2017 RAM 2500 — Complaint #2177705
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC filed February 17, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2177705 (ODI reference 11718578) concerns a 2017 RAM 2500 and was filed on February 17, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 21, 2019. The vehicle had 10,135 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 service brakes, hydraulic, 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: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 2500 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic 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 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Ram 2500. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired on two occasions under warranty and under extended warranty due to the brake failure. The contact later received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V896000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. Â The contact stated that the ABS and the traction control warning lights were illuminated, along with a dinging sound. The contact stated that the warning lights had caused the 4WD and cruise control modes to become inoperable. Additionally, the contact stated that while her husband was driving 65 MPH, a deer jumped in front of the vehicle. The driver depressed the brake pedal, but the brakes locked up, and the vehicle failed to stop in time and hit the deer. The air bags did not deploy. There was no injury sustained. The driver's side fender, the bumpers and brackets, and the headlights were damaged. The driver taped up the damaged parts an
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2177705 |
| ODI Number | 11718578 |
| Date Filed | February 17, 2026 |
| Failure Date | January 21, 2019 |
| VIN | 3C6UR5CJXHG |
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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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