particular
circumstances — when the truck is idling in park and the driver keeps his foot on the brake.
The trucks covered include several variations of Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500 pickups from the 2010 to 2017 model years.
The company initiated the action after gathering reports of seven people suffering minor injuries
and a “small number” of crashes that might be linked to the problem.