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Safety Score
42
High Risk
Recalls
7
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

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…