2016 Ram 1500 · symptom sheet
Diesel fuel system or injector problems
- 80owner reports
- 112,000median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Jul 17, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
80 of the 1,544 complaints on this car describe diesel fuel system.
Tick what matches of 80 reports
Diesel fuel system on other 1500 years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Diesel fuel system complaints have a pattern of their own. Many are waiting on a recall part that isn't available yet. Others describe the truck stalling or losing power, a fuel smell in the cab, trouble right after refueling, or a diesel particulate filter that keeps clogging. Injector replacement comes up often.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the fuel pump (13 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the fuel system covers the 2016 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
A high pressure fuel pump (HPFP) failure may introduce internal debris into the fuel system, potentially resulting in fuel starvation.
All 17 recalls on the 2016 Ram 1500, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the fuel system on the 1500
High pressure fuel pump failure. Open, led to recall 24V-957.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 89,000 and 150,000 miles, from the 43 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2016 Ram 1500 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
(Revision A): P2463-00-DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - SOOT ACCUMLATION
What owners wrote
No report on this problem is short enough to quote in full.
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 80 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 278 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 235 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 138 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 97 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 68 reports
- Fuel pump failure 50 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 48 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 44 reports
- Rolls away in Park or will not shift out of Park 37 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 36 reports
- Vehicle fire 35 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 31 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 29 reports
- Delay or no response when I press the gas 27 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 26 reports
- Fuel smells, leaks, or the gauge reads wrong 25 reports