The Lemon Index$7,300 middle bill · most between $6,000 and $11,500
About the same as the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 91,000 miles (9 reports).
Ram pickup owners reported paying a median of $7,300 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $6,000 and $11,500. That's from 18 owner reports (17 complaints to NHTSA and 1 YouTube video). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,00017%
- $5,000 and up83%
Share of the 18 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2001 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2002 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2005 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2006 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2010 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2011 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2014 Ram pickup3$13,000 middle bill
- 2015 Ram pickup3$7,000 middle bill
- 2018 Ram pickup2too few for a middle
- 2019 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2021 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2022 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2019–2025 Ram pickup (YouTube)1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2020 Ram pickup22 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
3.6 Pentastar V6 · 5.7 HEMI V8 · 6.2 supercharged HEMI (Hellcat) · Ram / Jeep 3.0 EcoDiesel V6 · Viper V10
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Ram pickup reliability by year
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ram pickup owners reported
ABS module replacement (69) · Steering rack replacement (47) · TIPM replacement (35) · Brake repair (26) · Fuel pump replacement (22) · Differential repair (14) · Lifter replacement (13) · Ball joint replacement (12) · Tie rod replacement (11) · Transmission replacement (10) · CV axle replacement (7) · Driveshaft replacement (7) · Wiring harness repair (7) · Blend door actuator replacement (6) · DPF replacement (6) · Turbocharger replacement (6) · Car battery replacement (5) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (5) · Radiator replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11718086, 11713128, 11655712, 11630718, 11496681, 11482806, 11447229, 11417878, 11413404, 11309322, 11254384, 11220343 and more.
Said out loud on YouTube: $6,000 ▶
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Ram pickup?
Ram pickup owners reported a median of $7,300, and the middle half paid $6,000 to $11,500, from 18 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ram pickup engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ram pickup middle bill of $7,300 is about the same as the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ram pickup repair costs come from?
From 17 complaints to NHTSA and 1 YouTube video: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Ram pickup years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2020 (22) Ram pickup named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.