By Denny Jacob
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the Office of Defects Investigation is opening a recall query following consumer reports describing post-recall remedy failures in certain Ram pickup trucks.
The regulator said ODI has received 14 vehicle-owner questionnaire reports and six EWR death-and-injury reports regarding the brake-transmission-shift interlock system in Ram pickup trucks with model years between 2013 and 2018. The subject vehicle models include 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500 trucks equipped with a column-mounted shift lever, it added.
NHTSA said the failures in question occurred in vehicles that had all previously been repaired under prior recalls. It added that the recall query will review the effectiveness of the prior recall remedies and aims to understand the root cause of additional vehicle-rollaway incidents and identify any other possible root cause.
Stellantis, owner of the Ram brand and others, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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July 07, 2025 07:20 ET (11:20 GMT)
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