Fuel pump failure on the 2014 RAM 1500
When fuel pump failure gets reported
Owners of the 2014 RAM 1500 report fuel pump failure at a median of 77,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 112,500 miles, from 30 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 13th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 37,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 155,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 117,778 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
10% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,522 miles | 49,000 miles | 77,878 miles | 113,000 miles | 154,300 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $600–$2,600 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 11 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2023, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 2015 at 97,500 miles.
By volume the 2016 carries the most reports, with 74; the 2014 has 60. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Started the truck, received check engine light and fuel sensor failure flashed across screen. While driving vehicle to dealership there would be a notification noise then gas gauge would drop to empty causing vehicle to act as if it had no fuel. Dealership found p0463 (fuel lever sensor circuit) and recommended fuel pump sender be replaced.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. Immediately after shifting the vehicle into drive, the check engine indicator illuminated and a "fuel pump sensor failure" message appeared as the fuel gauge failed to function. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer stated that since the contact did not have an established relationship with the dealer/manufacturer, they could not assist. The approximate failure mileage was 42,800.
Check engine light came on while driving and message stated problem with fuel system sensor. Gas gauge would read empty even though there was fuel in the tank. Brought to dealer - technician verified code p0463 fuel level sensor circuit high; tested system and found faulty fuel pump module. The truck only has 32,224 miles but wasn't covered under warranty because it's over 3 years. Cost for new fuel pump module was $456 plus $347 labor ($803 total). When reviewing complaints on this year truck/model other people had the same problem with this part shortly after the warranty expired. It would seem that this should not happen with such low mileage and in my case, since the truck has been properly maintained according to the manufacturer's recommendation. Clearly there is a problem with faulty fuel pump modules in 2014 ram 1500 trucks.
Also reported on the 2014 RAM 1500
Other steering problem
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
ABS module or sensor failure
Other electrical problem
Other fuel system problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 60 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does fuel pump failure happen on the 2014 RAM 1500?
Across 30 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 77,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 112,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is fuel pump failure on the 2014 RAM 1500?
60 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
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