2025 Ram 1500 Current Owners - Discussion, Feedback, and Problems

[RamTruckMan]

Technical service bulletin. Also called a STAR. Search this thread, I already posted it.

 

[RamTruckMan]

TSB?? Not sure what that means. It’s also not locking or engaging with speed either.

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2025 Ram 1500 Current Owners - Discussion, Feedback, and Problems

 

[overberg29]

Let's keep this thread to current 2025 Owners so we have a place to see their thoughts and problems.

Let's keep this thread to current 2025 Owners so we have a place to see their thoughts and problems.

I have a 2025 Laramie that I picked up in November 2024. Build date was May 2024.
Check engine light came on around February 20th.
Scheduled a dealer appointment and the soonest they could get me in was March 13
Went out of town of the weekend of March 1. Went to start it on on March 4. Battery was dead and the dash was going crazy saying everything needed to be serviced. (ABS, Power Steering, 4x4, TCS, etc..)
Had it towed to the dealer.
Dealer says the battery caused the check engine light. They recharged the batteries and all good.
Went to pick it up on March 7, took valet 20 minutes to get my truck. Battery was dead again and had to jump it. Dealer kept the truck.
March 12. Dealer calls, says the junction box where the front and rear wire harness meet is full of water! Wires are shorting out the battery.
March 13. Dealer calls, need to order the entire wire harness. Can't just replace the junction box and re-terminate the wires. They will need the truck for 3 weeks as they need to lift the cab and bed to replace the wire harness.
Dealer give me a loaner Jeep and I have since registered a case with RAM.
I will update this post once I get it back and if any other issues arise.
Anyone else out there have this done to their truck?

 

[RamTruckMan]

I have a 2025 Laramie that I picked up in November 2024. Build date was May 2024.
Check engine light came on around February 20th.
Scheduled a dealer appointment and the soonest they could get me in was March 13
Went out of town of the weekend of March 1. Went to start it on on March 4. Battery was dead and the dash was going crazy saying everything needed to be serviced. (ABS, Power Steering, 4x4, TCS, etc..)
Had it towed to the dealer.
Dealer says the battery caused the check engine light. They recharged the batteries and all good.
Went to pick it up on March 7, took valet 20 minutes to get my truck. Battery was dead again and had to jump it. Dealer kept the truck.
March 12. Dealer calls, says the junction box where the front and rear wire harness meet is full of water! Wires are shorting out the battery.
March 13. Dealer calls, need to order the entire wire harness. Can't just replace the junction box and re-terminate the wires. They will need the truck for 3 weeks as they need to lift the cab and bed to replace the wire harness.
Dealer give me a loaner Jeep and I have since registered a case with RAM.
I will update this post once I get it back and if any other issues arise.
Anyone else out there have this done to their truck?

Yes, discussed in this thread

 

[GreenTruck]

Has anyone with a 2025 ram had water getting inside the cab, either from rain or a car wash? I ran this truck through a car wash a few days ago and unlike any other vehicle I've taken through a car wash the inside of the front windshield fogged up a lot and quickly, the defroster did eventually dry it off but again I've never had that happen before with countless vehicles and countless car washes. I wasn't going to be too concerned with it as I was assuming maybe some weird thing with the temperatures being just right, but now after the truck has been sitting in a garage for 3 days since that wash and not moved or actually touched, today when opening a door I immediately noticed a musty/almost moldy smell in it, any ideas where I should look to see if something is holding water in the cab or if something is wet somewhere, and is this something that's also known to be an issue with these trucks?

 

[RamTruckMan]

Not that I’m aware of

 

[2025 rebel junk]

I don't have previous Uconnect experience, but I've had no issues other than the gauges widget not working. However, it magically started working a couple weeks ago and zero issues since. I really like everything about the interface, especially how customizable it is.

You can make a gauge widget . With separate screen into two .Nav at top at bottom gauges. Or am i confused cause i can only get gauges to display on 14 screen alone would love to have nav at top gauges at bottom.

 

[2025 rebel junk]

I have a 2025 Laramie that I picked up in November 2024. Build date was May 2024.
Check engine light came on around February 20th.
Scheduled a dealer appointment and the soonest they could get me in was March 13
Went out of town of the weekend of March 1. Went to start it on on March 4. Battery was dead and the dash was going crazy saying everything needed to be serviced. (ABS, Power Steering, 4x4, TCS, etc..)
Had it towed to the dealer.
Dealer says the battery caused the check engine light. They recharged the batteries and all good.
Went to pick it up on March 7, took valet 20 minutes to get my truck. Battery was dead again and had to jump it. Dealer kept the truck.
March 12. Dealer calls, says the junction box where the front and rear wire harness meet is full of water! Wires are shorting out the battery.
March 13. Dealer calls, need to order the entire wire harness. Can't just replace the junction box and re-terminate the wires. They will need the truck for 3 weeks as they need to lift the cab and bed to replace the wire harness.
Dealer give me a loaner Jeep and I have since registered a case with RAM.
I will update this post once I get it back and if any other issues arise.
Anyone else out there have this done to their truck?

