2024 RAM 1500 problems
Owners have filed 138 complaints about the 2024 RAM 1500 with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 21% of them, narrowly the most common, ahead of engine at 16.7%.
Complaints138
Crashes11
Fires2
Injuries7
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 21.0% · 29
Engine 16.7% · 23
Power train 10.9% · 15
Unknown or other 10.1% · 14
Service brakes 8.0% · 11
Forward collision avoidance 4.3% · 6
Fuel/propulsion system 4.3% · 6
Steering 4.3% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 11 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire and 7 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 14 model years of the RAM 1500 in this data, 2024 draws comparatively few complaints; 2014 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising, 135 in the last three years against 3 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 9,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The car was purchased in Jan 16. In Jan 19 the car stopped, with complete no response when trying start. The dashboard was off and looks like no power at all. Try jumping the car and check the battery found that the battery was completely charged. The car was towed to a authorized dealershipâ¦and after 5 days no response from the dealer yet. Electrical system
The truck died had to jump it. I was driving it and it stopped itself went into park automatically. it turned on the parking brake. and then died. Took several minutes to start. Now the truck on first start up and first shift into gear there is a delay and no power to the drive train then has Iâm hitting the gas it accelerates very quickly Electrical system
The vehicles main 12inch information screen goes blank and will not turn on until about 45 minutes after the vehicle has been running when the information is black no safety features work and the dash reads no key detected in the vehicle while the key is inside Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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