2016 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1557960
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN filed April 15, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1557960 (ODI reference 11196391) concerns a 2016 RAM 1500 and was filed on April 15, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 13, 2019. The vehicle had 53,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to South Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train, 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: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 power train 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. AFTER THE CONTACT PARKED AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, IT STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE CONTACT AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CAROLINA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (891 US-1, LUGOFF, SC 29078, (803) 438-9160) WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1557960 |
| ODI Number | 11196391 |
| Date Filed | April 15, 2019 |
| Failure Date | April 13, 2019 |
| VIN | 1C6RR7NT4GS |
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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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