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