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2018 Ram 1500 Other or unknown Problems

Complaints
92about this part
Share
14%of 667 total for the year
Median mileage
20,000miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 92 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2018 Ram 1500, 14% of the 667 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 20,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“Ok they in stalled cab vents on trucks so that it would be easyer to close the dorrs problem is they leak my warrranty on my truck went out at 360000 miles so I youtube the problem I am not the only one that has this problem plese help if you can because they will not these vents are not sealed very well”

NHTSA complaint #11412894, filed 2021-04, 380,000 miles

“1. Radio switches on its own to a different channel. Also switches to a m by itself or sirius xm and I have issues changing it back to what I was listening to. 2.clock function pops up on screen and asks if I need to update the time which I do not. Sometimes I adjust it but it does not clear the screen. Today this morning it was nice and cool this morning and I could not turn on the heat screen showed it was on the heat but it was blowing as the a c was o. It was cold. 3. …”

NHTSA complaint #11390735, filed 2021-01, 60 miles

“I own a 2018 ecodiesel and when my truck went in for an oil change they did an update called aem or v08 emissions update. After the update my truck no longer accelerates from a stop. It crawls at under 10mph extremely slow aprox. 90 seconds until the vehicle accelerates. This is extremely dangerous I have been in 3 near accidents due to a lack of acceleration. In addition to the lack of acceleration I now get much lower gas mileage. Prior to the update I was getting 27 mpg, now the best I have gotten was 19mpg. …”

NHTSA complaint #11256635, filed 2019-09, 18,000 miles

“I want to report a safety concern. The concern is already aware by the manufacturer but I want to address the potential risk it put our family in. The recall is known as the vb! Or NHTSA # 19v-757. We bought this truck to have a nice and reliable car to transport our 1 year old child in. Our last 2012 jeep grand cherokee left us stranded in the middle of the rode with our kid due to the computer telling all injectors to stay open and resulting in the motor hydro-locking itself. We took out financing to purchase and the great 2018 ecodiesel dodge Ram. …”

NHTSA complaint #11308376, filed 2020-02, 4,100 miles

“When my truck ran out of gas in the middle of the freeway off ramp we were unable to push it to the side of the road because the brakes were locked. I had at least five gentlemen offer to help me push it out from blocking the off ramp but we could not because of the locked up brakes. I sat there for 45 minutes being cursed at and honked at because chrysler stupidly thought it is a good idea to have the brakes lock whenever the engine stalls. I called the dealer and they said yes it does that on purpose but agreed it probably a bad feature. …”

NHTSA complaint #11121988, filed 2018-08, 14,300 miles

Related service bulletins

Other or unknown: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20261616%
20253810%
20241519%
20234622%
20229415%
202110415%
202011217%
201923716%
20189214%
2017688%
20161278%
20151178%
20141378%
2013514%
2009719%

Other parts of the 2018 Ram 1500

Electrical system
159 complaints
Fuel system
140 complaints
Engine
110 complaints
Steering
90 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
60 complaints
Brakes
48 complaints
Engine cooling
46 complaints
Vehicle speed control
31 complaints
Suspension
22 complaints
Air bags
19 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
17 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
17 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2018 Ram 1500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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