RAM 1500 problems, recalls & safety data
Complaints, recalls, technical service bulletins and federal investigations for every RAM 1500 model year, from official NHTSA data.
11,679
NHTSA complaints
95
recall campaigns
9,689
service bulletins (TSBs)
7
defect investigations
Model years
Best & worst years →| Year | Complaints | Recalls | TSBs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 RAM 1500 | 91 | 7 | 321 |
| 2025 RAM 1500 | 344 | 8 | 580 |
| 2024 RAM 1500 | 72 | 6 | 369 |
| 2023 RAM 1500 | 200 | 11 | 545 |
| 2022 RAM 1500 | 607 | 16 | 856 |
| 2021 RAM 1500 | 678 | 15 | 1,127 |
| 2020 RAM 1500 | 625 | 14 | 1,226 |
| 2019 RAM 1500 | 1,473 | 29 | 1,175 |
| 2018 RAM 1500 | 660 | 15 | 497 |
| 2017 RAM 1500 | 871 | 13 | 472 |
| 2016 RAM 1500 | 1,538 | 16 | 604 |
| 2015 RAM 1500 | 1,444 | 17 | 590 |
| 2014 RAM 1500 | 1,764 | 16 | 615 |
| 2013 RAM 1500 | 1,275 | 11 | 526 |
| 2009 RAM 1500 | 37 | 2 | 186 |
Common problems
Symptoms owners describe
Federal investigations
- Post Recall Remedy Brake Transmission Shift Interlock (BTSI) FailureRQ25003 · opened Jul 3, 2025 · open
- Engine Stall With Intermittent RestartPE24018 · opened Jul 19, 2024 · open
- Intermittent/Comp Loss of Power SteeringRQ23003 · opened Aug 4, 2023 · open
- High pressure fuel pump failureEA23001 · opened Mar 17, 2023 · open