2011 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1716714
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:RELAYS/SOLENOIDS filed December 31, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1716714 (ODI reference 11385801) concerns a 2011 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on December 31, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 24, 2020. The vehicle had 102,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:wiring:relays/solenoids, 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 electrical system:wiring:relays/solenoids 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 2011 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE WHO OWNS A 2011 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START-UP AS NEEDED AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THE CONTACT CALLED GRISSOM CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2920 W BROADWAY, BUNKER HILL, IN 46914, (765) 689-7000) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SELL A REPLACEMENT KIT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1716714 |
| ODI Number | 11385801 |
| Date Filed | December 31, 2020 |
| Failure Date | December 24, 2020 |
| VIN | 1D7RV1GT7BS |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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