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2021 RAM 1500 hesitation / surging reports

8 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2021 RAM 1500 — roughly 1% of all complaints for this model year.

8
Hesitation / surging reports
1%
share of complaints
36,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2021 RAM 1500 report before drawing conclusions.