2025 RAM 1500 Rebel Electrical Problems
After retiring from the military following a 38 year career, I decided to purchase a new Ram Truck in January 2025. This was going to be the third Ram that I have owned and my “retirement” gift.
My wife and I went to Whitten Brothers Ram on Midlothian Turnpike and found the exact truck I wanted. A solid black 2025 Ram 1500 Rebel with all the options. After finishing up the paperwork, we went out to drive the vehicle home. I should have suspected something when we came out and the vehicle was already running but, I did not.
We drove the vehicle home and that is when the problems started. A few mornings later, I came out to go to work and the truck was dead as a doornail. I had to use the manual key to open the door. I contacted my salesman, Willy, at the dealership and they towed it in. After trouble shooting, they replaced both batteries. When I went to pick the truck up from the dealership, it would not start remotely or by pushing the start button inside. I decided to leave the truck at the dealership until they could fix that problem.
A few weeks later we received a call from the service manager asking us to come in for a meeting. We go in for the meeting and he proceeds to tell us that it is a “known” problem on the 2025 Ram Trucks will not start on their parking lot due to some kind of interference. The work around is to place the key fob in the back passenger side seat to start the vehicle. At this point, I just wanted the truck back and decided to go with his solution hoping that a fix would come soon.
Fast forward to May 2025, while driving in traffic on Interstate 95, all lights on the dash illuminated for 1 to 2 seconds, adaptive cruise control kicked off, the dash then went totally blank for 2 to 3 seconds and slowly came back to life with the fuel gauge showing zero when there was ¾ of a tank prior to this event. I took it in for repair and they found the power wire for the left rear midrange sensor was chaffed through. They repaired the truck, and I picked it up.
Unfortunately, that repair did not fix the problem. This has occurred several different times. Originally on May 23 then subsequently on June 9, June 10, June 27 and August 28, 2025. I took it into Whitten Brothers Service Department for the fourth time for this specific problem on September 12, 2025. I picked it up on October 17, 2025 and I was told that there was a software problem but they has updated it and it should be good to go.
The truck worked fine until May 12 and May 14 2026, it did the exact same thing as last year except it now shifts into neutral while still driving down the highway. This causes me to have to coast to the shoulder, completely stop, shift into park and back into drive before merging back onto the highway.
Throughout the year and half that I have owned this truck, it has been in the shop for well over 4 months for this problem. It has been in the service department a week for this last episode, and I do not expect it to ready anytime soon.
Bottom line, I do not recommend buying a Ram Truck or any vehicle from Whitten Brothers.