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2015 Ram 1500 Electrical system Problems

Complaints
159about this part
Share
11%of 1,459 total for the year
Median mileage
45,900miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 159 complaints about the electrical system of the 2015 Ram 1500, 11% of the 1,459 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 45,900 miles. 11 of these say a crash was involved and 14 a fire, according to the filers. 3 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“The vehicle was moving down the road as I'm driving the truck just looses all power cuts off and I have to jerk it to side of the road to be towed to dealership. It's the tone wheel for crankshaft and crank shaft position sensor. And when taken to dealership they have no parts to fix my trucks and I was given a case worker with FCA or dodge and they can't get the parts it's been 3 months.”

NHTSA complaint #11378512, filed 2020-12, 89,000 miles

“Driving on I -29 and we smelled comething like antifreeze then smoke. Truck lost power then got it back and was going to try to make it to an exit but pulled over when smoke coming from under the hood. Opened the hood and saw fire! Called 911 and fire dept came but in a matter on minutes the truck burned up completely.”

NHTSA complaint #11279319, filed 2019-11, 80,000 miles

“One day last week I woke up and my left rear steering wheel control button stopped functioning. (turns the radio station tuning down) also the high mounted reverse lights do not work when in reverse. I also had a blown high mounted rear brake light bulb out which was replaced. Horn works no check engine light. I have not taken it to do to diagnostic cost.”

NHTSA complaint #11032985, filed 2017-10, 103,790 miles

“I left the truck running while in a store, I came out to see it rolled forward into a building while I was in the store and truck was in park ( or at least I thought) this caused $1800 in damages less then a month later while the truck was running and in park it completely died and had to towed back to dealer. They said they found a loose connection in the dash”

NHTSA complaint #10865590, filed 2016-05, 3,500 miles

“I have multiple issues but the scariest is after setting the emergency brakes and putting my 2015 Ram 1500 in park my truck will roll up to 4 feet. This happens almost every time I put it in park. Every time I park it I worry that it will roll and hit a person or another vehicle.”

NHTSA complaint #11104601, filed 2018-06, 35,652 miles

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20265049%
202519152%
20242836%
20236934%
202219932%
202119829%
202016426%
201938226%
201815924%
201711012%
201619312%
201515911%
201424614%
201322718%
2009616%

Other parts of the 2015 Ram 1500

Steering
342 complaintsEngine
335 complaintsFuel system
239 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
226 complaintsBrakes
159 complaintsOther or unknown
117 complaintsVehicle speed control
86 complaintsEngine cooling
63 complaintsAir bags
61 complaintsSuspension
56 complaintsBody and structure
49 complaintsExterior lighting
26 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2015 Ram 1500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology