2005 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1474743
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE filed June 11, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1474743 (ODI reference 11101068) concerns a 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on June 11, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 3, 2006. The vehicle had 38,000 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 fuel system, gasoline:storage, 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 fuel system, gasoline:storage 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* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL OVERFLOWED OUT OF THE TANK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER (MY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT, 4650 E PICKARD RD, MT PLEASANT, MI 48858, (989) 773-6343) WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY NEVER EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THIS NATURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000. *TT *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1474743 |
| ODI Number | 11101068 |
| Date Filed | June 11, 2018 |
| Failure Date | March 3, 2006 |
| VIN | 1D7HU16D95J |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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