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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2018 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V896000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). However, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the message to &quot;Check ABS&quot; was displayed with an abnormal beeping sound. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that the part was not</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2018 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V896000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). However, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Nov 27,2024 Manufacturer Recall NumberC4B NHTSA Recall Number24V-896 Recall Status Recall Incomplete, remedy not yet available   Still no repair for defective parts. Over  years.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Nov 27,2024 Manufacturer Recall NumberC4B NHTSA Recall Number24V-896 Recall Status Recall Incomplete, remedy not yet available   Still no repair for defective parts. Over  years.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STEERING</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>See attached document for complaint.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>See attached document for complaint.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>See attached document for complaint.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VISIBILITY</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2020 Ram 4500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH during a rainstorm, the windshield wipers were activated; however, the windshield wipers failed to engage as needed. The contact attempted to activate the windshield wipers several times, but the windshield wipers stopped operating. The contact pulled over and waited out the rainstorm. The rain had not sto</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2017 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V896000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2018 Ram 4500. The contact stated that while driving  40 MPH, the check engine warning light and other unknown warning lights were illuminated, before the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the turbo had failed, and there were 39 diagnostic trouble codes retrieved. The dealer determined that the turbo, the intake manifold se</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2018 Ram 4500. The contact stated that while driving  40 MPH, the check engine warning light and other unknown warning lights were illuminated, before the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the turbo had failed, and there were 39 diagnostic trouble codes retrieved. The dealer determined that the turbo, the intake manifold se</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2018 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V896000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to respond immediately, ca</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Ram 2500 Pickup, Ram 3500 Pickup, 3500 Cab Chassis, 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles.  The hydraulic control unit (HCU) may fail, which can cause the anti-lock brake (ABS), electronic stability control (ESC), and traction control systems to fail.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Ram 2500 Pickup, Ram 3500 Pickup, 3500 Cab Chassis, 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles.  The hydraulic control unit (HCU) may fail, which can cause the anti-lock brake (ABS), electronic stability control (ESC), and traction control systems to fail.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I was driving my truck and when i came to a stop and tried to put it in reverse, I did not have reverse.  After several attempts of moving the gear lever there was a loud clunk, then I had reverse. Then when I then put it into drive it would not move.  The vehicle has 35,500 miles.  Dealer believes its the K1 snap ring in the aisin transmission.  It is still at the dealer and they believe it will </description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Anti-Lock Brake(ABS) &amp; Electronic Stability Control(ESC) warning lights will come on and off during normally driving conditions.  When The ESC light comes on the cruise control is non functioning. If the cruise control is set when the warning light is off, the cruise will disengage when it comes on.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STEERING</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owned a 2024 Ram 4500. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle hit the expansion joints and wobbled. The contact stated that the vehicle then experienced the Death Wobble and unintendedly pulled to the left, causing the contact to lose control of the steering wheel while driving on a curvy road. Additionally, the brake pedal was depressed but traveled to the floorboard, an</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owned a 2024 Ram 4500. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle hit the expansion joints and wobbled. The contact stated that the vehicle then experienced the Death Wobble and unintendedly pulled to the left, causing the contact to lose control of the steering wheel while driving on a curvy road. Additionally, the brake pedal was depressed but traveled to the floorboard, an</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: STEERING:STEERING CONTROL MODULE</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2023 Ram 1500 Classic, Ram 3500 Classic, 3500 Cab Chassis, 2023-2024 Ram 2500, 4500/5500 Cab Chassis, and Ram 3500 vehicles.  The steering column control module may cause the high beams to activate when the turn signal is used or activate the turn signal when the high beams are used.  In addition, the turn signal self-canceling feature may not function p</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: WHEELS</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Right rear wheel studs sheered off and the wheels fell off at highway speeds. It appears recall Y26 has listed this issue. One of the wheels rolled off the highway into a Tesla dealership and hit two new cars.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: WHEELS</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2019 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V398000 (Wheel) and 21V880000 (Fuel System, Diesel) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The dealer was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not yet available for the recall repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of tim</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2019 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V398000 (Wheel) and 21V880000 (Fuel System, Diesel) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The dealer was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not yet available for the recall repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of tim</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Aisin transmission lost 1-4 forward gears while towing a trailer.  The vehicle would not go forward only would move in reverse.  We were going through a weigh station at time of failure in Florida, while our home base is in Michigan.  There are many failures with this part.  It is the K-1 clutch pack fails then forward gears do not work.  Dealerships and Stellantis are both fully aware of the </description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We purchased a brand new 2022 RAM 4500 truck 07/25/2022 , at the beginning of November the truck broke down and needed a brand new transmission . It took the dealer two months to install the new transmission , we picked up the truck from the dealer December 28th , 2022.  Today 02-15-2023 truck broke again in the the middle of the highway and is not drivable again with transmission not working . Th</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The fuel pump failed and they have not fixed it after 3 months and they do not answer or return my calls.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2022 Ram 3500, 3500 Cab Chassis, Ram 2500, and 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles equipped with Cummins 6.7L turbo diesel engines.  The engine control module (ECM) may have been built with a misaligned capacitor that can short-circuit, resulting in an internal loss of communication.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>My truck has been at a dodge dealership for over a month due to a open recall. This dealership is declining to service my vehicle because they are saying the recall has to be fixed first before they can diagnosis my truck for change in drive quality. They are telling me that dodge does not have a fix for the recall on my truck and my truck has to sit there until a fix is available. My truck sat th</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2020 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V880000 (Fuel System, Diesel) and 22V035000 (Visibility) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the is</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VISIBILITY</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2020 Ram 4500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V880000 (Fuel System, Diesel) and 22V035000 (Visibility) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the is</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 vehicles, Ram 3500 Cab Chassis, 4500 Cab Chassis, 5500 Cab Chassis and 3500 Cab Chassis with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of less than 10,000 lbs.  The windshield wiper arms may loosen, possibly causing the wipers to function improperly and reduce the driver's visibility in certain weather conditions.</description>
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