2022 Ram 1500 · symptom sheet
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking)
- 45owner reports
- 10,000median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Apr 14, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
129 of the 616 complaints on this car are about collision avoidance. 45 of those describe phantom braking.
Tick what matches of 45 reports
Phantom braking 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: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Phantom braking is a car that brakes hard on its own, often at highway speed, with nothing in the road ahead. About one owner in five mentions a near miss with the car behind.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the radar or camera sensor (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on collision avoidance covers the 2022 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
Due to a software malfunction, the anti-lock brake system (ABS) control module may disable the electronic stability control system.
All 16 recalls on the 2022 Ram 1500, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 8,000 and 22,596 miles, from the 9 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“Which specific part malfunctioned is unknown. I was slowing down as I was approaching a stop sign when the engine shut off. Next, the automatic emergency braking was activated. I had to restart my vehicle, disengage the parking brake, and shift back into drive. I continued to proceed on my way driving significantly under the speed limit, for fear of this occurring again.”
Filed Jul 29, 2024
“Happens once in every 5 times. If I'm sitting still about to gas it to pull out into traffic the gas pedal does not react causing a massive delay that has almost got me in a few accidents. I've also been at an intersection, stop signs, traffic lights and parking decks moving slowly and the trucks Emergency Brake will automatically be applied.”
Filed Jul 27, 2024
“While driving at a slow rate of speed, the engine turned off, the emergency brake engaged itself automatically, and the truck came to a sudden stop--very unexpectedly. There was a message that came on the screen telling me to put the truck in park to turn the vehicle on.”
Filed Aug 24, 2023
“I was driving down the road and my truck shutoff and coasted just enough for me to get out of the on coming traffic and then the emergency brake automatically turned on causing my truck to stop in the middle of the road and auto shift put it into park. Fortunately, I was able to get it started again and move out of the road. I very easy could have been killed.”
Filed Aug 13, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 45 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
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 218 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 87 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 70 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 63 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 61 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 26 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 25 reports