2003 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #530991
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR filed April 15, 2005
NHTSA complaint #530991 (ODI reference 10117812) concerns a 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on April 15, 2005. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 1, 2005. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear, 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 DODGE RAM 1500 cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear 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 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2003 DODGE 1500 DROPPED DOWN ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING FROM PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR AXLE HOUSING.*MR THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SPUN AROUND 5-6 TIMES INN THE ROAD. THE TIRE, RIM, AXLE AND HOUSING ENDED UP UNDER THE TRUCK. *NM
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 530991 |
| ODI Number | 10117812 |
| Date Filed | April 15, 2005 |
| Failure Date | April 1, 2005 |
| VIN | 1D7HU16023J |
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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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