34 of the 267 complaints about the 2019 RAM 2500 are about the engine — 13% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 6,310 miles.
34
Complaints
0
Crashes
6
Fires
1
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
ENGINE
Premature lifter and cam failures on the 6.7 engines. Yes it can be inspected. Yes it was heard and confirmed by multiple dealers and sources. It can be an issue if the engine locks up when driving
NHTSA complaint #11756887 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
The truck acts like it running out of fuel when entering the hiway. One time it just died and restarted. Then several days later when pulling out onto the hiway the same thing happens. Last time was May 6. Acts like it’s running out of fuel. Keep pumping the petal and it takes off.
NHTSA complaint #11736606 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
The contact owns a 2019 Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal burning odor inside the vehicle. The contact assumed that the odor was coming from the AC and turned off the AC. No warning light was illuminated. The contact parked and turned off the vehicle at the residence. Later that night, the contact heard a loud bang coming from the vehicle. The next morning, the contact and her friend looked under the hood and discovered that the fuse box, harness, and cables were all melted. The contact used electrical tape to separate the cables. Upon investigation, the contact discovered on the NHTSA.GOV website that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V720000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and a case was filed. The manufacturer had the vehicle towed to the dealer, where a third-party engineer inspected the vehicle. The engineer informed the contact that the fuse box and harness wiring had melted, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer closed the case and refused to allow the dealer to perform the recall repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.
NHTSA complaint #11734321 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Poor quality hydraulic roller lifer arm failure caused a frown rod and a hole in the engine block
NHTSA complaint #11734079 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
The contact owns a 2019 Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, there was blue and white smoke coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken back to the residence. The contact saw a cloud of smoke coming from the engine compartment. The contact waited to see where the smoke was coming from and attempted to start however, the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was then towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed, and it was determined that the high-pressure fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and filed a complaint. The failure mileage was 110,000.
NHTSA complaint #11712421 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I have experienced unexpected loss of power during acceleration, lack of exhaust breaking and engine codes p003a and p006f which I believe are associated with the turbo actuator.
NHTSA complaint #11698806 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Leaking anti freeze from back of motor
NHTSA complaint #11647286 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
On June 26, 2024 during a long road trip, the vehicle lost power repeatedly in the middle of an area with no road service. It put my safety and that of my passenger at risk on the highway as losing power suddenly causes danger in fast-moving traffic causing the risk of potential collisions with other vehicles. There was no warning lamp indicating the failure would occur. To this date, the dealer has not fixed the issue. After approximately three weeks, I picked up the vehicle after it as allegedly repaired (at that time the dealer stated it was an electrical issue). The vehicle failed again not more than one-half mile from the Omak Dodge service center placing my safety at risk yet again. I managed to get the vehicle back to the service center at which time, the dealer stated after consultation with RAM technical support, that the issue was a failure in the fuel system. The dealer claims that the problem was the failure of a fuel injector/pump that caused particulate matter to contaminate the entire fuel system. Being that it was allegedly a power train failure, it was to have been covered under the power train warranty. After approximately three months of delay, the dealer stated the truck was repaired. On arriving at the dealer to pick up the truck, the dealer stated it wasn't repaired and had an exhaust issue. The truck remains at the dealer to this date, October 25, 2024. The dealer states that the exhaust issue is yet another issue with the truck that is covered under a warranty voluntarily extended to 10 years by RAM.
NHTSA complaint #11621950 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Initially I witnessed a large volume of smoke coming from the exhaust pipe when pulling up to fuel pump. A passer-by informed me that there were flames underneath the truck on the passenger side. I then got out of truck, stooped down to look underneath, and observed a hose leading from the exhaust system on fire and multiple exhaust components glowing red hot. After getting my passenger out of the truck I got back in, put it in drive and pulled forward away from the fuel pumps and made it about forty feet before truck engine stalled. I then proceeded to get a fire extinguisher from the fuel pump lanes and extinguish the fire and directed the remaining agent at the hotspots to cool them. After the fire department ensured the vehicle was safe to move it was towed to the local RAM dealership where it is now awaiting service technicians to inspect the damage after the weekend.
NHTSA complaint #11614598 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Air intake grid heater bolt deteriorated, falls into the intake runner and gravity causes the bolt to end up in cylinder #6 creating severe damage to piston, valve and head damage causing expensive repair or a total long block repair on the 6.7 Cummins engine.
NHTSA complaint #11601784 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
My truck began idling hard and stalling out. I've contacted the local dealership multiple times to have the recall fixed for the CP4 fuel pump replaced and software updated and keep getting told they don't have the parts. I'm now having to schedule to have the truck looked at out of my pocket.
