Ram Recalls 1.2 Million Trucks for Software Malfunction

• Ram is recalling over 1.2 million examples of its 1500 pickup trucks that range from the 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 model years.
  

• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall report says that a software malfunction can deactivate the truck’s stability control system.

• According to NHTSA, if the stability control system is disabled, and the driver isn’t aware, that could cause a collision.

Ram is recalling a fleet of its 1500 pickup trucks because of a possible software malfunction. According to a recall notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ram 1500 trucks built in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 are susceptible to a software malfunction that causes the antilock brake system module to disable the electronic stability control system.

Not as alarming as a total brake hardware failure, sure, but if your Ram happens to succumb to this malfunction, you’ll effectively not have the electronic nannies that most drivers have come to embrace. That could cause a collision if you’re expecting your Ram’s systems to be up and running and they aren’t.

According to the NHTSA recall report, there is a remedy. For affected vehicles, you’ll be able to take your Ram truck to the dealer and get a software update. This will be free of charge. The NHTSA recall notice says 100% of these vehicles are affected by this possible software malfunction. According to NHTSA, that’s 1,227,808 pickup trucks.

If you want to check your truck’s recall standing for yourself, you can always head to the NHTSA website, or you can head to the Ram truck’s recall tool.

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