2019 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1840498
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION filed September 13, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1840498 (ODI reference 11484327) concerns a 2019 RAM 1500 and was filed on September 13, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 13, 2022. The vehicle had 54,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Nevada based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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:automatic transmission 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
The contact owns a 2019 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the gear shifter inadvertently shifted out of drive(D) and the vehicle would not accelerate. A warning message was displayed to âReturn Shifter to park(P) then Shift to Desired gear". The contact was able to pull over, turn off and restart the vehicle, and the vehicle started operating normally. Several unknown dealers were contacted and all stated that they had not heard of the failure before. The contact was advised to continue driving the vehicle and if the reoccurred, to contact the local dealer for assistance. The manufacturer was contacted and notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,000. The VIN was not available.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1840498 |
| ODI Number | 11484327 |
| Date Filed | September 13, 2022 |
| Failure Date | September 13, 2022 |
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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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