2012 Dodge Ram 1500 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 51 complaints for the 2012 Dodge Ram 1500, 5% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 51 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 35,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 5 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 34 complaints that include mileage. 74% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	5
20k to 40k miles	14
40k to 60k miles	6
60k to 80k miles	2
80k to 100k miles	4
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 34 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 35,000 miles, and 74% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

On friday 6/29/2018 at about 5:00 pm I was driving home on northbound I -75 and m-59 in heavy traffic when the truck pulled to the left and I noticed puff of white smoke coming from under the hood. I got off at the university exit and pulled into a parking spot. I turned the truck off and opened the hood. It was a really hot day and I couldn't tell where to odder or smoke had coming from. The check engine light did not come on. I drove it straight to milosch's palace.

Reported at 80,000 miles, June 2018 Fire

When first bought truck issues with brake stopping . Problem happened periodically .till when service tech brought it around and could stop . It was diagnosed as master cylinder. 5 months later same problem . The initial touch on brake pedal at high speed (50)+the brake pedal goes to the floor. When pumped it re-establishes normal level of power . Afraid this will fail again . This is starting to happen daily.

Reported at 42,000 miles, March 2016

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Dodge models