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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
6 / 0
Average Mileage:
2,395 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

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2021 Ram 1500 Owner Comments (Page 11 of 11)

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problem #9

May 142021

1500

  • 3,292 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Was driving down the road when the truck stalled and prompted me to put it into park to start. It then automatically went to park without me doing anything and applied the parking brake on its own.

- Palm City, FL, USA

problem #8

May 132021

1500

  • miles
I was driving down a mountain street which gets busy around rush hour (5:30 pm) and the engine suddenly turned off. I had no power. I was scared. I barely made it to use the brakes and turn on a small shoulder. I started the truck and made it home.

- El Paso, TX, USA

problem #7

May 092021

1500

  • 2,200 miles
Truck has stalled twice pulling into traffic. Both times I have been taking a right turn.speed when it happens around 10 mph. It tells me to put my car in park and toun on the engine, this is going to get someone killed. I have been looking online and other people are having these issues.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #6

Apr 262021

1500

  • 1,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Vehicle turned off and had to be restarted as I was switching from break to gas after stopping at a stop sign. I had to restart the vehicle in the middle of the intersection. Radio and all instrument lights remained on. No error lights came on. This has happened on 4 separate days, weeks apart at different locations and under different weather conditions.

- St Augustine, FL, USA

problem #5

Apr 212021

1500

  • 4,700 miles
Driving at 35 mph the engine just died and the truck engage the auto shift parking creating a dangerous condition. Second time in about 3 days. This is driving me nuts.

- Ruskin, FL, USA

problem #4

Apr 142021

1500

  • 150 miles
On two separate occasions while within 5 minutes of starting the truck while moving forward on a city street both times it initiated on a turn the truck turns off and tells you put the vehicle in park to restart. The emergency brake is also illuminated. The truck has less then 200 miles on it.

- Merritt Island, FL, USA

problem #3

Apr 132021

1500

  • 4,500 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I have had 2 safety issues with my 2021 Ram 1500 laramie with approx. 4,500 miles on it. 1st, and most important, I have had the engine stall when accelerating from a stop onto a roadway. It has occurred between 5-25 mph approx while pulling from a stop, or slow roll, into traffic. The second occurrence was on 4/13/2021, unsure of the first date. The vehicles engine completely shuts down, I receive a message to apply my foot to the break, shift to park, and that the emergency break is auto applied once at a full stop. Thankfully I maintain electrical power so I can steer to the side of the road but the engine is completely without power and both times I have had traffic approaching from behind me. The 2nd issue, which is minor compared to a stalling engine, is that the backup camera periodically stops working. It either goes completely black (although the magnifying glass remains on the screen) or it gets a very poor quality image with lots of colored lines through the picture. This makes it much harder to maneuver a big truck when you have no view behind you from the camera. Again minor relative to the stalling, which is my major concern, but after I took my truck in for the camera issue there is currently no fix and they are awaiting a software update. It is now back to the dealer for a second time in 4,500 miles most importantly to address the stalling and was brought in immediately after it occurred. I have also since had a clicking noise start in the steering column. I am not sure if this is just an annoyance or another issue. All items are reported to the dealer and their 800 number for which they have created cases.

- Palm City, FL, USA

problem #2

Mar 112021

1500

  • 6 miles
Purchased truck on 3/4/2021.with 21 miles on the odometer. On 3/11/2021 was driving on the freeway doing 65mph. In the center of a 3 lane highway when the engine shut off without warning and a dash signaled a warning "service electronic throttle control" appeared on the dash, I made it off the freeway without incident and was eventually able to restart the truck and took it back to the dealer who as of today 4/06/2021 not found the issue that caused the engine to shut down, and has not duplicated the issue after driving it more than 700 miles. They were instructed to replace parts without properly diagnosing the problem by the technical advisor for Chrysler star division who has been advising the dealership master service technician on what to inspect and test without any ability to duplicate the problem. Additional information was recorded on the truck to try and identify any possible cause of failure without success. Dealership service department has kept records and fault codes, and I have every reason to believe this issue is not resolved and that it will happen again, without warning, and possibly at the risk of endangering the lives of all vehicle occupants as well as others outside of the vehicle. I have documentation but the files are unable to be uploaded due to their file size. Copies can be made available upon request.

- Palmdale, CA, USA

problem #1

Mar 172021

1500

  • 500 miles
I purchased my 2021 Ram 1500 limited night edition on March 11, 2021. It was new. Within 3 weeks and less than 1,000 miles of driving the vehicle stalled twice while in the middle of an intersection. The fuel tank was full and the engine was warm each time. The first time around March 17 I was alone in the car. I stopped at a stop sign and then depressed the gas pedal and as I turned to the right the car stalled. No error message came up. I stopped the car. Turned the gear shift knob to P and pressed the start/stop button twice and the truck started back up. 10 days later with my family in the car the same thing happened. I was at a stop sign, then pressed on the gas and made a left turn this time and the car stalled. Again, fortunately no one was coming because my family and I could have been seriously injured or killed because we were in the middle of the road and someone could have T-boned us. The car has been with the dealer for a week and they tell me they have not been able to discover anything. There were no error messages and they have not reproduced the problem. I am writing to put this on the record in case anything happens to us.

- Bethesda, MD, USA

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