2019 RAM 1500 Electrical System Problems

Chime comes on. Then displays parksense temporarily unavailable. Then a few seconds later another chime and a display come on and reads service shifter. And if my cruise control is on the vehicle disengages the cruise control. When this happens occasionally will disengage the transmission and I will have to pull over and shut the vehicle off then start it back off. Then it will let me put it back in gear. When the vehicle will also start up sometimes and the shifter will not let me put it in gear. Then I’ll shut it down. Restart it then it will be ok. The vehicle has been in Ram service department 4 times. Twice in Nevada and twice in California. They haven’t been able to rectify the problem. The first time in the shop was back in May. The last time was in August. And it’s going back in Sept...

Around 40,000 miles, the digital display on the information cluster of my 2019 Ram 1500 Bighorn started to go blank intermittently. Sometimes for long periods, sometimes for only a few minutes. Over time the display would only work once a week. Now at just over 50,000 the information will not display at all. Occasionally I would hear a tone, but because the display is blank I am unable to know what the tone was in regards to. It may have been something safety related or just low fuel or something else minor. It has not been looked at by the dealer. At my last visit to the dealer I asked about it and was simply told it was around $1,300 to replace. No other inspections by any other entity. No warnings prior to each failure.

The parksense system on the vehicle becomes defective over time. My vehicle does not have parking assistance but I get a chime and screen message that "parksense unavailable" every minute or two when driving. There is also a "service shifter" warning simultaneously. I've taken it a dealer for repair several times and they're unable to address it. Upon searching forums for this issue I found it's unbelievably common. Ram has been unable to repair this issue for ~a year of it happening.

The side view mirror motors/gears malfunction and intermittently fail to hold the mirrors in position when driving after the have been folded in them back out, either manually or electronically.

I am receiving a warning light that reads: Service Shifter, Park sense not available, warning with no display, and the vehicle shifts from drive to neutral with a display message to put the truck in Park then shift to Drive while in motion. My safety is put at risk because when driving I have no warning the vehicle is going to shift itself into neutral and vehicles are driving behind me. I have to make a complete stop because I cannot accelerate in neutral. It has happened twice on a busy street in my city. I took the truck to Sierra RAM and they had the vehicle for 4-days and advised they could not replicate the issue. I drove off and immediately the Service Shifter warning came on. This is my second opinion the first dealer Envision RAM advised it is a software issue causing the warning lights to come...

The instrument cluster is having intermittent issues where it does not work and when it is not working it does not display essential vehicle information.

On Friday August 2nd. 2024 approximately 11am I was driving my 2019 ram 1500 laramie. At about 28 mph my truck lost power steering. Message in my dashboard says Power steering unavailable. The steering was very hard, harder when the engine is not running. I pulled over and waited 10mns and restarted the truck and everything went well. And I drove off it happened again within 10mns or 5mi. Same thing pulled over waited 5mns and restarted the truck and the message is gone and truck drove like normal. It happened 3 times within 15mi of driving. Take it to the dealership and they confirm my steering wheel rack electric module has failed and quoted my $3500 for repair.

The Instrument cluster in my 2019 dodge ram 1500 Bighorn edition has been dark for about a month no longer see any information as to tire pressure or warnings or alerts to the computer system because it is completely dark. I have seen multiple complaints on this site and I would like to know how to proceed, I can’t continue to drive this way

The contact owns a 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving at slow speeds in the driveway, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power but continued running. The contact became aware that the vehicle was unable to shift into gear, prompting the contact to turn off the vehicle. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the rack and pinion that had created an electrical short. The vehicle was repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V812000 (Steering), but the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was 125,000.

The contact owns a 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, he became aware that the instrument panel was not functioning as needed and failed to display pertinent vehicle information. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V556000 (Electrical System) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 32,000.

service shifter, park sense unavailable, auto start stop unavailable warning lights came on ever time truck are in slow speed or stopped. sometimes cancel the cruise control and turn on the check engine light

I closed my tailgate and it sounded like it latched, but I got a warning as soon as I pulled out on the road that my tailgate was open. I pulled over but it still looked closed and didn’t fall when I pulled on it. I went to open the tailgate to try to shut it again but it wouldn’t open. I unlocked the car a few times and it still wouldn’t open. I had to push really hard and then pull the latch and it finally clicked and opened. Sometimes intermittently on the highway it will tell me my tailgate is not closed. This is a safety issue because if the tailgate opens while I’m driving down the highway and my bed load slides out it could harm someone else behind me.

