Home · 2014 Ram 2500 Mega Cab · Complaints

What 340 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Ram 2500 Mega Cab

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (340)Crash / fire / injury (17)Steering (86)Transmission & drivetrain (62)Engine (61)Electrical system (41)Suspension (37)Speed control (32)Fuel system (26)Brakes (22)Airbags (17)Body & structure (16)

1 of 340 complaints match · Brakes · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Dec 9, 2015WheelsBrakesEngineFire

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR FROM THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HOOD AREA BEGAN TO SMOKE AND THE CONTROL BEGAN TO BECOME UNSTABLE. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, BUT NO OFFICIAL DIAGNOSTIC WAS GIVEN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

NHTSA ODI 10809173

Working with the data? Download all 340 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 14, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2014 Ram 2500 Mega Cab verdict →