2017 Ram 1500 · symptom sheet
Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves
- 28owner reports
- 27,000median miles
- $2,000median quote
- 5involved a crash
Newest report Sep 17, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
55 of the 880 complaints on this car are about speed control. 28 of those describe driver assist.
Tick what matches of 28 reports
Driver assist 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: 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
These reports come from drivers whose assistance systems did something they didn't ask for. Adaptive cruise switches itself off, or brakes for a car that isn't there. Lane keeping tugs the wheel toward the line, or a "sensor blocked" message appears on a clear day. Because both systems can brake or steer, owners tend to file them as safety complaints, and NHTSA files them under speed control, lane departure or forward collision.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
No recall on speed control covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
7 of the 28 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $1,200 to $2,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 17,000 and 92,000 miles, from the 12 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2017 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.
Cruise Control Inoperative.
What owners wrote
“ABS module failure, dealer has tried to reprogram computer but didnât work. They also tried to send out to rebuild the ABS module and it couldnât be rebuilt. Dodge has no part to replace as of yet because this part was made vin specific. Brake traction control, trailer brakes and cruise control do not work. I have had this issue over a year now.”
Filed Dec 8, 2025
“It is having the same issues like the recall for the 2500 and up for the abs hydraulic control unit. Warning lights are on and does not have cruise control, traction control, nor 4 wheel drive”
Filed Jan 9, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 5 of 28 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. 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 Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
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