Ram 1500 Driver-assist systems problems
0.23 vs. all vehicles Within ±30% year on year
64 of the 4,840 complaints about the Ram 1500 (1.3%) concern Driver-assist systems, making it the model's #11 problem area. That share is 0.2× the Driver-assist systems share across all tracked vehicles.
64Complaints · Driver-assist systems
1.3%Share of complaints
0.23×vs. all vehicles
21Last 12 months
9.4%Share involving a crash or fire
0Related recalls
Analysis
21 Driver-assist systems complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 17 in the 12 months before — up 24%.
6 of these reports (9.4%) describe a crash or fire, with 1 injury and 0 deaths mentioned.
No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.
By model year
When complaints were filed
Last 12 months: 21 · Previous 12 months: 17
What owners report
Emergency brake comes on during car wash and engine turns off. Car crashed into the back of the truck on 7-7-26 causing damage to the front of their vehicle. Truck was evaluated by dealership who "reset the electronics" but it continues after this service.
While driving northbound on [XXX] from [XXX] into [XXX] during heavy rain, my vehicle experienced an uncommanded Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) deployment just before the bridge.
On several occasions the forward collision safety feature has not worked at all. it failed to apply the brakes or give me a warning prior to me having to manually apply the brakes to avoid a collision.
Constant random warning of automatic emergency braking not available or failure.
ADA Continuously fails at all road speeds and road/weather conditions. System will not consistently remain engaged. Some failure are intermittent other disable the system for extended periods of time. This has been occurring for 10 months.
The emergency braking system initiated during operating my vehicle (has done it 3 times) for no reason. It locks up my engine and will not let me operate the vehicle. The software went crazy with warnings. Would not allow me to turn off the engine.
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Related recalls
No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.
Problem areas · Ram 1500
Related reading
- Phantom braking and other driver-assist complaints: what goes wrong and where the complaints concentrateHow automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise and lane keeping produce false alarms, which tracked models have the highest share of their own complaints in this category, what NHTSA has investigated, and what to test before buying.