The Lemon Index$4,500 middle bill · most between $4,000 and $5,000
About the same as the $5,000 middle bill owners of all 26 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 126,000 miles (8 reports).
Ram pickup owners reported paying a median of $4,500 for a lifter replacement, with the middle half of bills between $4,000 and $5,000. That's from 13 owner reports (13 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,00054%
- $5,000 and up46%
Share of the 13 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2009 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2011 Ram pickup4$4,500 middle bill
- 2012 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2013 Ram pickup2too few for a middle
- 2014 Ram pickup3$4,000 middle bill
- 2015 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2019 Ram pickup1too 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.
Engines in these years
3.6 Pentastar V6 · 5.7 HEMI V8 · Ram / Jeep 3.0 EcoDiesel V6
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
- Lifter 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) · Engine replacement (18) · Differential repair (14) · 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): 11770163, 11698793, 11546436, 11476199, 11325062, 11217192, 11196759, 11192739, 11184986, 11182072, 11150908, 11149752 and more.
Quick answers
How much does lifter replacement cost on a Ram pickup?
Ram pickup owners reported a median of $4,500, and the middle half paid $4,000 to $5,000, from 13 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ram pickup lifter replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ram pickup middle bill of $4,500 is about the same as the $5,000 owners of all 26 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ram pickup repair costs come from?
From 13 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
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.