2016 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1445424
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP filed February 5, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1445424 (ODI reference 11066987) concerns a 2016 RAM 1500 and was filed on February 5, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 24, 2018. The vehicle had 26,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip, 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 1500 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip 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 2016 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SERVICE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SLOWED DOWN, CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE GEAR BACK INTO DRIVE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING WHEN IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. IN ORDER TO PLACE THE VEHICLE ON THE TOW TRUCK, THE VEHICLE HAD TO HAVE A SWITCH UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM FLIPPED FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE ATTACHED TO THE TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER (TELEGRAPH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, 12000 TELEGRAPH ROAD, TAYLOR, MI 48180) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE KEPT THERE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT AT THE DEALER FOR FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN ACCESS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE CODES CONFIRMED THE FAILURE, BUT THE CAUSE COULD NOT
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1445424 |
| ODI Number | 11066987 |
| Date Filed | February 5, 2018 |
| Failure Date | January 24, 2018 |
| VIN | 3C6RR7LT8GG |
Similar SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Complaints for 2016 RAM 1500
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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