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Ram 2500 Transmission Problems

285 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 9 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2018. Best year: 2020.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Transmission · 2019 4

Two snap rings in transmission came loose and caused a catastrophic fail while I was driving . No warning or sounds before it happened. Almost caused a multi vehicle pileup on the interstate. This is an issue that has been happening to a...

Transmission · 2020 4

The contact owned a 2020 Ram 2500. The contact stated while her employee was driving up a low-grade inclined road, and towing a light trailer at approximately 35 MPH, he had noticed white smoke issuing from under the hood. The contact st...

Transmission · 2018 4

I revered my truck up a slight incline in reverse in 4 wheel drive. After I stopped in reverse I removed my vehicle out of 4 wheel drive back into 2 wheel drive. I put the transmission in park and removed my key. I unloaded items from th...

Transmission · 2016 4

The contact owns a 2016 Ram 2500. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V821000 (Power Train). The contact stated that while the vehicle was turned off with the key out of the ignition...

Transmission · 2020 4

The vehicle was placed into park and the "P" began flashing by when I stepped out of the vehicle it began moving backwards. I jumped into the vehicle and the gear selection showed the vehicle in reverse so I replaced the vehicle into pa...

Transmission · 2017 4

The contact’s son-In-Law owns a 2017 Ram 2500. The contact stated while her daughter was putting her grandchildren in the vehicle, her 2-year-old grandson, who was briefly left in an unknown front seat with the doors closed, pushed t...

Transmission · 2021 4

In June 2021, this vehicle literally drove away while in the park gear. It was running and accelerated across a state highway, down an embankment and 200 feet into a cornfield while pulling a trailer. I immediately called Ram and they ...

Transmission · 2016 4

The contact owns a 2016 Ram 2500. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked and running, she opened the front driver's side door and stepped on the running board with her body between the front driver's side door and the vehicle fr...

Transmission · 2018 4

The contact called inquiring about a Law Enforcement vehicle (2018 RAM 2500). November 2020, vehicle shut down while traveling up a road. “Lost all PCM communication.” Instrument cluster was on, but vehicle would not start, multiple ...

Transmission · 2016 4

My transmission got so hot climing up a hill it caught the excused on fire, thankfully had water in the truck an put the fire out no warnings nothing, just flush transmission hot went to stop an realized it was on fire, had to have trans...

Transmission · 2015 4

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET. IN PARK, MOTOR NOT RUNNING, KEYS NOT IN THE IGNITION. VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE NEARLY BREAKING IT IN TWO. THERE WAS A RECALL PERFORMED IN 2019 TO PREVENT THIS FROM ...

Transmission · 2013 4

DRIVER PERFORMED A PRE-USE WALK AROUND INSPECTION ON VEHICLE AND OBSERVED NO DAMAGE. DRIVER PROCEEDED ON TO DESTINATION. DRIVER MERGED ON TO HWY 70 EAST AND ACCELERATED TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 75MPH AND SET THE CRUISE CONTROL. WI...

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