Hello,
I wanted to know if anyone has had this issue. It resulted in a bad accident for me on the freeway yesterday.
I was in moderate to heavy traffic, and I was merging lanes from a congested lane to an open lane. As I was merging into the open/clear lane at ~20mph, I’m not sure if the car in front of me slammed on its brakes or not, but the FCW took over and provided brake warnings. I was still able to see the cars rear tires in front of me in the lane I was departing as I moved to the open lane, clearing the car. I estimate I still had 6 or more feet of distance to that car. As soon as I got in the open lane, the FCW applied full braking. I immediately pressed the gas pedal a couple times, but the system must have shut off the throttle and the truck came to a full stop. I was then rear ended by a semi-truck in the open lane traveling 20-25mph. I did not impact the car in front of me because I was now in the open lane with no cars in front. During this time, the seat pretensioner system activated the pyrotechnics and locked my seatbelt, expelling the gas that’s used to do so into the cabin. The SRS immediately started flashing its alerts. I’m not sure if this happened before the collision or as a result of the collision. After the impact, I was able to drive the truck to the side of the highway.
My questions are:
1) Has the FCW ever applied full braking when you had room to maneuver? My FCW is set to “far”.
2) Has the seat pretensioner activated with no front end collision? (The Insurance recommend collision repair shop said that these are not supposed to activate with a rear end collision, only a forward collision.)
I’m just trying to understand if the FCW malfunctioned and caused me to be rear ended.
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Truck: 2019 RAM 1500 Limited 4x4 6’4” box w/ air suspension, no aftermarket mods.
Thanks!
I wanted to know if anyone has had this issue. It resulted in a bad accident for me on the freeway yesterday.
I was in moderate to heavy traffic, and I was merging lanes from a congested lane to an open lane. As I was merging into the open/clear lane at ~20mph, I’m not sure if the car in front of me slammed on its brakes or not, but the FCW took over and provided brake warnings. I was still able to see the cars rear tires in front of me in the lane I was departing as I moved to the open lane, clearing the car. I estimate I still had 6 or more feet of distance to that car. As soon as I got in the open lane, the FCW applied full braking. I immediately pressed the gas pedal a couple times, but the system must have shut off the throttle and the truck came to a full stop. I was then rear ended by a semi-truck in the open lane traveling 20-25mph. I did not impact the car in front of me because I was now in the open lane with no cars in front. During this time, the seat pretensioner system activated the pyrotechnics and locked my seatbelt, expelling the gas that’s used to do so into the cabin. The SRS immediately started flashing its alerts. I’m not sure if this happened before the collision or as a result of the collision. After the impact, I was able to drive the truck to the side of the highway.
My questions are:
1) Has the FCW ever applied full braking when you had room to maneuver? My FCW is set to “far”.
2) Has the seat pretensioner activated with no front end collision? (The Insurance recommend collision repair shop said that these are not supposed to activate with a rear end collision, only a forward collision.)
I’m just trying to understand if the FCW malfunctioned and caused me to be rear ended.
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Truck: 2019 RAM 1500 Limited 4x4 6’4” box w/ air suspension, no aftermarket mods.
Thanks!