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2025 Ram 3500 Brakes Problems

Complaints
19about this part
Share
44%of 43 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 19 complaints about the brakes of the 2025 Ram 3500, 44% of the 43 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.

“I have been submitting reports to you for several months with no resolution. The truck yet again experienced the same problem, twice, within 1 week. It would start but then claim that it couldn't detect what gear it was in and said can't shut off until transmission is in park . After cutting electrical power to get it to shut off, it would not start. After getting it started, it would not go into gear. Once I got the engine running and transmission to go into gear, it no longer had ABS.”

NHTSA complaint #11759018, filed 2026-08

“I received notification of a safety recall on my 2025 Ram 3500 (NHTSA Recall Number26V-059) which affects the trailer lights and braking system. I contacted my dealership to schedule the repair and was told that it would be about 6+ months before they could get to me. The dealership has 30+ trucks on their lot, and the manufacturer is only allowing them to order 1 replacement part per week, so they aren't fixing sold trucks until those 30+ unsold trucks are fixed, which will take 30+ weeks. …”

NHTSA complaint #11729985, filed 2026-04

“Recall 26V-059 Brake lights and brakes don’t work sometimes. Dealer has no parts. Will not tell me when parts are coming. This is a serious issue and I need it fixed. It should not take this long.”

NHTSA complaint #11736765, filed 2026-05

“While driving down the street between 0 and 35 mph, with no load in the truck and no trailer attached, the trailer brake controller quite working completely and a service message appeared. The dealership ended up replacing the trailer brake gain adjustment switch. Had I been towing a trailer at the time, I would have had zero trailer brakes. I've had this message reappear several times since then. I've attached a picture showing both the message on the gauge cluster as well as a scan of the trouble codes at that time.”

NHTSA complaint #11715133, filed 2026-02

“Bad wheel speed sensor which disables ABS, cruise control, and all the ADAS systems. Vehicle has been to dealer 5 times for this in less than 8 months. Stellantis takes over a month to replace the part. Vehicle also will not shut off and/or be able to move while this happens.”

NHTSA complaint #11705740, filed 2025-12

Related recalls

Related service bulletins

Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20261139%
20251944%
20241227%
202316%
2022126%
2021610%
202087%
201997%
201866883%
201719562%
2016129%
20152418%
2014157%
201333%

Other parts of the 2025 Ram 3500

Electrical system
28 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
9 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
8 complaints
Other or unknown
6 complaints
Vehicle speed control
5 complaints
Exterior lighting
4 complaints
Engine
3 complaints
Steering
2 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaints
Wheels
2 complaints
Fuel system
1 complaints
Lane departure
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Ram 3500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 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