NHTSA Complaint #11024618 — 2010 RAM 3500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING, SMOKE APPEARED AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO FLAMES. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT ENTERING INTO THE FUEL LINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 280,000. UPDATED 11/07/17*LJ UPDATED 11/13/2017*JS