2016 RAM 1500 — Complaint #1951080
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT filed December 18, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1951080 (ODI reference 11560677) concerns a 2016 RAM 1500 and was filed on December 18, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 20, 2023. The vehicle had 59,624 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:abs warning light, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:abs warning light 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 owns a 2016 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ABS and traction control warning lights illuminated. The contact depressed the brake pedal however, the brakes were not operating smoothly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed ABS module. The contact was informed that the ABS module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed that the ABS module was ordered but would not be available until April 2024. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 59,624.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1951080 |
| ODI Number | 11560677 |
| Date Filed | December 18, 2023 |
| Failure Date | November 20, 2023 |
| VIN | 1C6RR7LM1GS |
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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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