2025 RAM 2500 — Complaint #2118149
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING filed August 7, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2118149 (ODI reference 11679052) concerns a 2025 RAM 2500 and was filed on August 7, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 26, 2025. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same RAM 2500 cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2025 RAM 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Purchased above vehicle on 7/12/25. Was advised no towing for 1st 500 miles. At 712 miles, I hooked my fishing boat up to the truck to go fishing. Initially, truck did not recognize my boat trailer lights (marker and tail lights). My previous truck was a 2023 Ram 2500 rebel that never had an issue with connecting my boat trailer electrical system. All lights worked as should. I still have the same boat trailer as previous(2020 shore lander trailer with led lights). The new procedure for my 2025 Ram 2500 is to disconnect the 7 pin trailer electrical connector to the truck, stop the trucks engine, reconnect the 7pin to the truck outlet and maybe it will, maybe it will not work. There has been times I've had to stop and restarted the truck 8-10 times before the trailer is recognized. Once it is recognized, I have little or no faith in the trucks electrical system to safely tow my boat to go fishing. I also check all brake, hazard and turn signals are functional on the boat trailer
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2118149 |
| ODI Number | 11679052 |
| Date Filed | August 7, 2025 |
| Failure Date | July 26, 2025 |
| VIN | 3C63R5DL3SG |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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