NHTSA complaint #11542819 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I’ve been waiting for a recall fix for the Y78 on my Ram Cummins. My dealer keeps saying they only get in a couple of the high pressure fuel pumps every few weeks. I’ve started the process back in December with no estimated wait time other than it will be many months before they fix it. I know many people who have but a direct replacement pump that will remedy the problem and have been reimbursed for parts and labor. My really helpful dealer this morning told me to contact NHTSA and file a complaint about how to go about the reimbursement process to get it fixed myself or provide me other options to get it fixed. Any help would be appreciated.
NHTSA complaint #11528473 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
March 10,2023 2019 Ram 2500 Cummins 6.7L Diesel I picked up my truck from the dealership this morning, after they did the outstanding CP4 fuel pump recall. I drove the vehicle home (approx 20) miles. Parked the car in the driveway for about 3 hours. Then took a short trip to the store. After the store, when leaving the parking lot I noticed an electrical/plastic smell. Within in seconds smoke started to come through the air vents. I pulled the truck over, turned off the truck, open the hood when fire exspelled from the engine compartment. Immediately call the fire department. They arrived in minutes to put out the fire, but at that point the whole front end of the truck was on fire and smoking (dense white/gray smoke). Then there was a loud burst of flame that came from the engine compartment. The fire worked its way into the cab compartment, burned it completely. The truck is totaled.
NHTSA complaint #11511305 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I have been having issues starting my truck when I took it in they said it was an ecu reflags needed. I believe it is an open recall y78 for over a year and they do not have the part. But my truck all of a sudden loss power on the freeway doing 65 my wife and daughter started crying I barely made it to the edge of the freeway with being hit within inches of a semi truck. We sat on the side of the freeway with trucks passing us shaking our truck from the wind. Finally I had to call Chp to have cars slow down when it became night time I fears for the safety of my wife and daughter. Yes the issue now is it won’t start at all but they are telling me go somewhere else it could take 2-3 months to fix the issue. No one inspected it yet just that it wouldn’t start. It was continuously having power surges but too light. Then all of a sudden loss power and it says service exhaust system see dealer.
NHTSA complaint #11508183 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Smoke emanated from the engine bay shortly after starting the vehicle first thing in the morning. The temperature outside was less 40*. Shortly after seeing smoke, the engine bay was engulfed in flames, centered on the hood, near the windshield. Newer vehicles have fire risk recalls regarding the intake-grid heater shorting out, but not the 2019 model. The grid heater would have been on due to the temperature. Please see the reports from the Police and Fire Department attached. The truck was totaled.
NHTSA complaint #11502636 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
UNKNOWN. Truck will not start. Clicks, all warning lights come on, clicks, and nothing. Recall not performed as dealership states if they do the recall it will cause a complete engine failure.
NHTSA complaint #11491493 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Issue with high pressure fuel pump and loss of turbo boost. At first Mopar/ Dodge refused to replace the fuel pump regardless of the recall. After hours on the phone they finally agreed to replace fuel pump but said no idea why turbo isn’t working correctly.
NHTSA complaint #11486923 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
As I was pulling out of the parking to to merge with traffic, the truck lost all lost all response to the accelerator pedal midway into merging with on coming traffic. I was able to get the truck into the turn lane to avid being hit by traffic. as the truck costed to a stop the dash indicated that the to see dealer for exhaust system service.
NHTSA complaint #11473496 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I was driving home from the market and the truck slowed down to 16 mph. I could not go any faster. I pulled over to the middle of the street and turned the truck off for a minute. I then restarted it and attempted to drive it somewhere safe. The truck finally came to a stop right before an intersection. I had to get out because cars were coming fast. I was afraid someone was going to hit me. I called AAA right away. They told me the tow truck was on the way and that they would send the police. The police never showed up. The tow truck got there in about 15 minutes. The only information i have is the fuel system has a error code of P0087 and reads Fuelrail system pressure-too low. Check engine light is on, It did say something about the fuel system and the truck will not start. No one has looked at the truck yet. I will be calling the dealer this coming week to see about getting it checked out and having recall issues taken care of.
NHTSA complaint #11468767 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
Engine started to slip or misfire. Became worse and then light came on saying Exhaust Emission Service was needed. The truck lost power as it limped to the side of the road. The Service Electronic Ignition light then came on and truck turned off. Would not crank again.
NHTSA complaint #11437579 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
The contact owns a 2019 Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, the engine started to knock. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed that the fuel injector pump had blown out and caused other damage to the engine. The engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was aware of the issue and opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.
