2023 Ram 1500
This year drew an ordinary 382 complaints for a Ram 1500 — the model's median is 863. What they were about is the unusual part: 20.4% of them mention parking brake, against 8% 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 | 382 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 863 |
| Involving a crash | 20 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 11 |
| EPA combined | 20.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- parking brake — 20.4% of this year's complaints, against 8% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: parking brake, auto start, reoccurred, restarted vehicle.
- engaged — 18.3% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: engaged, red, engage, tomorrow.
- signal — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: signal, turn signal, left turn, make left.
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
while attempting to proceed from a RED traffic light, while driving approximately 4 MPH, the automatic parking brake engaged, and the vehicle stalled. The low voltage warning light was illuminated. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The c…
When using the left turn signal the blinker does not reset after making the turn. Could potentially lead to an accident if other drivers think I intend to turn left and don't. Has not been inspected yet. No system warning lights.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V059000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V263000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 23V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V799000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V199000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V413000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 24V653000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 24V729000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 11. 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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