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Ram Pickup 2019

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

1.02 per 1,000

1.3 times this nameplate’s own median · from 600 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1815 ever. 95% lower bound 0.94.

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.

Electrical System 432 complaints

truck	184	42%
cluster	58	13%
screen	47	11%
instrument cluster	46	11%
water	41	10%
shifter	32	7%

Steering 355 complaints

truck	122	34%
unavailable	30	9%
steering unavailable	25	7%
return	23	7%
turning left	22	6%
left turn	22	6%

Engine 286 complaints

truck	135	47%
exhaust	53	19%
park	44	16%
manifold	41	14%
dodge	41	14%
exhaust manifold	28	10%

When it breaks

64% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 16,666 miles, from 682 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations 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:

11099262 · 11114342 · 11123452 · 11124661 · 11128178 · 11130803

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.