2019 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1519094
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NHTSA Complaint about Other/Unknown filed November 28, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1519094 (ODI reference 11154431) concerns a 2019 RAM 1500 and was filed on November 28, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 28, 2018. The vehicle had 1,900 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as other/unknown, 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 other/unknown 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 2019 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS "COLD" (36 DEGREES AND BELOW) THE BACKUP CAMERA DOES NOT WORK. THE SCREEN DISPLAYS A COMPLETELY BLUE SCREEN WHEN THE BACKUP CAMERA ENGAGES (WHEN REVERSING, OR WHEN SELECTING THE BACKUP CAMERA VIEW INTENTIONALLY). THIS HAPPENS WHEN IN PARKED, WHEN IN REVERSE, AND WHILE DRIVING WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS 36 DEGREES OR BELOW. I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT TEMPERATURE WHEN THE CAMERA STARTS/STOPS WORKING, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 5 TIMES, AND ON THE DAYS I RECORDED IT THE TEMPERATURE WAS 36 DEGREES, AND 35 DEGREES. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 40S OR HIGHER.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1519094 |
| ODI Number | 11154431 |
| Date Filed | November 28, 2018 |
| Failure Date | November 28, 2018 |
| VIN | 1C6SRFJT4KN |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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