2016 Ram 1500 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,101 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine345 (16.4%)Official recall records for this system: 19, covering model years 2013–2022.
• Steering308 (14.7%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 2012–2024.
• Fuel system278 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2012–2023.
• Brakes277 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2013–2024.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)202 (9.6%)Official recall records for this system: 33, covering model years 2012–2023.
• Electrical system191 (9.1%)Official recall records for this system: 18, covering model years 2014–2026.

Other / uncategorized: 126 classifications (6.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (23,130 records, model years 2013–2026) are most frequently classified under: steering, engine and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (295 records, model years 2013–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and driver-assistance systems.
• Transport Canada recalls (285 records, model years 2012–2026) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (13,114 records, model years 2013–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 767reports included a mileage
• 60,256average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2012 10 records for 2012 10
2. 2013 1,823 records for 2013 1,823
3. 2014 2,410 records for 2014 2,410
4. 2015 2,072 records for 2015 2,072
5. 2016 2,174 records for 2016 2,174
6. 2017 1,371 records for 2017 1,371
7. 2018 1,186 records for 2018 1,186
8. 2019 2,691 records for 2019 2,691
9. 2020 1,875 records for 2020 1,875
10. 2021 1,829 records for 2021 1,829
11. 2022 1,490 records for 2022 1,490
12. 2023 761 records for 2023 761
13. 2024 447 records for 2024 447
14. 2025 925 records for 2025 925
15. 2026 406 records for 2026 406

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 90mention a crash
• 35mention a fire
• 72mention an injury
• 5mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 17
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 604
• Investigations NHTSA 4
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 18
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,531

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P2299 in 3 records
• P0407 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.