2017 RAM 1500 — Complaint #2080003
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE filed April 3, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2080003 (ODI reference 11652604) concerns a 2017 RAM 1500 and was filed on April 3, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 30, 2025. The vehicle had 164,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe, 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 engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe 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 2017 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Ram 1500. The contact stated that when the vehicle started, the contact became aware of an abnormal ticking sound. No warning light was illuminated. The contact inspected the vehicle and became aware of several fractured bolts on the exhaust manifold. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The vehicle was scheduled for a diagnostic test within several days. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 164,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2080003 |
| ODI Number | 11652604 |
| Date Filed | April 3, 2025 |
| Failure Date | March 30, 2025 |
| VIN | 1C6RR7MT8HS |
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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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