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2016 Ram 1500 lighting problems

18 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2016 Ram 1500, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
18 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
6,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2016 Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 6,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 6,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 94% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles12
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 6,000 miles, and 94% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

When driving in any condition, street or freeway lights flicker or remain off for 30-60 second intervals. This happens at night and we have had mutiple close calls and once hit a guard rail. We have contacted our dealership 2-3 times in paso robles ca and we also notified morgan hill ram when they had the vehicle for an extended time period due to the engine blowing up under warranty. My husband commutes 150 miles one way and this is completely unsafe. No one seems to care. I have videos available via email.

Reported at 40,000 miles, April 2016 Crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle's headlights would burn out and needed to be replaced often. The contact stated that the headlights needed to be replaced approximately once every 2-3 months. The contact took the vehicle to a repair shop where the headlights were replaced each time. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,948.

Reported at 85,948 miles, June 2017

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Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Ram models