2015 RAM 1500 — Complaint #2161216
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING filed December 29, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2161216 (ODI reference 11707566) concerns a 2015 RAM 1500 and was filed on December 29, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 19, 2025. The vehicle had 184,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling, 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 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 2015 RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2015 Ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V475000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the failure persisted. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH and merging onto the highway, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended while depressing the accelerator pedal, and the vehicle stalled. The check engine and the Electronic Throttle Control warning lights were illuminated. The contact was able to coast to the side of the road. The vehicle restarted after several attempts. The contact stated that upon attempting to drive onto the highway, the failure recurred, and the vehicle went into LIMP mode. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the residence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or to an independent mechanic. The check engine and the Electronic Throttle Control warning lights remained illuminated. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was parked and was no longer driven due to safety conce
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2161216 |
| ODI Number | 11707566 |
| Date Filed | December 29, 2025 |
| Failure Date | December 19, 2025 |
| VIN | 1c6rr7vmxfs |
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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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