2016 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1855367
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE filed November 23, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1855367 (ODI reference 11494682) concerns a 2016 RAM 1500 and was filed on November 23, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 1, 2020. The vehicle had 108,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:axle:spindle, 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 suspension:rear:axle:spindle 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
The contact's girlfriend owns a 2016 Ram 1500. The contact stated while test-driving the vehicle, he noticed the vehicle began to shake. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The owner continued to purchase the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to a tire shop and had both rear tires replaced. The contact continued to experience the failure. The contact stated he replaced the two rear shocks, the two rear rotors, and the rear springs on his own. The contact continued to experience the failure. The contact took the vehicle back to the tire shop and had the rear tires rotated to the front. The contact stated that he continued to experience the failure The contact took the vehicle to another tire shop and exchanged all four tires and rims. The contact continued to experience the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer but was unable to diagnose the vehicle. The contact continued to experience the failure. The manufacturer had been informed of the failur
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1855367 |
| ODI Number | 11494682 |
| Date Filed | November 23, 2022 |
| Failure Date | October 1, 2020 |
| VIN | 1C6RR7MT7GS |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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