2005 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1248855
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE filed December 30, 2015
NHTSA complaint #1248855 (ODI reference 10816976) concerns a 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on December 30, 2015. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 30, 2015. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline, 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:driveline 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 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO EXIT A ROADWAY, THE DRIVELINE FRACTURED, THE WHEELS SEIZED IN THE REAR, AND THE VEHICLE SWAYED TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE WHILE IN A TWO LANE ROADWAY AND WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING ON THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE WHERE TO TOW THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1248855 |
| ODI Number | 10816976 |
| Date Filed | December 30, 2015 |
| Failure Date | December 30, 2015 |
| VIN | 1D7HU18D65J |
Similar POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE Complaints for 2005 DODGE RAM 1500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEIZED. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEA
1)SLIGHT BURNING SMELL. 2)RIGHT REAR WHEEL FELL OFF, ALMOST LEADING TO A SEVERE CRASH. AXLE SHEARED AT BEARING HUB. 3)DODGE REPLACED AXLE SHAFT, BEARINGS, AND HOUSING UNDER WARRANTY, TOOK PARTS BACK
REAR AXLE LOCKED UP BROKE OUTPUT SHAFT OF TRANSFER CASE, TWISTED THE PINION GEAR IN HALF WHILE DRIVING, IN TOWN THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A WRECK, AND POSSIBLE DEATH. *TR
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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