NHTSA Complaint #11466675 — 2021 RAM 2500 STRUCTURE:BODY

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11466675
Vehicle	2021 RAM 2500
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY
Date of Incident	May 30, 2022
Date Filed	May 30, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	OR

Consumer Description

The tailgate unlocked and dropped, hitting the trailer jack and damaging the tailgate. The tailgate was locked and shut, this was confirmed before we left the house. The tailgate dropped sometime while driving to another location. The truck is available for inspection. This put others at risk as we had large amount of very large agates in the bed of our truck we were transporting on a very busy road. This problem just happened today. It has not been inspected as of today. There were no warnings or messages notifying us of this problem. Please let us know how to proceed, there is now damaged to our new truck which we take much pride in caring for!!!

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