I have seen this online with rho. They just cleaned the water out taped it up and put silicone in it.

 

[Willwork4truck]

Ram's "technology" seems to be built with a 4-7 second delay when pushing any button on the screen, I believe that to be specific to ram/stellantis and/or their quality control or lack of as no other vehicle I've ever been in does that. Then again no other new vehicle I've ever bought has had so many issues especially within the 1st 300 miles, fuel pump, check engine light, coolant leak, the parking sensors seem to only work when they want to, and that;s just what I know in 300 miles. What's even more telling is that for every single problem this truck has or had (and there are a handful or more) every time I google any of them I find multiple other ram owners with the exact same problem(s), so clearly the one I bought isn't the only subpar defective pile that stellantis built. If I can sell it and not lose more than a few thousand or so I'm fine with that and it'll be nice to move on from the stellantis/ram stuff. I'm gonna use the luck you sent my way to help with the sale. The truck is paid off so hopefully that'll make the sale go easier and smoother,Thanks again for your time.

If you want to sell do it now before the 26’s hit. MY (model year) changes drop value regardless of your low miles. A poster above said his 2025 had been built in May of 24 so its coming soon.
I traded off my 23’ last week before I wanted to just because of the MY issue.

 

[Willwork4truck]

the setting isn’t there. it’s automatic with speed and doesn’t unlock in park but you can set what they do when you open the driver door (just the driver or all unlock). If they don’t lock with speed, there’s a TSB to fix that issue.
For the bump, I’d go to the dealer. maybe check the door pockets and under rear storage bins first.

Years ago, ahem, decades ago a next door neighbor badly wanted a Caddy sedan de ville. He finally bought one (1972 huge black 4 door), it always had a klink sound on left turns coming from closer to the drivers windshield pillar area.

He took it in, they looked and looked, finally removed the door panel and come to find out that an assembly line worker put a steel ball bearing in a glass (back then) Coke bottle with a note. Note said: “finally found it you rich sob”.

Maybe a Stellantis assembler has updated that old gag.

 

[2025 rebel junk]

If you want to sell do it now before the 26’s hit. MY (model year) changes drop value regardless of your low miles. A poster above said his 2025 had been built in May of 24 so its coming soon.
I traded off my 23’ last week before I wanted to just because of the MY issue.

sell now why. 75000 truck trade in maybe 58000 . in 18 months it will be 50000 and the hemi will be back.

 

[2025 rebel junk]

sell now why. 75000 truck trade in maybe 58000 . in 18 months it will be 50000 and the hemi will be back.

if you have electrical issues trade away. It take a little to get use to how the sst works i was driving it to slow like it was the hemi. I miss the exhaust sound but i drove my buddies rebel with hemi this weekend sound great and felt great but the sst is so much smother and faster. So its a hard choice to go back.

 

[GreenTruck]

I've got an appointment at the dealer to address the following concerns (none of which the first truck had)

cold start rough running and prolonged high idle. (First truck did have this, software resolved)
prolonged high idle on warm restart
radio sound suddenly quitting
front suspension loud knock when rebounding, worse on passenger side
passenger front window intermittently won't go up fully, reverses direction about 80% closed.
air suspension- use easy exit feature when parking, return and truck is in off road position.
horrendous fuel mileage 11.7 when driving very mildly, 17s steady state freeway
full throttle power feels significantly less than the prior 2025 Rebel I had over 1000 miles in.
hesitation/surging on light acceleration/steady throttle seems like transmission slip/grip? still occurs on moderate throttle to a lesser degree.
tow mirrors- main mirrors set to tilt down when in reverse, upon changing back to forward gear, they do not return to where I had them set, they return to a position that gives me a view of the sky.

one thing this truck doesn't have that the first one did is water leaking into the cab in the car wash, seemed to be a door seal.

Definitely some frustration here.

Taking my Rubicon to the mountains today, forget about this Rebel for a while.

Sounds like you no longer have the truck that was leaking in the car wash, but do you know which door or which seal was leaking? I've had a 2025 bighorn a little over a month and based on the way the windshield fogged up during a car wash and the mildew type smell it now has in it I'm pretty sure this truck also leaks water but during a quick cursory look I didn't find anything too obvious, and I know the dealer will either say it's operating as designed or they'll say they can't replicate the issue, unless I can show them something super obvious that even a cdjr dealer can't deny.

 

[RedFred]

I'm just throwing this out there even though nobody is asking. But I am keeping my truck. I have been extremely pleased with my 2025. Just passed 12k miles. The hurricane motor has been a pleasant surprise. I thought I would be crying over not having a V8, but I was completely wrong. The I6TT drives and pulls the truck around like a big monster motor. No complaints except missing the V8 rumble. Besides the hurricane performing great, everything else about the truck has been great too. No complaints so far. I did have a check engine light that came on early after purchasing, but the dealer told me to just stop in anytime, which I did the same day, and they did some update and had me out the door in 15 minutes. That was the only slight hiccup in an otherwise pleasant ownership experience. This is my 3rd RAM but I am not a brand loyal guy just blowing smoke. I own 5 cars and each one is a different brand. I have had good luck with both of my previous RAM's and the last one was traded in with 207k miles which is more miles than I ever put on any previous car or truck.

 

[Willwork4truck]

I'm just throwing this out there even though nobody is asking. But I am keeping my truck. I have been extremely pleased with my 2025. Just passed 12k miles. The hurricane motor has been a pleasant surprise. I thought I would be crying over not having a V8, but I was completely wrong. The I6TT drives and pulls the truck around like a big monster motor. No complaints except missing the V8 rumble. Besides the hurricane performing great, everything else about the truck has been great too. No complaints so far. I did have a check engine light that came on early after purchasing, but the dealer told me to just stop in anytime, which I did the same day, and they did some update and had me out the door in 15 minutes. That was the only slight hiccup in an otherwise pleasant ownership experience. This is my 3rd RAM but I am not a brand loyal guy just blowing smoke. I own 5 cars and each one is a different brand. I have had good luck with both of my previous RAM's and the last one was traded in with 207k miles which is more miles than I ever put on any previous car or truck.

The RAM switch sounds “vaguely” reminiscent to what Ford did in the 2012-2015 timeframe. They had the 5.4 or 5.0 v8, then got the 3.5 twin turbo. At first it had teething problems, just like the Hurricane does. Then (eventually) they solved the main issues the motor had. Course it took an engine refresh in 2017 to fix some of their problems.

From website “Motorreviewer”:
“In 2017, Ford has revised the design of the 3.5L EcoBoost and a new more powerful version became available for the 2017 F-150, 2018 Expedition, and 2018 Navigator. The upgraded engine received a number of changes, but the most noticeable of them is the addition of multi-port fuel injection and new turbochargers. The operation of multi-port fuel injection is combined with direct injection. It covers a raised fuel output needs but also prevents a carbon buildup on the intake valves, keeping the engine on the same level of performance during a long mileage. New Borg Warner turbocharger has turbine wheel made of MAR-M-247 super alloy and electrically actuated wastegate reducing turbocharger lag even more.”

In summary, RAM will sort out the problems with the Hurricane by say 2027. Until then, earlier adopters will remain the beta testers for Stellantis/RAM. A factory extended warranty should be mandatory. It will be a good motor, just like the 3.5 turbo Ford has. Ford has their V8 purists just like RAM does, so RAM bringing back the hemi (some version of) makes sense. All IMHO of course.

 

[GreenTruck]

Years ago, ahem, decades ago a next door neighbor badly wanted a Caddy sedan de ville. He finally bought one (1972 huge black 4 door), it always had a klink sound on left turns coming from closer to the drivers windshield pillar area.

He took it in, they looked and looked, finally removed the door panel and come to find out that an assembly line worker put a steel ball bearing in a glass (back then) Coke bottle with a note. Note said: “finally found it you rich sob”.

Maybe a Stellantis assembler has updated that old gag.

I honestly think you might be on to something with this, wasn't it just recently that we all heard about one of stellantis plants where they were trying to figure out which employee(s) was/were smearing their own defecation around on the walls and faucets/doorknobs of the bathrooms? omg, that is a sign of some serious issues, and not only with the perp that was/is doing it. Those types of business issues do not get fixed overnight.

 

[GreenTruck]

Also if anyone is interested, the ram I bought has a build date of December 24 going by the sticker on the door jamb, so I'd say stellantis was still pushing out known defective ramcrap at the very end of 2024.

 

[RedFred]

Also if anyone is interested, the ram I bought has a build date of December 24 going by the sticker on the door jamb, so I'd say stellantis was still pushing out known defective ramcrap at the very end of 2024.

If you are unhappy, just trade it in or get rid of it.

 

[RedFred]

Edit to add, I decided to read this entire thread, I'm only on page 32 or so but holy cow, I wish I had found this forum and thread about 1.5 months ago before buying a ram truck, or actually any stellantis products.

This is kind of true with all car forums. The vast majority of people only come to a forum to discuss or find a fix for a problem. When things are good they don't bother to participate or even visit a car forum. I'm not saying RAM brand is the most reliable, but even a Honda forum can scare you into second guessing your purchase.

 

[GreenTruck]

This is kind of true with all car forums. The vast majority of people only come to a forum to discuss or find a fix for a problem. When things are good they don't bother to participate or even visit a car forum. I'm not saying RAM brand is the most reliable, but even a Honda forum can scare you into second guessing your purchase.

I understand that, but I also believe stellantis/ram is leading the charge when it comes to building new vehicles with serious problems. While I find this entire thread very enlightening and while it would have influenced my decision to not buy stellantis/ram, the second guessing Im doing is more related to the multiple issues the truck i bought has more than this thread, this thread is really just letting me know that many of the issues the truck i bought has are not specific to this truck, and in some cases appear to be quite common.

Also, for as many people that are not running into problems with their rams and that don't post their "satisfaction" here, I bet there are also people who after experiencing multiple or even 1 or2 problems with their new rams simply dump it on someone else or trade it in, without even spending a minute looking on line much less signing up on any forums or posting anywhere about it.