2016 RAM 1500 at 50,000 miles
You did not give a mileage, so this uses 50,000 — the median reported failure mileage for this model year, which is a rough stand-in for “a typical example of this car”. Put your real reading in the box below for an answer about your car.
At 50,000 miles on this car
At 50,000 miles on a 2016 RAM 1500, 35 of the failure modes other owners have reported already have their median report at or below your reading, and 10 more fall inside the window where they are usually reported. The heaviest of the ones already due is other powertrain problem.
Already past the median 35
Half of all reports of these failures came in at or below where your car is now.
- Other powertrain problem 32k
- Other electrical problem 29k
- Cruise control failure 30k
- Other speed control problem 49k
- Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure 47k
- Other brake problem 33k
- Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure 40k
- Software fault or failed update 41k
- Seat belt or retractor failure 50k
- Other suspension problem 23k
- CV axle or driveshaft failure 25k
- Parking brake failure 18k
23 more.
You are in the window 10
Your reading falls inside the middle half of reports for these.
- Fuel gauge or level sensor failure 50k
- Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure 55k
- Other body or interior problem 55k
- Air suspension failure 59k
- Other engine problem 60k
- Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin 60k
- No-start or intermittent start failure 64k
- DPF, EGR or DEF system failure 67k
- Other steering problem 70k
- Fuel pump failure 90k
Typically later 25
Reported further down the road than where you are.
- Instrument cluster or gauge failure 51k
- Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure 53k
- Backup camera failure 56k
- Engine bay fire 56k
- Loss of braking 57k
- Stalling while driving 58k
- Steering column or shaft failure 66k
- Radiator or coolant leak 69k
- Loss of power steering 70k
- Other fuel system problem 71k
- Excessive oil consumption 74k
- Oil leak 74k
13 more.
Timing unknown 10
Reported, but too few owners gave an odometer reading to place them.
- Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure 5×
- Engine knock or bearing noise 2×
- Piston, ring or cylinder wall damage 2×
- Lane keep or steering assist fault 2×
- Head gasket failure 1×
- Parasitic battery drain 1×
- Blind spot monitor failure 1×
- Power steering pump or fluid leak 1×
- Paint peeling or clear coat failure 1×
- Wiper or washer failure 1×
Why the list is generic until you type a number
Every figure below is a comparison against your odometer, so with no reading given the page has to pick one: 50,000 miles, roughly what a 2016 car covers at 12,000 miles a year. A reading 30,000 miles either side of that moves failures between the columns, which is the difference between a useful list and a generic one.
Already inside the reported range
35 failure modes on the 2016 RAM 1500 have a median reported mileage at or below 50,000: other powertrain problem (median 32,000 miles, 145 reports), other electrical problem (median 30,000 miles, 86 reports), cruise control failure (median 30,000 miles, 53 reports), other speed control problem (median 47,500 miles, 43 reports), steering rack, gear or tie rod failure (median 45,000 miles, 37 reports) and other brake problem (median 35,000 miles, 36 reports).
These are the ones worth mentioning to a mechanic by name at the next service. Being past a median is not being overdue — it means the reports cluster below where you are now, so if the failure was going to be typical, it would already have happened.
The window you are in now
10 further modes are reported in a band that includes 50,000 miles: fuel gauge or level sensor failure (40k to 60,000 miles), control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure (43k to 82,500 miles), other body or interior problem (32k to 90,000 miles), air suspension failure (36k to 60,000 miles), other engine problem (40k to 92,000 miles) and exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin (42k to 100,000 miles). These are the ones to watch on this car over the next few thousand miles.
A window here is the 25th to 75th percentile of reported mileages, so it holds the middle half of the reports and excludes the tails on both sides.
Still ahead of you
25 further modes sit above your reading, the nearest being instrument cluster or gauge failure at a median of 50,000 miles. On a car you intend to keep, these are the ones that decide whether it is worth keeping.
What this list is not
It is a reading of what owners of other 2016 RAM 1500s reported, and at what odometer reading they reported it. It is not a maintenance schedule, not a diagnosis, and not a prediction about this car: two identical cars with different service histories are not the same car.
Complaints are filed voluntarily, mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers, and a failure mode with few reports has a wide window even when the median looks precise. Modes with fewer than 8 dated reports are shown without percentiles for that reason.
Where 50,000 miles falls on the curve
The three columns above sort the failure modes one by one. This is the same evidence in aggregate: every dated report on this model year, stacked up in the order the odometer readings arrived. The dashed line marked you is where your car sits. How much of the line is to the left of that mark is how much of this model year's reported trouble is, on the evidence, already behind you.
About 49% of the dated reports on this model year had already been filed by 50,000 miles. That is the share of the problems that show up in this record, not of the problems this car will have. A further 14 reports came in above the top of the scale, which is why the line stops short of the top.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the mileages called out above
A steep early climb means a car whose reports cluster young, which is the pattern of a defect rather than of wear. A line that only gets going past six figures is the opposite. Neither shape says anything about the specific car in your driveway, and a curve built from a few dozen readings can be moved by one owner with a talkative afternoon.
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Questions this page answers
What should I expect at 50,000 miles on a 2016 RAM 1500?
35 of the failure modes owners have reported on the 2016 RAM 1500 have a median report at or below 50,000 miles, and 10 more fall inside the mileage window where they are usually reported. That is a watch list drawn from other owners, not a prediction about this car.
How to use the three columns. The left column is the list to hand a mechanic before you buy, and to check the service history for if you already own the car. The middle column is what to budget for this year. The right column is not a reprieve — it is a reminder that a used car has a bill schedule, and this is roughly where it falls. All of it is drawn from 2,099 owner complaints about this exact model year, not from a maintenance manual. How the percentiles are computed.
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed