Other wheel or tire problem on the 2014 RAM 1500
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2014 RAM 1500 report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 15,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 2,300 miles and a quarter after 25,000 miles, from 15 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 30th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 300 miles at the tenth percentile to 45,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 45,494 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
80% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 miles | 2,255 miles | 13,000 miles | 23,200 miles | 45,800 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 $200–$1,500 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 10 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2026, at a median of 2,100 miles, and latest on the 2013 at 40,000 miles.
By volume the 2014 is the worst of them, which makes this a problem of this specific year rather than of the model as a whole.
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.
I recently purchased a 2014 dodge ram 1500 4x4 truck that came equipped from the factory with 20 inch wheels. I have discovered that the spare is a factory 17 inch full sized wheel. I was advised by my local tire dealer that it would be highly dangerous to travel any distance with the a spare that differentiated that much in diameter and could infact cause damage to the vehicle which probably would not be covered by the factory warranty. When I inquired at the ram national customer center I basically got the run around. They did however give me a case number [xxx] their phone number is 866-726-4636. I believe this could cause a situation that could result in injury to an unsuspecting purchaser that was not aware of the wheel size difference and drove unkowiningly a great distance with the spare provided by the factory. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) *js
This post is related to NHTSA id #10585728. I also have the same issue. I have 20 inch wheels/tires but the spare is 17 inches. I called the dealer where I bought this truck and they said that is the way they come from the manufacturing plant. I was told that the 17 inch wheel was the same height as the 20 inch wheel so it was ok. I was also told that they do not advise people to drive more than 50 miles on the 17 inch spare. *tr
This post is related to NHTSA id #10585728. I also have the same issue. I have 20 inch wheels/tires but the spare is 17 inches. I called the dealer where I bought this truck and they said that is the way they come from the manufacturing plant. I was told that the 17 inch wheel was the same height as the 20 inch wheel so it was ok. I was also told that they do not advise people to drive more than 50 miles on the 17 inch spare. *tr
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 20 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 other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2014 RAM 1500?
Across 15 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 15,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 2,300 miles and a quarter after 25,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2014 RAM 1500?
20 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 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