Safety Score
42
High Risk
Recalls
7
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (7)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-10 | 24V754000 |
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | 31,676 | — | Details |
| 2023-04-13 | 23V265000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | 131,700 | — | Details |
| 2023-02-09 | 23V059000 |
BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION | 77,079 | — | Details |
| 2021-11-23 | 21V918000 |
STEERING:STEERING CONTROL MODULE | 38,157 | — | Details |
| 2021-09-09 | 21V698000 |
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | 2 | — | Details |
| 2021-06-10 | 21V438000 |
BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION | 14,096 | — | Details |
| 2021-02-01 | 21V037000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | 683 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check air bag warn… |
| 2026-03-30 | LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION | No | 0 | Electrical system shutdown including loss of all safety features (blind spot, emergency braking, abs, traction control,… |
| 2026-03-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | Losing power steering intermittently. |
| 2026-03-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Our alternator is bad in a 2021 Ram. There are 10,000 on back order and up to a 9 -12 month wait list. There is obvious… |
| 2026-03-16 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, there was an abnormally loud sound c… |
| 2026-03-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Wa driving with cruise on at 60 mph. Truck stalled with no notice, no warning lights or check engine light. All tempera… |
| 2026-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The rear running lights go out due to a short in the wire harness from the computer module to the tail lights. The shor… |
| 2026-03-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The EGR cooler bypass control broke on my pickup. The dealership stated that this is an ongoing issue with these pickup… |
| 2026-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | There is water coming into the vehicles cab via the rear window and is getting electrical components under the rear win… |
| 2026-02-27 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Rear drivers side window shattered without any incident or accident. Possibly due to extreme cold but it was not witnes… |
| 2026-02-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RAM's 2023 recall addressed the engine shutdown problem in 131,700 of its half-ton 1500 RAM trucks equipped with the 5.… |
| 2026-02-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Stellantis is recalling over 1.2 million 2019-2024 Ram 1500 pickups, including the 2021 model year, due to a software f… |
| 2026-02-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The oil pan on my 2021 Ram1500 has premature severe corrosion. When the oil pan fails, oil will drain to the roadway ca… |
| 2026-02-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | My husband went down into a 15 ft embankment fully in the air side bags deployed driver and passenger did not |
| 2026-02-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MGU unit failure. Truck is less than 5 years old and just hit 60k miles. Noise came on very abruptly and was lucky enou… |
| 2026-01-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed an… |
| 2026-01-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Every time my truck sits for more than 3 days even in the summer the battery dies. I have to jump this truck more than … |
| 2026-01-23 | STEERING | No | 0 | No issues with steering on vehicle in about 81,000 miles since new. Yesterday, started vehicle, no power steering at… |
| 2026-01-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | While driving, a deer entered the roadway. I applied the brakes to avoid hitting the deer and lost traction due to icy … |
| 2026-01-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving 55-60 MPH, the vehicle stalled. There were no w… |
| 2026-01-13 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. While driving 65 MPH in inclement weather and attempting to clean the windshield, the… |
| 2026-01-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I bought this truck used from a dealer in 2022. From the start the resting voltage of the car was a problem getting 12.… |
| 2026-01-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine malfunction cause low oil pressure and cause a catastrophic failure and lock brakes up multiple people i know ha… |
| 2026-01-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Rear window glass crumbled/shattered around frame causing leaks around the window and glass fragments to fall out onto … |
| 2026-01-03 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | High impact vehicle accident, with major damage. Drivers airbag did not deploy. |
| 2025-12-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | The issue started with power steering failure warning light flashed and then went of a couple times. I could also hear… |
| 2025-12-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | There have been several instances where the vehicle appears to lose traction in 4WD. An error message appears "4WD Ove… |
| 2025-12-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I am submitting this complaint to report a significant and unusual mechanical failure involving my 2021 Ram truck. The … |
| 2025-12-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V653000 (Service Brakes… |
| 2025-11-30 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owns a 2021 RAM 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 47 MPH, towards a four-way intersection, the… |
| 2025-11-30 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was suddenly unable to fill the fuel tank of my truck on the way back from a 4 hour road trip in freezing conditions.… |
| 2025-11-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | My bearings in my rear assembly has failed before 100K miles. In addition, I had to replace the eTorque generator befo… |
| 2025-11-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Alt/Gen failure stopped the truck in the middle of an intersection No transmission power steering lights. Had to walk b… |
| 2025-11-16 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | My driver sun visor support broke when I tried to pull down the sun visor. It is supported by a plastic piece. If it wa… |
| 2025-11-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | All warning lights on dash came on including battery. Freedom Dodge assessed it on 11-10-2025 and said the vehicle gene… |
| 2025-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Exhaust manifold on passenger side has cracked leading to exhaust fumes in cabin, causing dizziness and headaches due t… |
| 2025-10-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Body Control Module failure. 2021 Ram 1500 Tradesman with 3.6L engine My first symptom was a message that appeared on t… |
| 2025-10-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Oil pans are rusting through . Mine has 45,053 miles. In the 60k mile powertrain warranty. RAM refuses to fix because i… |
| 2025-10-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | On 10\09\2025 I was backing into a parking spot and when I was trying to adjust the position of the vehicle the power s… |
| 2025-10-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ESC malfunction |
| 2025-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V653000 (Service Brakes… |
| 2025-09-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Vehicles headunit no longer functions, backup camera system is also in-operational. Due to apparent over the air (OTA)… |
| 2025-09-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was driving on the highway going the speed limit and the car suddenly slowed to 35 and all sorts of lights (check eng… |
| 2025-09-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I put the car in drive and heard a loud bang. When I went to move it sounded like metal scraping. It turns out the fr… |
| 2025-09-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | eTorque MGU hybrid motor going out with unexpected loss of power and stopping. Upon failure vehicle lost power and bec… |
| 2025-09-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While towing, my truck threw P00AF-00 Turbocharger Boost Control Module "A" Performance and ABS C121C-00 Torque Reque… |
| 2025-09-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The alternator has went bad on my 5.7 V8 E-torque motor and the alternator is on back order from Dodge and no dealers a… |
| 2025-09-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | While driving the vehice on 9/23/25, it randomly turned off while driving down my street. Took a while to get it starte… |
| 2025-09-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS warning lights and electronic brake lights continually come on and having to be repaired |
| 2025-09-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Ram 1500. The contact stated that an Over-the-Air update was been performed on the vehicle over… |