Sell your Ram 1500 in Tulsa

Ram 1500 problems: the years that stand out

NHTSA, the federal road safety agency, posts the problem reports owners file with it. This page uses the Ram 1500 reports for 2012 to 2025, as of September 2026. Treat each one as an owner's account, not proof that anything is defective. From 2019, NHTSA files the regular 1500 and the 1500 Classic under one model name, so those years count both trucks.

• 2013 to 2017: the power steering. Steering comes up in 637 of the 1,276 complaints for 2013 and 504 of the 1,767 for 2014, the busiest year in the file, and it stays near the top through 2017. The reports sound alike: a power steering warning, then a wheel that suddenly turns heavy.
• HEMI V8 trucks, 2012 to 2019: a tick at startup. Owners describe exhaust manifold bolts snapping, heard as a ticking noise on a cold engine.
• 2019 and later: stalls and water in the cab. 2019 has 1,477 complaints, led by the electrical system (379) and steering (337). From 2021 the engine leads: 276 of 678 for 2021 and 245 of 612 for 2022. Owners of eTorque trucks describe the engine dying at low speed, the truck putting itself in Park and setting the parking brake, and in several reports a failed motor generator unit. Others describe water getting in at the rear window or third brake light and ruining the RF hub module, then stalls or a truck that won't start.
• 2023 to 2025. Far fewer reports so far: 201, 74 and 351.

Source: NHTSA complaints, 2012 Ram 1500; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025.

Open recalls a Ram seller should clear

Campaigns are picked by build dates, engine or equipment, so one listed for your year may not include your truck. These matter most at sale time:

• Side curtain air bags, 2016 to 2019. Campaign 25V010000 reads: “The right and left side curtain air bag inflators may rupture due to a manufacturing defect.” The risk is metal fragments hitting the people inside. 25V592000 adds more 2018 trucks, and 25V824000 the 2019 Ram 1500 Classic. Dealers replace one or both curtain air bags.
• The 3.0L EcoDiesel, 2014 to 2022. Five campaigns: a cracked EGR cooler that can let coolant vapor ignite in the intake manifold (19V757000); a crankshaft tone wheel that can come apart and stall the engine (20V475000, then 23V411000, both software fixes); and a high-pressure fuel pump that can fail (22V406000 for 2014 to 2019, 22V767000 for 2020 to 2022), which dealers replace.
• Tailgates that open on the road. Certain power-locking tailgates on 2013 to 2018 trucks are covered by 19V347000 or 18V486000, by year and bed length, and 22V904000 adjusts the tailgate strikers on certain 2019 to 2022 trucks.
• Two newer campaigns. 26V495000, reported in July 2026, covers second-row seat belt anchors on certain 2019 to 2026 trucks. Its VINs became searchable in August 2026, so a truck checked before then may show it now. 24V653000 fixes ABS software that can switch off stability control on certain 2019 and 2021 to 2024 trucks.

Source: NHTSA recalls, 2016 Ram 1500; 2018; 2019; 2015; 2014; 2020; 2013; 2021.

The steering and eTorque faults no recall pays for

Start with the repairs that cost nothing. Federal law, 49 U.S.C. 30120, makes the maker fix a recalled defect for free, except when the truck's first buyer bought it more than 15 calendar years before the recall notice. Run your VIN through NHTSA's recall page and book whatever is open.

Steering is the expensive fault that mostly sits outside a recall. Two campaigns replace the power steering unit: 16V167000, for certain 2015 and 2016 trucks built from January to September 2015, and 19V812000, for certain 2019 trucks. Its stated cause: “Contamination on the Electric Power Steering (EPS) control circuit board may cause a short and result in the loss of power steering assist.” Nothing like it covers a 2013, 2014, 2017 or 2018 truck. One 2015 owner writes that the VIN didn't come up for the steering recall, and owners across these years say they were told to replace the whole steering rack.

The eTorque stalls are similar. Campaign 23V265000 updates engine software on certain 2021 trucks with the 5.7L eTorque engine, which a wrong fuel mixture can stall. None of the campaigns for 2019 to 2022 trucks replaces the motor generator unit owners describe failing.

For either fault it comes down to two numbers: a shop's written estimate, and an offer on the truck unrepaired. The repair-or-sell guide does that math, engine problems covers stalls and ticking, and small problems covers warning lights and electrical faults.

Source: 49 U.S.C. 30120, free remedy and the 15-calendar-year limit (Cornell LII); NHTSA recalls, 2015 Ram 1500 (16V167000); 2019 (19V812000); 2020; 2021 (23V265000); 2022; NHTSA complaints, 2014 Ram 1500; 2015; 2017.

What a buyer weighs on a used Ram 1500

An offer on a used Ram turns on a handful of things:

• The engine and its recalls. The diesel campaigns and the 2021 eTorque fix apply only to those engines, and a dealer receipt for any recall work answers a buyer's first question.
• A named fault. A shop's written diagnosis, whether a steering rack, a motor generator unit or manifold bolts, lets a buyer price the repair instead of guessing.
• Water history. If rain has come in at the rear window, say so, since owners link those leaks to the electrical trouble above.
• Title and condition. A lien still on record or a lost title has to be sorted out first, and a salvage brand stays with the truck (see salvage title and title problems). Then, does it run?

Only an offer on your own truck turns these into a figure.

Who can buy the truck in Tulsa

Our route. Call (539) 271-2021 or fill in the form with the year, engine, mileage and what it does wrong. Some trucks we buy ourselves, from any part of Tulsa, paying by check. We'll look at one with no title or no keys too, though we can't buy every truck we see. If yours isn't one, we say so and send you to the partner.

The partner route. Peddle, the partner buyer, makes its offer online for free with no obligation to accept, and it arranges the pickup and pays for it. Its page says that at pickup, “Peddle issues payment immediately by check.” Its list of papers: the title, the registration and a valid driver's license or ID. If you sell through Peddle, this site receives a referral fee for sending you.

Oklahoma paperwork. Service Oklahoma's list for transferring the truck starts with “A properly assigned and notarized Oklahoma certificate of title”, or Form 718 for an electronic title, plus a release for any active lien. Every Ram 1500 here is a 2011 or newer model, so an odometer statement is required too. It's usually part of the title, and Form 729 covers it when it isn't. The paperwork guide goes step by step, and cash for cars sets our route beside the partner's.

Sell My Car Tulsa has no tie to Ram, its parent company or any Ram dealer.

Source: Peddle, the partner buyer: free offer, pickup, check at pickup, documents; Service Oklahoma: Vehicle Titles, transfer documents and odometer statement.

Call the Tulsa line or start the partner offer

Your recall results, the mileage and what the truck does wrong are all it takes to start. Call (539) 271-2021 or put them in the form. When it's a truck we buy, the check comes from us. When it isn't, the partner's free offer is one click away, and saying no to it costs nothing.