2013 RAM 2500 — Complaint #1429687
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL FILTER filed December 2, 2017
NHTSA complaint #1429687 (ODI reference 11051864) concerns a 2013 RAM 2500 and was filed on December 2, 2017. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 25, 2017. The vehicle had 61,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:fuel filter, 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 RAM 2500 cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:fuel filter 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 2013 RAM 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
NOTICED A FAINT SCENT OF DIESEL COMING FROM THE TRUCK, YET DID NOT SEE ANY LEAKS ON THE PAVEMENT. DROVE TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES AND NOTICED LEAKING FUEL ON THE PAVEMENT. LOOKED FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FROM THE HOOD AREA AT THE FUEL FILTER AREA - STARTS THE ENGINE AND DIESEL FUEL SHOT OUT LIKE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1429687 |
| ODI Number | 11051864 |
| Date Filed | December 2, 2017 |
| Failure Date | November 25, 2017 |
| VIN | 3C6UR5GLXDG |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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