The 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 experienced a similar malfunction as is stated in Recall B2A, which is for 2023 Ram Pickup Trucks. This instance also deals with the Steering Column Control Module (SCCM) and the SCCM does not meet the "requirement for original equipment" as per Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #108. When it malfunctions, the left turn signal flashes when the turn signal is in the left turn position and the neutral position. No signals turn on when in the right turn position. The SCCM was diagnosed with an "Internal Failure" by Mopar technicians at the local dealership including the vehicle flashing test code B2225. The new SCCM took about a month to come in and in that time, sometimes the turn signals functioned normally, which resulted in false confidence as it would again malfunction while driving. This issue is particularly dangerous because sometimes it works as it should...

The speedometer gauge cluster of my 2019 Ram 1500 truck stopped working after the truck sat in 90°F weather. The truck is always stored in the garage, but when I went to work between 8 AM and 5 PM, the gauge cluster stopped working.

Driving the vehicle and out of no where the power steer failed and the steering wheel locked up. Had 3 young children in the car with me and was blocking traffic due to being unable to drive the vehicle. The dealer inspected the vehicle and said it would need a new power steering rack and that he has never heard of this problem before when it’s all over the internet. The part is not available and it will be a minimum of 30 days with no estimated date. Vehicle has only 62,500 miles and has never been involved in any crash. This issue put my children at risk with no indication it would happen.

Upon acceleration from stop, and even while driving at speeds between 30 & 40 mph, the vehicle shifts from Drive to Neutral and displays "Shift to P..." on the display. This occurs repeatedly. You have to stop the vehicle and shift to Park then back to Drive. But it keeps occurring, over and over. It first occurred when I pulled out into traffic, the vehicle shifted to N and I had absolutely NO EXCELLERATION with oncoming traffic behind me. I immediately put on my hazard lights and steered towards the curb to attempt to get out of the way... traffic behind me was able to slow and avoid collision but this is an extremely dangerous issue.

Truck on random occasions won’t lock or unlock using the inside door panel buttons. I also couldn’t unlock using the fob key. Hot day and person inside was not able to get out. I had to use the metal key inside the remote to unlock and open the doors. This has happened at least 4 times in pass 3 months. I replaced fob with fresh and pre tested button battery and also replaced the trucks main battery and problem still happens. I’m afraid a day may come and someone gets trapped inside truck on a hot day.

The radio wouldn’t come on and then the car rpm just go down while I am driving and the check light came on

My truck was parked in my driveway for several weeks while away from home, I arrived the water pulling into my floor board and the front driver side and running down the top of my headliner into the back seat, also my belongings and leather seats along with the majority of the interior was covered in mold and mildew leaving a foul odor and it stains. I cleaned it up still has a leak, going back on that my rear driver side tail light started filling up with water causing the tail light and module to go bad, whereas a message would pop up on my dash for blind spot not available service required and immediately afterwards my infotainment Center touch screen would go black the rest of my lights on the controls would flash and the vehicle would default to heat I could not roll my front windows down...

The contact owns a 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the active front air dam needed to be replaced. The contact related the failure to TSB: 23-029-22 (Active Air Dam Not Functioning- X96 Warranty Extension). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a casa was opened. The contact was then referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 164,000.

The steering rack overheated causing the vehicle to lock up while being driven. Looked issue up online and see this has been an issue and recall for other Ram pickups but Dodge Ram says my truck not covered under recall. I do not drive aggressive nor has this vehicle been used to haul anything heavy. It has 81000 miles on it. Dodge dealership says the electric power steering module has a fault and needs to be replaced but says the module can't be replaced without replacing full rack and pinion steering as well as module for $3000.

