2026 data Public-data reference. official source

2014 RAM 1500 — Complaint #2047919

Open-data reference.

NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID filed December 13, 2024

NHTSA complaint #2047919 (ODI reference 11630552) concerns a 2014 RAM 1500 and was filed on December 13, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 30, 2024. The vehicle had 166,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:hydraulic power assist:power steering fluid, 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: 1, 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 steering:hydraulic power assist:power steering fluid 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 2014 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2014 RAM 1500
Component
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
Injuries
1
State
Georgia
Mileage
166,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2014 Ram 1500. The contact stated that when attempting to make a left turn, the steering wheel spun back to center and then locked. The failure caused the vehicle to move into oncoming traffic. The contact was able to maneuver the steering wheel with an excessive amount of force and drive home. The sudden movement of the steering wheel was so severe it caused the contact to have severe swelling for a few days due to the steering wheel twisting and popping their wrist. There was no medical attention needed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the power steering had failed. The dealer confirmed that it was a known failure for the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a claim. The failure mileage was 166,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2047919
ODI Number 11630552
Date Filed December 13, 2024
Failure Date September 30, 2024
VIN 1C6RR6GGXES

Similar STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID Complaints for 2014 RAM 1500

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.