2015 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1643760
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) filed February 5, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1643760 (ODI reference 11307189) concerns a 2015 RAM 1500 and was filed on February 5, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 31, 2019. The vehicle had 62,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:gas recirculation valve (egr valve), 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: yes, 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 engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:gas recirculation valve (egr valve) 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 2015 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AS SMOKE WAS EMITTED THROUGH THE VENTS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP IN A PARKING LOT AND UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE WITH HIS PASSENGER SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DAYSTAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (206 S CARROLLTON ST, MALVERN, OH 44644) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) COOLER WAS FRACTURED CAUSING A FIRE. THE EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE GLOW PLUG AND THE CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO THE FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1643760 |
| ODI Number | 11307189 |
| Date Filed | February 5, 2020 |
| Failure Date | December 31, 2019 |
| VIN | 1C6RR6LM0FS |
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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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