2018 RAM 2500 — Complaint #2038006
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT filed November 5, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2038006 (ODI reference 11623654) concerns a 2018 RAM 2500 and was filed on November 5, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 15, 2024. The vehicle had 98,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas 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 2500 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 2018 RAM 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Ram 2500. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, an alarm sounded and a message indicating the anti-lock braking system failure was displayed, causing the adaptive cruise control mode and the traction control to disengage. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal and continued driving. The contact stated that the failure occurred intermittently while driving. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and slamming on the brakes, the rear wheels locked-up and the vehicle made a squealing sound. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2038006 |
| ODI Number | 11623654 |
| Date Filed | November 5, 2024 |
| Failure Date | October 15, 2024 |
| VIN | 3C6UR5DL6JG |
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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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