Funny Little Heart Attack

[JHull]

So I was driving to work this morning very early in my new 2024 Rebel. I put this gel on my gums and about half-way to work I need to swish and spit it out. I wait until a red light and get after it, just like I used to do in my 2016 Rebel. Open the door, spit, done.

Well I tried that this morning. Had the truck in Drive, foot on the brake. When I closed the door and tried to pull away from the light, the TRUCK WAS OFF, but the button was still in Run!! Oh ****! So I take my foot off the brake, press the button until it's full off, and try to restart the truck. People are going absolute nuts around me, honking, flashing their highbeams, going around me. It was mayhem. ON with the hazards. I get the truck restarted. Problem solved. NOT!! I hit the gas to pull way and the truck would only go about 2mph. Didn't know what the hell was happening. Molly Hatchet is still blasting on the tunes. Now I'm completely in the middle of the intersection. I let off the gas to coast across and SCREETCH, the truck comes to a slam stop! WTF!! I hit the gas again to get out of the intersection and barely make it across. What brakes are ON???? My foot is not on the brake! So I throw on my glasses and realized the parking brake is on! I didn't put it on! I'm rooting around in the dark for the latch to disengage the PB. Found it!! Pulled it, and clunk, the hood opens!! FUUUUUUU@K!! I finally look down and see a button, press it. now the dash turns red because I'm in drive with the effen hood open! Jesus H Christ on a pogo stick!!! I get off the road, shut the hood and drive away, with the smell of burning brakes fully overpowering my new truck smell!

What the hell caused the truck to shut the engine off and engage the parking brake??? All I did was open the driver door with the engine running and in Drive. Seat belt was on and my foot was on the brake!
I kind of understand how autopilot flies planes into the ground sometimes!

 

[jkm312]

It's up to you, but, I would definitely spit out the gel before you get in the truck the next time. Or swallow it, pride and all.

 

[banditsc]

The truck will automatically put it in park and apply the ebrake if you open the door while it's in drive. You have stop start so the engine probably would have been off. You can thank the Star Trek actor that killed himself in his Jeep because he didn't put it in park before exiting the vehicle.

 

[H2OMAN]

Nanny Rams.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Pilots have usually RTFM.

 

[stevj]

Yep. It's in the manual.

Steve

 

[JHull]

Pilots have usually RTFM.

In my defense, I just got it Saturday. But hey "how different could it be from my old truck"!!! Apparently, significantly.

 

[DEG]

If that's normal operation then my truck is broken. The "Safe Hold" function should not activate with you foot on the brake and your seatbelt buckled. It definitely should not turn your truck off.

 

[JHull]

If that's normal operation then my truck is broken. The "Safe Hold" function should not activate with you foot on the brake and your seatbelt buckled. It definitely should not turn your truck off.

It really caught me off guard. I would not have expected all that from simply opening the driver door in D with my foot on the break and seatbelt buckled.

 

[GMetal]

NHTSA closes probe into Dodge, Ram rotary gear shifters without a recall - Autoblog

U.S. auto safety regulators will not seek a recall after a seven-year investigation into complaints alleging that Dodge and Ram vehicles can roll away after being shifted into park.

www.autoblog.com

Guy died getting out of his SUV without putting the truck in park and it crushed him. So now we have this feature.

 

[Scram1500]

What's with the gel on the gums? Keep in mind this is a family place...

 

[Eighty]

If that's normal operation then my truck is broken. The "Safe Hold" function should not activate with you foot on the brake and your seatbelt buckled. It definitely should not turn your truck off.

For what it's worth, my truck doesn't shut off either. I open my door all the time at a stoplight with my seatbelt buckled, and nothing happens. Granted, I don't have A/S/S on my truck either.

 

[DEG]

It really caught me off guard. I would not have expected all that from simply opening the driver door in D with my foot on the break and seatbelt buckled.

You shouldn't' have expected it because it should not have happened with your seat belt buckled.

 

[jimothy]

Yikes. Glad you and the truck made it out in one piece. Sounds like you were flrtin’ with disaster.

 

[Dewey]

This happened to me many times. I have a habit of opening my door while backing into my driveway before coming to a complete stop. Hate those stupid “safety” features.

 

[jimothy]

This happened to me many times. I have a habit of opening my door while backing into my driveway before coming to a complete stop. Hate those stupid “safety” features.

Don’t blame Ram. Blame idiots and lawyers.

 

[Dewey]

Don’t blame Ram. Blame idiots and lawyers.

Oh I know. Just when they make something idiot proof along comes a better idiot.

 

[Trooper4]

If that's normal operation then my truck is broken. The "Safe Hold" function should not activate with you foot on the brake and your seatbelt buckled. It definitely should not turn your truck off.

The reason it does is because some idiot got killed and it cost the manufacturer $$$$$. Read the book.

 

[jimothy]

The reason it does is because some idiot got killed and it cost the manufacturer $$$$$. Read the book.

The settlement should have been a sympathy card for the family and a Darwin Award headstone for their dearly departed. Alas, things don’t work that way.

 

[DEG]

The reason it does is because some idiot got killed and it cost the manufacturer $$$$$. Read the book.

Sorry, but you are the one that needs to actually read the owners manual.

According to the owners manual and the way my truck functions the "Safe Hold" and AutoPark features should not occur if the seat belt is buckled. Also, even when it does work, it should not shut the truck off.

Since you haven't actually read the manual, I've posted the applicable sections below.

Note: Neither AutoPark or Safe Hold should function if the seat belt is buckled.