Extended warranty worthiness profile

2018 Ram 2500

Broad repair planning ranges plus reported complaint, recall and manufacturer communication signals. Reports describe submitted cases and do not measure the probability of failure.

2,501complaint reports
10recall campaigns
429manufacturer communications
6leading reported components
Animated diagnostic view representing the 2018 Ram 2500

Model-year reading

What the 2018 record can and cannot say

2,501 complaints sit in the 2018 record. The total is 2,329 above the median year in this model file, a useful internal reference that still cannot supply a defect rate.

Service Brakes appears most often among the shown tags, with 1,800 reports and a 72% share. One complaint may name several components, so the percentage is not a piece of a probability model.

A $7,000 midpoint makes Engine replacement or major internal repair the largest parts scenario in the applicable list. Factory overlap and contract exclusions decide whether that amount belongs in warranty savings.

Vehicle configuration

2018 EPA specification range

FuelEconomy.gov does not return a clean match for this model and year. We leave the specification fields blank instead of borrowing values from an adjacent year.

Estimated repair bills

Major repair cost range

Parts and labor benchmarks combined with an independent-shop labor model for Dallas, TX. Published model estimates calibrate supported repairs; model-year configuration data removes incompatible scenarios.

RepairSystemEstimated range
Engine replacement or major internal repairEngine$5,860-$16,847
Transmission replacementTransmission$3,492-$11,122
Hybrid high voltage battery replacementHybrid powertrain$4,986-$5,316
Transfer case replacementDriveline$2,044-$8,129
Supercharger assembly replacementForced induction$3,473-$3,955
Turbocharger replacementTurbo and Supercharger$1,520-$6,465
Head gasket replacementEngine$2,286-$3,619
Timing chain replacementEngine$1,895-$2,968
Catalytic converter replacementExhaust and emissions$2,241-$2,517
Steering rack replacementSteering$2,164-$2,584