Ram lighting problems
Across all Ram models in NHTSA's complaint database, 433 complaints involve lighting. The 1500 accounts for the largest share (69%). The single worst model year is the 2025 1500 with 62 lighting complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 433 about lighting, all Ram models
- Most affected
- 1500 69% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 18,000 miles 192 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Ram models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1500 | 299 | 69% |
| 2500 | 66 | 15% |
| 3500 | 34 | 8% |
| Promaster | 20 | 5% |
| Promaster City | 8 | 2% |
| Promaster 2500 | 3 | 1% |
| Promaster 3500 | 3 | 1% |
Worst model years for lighting
- 2025 Ram 150062 complaints
- 2014 Ram 150039 complaints
- 2013 Ram 150033 complaints
- 2015 Ram 150027 complaints
- 2019 Ram 150023 complaints
Lighting complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2013 | 39 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 42 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 26 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 82 |
| 2026 | 15 |
Among the 192 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 18,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.