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Other or unknownPart report

2016 Ram 1500 Other or unknown Problems

Complaints
127about this part
Share
8%of 1,554 total for the year
Median mileage
28,206miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 127 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2016 Ram 1500, 8% of the 1,554 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 28,206 miles. 11 of these say a crash was involved and 7 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“The remote start will start the truck when fob is in my pocket. Problem---the truck has been in my garage and started a few times. This could gas us in the house! I did an internet search and this has happened to others. It has also happened when parked in the parking lot. When in a closed garage this could kill a person or family.”

NHTSA complaint #11386690, filed 2021-01, 40,000 miles

“My tailgate has opened by itself 4 times recently. I check every time I close it to ensure that it's closed and locked properly. Every time I have been driving and it's fallen open. This last time, I was hauling a trailer and it open by itself, going down the road and the tailgate landed on the trailer tongue jack and damaged my tailgate.”

NHTSA complaint #11376210, filed 2020-11, 43,500 miles

“I bought my truck on the 25th at 6pm. And at 7p on the 26th it had caught fire on the highway and burnt ro the ground with me and my pregnant wife in the truck. I heard ticking coming from the motor followed by a loud pop and then lost all power no gas response and coasted to breakdown lane just barley got mi wife out of the truck and the truck was fully elguffed.”

NHTSA complaint #11258925, filed 2019-09, 66,000 miles

“Since an emissions recall my truck has had a dangerous amount of dead pedal lag when. First starting to drive. The first 5-10 minutes of every drive create a dangerous situation where I am consistently worried about causing an accident because my truck does not operate like a normal vehicle, or as it did before the recall happened.”

NHTSA complaint #11256432, filed 2019-09, 63,000 miles

“I have a Ram 2016 on more than one occasion my truck accelerated on it's own while I was driving. Once on the interstate going around 70 MPH (had 3 passengers with me) and twice today 10/22/19 in morning traffic and almost caused me to have an accident. It took hitting the brakes several times to stop. I took it to the dealership”

NHTSA complaint #11270257, filed 2019-10, 29,968 miles

Related service bulletins

Other or unknown: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20261616%
20253810%
20241519%
20234623%
20229415%
202110415%
202011217%
201923716%
20189214%
2017688%
20161278%
20151178%
20141378%
2013514%
2009719%

Other parts of the 2016 Ram 1500

Steering
314 complaintsEngine
291 complaintsBrakes
282 complaintsFuel system
281 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
202 complaintsElectrical system
193 complaintsVehicle speed control
111 complaintsSuspension
68 complaintsEngine cooling
63 complaintsAir bags
49 complaintsBody and structure
36 complaintsForward collision avoidance
21 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2016 Ram 1500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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