The Lemon Index$3,000 middle bill · most between $2,500 and $4,000
Higher than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 60,000 miles (5 reports).
Ram pickup owners reported paying a median of $3,000 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,500 and $4,000. That's from 47 owner reports (47 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0006%
- $1,000–$2,50019%
- $2,500–$5,00070%
- $5,000 and up4%
Share of the 47 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2004 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2013 Ram pickup14$3,000 middle bill
- 2014 Ram pickup11$3,000 middle bill
- 2015 Ram pickup4$3,300 middle bill
- 2016 Ram pickup3$3,000 middle bill
- 2017 Ram pickup7$4,000 middle bill
- 2018 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2019 Ram pickup2too few for a middle
- 2020 Ram pickup1too few for a middle
- 2021 Ram pickup2too 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
- 2013 Ram pickup351 complaints name it22% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Ram pickup256 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Ram pickup165 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Ram pickup157 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Ram pickup150 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Ram pickup109 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. 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
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ram pickup owners reported
ABS module replacement (69) · TIPM replacement (35) · Brake repair (26) · Fuel pump replacement (22) · Engine replacement (18) · 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): 11766375, 11762708, 11741917, 11732661, 11715864, 11697645, 11688308, 11684624, 11682213, 11668848, 11666116, 11663582 and more.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Ram pickup?
Ram pickup owners reported a median of $3,000, and the middle half paid $2,500 to $4,000, from 47 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ram pickup steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ram pickup middle bill of $3,000 is higher than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ram pickup repair costs come from?
From 47 complaints to NHTSA: 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 2013 (351), 2014 (256), 2016 (165) 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.