Ram 3500 problems, by model year and system
1,885 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Ram 3500 2016–2026, and the 4 systems the record is deep on — brake (944), electrical (309), transmission and drivetrain (252), fuel system (127). Each system has a page across the years; 6 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsBrake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Transmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Ram 3500 complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | brake | electrical | transmission and drivetrain | fuel system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 27 in all | 11 | 17 | 4 | — |
| 2025 42 in all | 19 | 28 | 7 | — |
| 2024 44 in all | 11 | 11 | 6 | — |
| 2023 17 in all | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| 2022 190 in all | 12 | 23 | 124 | 14 |
| 2021 62 in all | 6 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
| 2020 116 in all | 8 | 9 | 13 | 57 |
| 2019 136 in all | 8 | 21 | 18 | 50 |
| 2018 805 in all | 664 | 137 | 23 | — |
| 2017 312 in all | 193 | 33 | 27 | — |
| 2016 134 in all | 12 | 10 | 19 | — |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Ram 3500 system draws the most complaints?
Brake: 944 complaints across 11 model years, 50% of everything owners filed about the Ram 3500. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Ram 3500 year has the most complaints?
2018 (805), 2017 (312), 2022 (190). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.