NHTSA Complaint #11286896 — 2015 RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V757000 (ENGINE) ON NOVEMBER 30, 2019. THE DAY BEFORE, THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS EMITTING SMOKE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. MOMENTS LATER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT TO THE GROUND. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE PRESENT BUT NO REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DRIVER DID EXPERIENCE SMOKE INHALATION AND POST TRAUMATIC DISTRESS BUT NO MEDIAL ATTENTION HAD BEEN SOUGHT AS OF YET. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.