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2019 RAM 1500 — Complaint #2089900

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD filed May 7, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2089900 (ODI reference 11659509) concerns a 2019 RAM 1500 and was filed on May 7, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 1, 2022. The vehicle had 95,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arkansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:interior panels:dashboard, 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 structure:interior panels:dashboard 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 2019 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2019 RAM 1500
Component
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD
State
Arkansas
Mileage
95,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated that the leather on the dashboard near the windshield had bubbled up and risen due to the heat. Due to the failure, the contact's vision was obstructed while driving at various speeds. The contact called a local dealer and was informed that there was no recall on the VIN. The contact was provided an estimate for a new dashboard. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided the same information as the dealer. The contact was referred to the NTHSA Hotline to report the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2089900
ODI Number 11659509
Date Filed May 7, 2025
Failure Date January 1, 2022
VIN 1C6SRFHT0KN

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