2024 Ram 1500
This year drew an ordinary 138 complaints for a Ram 1500 — the model's median is 863. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.6% of them mention engaged, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Ram 1500, which began in 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 138 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 863 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engaged — 11.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: engaged, start stop.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
My vehicle shut down as I was in drive. Engine was shut off and it engaged the emergency parking brake.
Truck has auto start/stop for fuel efficiency. It automatically engages on startup. Truck is prone to sudden unexpected acceleration when it is engaged. Has almost caused 3 wrecks with my truck. Dealership says they know about the problem and that I should jus…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V199000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V653000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 24V729000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V298000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V327000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 26V495000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ram 1500 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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