I was driving on busy road and truck completely shut down with a warning message”shifter autocorrect active” all power to truck died out and truck cruised to a slow speed and then abruptly jumped into park.i would restart it, drive few feet and it did it again. A few times it drove for a relatively longer distance but same message would come up and truck shut down in motion. Police had me take it off the road as i was causing very unsafe situations for myself and for all others around me. Had truck towed home, Unhooked battery once car got home to help reset it, took it out again and exactly same thing. Called dealer they said never heard of it , yet there are hundreds of complaints regarding this situation online. Taking it into dealer to have a diagnosis done

The digital speedometer display stopped working, so no speed is displayed in the cluster while driving. When the vehicle is started the display never turns on so you can't see speed, odometer or any safety warnings.

Car went in limp mode then in full lock down. ABS control module failed After research a very common issue. Hundreds of Ram vehicles affected. Just escaped being hit as the truck went in limp mode. After Gear selector locked car in park, I was in the middle of the road with cars approaching. Had to stand behind the vehicle and wave, so no one would crash into me. Chrysler/ Dodge/Ram is aware of this issue. They are also not releasing ABS modules, due to being under engineer review, meaning they are unable to provide a safe part. Many trucks with super low mileage, and mine has 40K. I would feel very uncomfortable to go on a road trip, if it will ever get fixed. The contact has an email with Ram acknowledging the safety issue and diligently to get the part for repairs.

The rear backlite leaks causing water to drip into the rear of the vehicle from the back of the cab or the headliner. The water leak caused the RF module to short out. This caused the vehicle to unexpectedly turn off while driving in the middle of the road. Luckily this happened in the evening hours on a suburban road, but it is a MAJOR safety risk should this occur on a highway. The Dealer has confirmed the leak and the shorted out RF module. Prior to the vehicle stopping in the middle of the road, the vehicle cycled through Off, ACC, and Run and the vehicle would not turn off when I tried to park it earlier the same day.

This truck as well as multiple others I have seen complaints on multiple dodge ram forums where something is causing the battery to die then the stability control light comes on and the the truck will not change gears until the battery is completely disconnected to "reset" the computer and then it's like the battery never died. It works great with no issues for months then out of nowhere the exact same issue happens once again. We have spent thousands of dollars fixing this issue to no avail just keep replacing parts that apparently aren't the fix. So far we have replaced the torque converter, the battery as well as paying for multiple diagnostics to which they keep replacing the battery saying that is the issue but obviously it can't be the battery when it's getting replaced over and over SOMETHING is causing this draw making the battery die. PLEASE...

8.4in Uconnect Screen Delaminated causing there to be a bubble behind touch screen and glue is leaking down to the bottom of the console. Screen now twitches and is unresponsive in the top corners

Gauge cluster stopped working, no speedometer, mileage, turn signal indicators etc. all black. Extreme safety risk. 4WD will not engage, possibly associated.

The contact owns a 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the instrument cluster was inoperable. The contact stated that there were no digital functions displayed on the instrument cluster. However, the contact stated that the radio was operable and displayed improperly. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,300.

I am not sure if this issue is electrical or suspension or even computer related. My car battery was dead after just driving it a few hours ago. I came out and heard a noise coming from the truck that sounded strange coming from under the hood, like something was trying to start or like a long delayed switching sound or airpump (I'm not sure). When starting the vehicle it only clicked and the battery showed low, the air suspension, airbags, safety systems and a lot more all lit up on my dashboard. I do have a video but on my cell phone not the computer from which I am writing this and it is too large of a file size for here. I placed the batter on a charger and it took a very long time to get enough of a charge but still wouldn't start. I had to...

After putting vehicle in park I pressed the ignition start/stop button to turn the engine off and the engine continued to run only the accessories turned off after 30 minutes pushing the start/stop button did the engine finally turn off.

When driving the vehicle on the roadway, the vehicle will turn off the engine and will not allow you to accelerate and will flash a message to put the car in park. When you pull on the side of the road and place the vehicle in park you can then restart the engine. Once the engine is on and you try to put the vehicle in drive the engine will turn off again and request that you put the vehicle in park. It does this over and over for about 5-6 times until it does eventually allow the vehicle to stay in Drive and you can start moving down the road. Once you are driving in the road way it will repeat the process again. During this process there are no warning lights or messages being displayed other than "place the vehicle in park". This is extremely dangerous especially if...

