Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup

The 2012 Ram 1500 Pickup in brief

The 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup is a standard pickup truck offered with 3 engines (3.7L 6-cyl, 5.7L 8-cyl and 4.7L 8-cyl) and rear-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive.

EPA rates its most efficient version at 16 MPG combined (14 city / 20 highway), 6% worse than the 2012 standard pickup truck average of 17 MPG, for an estimated $4,200 a year in fuel.

NHTSA has not published a 5-Star overall rating for this model year.

It has 6 recall campaigns on file and owners have filed 618 complaints with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the electrical system.

The Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup has 8 model years in our data, from 2005 to 2012.

Its most efficient year was 2008 at 17 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 16 to 17 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the air bags (920), power train (893), electrical system (590).

2010 has the most recalls (9); all years together count 23 campaigns and 3,584 owner complaints.

How the 2005 Ram 1500 Pickup compares

The 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup is a standard pickup truck offered with 4 engines (3.7L 6-cyl, 4.7L 8-cyl, 5.7L 8-cyl and 8.3L 10-cyl) and rear-wheel drive and 4-wheel or all-wheel drive.

EPA rates its most efficient version at 16 MPG combined (14 city / 20 highway), 4% worse than the 2005 standard pickup truck average of 16.6 MPG, for an estimated $4,200 a year in fuel.