2019 RAM 1500 — Complaint #2148228
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) filed November 13, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2148228 (ODI reference 11699116) concerns a 2019 RAM 1500 and was filed on November 13, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 17, 2025. The vehicle had 103,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electronic stability control (esc), 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 electronic stability control (esc) 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.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated the "Service Park Brake" light was illuminated. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V653000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic, Electronic Stability Control (ESC). The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the software update was performed. The contact stated that days after the recall repair, while starting the vehicle, the same warning illuminated. After starting the vehicle, the manual brake automatically engaged and failed to release, making it difficult to move the gear shifter to park. The contact restarted the vehicle several times before being able to move the gear shifter. The TPMS warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was returned to the dealer, who diagnosed that the ABS module had failed and needed to be replaced due to the software update failing to fix the vehicle. The ABS module was replaced; however, the ABS warning light illuminated, and other repairs were needed. The ABS module was replaced twi
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2148228 |
| ODI Number | 11699116 |
| Date Filed | November 13, 2025 |
| Failure Date | September 17, 2025 |
| VIN | 1C6SRFFT7KN |
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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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