2005 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1517215
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT filed November 20, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1517215 (ODI reference 11152903) concerns a 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on November 20, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 1, 2018. The vehicle had 233,538 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Oregon based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:differential unit, 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:differential unit 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. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NORTHWEST JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (10600 SW CANYON RD, BEAVERTON, OR 97005, (503) 646-5111) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. AFTER THE REPAIR, WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT SILICONE WAS PLACED INSIDE IT TO STOP THE LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 233,538.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1517215 |
| ODI Number | 11152903 |
| Date Filed | November 20, 2018 |
| Failure Date | July 1, 2018 |
| VIN | 1D7HA18D95S |
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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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