4.5

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
24,285 miles

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2012 Ram 1500 Owner Comments

problem #4

Dec 112021

1500

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Both airbag harnesses under the driver and passenger seat had to be replaced because of faulty connections that kept throwing air bag codes on dash display

- Marine, IL, USA

problem #3

Feb 112019

1500

  • 97,000 miles
My Ram 1500 had valve springs break. It has a tick in the engine and the mechanic said it was a lifter. He said 2012 Ram always get bad lifters, also the front seats the way they are shaped, when getting in or out the edges are rubbed and my leather is torn. The lifter is a major issue. I'll never by another Ram again because of it. My truck sounds awful. I have 97000 mile it's 2012, looks beautiful, and sounds like a beater. It ticks when I start it and sounds worse when I drive. When my springs broke I was driving 70 on the intetstate.. the lifter issue came first, not sure if it caused the springs to break.

- Morrison, IL, USA

problem #2

Jun 252017

1500

  • 100 miles
Tamara recall- so on June of 2017 I was driving from Texas to Colorado. I was at the passing by trinidad, co when the truck just gave out going up the hill. It literally left me stranded in the middle of the hill while cars wer driving by 70 miles an hour. M and M towing towed it to trinidad and they informed me the transfer case was bad and so was the right front drive shaft. I paid 2500 dollars to have that repaired. Well now since September of 2012 the truck keeps giving me problems. It turns off literally while I'm driving making me loose any steering or break power. The heating seats have stopped working, the traction light keeps turning off and on. The light trailer disconnected message is permanently on. The shifter won't move outta park almost everyday when I first start the truck. The truck turns on and immediately shutts off. The remote start only works half of the time. I was just informed the exhaust manifold is cracked and that the rfront differential is bad too. At this point the truck isn't even dribble unless I spend like 5000 in fixing it. Bit how if I'm making 700 payment monthly. The truck is plain and simple falling apart and I have only had it for a year and a half. What worries me the most that it turns completely off without notice or warning while I'm driving with my kids in the truck

- Colorado Springs, CO, USA

problem #1

Dec 302011

1500 8-cyl Diesel

  • 40 miles
The design of the headrest is bad. It forces you to bend your neck as such an angle that it causes extreme neck and upper back pain. I realize that by removing the head rest I will not have any whiplash protection but I am willing to take that chance because I am in pain each time I drive the vehicle. Who ever forced the manufactures to make the headrest this way has never driven one. More research needs to be done before you force the manufacture to use such a headrest.

- Dallas, GA, USA

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