2011 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #856884
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE filed May 16, 2011
NHTSA complaint #856884 (ODI reference 10401147) concerns a 2011 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on May 16, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 14, 2011. The vehicle had 6,400 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:axle:spindle, 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:axle:spindle 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 2011 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V656000, SUSPENSION REAR: AXLE: SPINDLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY ALLOW THEM TO ORDER ONE PART EVERY FOURTEEN DAYS AND IT WOULD BE THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED SINCE THE RECALL STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,400.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 856884 |
| ODI Number | 10401147 |
| Date Filed | May 16, 2011 |
| Failure Date | May 14, 2011 |
| VIN | 1D7RV1CT7BS |
Similar SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE Complaints for 2011 DODGE RAM 1500
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEALER INFORMED THEM THAT THE MANUFACTURER ONLY ALLOWED DEALERS TO ORDER ONE PART PER WEEK FOR NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V656
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V656000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE). AFTER CALLING THE DEALER AND T
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN RESPONSE TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V656000 (SUSPENSION: REAR: AXLE: SPINDLE) AND WAS TOLD THAT THE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THEY RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V656000 (SUSPENSION: REAR: AXLE: SPINDLE) AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT WOULD TAKE 7-8 MO
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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