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2003 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1202977

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS filed July 28, 2015

NHTSA complaint #1202977 (ODI reference 10744098) concerns a 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on July 28, 2015. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 4, 2015. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle hubs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE RAM 1500 cohort independently describe similar power train:axle hubs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2003 DODGE RAM 1500
Component
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS
State
Ohio

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE HUB ASSEMBLY DETACHED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED. UPDATED 09/18/15*LJ

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1202977
ODI Number 10744098
Date Filed July 28, 2015
Failure Date May 4, 2015
VIN 1D7HA16K33J

Similar POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS Complaints for 2003 DODGE RAM 1500

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.