I JUST PICKED UP A 2019 RAM 1500 CLASSIC TRADESMAN AND TWO WEEKS AFTER MY POWER STEERING STARTED TO GO IN AND OUT. AND NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I CALL THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S NOT ON THE RECALL LIST,BUT IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR. THEY GAVE ME A PRICE TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR. I ONLY HAVE 33,980 MILES ON THIS TRUCK.

I HAVE WATER ENTERING THE CAB BY THE UPPER BRAKE LIGHT AT THE BACK OF THE CAB. THE WATER IS MAKING WATER STAINS ON THE HEAD LINER AND THE WATER IS SATURATING THE AIR CURTAINS ABOVE THE REAR WINDOW. IT IS ALSO MAKING THE FLOOR WET AND THE ELECTRICAL WIRES AND COMPONENTS ON THE FLOOR. I ALSO HEAR AIR LEAKS AROUND THE DOOR SEALS WHEN I AM DRIVING ENTERING CURVES AND TURNS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE CAB, OR DOORS SHIFT BREAKING THE DOOR SEALS ALOWING AIR TO ENTER. I BOUGHT IT USED WITH 46775 MILES ON IT IT CURRENTLY HAS 54465 MILES ON IT. SOMETHING IS DEFINETLY WRONG. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

The vehicles power steering goes out. The wipers turn on automatically. The lights on the dashboard flicker. The battery voltage keeps dying. The message dash starts to go crazy and everything starts to say something is wrong. I was driving on interstate 95 when all power steering went causing me to lose control of the truck. I almost crashed. A car shop did inspect it but could not figure out why this was happening when I showed him the footage I took of the truck when this happened.

I had serval problems with the electrical and shifter all of the sudden all lights wipers all instruments turn on shifter wants to stop and cars turns off while driving on highway front brakes vibrate . I know there’s a defect with the electrical and is very dangerous because I looked up problems like mines and other people say they had the same issue with dodge ram 1500 . It happens unexpectedly while driving sometimes . The last time I almost had an accident because it happen nearly a the light was changing to red that was very frightening.

Happened twice within the last three months. The first time I was driving at a speed between 45-50 mph and vehicle shutoff with instruments reading vehicle must be placed in park depress brake and start engine. After coasting to a safe area to stop the vehicle seemed to have shifted into park just before a full stop and abruptly and aggressively stopped. Depressed brake and restarted then vehicle displayed same message again and shutoff, this time it would not restart. Inspected under hood for an obvious problem, did not find anything. After about 20 minutes vehicle started and was able to continue on with no problems until weeks later when vehicle again shutoff while driving. This time while driving around 70 mph on highway. Was able to coast to stop in emergency lane. This time the instrument panel displayed a TPWS error with no input to all tires. Tried to...

The incident was the seat belt indicator light came on while driving. Brought it to the dealership and they determined the control module under the driver’s seat needed replacement. I was told the air bags would not deploy if I got into an accident. Not sure other owners have had the same problem. I have read on line that there are numerous rear window leak issues which accumulate water on the floor that could interfere with the control module. It would be nice if ram would investigate the situation to determine if the control module acted on itself or water from the window leak contributed to the malfunction. To date both the rear window and control module has been replaced.

The dashboard instrument cluster of my 2019 RAM 1500 Gen 5, Longhorn model, is completely inoperable (went blank). This poses a safety issue to the driver as it provides important safety readings like velocity, fuel levels, RPMs, engine temperature, and distance traveled, etc. Roadways have a designated maximum speed. Meeting the speed limit is difficult if you can't read your speedometer. You can receive a citation for driving too fast, or worst, you risk getting into an accident. Not being able to read your engine temperature is vital to the life of your engine, it may pose a dangerous situation, as your engine can overheat. When I contacted the dealer, they advised that it is a common issue and that the Manufacturer is aware. The dealer advised that they couldn't duplicate the problem, when I took my truck to the dealer, as my cluster was working at the time. The...

The 8.4 infotainment screen became stuck either the rear view camera on not allowing you to change it or exit out. This stayed on during the drive and even after attempting to power cycle the screen. No buttons for climate or radio functioned and there was no way to turn the screen off or exit the rear view camera mode cause a distraction for the driver and could possibly lead a driver to believe the vehicle was still in reverse.

