2018 RAM 2500 — Complaint #2178440
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC filed February 19, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2178440 (ODI reference 11719048) concerns a 2018 RAM 2500 and was filed on February 19, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 2, 2022. The vehicle had 22,320 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 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: 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 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 2018 RAM 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ABS warning light illuminated, and the vehicle made an abnormal dinging sound. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed, and determined that the brake hydraulic control unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V896000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer; however, the dealer informed the contact that the remedy was not available and asked the contact to retrieve the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 22,320.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2178440 |
| ODI Number | 11719048 |
| Date Filed | February 19, 2026 |
| Failure Date | November 2, 2022 |
| VIN | 3C6UR5NLXJG |
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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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