2019 Ram 1500
This year drew 1,458 complaints against a median of 665 across the Ram 1500's other years, 2.2× that median. No single fault was reported unusually often, and it did not reach the 2.5× threshold this site flags at. It has 30 recalls, listed below.
First year of a new generation. The Ram 1500 was redesigned for 2019. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,458 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 665 |
| Involving a crash | 74 |
| Involving a fire | 11 |
| Recalls | 30 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 19V051000 VISIBILITY
- 19V142000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 19V067000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 19E059000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 19V020000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 19V812000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 19V556000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 19V201000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 30. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
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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