2 and a half weeks ago I took in my 2019 Ram 1500 to my nearby Dodge dealership for my battery packet to be replaced for a non-communication error. Which resulted in low battery and making the truck struggle to start. I picked up my vehicle last week and been driving it without issues until I took a trip to Cleveland to see my family for thanksgiving. During the drive down with my wife and my two dogs for thanksgiving to see the family, I had partial loss of my power steering. On the highway my power steering light would come on with a notification stating “Power steering unavailable service required” and continued to come on randomly. Resulting in me losing power steering between 1-5 seconds due to it being thanksgiving I continued the drive to my grandmother house. My wife and I was able to make it without any...

While at a stop waiting to turn truck would not move. Saw a message on dashboard “ shift into park and select desired gear. This has happened more than once. Later that day I lost all power. Engine shutdown, no power steering or brakes. Message stated “ Place into park and restart engine “. Truck is hard to start.No accident either time. Dealer is an hour away. Afraid to drive it to have it checked. Ram blogs show I’m not the only one with this happening. Will someone get hurt? If I lived in a more populated area I would say yes. Someone will. A family with children would be hard to deal with.

Electrical system failed. A new battery was installed 1 month ago and on 10/28/23, I went to start the truck and it hesitated but started up then I lost power and it would not start again. I had it jumped and the service auto start/stop light, check engine and battery light came on. I pulled out from work and the engine hesitated. After proceeding over an overpass, I went to make a left hand turn onto the highway and a message came up indicating the power steering system had failed, the emergency brake came on and I again experienced a loss of power. I was able to get it to the side of the road on the on ramp where it shut down completely and had to be towed. Due to the loss of power steering, I was almost hit by an oncoming vehicle headed in the opposite direction. The...

Dash instrument cluster digital screen malfunction. While driving the other day I noted a lag with the digital screen in the instrument cluster. Thought nothing of it at first attempted to see if fuse was bad or if it needed to be updated. Nothing was found. Today while on my drive into work I have noticed the screen is getting worse, lag is increasing and now the brightness of the screen is low. Attempted to adjust brightness with knob and nothing. I am afraid that if the digital screen the displays any warning lights, mileage, fuel level, and safety devices goes out. I will not be able to correct/remedy the problem. Which could result in a possible fire or crash due to a system failure.

Electric power steering service causing safety issues due to no power steering! Lost power steering on highway during rush hour and dealer won't cover it. Out of warranty.

The contact owns a 2019 Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the steering wheel locked up. The instrument panel also turned off inadvertently. The vehicle became unresponsive, causing the contact to drive off road. The contact was able to get the vehicle started after removing and replacing. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be diagnosed; however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 400.

I have had my issue for years. When ever I put the gear on Reverse, the image produced from the camera on the door liftgate latch tailgate handle on the screen flickers. So I don't get a solid feed at times. This caused me to back up into a poll in a parking lot. As a result, my rear bumper got a dent from the impact. Years earlier I had taken my truck over to the dodge service department at my local dealership where they did some type of reset to try to fix that issue but that did not fix it. I continued having that issue and to make things worse, it turns out that the service department has no record of my truck going in for that. I've fought over this with the service department but they don't want to take ownership of my problem. So now my...

Rear view camera glitches on occasion. When it does, I receive a solid blue screen or the video image is dark and distorted with red and green pixelation.

Good morning, I am the proud owner of a 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 Hybrid, which is one of 4 I have owned over the majority of decade. While I obviously have put my trust in Ram for a really long time, that trust has been being betrayed since I have owned this one. In the last 6-months alone, my Ram has been down awaiting one spare part or another. Parts that Ram recognized as a problem shortly after the 2019 Hybrid 1500 was released and made several mid-model-year engineering changes, but never issued a recall, and because those replacement parts like the New Alternator Harness, are only just now being released with most having a 6-12 week lead time. The Alternator Harness being one of the parts that my Ram has been waiting on now for more than a month. That said, if that had of been the only problem,...

The instrument cluster will no longer light up allowing safety information to be seen. There was a recall (V83 or 19V556000) issued to a very small select number of vehicles. It appears that this is a known/common problem and the limited recall was issued intentionally to avoid fixing all affected vehicles. Information such as tire pressure, digital speedometer, CURRENT MILEAGE, and other important safety information is not visible.