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2001 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #875872

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC filed August 24, 2011

NHTSA complaint #875872 (ODI reference 10421369) concerns a 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on August 24, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 20, 2011. The vehicle had 60,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania 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 DODGE RAM 1500 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 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 DODGE RAM 1500
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
State
Pennsylvania
Mileage
60,000 mi

Complaint Description

ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500, THERE IS A TON OF RUST ON THE UNDERSIDE PARTS. THE FRAME AND BODY AREN'T BAD, BUT THE THINGS THAT ATTACH ARE FAILING. THE BRAKE LINES WENT, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ALL WENT AT THE SAME TIME, ALMOST RESULTING IN A WRECK. THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE GAS TANK IN PLACE RUSTED OUT. THE SHEET METAL ATTACHMENT FOR THE FRONT AXLE IS THE LATEST. I'S ALMOST RUSTED OUT, AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE FRONT AXLE TO DETACH IF NOT REPLACED. ($$$$) YES, THE TRUCK IS 10 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN NW PA WHERE WE USE SALT. CRITICAL PARTS NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM RUST OR MADE FROM STAINLESS. THIS TRUCK COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE, PROBABLY ME! *TR

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 875872
ODI Number 10421369
Date Filed August 24, 2011
Failure Date August 20, 2011
VIN 3B7HF13Y81G

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.