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Ram Pickup 2021

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.78 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 439 complaints filed in the first three years, of 849 ever. 95% lower bound 0.70.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2013	0.88	287
2014	1.31	522
2015	0.73	325
2016	0.80	378
2017	0.68	336
2018	0.52	267
2019	1.02	600
2020	0.55	331
2021	0.78	439
2022	1.14	591
2023	0.40	181

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 312 complaints

emergency brake	37	12%
parking brake	36	12%
engaged	35	11%
automatically	31	10%
etorque	26	8%
gasoline engine	23	8%

Electrical System 249 complaints

truck	115	46%
emergency brake	22	9%
etorque	20	8%
parking brake	20	8%
experienced parts	19	8%
yet exceeded	19	8%

Power Train 135 complaints

however parts	15	11%
system however	14	11%
parts recall	14	11%
recall repairs	14	11%
experienced parts	13	10%
parts distribution	13	10%

When it breaks

41% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 35,000 miles, from 135 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

High pressure fuel pump failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11375264 · 11383816 · 11389489 · 11390974 · 11391192 · 11394690

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.