2025 Ram 1500 Back-over prevention (rear camera) Problems
- Complaints
- 16about this part
- Share
- 4%of 369 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the back-over prevention of the 2025 Ram 1500, 4% of the 369 complaints for this model year. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“The truck brake pedal got hard and went all the way to the bottom. Dash lighted up like a Christmas tree. Luckily I was entering a parking lot so I was going slow and was able to park the truck. Truck only has 453 miles and is only 2 weeks since purchase. If there's a recall for this issue I believe it wasn't taken care of before selling it to me.”
NHTSA complaint #11640540, filed 2025-02“1. Nature of Safety Complaint I am submitting this complaint to report repeated and unresolved safety-related defects affecting my 2025 Ram 1500 manufactured by Stellantis (FCA US LLC). The vehicle has experienced ongoing failures of safety-related systems since purchase on August 6, 2025. Despite multiple repair attempts at three authorized dealerships, the issues persist and the vehicle has remained out of service for over four months. 2. …”
NHTSA complaint #11718999, filed 2026-02“I was pulling out of driveway, it is a steep driveway, I have kept vehicle in 4WD, I then backed up to turn around, the truck “lurched” and “jerked” forward abruptly. I thought I had hit the home in front of me or ran over something. It was not the AEB. The vehicle had changed from 4WD auto to 2WD on its own, creating a large “jump” in the gears. I took the vehicle to service and they could not replicate. This has now happened 3 other times and “jerked” me forward at lower speeds. …”
NHTSA complaint #11733853, filed 2026-04“on my 2025 ram 1500, my truck turns off my cross path detection, and reads i have a trailer hooked up. At the times this has happened i HAD NO trailer attached and had no trailer wire harness hooked up to my truck. the first time this happened, i was driving forward, and my truck turned off my cross path detection and errored out, my truck also reads a trailer, and has defalts to AUTO trailer, this happened 2 times, I have no trailer hooked up and have never had a trailer hooked up. …”
NHTSA complaint #11742519, filed 2026-06“I purchased this RAM 1500 Big Horn Edition truck new on 12/23/24. The backup camera display has randomly failed 14 times only showing a blue screen. I have been able to clear the error by turning the vehicle off and back on except for two occasions (see*). There was not any resolution by the dealership on November 10, 2025, as they could not replicate the issue. The dates of this failure are: 1/22/2025, 1/24/2025, 2/6/2025, 3/9/2025, 3/12/2025, 5/8/2025, 5/18/2025, 5/25/2025*, 5/25/2025*, 9/24/2025, 9/28/2025*, 9/28/2025*, 10/23/2025, 10/23/2025. …”
NHTSA complaint #11703411, filed 2025-12Related recalls
- 26V560000Sep 1, 2026Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Ram 1500 vehicles. A radio software error may cause the rearview camera image not to display. As such…Covers: Ram 1500 2025–2026
Back-over prevention (rear camera): other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2% |
| 2025 | 16 | 4% |
| 2024 | 2 | 3% |
| 2023 | 4 | 2% |
| 2022 | 15 | 2% |
| 2021 | 15 | 2% |
| 2020 | 10 | 2% |
| 2019 | 19 | 1% |
| 2018 | 17 | 3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0% |
Other parts of the 2025 Ram 1500
192 complaintsEngine
76 complaintsExterior lighting
61 complaintsForward collision avoidance
53 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
49 complaintsBrakes
45 complaintsOther or unknown
38 complaintsLane departure
33 complaintsFuel system
24 complaintsSteering
22 complaintsVehicle speed control
15 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
12 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2025 Ram 1500
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 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