2008 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #777898
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER filed March 30, 2010
NHTSA complaint #777898 (ODI reference 10322883) concerns a 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on March 30, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 4, 2009. The vehicle had 24,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:shock absorber, 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:front:shock absorber 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 2008 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHOCKS WERE LEAKING AND WOULD CAUSE BOTH FRONT TIRES TO SHAKE WHEN DRIVING ON ANY UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES. THE APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO LEAN TO THE SIDE EXCESSIVELY WHEN COMPLETING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SHOCKS; HOWEVER; THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 05/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 06/29/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FIRXED IN APRIL. UPDATED 07/19/10*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 777898 |
| ODI Number | 10322883 |
| Date Filed | March 30, 2010 |
| Failure Date | December 4, 2009 |
| VIN | 1D7HU18N98S |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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