2012 Dodge Ram 2500
Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Dodge Ram 2500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | My passenger headlights keeps going in and out. The wiring harness has been replaced twice and it still does it. My c… |
| 2025-03-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Our 2012 RAM 2500 truck with 135k miles, had it's fuel tank fail. The dealership in Oak Ridge, TN tested the vehicle a… |
| 2024-06-17 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | Recall T79 or 17V-821 or break transmission shift pin stuck in open position. This is the 2nd time this has happened an… |
| 2023-07-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Ram 2500. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle rolled away. The contact… |
| 2023-02-10 | TIRES | No | 0 | I purchased a pair of Treadwright warden tires for the rear of my wife’s truck. In less than 100 miles the tread separa… |
| 2023-01-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving, my dodge shut off and it was hard to control my vehicle and come to a safe stop, out of the way of other… |
| 2023-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Ram 2500. The contact stated the vehicle failed to start intermittently. The contact also state… |
| 2022-11-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | Tie rod end sheared/broke causing the vehicle to be un-stearable. Fortunately, it happened as I was backing out of my d… |
| 2022-10-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Ram 2500. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle drove over a bu… |
| 2022-09-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | When driving at highway speed, if I hit the seam between the road and a bridge and it is not smooth my truck goes into … |
| 2022-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The exhaust manifold bolts on both sides of the engine warp due to two different metals being put together under heat. … |
| 2022-02-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My Dodge Ram 2500, 2012 Hemi engine started making a ticking sound so got a tune up. The machinic changed the spark plu… |
| 2022-02-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine has been making a ticking noise on the passenger side for the past few months. The passenger side exhaust manif… |
| 2021-12-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The bolts holding the exhaust manifold to the engine cylinder head, are breaking off. This has occurred in the past, on… |
| 2021-05-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Ram 2500. The contact stated that after making the third right turn while driving approximately… |
| 2021-03-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK SHAKES SO BAD YOU HAVE TO GET STOPPED BEFORE IT GOES AWAY. ALMOST FELT LIKE I WAS GOING… |
| 2021-03-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Ram 2500. The contact stated while driving approximately 40-60 mph, on several occasions after … |
| 2021-03-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE IN DRIVE, WENT OVER SPEED BUMP AND VEHICLE TURNED OFF. INTERMITTENT IGNITION PROBLEMS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE TO WHERE… |
| 2020-12-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Exhaust Manifold on passenger side is leaking. It has a broken bolt due to manifold warping. This is causing exhaust … |
| 2020-11-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2012 RAM 2500 WITH DEFECTIVE WIN MODULE WITH ONLY 67,000 MILES. ENGINE CAN SHUT OFF WHEN DRIVING. |
| 2020-09-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN VIBRATION THEN A LOUD BANG, AND THERE WAS S… |
| 2020-08-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PLEASE LOOK INTO ABS MODULE AND HCU FAILURES REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. I SPOKE WITH DODGE AND THEY STATED IT IS A KNOW PRO… |
| 2020-07-28 | TIRES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE AND PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WITHO… |
| 2020-06-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME BROKE IN 3 SPOTS, ALONG WITH A FRAME AND WHEEL BEARINGS, GEAR CONTROL BOX, ALIGNMENT, THE TRUCK BODY MOVES WHEN T… |
| 2020-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED W… |
| 2020-03-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL … |
| 2020-03-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE PARKING MY RAM 2500, MY CENTER DRAG LINK JOINT AT THE CRIMPED PORTION WHERE THE TIE ROD LINKS IN CAM APART. THIS… |
| 2019-12-31 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED THE TRACK BAR BUSHING FELL A… |
| 2019-11-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON NOV 23 2019, WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK IT SUDDENLY DIED. I PULLED OVER AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE… |
| 2019-07-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY IGNITION SWITCH FAILED YESTERDAY (7/10/2019) WHILE DRIVING,I WAS DOING 50 MPH IN A MODERATE CURVE WHEN IT FAILED LEA… |
| 2019-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHI… |
| 2019-04-02 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR AXLES SEIZED AND THE REAR TIRES SLID WHILE OPERA… |
| 2019-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET DOING 40MPH WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK JUST TURNED OFF SAYING ON T… |
| 2019-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD INDEPENDENTLY TURN OFF ONCE THE V… |
| 2019-03-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE KEY IGNITION SWITCH CRANK UP AND THEN DIES ABOUT 5 TIME THE S RUN GOOD LIKE YOU THINK GO TO PULL OUT ON THE ROAD… |
| 2019-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WIN MODULE SHUT MY TRUCK OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 4 TIMES IN 2 DAYS. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN MY 4 CHILDREN ARE… |
| 2019-02-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT ON; AIRBAG INOP. RECALL THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE EFFECT THE 2013 MODELS ALSO EFFECT THE 2012 MODELS. |
| 2018-12-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | R03 (REPLACES L25) WIRELESS IGNITION NODE (WIN) MODULE WIN MODULE FAILURE. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN MOTION, THE E… |
| 2018-12-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHI… |
| 2018-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH-WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY WIFE AND SMALL CHILDREN, MY TRUCK SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN. I TRIED TO … |
| 2018-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WIN MODULE. THE WIN MODULE IN MY TRUCK IS FAILING. THIS CAUSES INTERMITTENT NO START AND ALSO THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY … |
| 2018-09-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TRUCK WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES WILL START BACK UP A SECOND LATER, SOMETIMES NEED TO BRING IT TO A FULL ST… |
| 2018-09-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION… |
| 2018-09-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT DETECTED A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE… |
| 2018-08-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WE TOOK OUR TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A BRAKE RECALL. AFTER THE RECALL WAS FIXED, MY DAD WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FREE… |
| 2018-08-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HEARD CLUNKING NOISE WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN REVERSE/DRIVE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. NO… |
| 2018-07-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR SHIFT… |
| 2018-07-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE W… |
| 2018-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN THE STEERI… |
| 2018-06-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 2500. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE WATER PUMP FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR… |