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2015 RAM 1500 — Complaint #2177929

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING filed February 18, 2026

NHTSA complaint #2177929 (ODI reference 11718724) concerns a 2015 RAM 1500 and was filed on February 18, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 16, 2026. The vehicle had 200,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Carolina 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.

Vehicle
2015 RAM 1500
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
State
North Carolina
Mileage
200,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2015 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle started shaking and lost motive power. The ETC warning light illuminated, and the message "Service Electronic Throttle Control" was displayed. The vehicle was stopped in a safe location and inspected. The vehicle was turned off and restarted, but it was difficult while cranking over. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed, and determined that the tone wheel had delaminated and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact associated the failures with NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V475000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2177929
ODI Number 11718724
Date Filed February 18, 2026
Failure Date February 16, 2026
VIN 1C6RR7LM4FS

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