NHTSA complaint #11437302 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
In August 2020, while I was driving my vehicle at approximately 15 mph, with approximately 13,500 miles on the odometer, I noticed that the vehicle's transmission gauge was about 230-240 degrees. I pulled over and smelled smoke. Luckily, my passengers and I were able to get out of the vehicle. The vehicle was completely destroyed. I have video showing flames coming out of the passenger side engine compartment. I had previously taken my vehicle in for repair for recall W03 to have the transmission valve body replaced so the transmission wouldn't cause an engine fire. FCA had an expert inspect the vehicle and he found that "fire progression appears to be from engine compartment thru entire vehicle terminating at rear truck bed," that "possible source of ignition is hot surface of turbocharger/exhaust components. - Most likely method of ignition is transmission fluid expelled from dipstick tube," "origin appears to be in the engine compartment," and "possible cause appears to be transmission fluid expelled from dipstick tube onto turbocharger/exhaust components. The determination of possible cause is based on: 1. Owner/driver's description of events. 2. Transmission of dipstick is extended ~ 27.0 inch from the fill tube." Despite this, FCA refused to pay me for my destroyed vehicle (or the trailer that it destroyed) because: "After the inspection of your vehicle, the information at hand would not permit us to associate the fire with a manufacturing or assembly error. We are sure you will understand fires of this nature can and do occur for a number of reasons not associated with the manufacturing process. Therefore, we must respectfully decline any assistance associated with this matter. Based on this, we suggest that you refer this matter to your insurance carrier . . ." I already had the transmission fire recall performed and my truck still blew up. Luckily, I was not injured. I am worried that if FCA does not do another recall, other trucks will blow up too.
NHTSA complaint #11437415 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I STARTED MY PICKUP AND PULLED OUT OF GARAGE PUT IN PARK TO CLOSE MY GARAGE DOOR AND WITH 2-3 MINUTES AT IDLE, SMOKE WAS COMING INTO THE CAB, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND OPENED HOOD AND FOUND FLAMES COMING FROM FUEL INJECTION PUMP AREA, WAS ABLE TO GET FIRE OUT BEFORE IT BURNT THE TRUCK COMPLETELY.
NHTSA complaint #11402550 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
TRUCK MAKING TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE FROM FUEL PRESSURE PUMP CP4?? MAKES NOISE AT IDLE AND WHEN IN MOTION SOMETIMES JERKS AND STALLS
NHTSA complaint #11384377 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2019 RAM ON DAY TWO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER IS TELLING ME IT IS CODEP0299 THEY CHECKED AND CLEARED CODE. NOW 12/18/ BACK WITH DEALER FOR SAME CODE P0299 AND LOSS OF POWER OR GOING 8NTO LIMP MODE.
NHTSA complaint #11384022 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
PULLEY ON THE ENGINE SQUEAKS AFTER COLD STARTS.
NHTSA complaint #11372725 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
TRUCK HAS CP4 FUEL INJECTOR PUMP. PUMP CAN FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN IT FAILS THE PUMP DISTROYS THE FUEL RAIL SYSTEM. TRUCK CAN THEN LEAVE THE OCCUPANTS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHEN PUMP SHUTS DOWN THE ENGINE YOU LOOSE STEERING AND BRAKES. YOU ALSO LOOSE THE EXHAUST BRAKE FEATURE. HAS NOT HAPPENED ON MY TRUCK. THESE PUMPS WILL FAIL AT SOME POINT.
NHTSA complaint #11366840 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
CP4 PUMP NOISE
NHTSA complaint #11363132 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
MY RAM 2500 WAS PICKED UP FROM RAM SERVICE CENTER SAT JULY 24TH, ON SUNDAY JULY 25TH THE ENGINE FAILED ON MY WIFE AND KIDS WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CURVED COUNTY ROAD. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE JULY 25TF. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 6,200 MILES ON IT, AND WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD.
NHTSA complaint #11361603 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
I PURCHASED A 2019 RAM 2500 TRUCK, AND BEGAN HAVING ISSUE WITH THE TRUCK DROPPING INTO NEUTRAL AT JUST OVER 1000 MILES. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHECKED CODES, BUT I DIDN'T MAKE SURE THEY DOCUMENTED IT. IT SEEMED TO ONLY HAPPEN WHEN GOING IN REVERSE AND TURNING, SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. THEN AT 6670 MILES IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND IN AN INTERSECTION. I HAD COME TO A STOP AT A LIGHT, THEN WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT. I GOT ABOUT 10 FEET INTO THE TURN AND THE TRUCK ACTED LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE MESSAGE THAT WAS ON THE DASH STATED SHIFT INTO PARK, THEN INTO DESIRED GEAR. I DID AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A PARKING SPOT OF A NEARBY BUSINESS. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AND THEY OPENED A STAR CASE. EVENTUALLY THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND REPROGRAMMED SEVERAL THINGS. THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. AT 9059 MILES IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS BACKING INTO A DRIVEWAY SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT MY PHONE AND TAKE A VIDEO OF THE FLASHING LIGHT OVER THE SHIFTER AND IN THE CLUSTER. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 1/13/2020 WITH 1520 MILES ON VEHICLE. THE INCIDENT IN THE INTERSECTION HAPPENED ON 5/21/2020 WITH 6670 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE LAST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 7/7/2020 WITH 9059 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.
NHTSA complaint #11349164 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.