2004 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #814851
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES filed September 17, 2010
NHTSA complaint #814851 (ODI reference 10356110) concerns a 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on September 17, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 16, 2010. The vehicle had 31,008 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Nevada based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights:concealment devices, 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 exterior lighting:headlights:concealment devices 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 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGER RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSPARENT PLASTIC HEADLIGHT COVERING WAS ABNORMALLY BECOMING FOGGY FROM DEW AND MOISTURE. THE FAILURE WOULD CAUSE LIMITED ILLUMINATION OF THE ROADWAY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE COVERS WOULD BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,008 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 814851 |
| ODI Number | 10356110 |
| Date Filed | September 17, 2010 |
| Failure Date | September 16, 2010 |
| VIN | 1D7HA18D34J |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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