There are 2 stored owner reports matching the lighting leading-label group for the 2016 Ram 3500 in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)WHEN PULLING GOOSENECK TRAILER THE MARKER LIGHTS GO OUT ON THE BED AND CAB OF THIS TRUCK. THE DEALERS SAY THERE IS NO ISSUE, THIS HAPPENS WITH EVERY GOOSENECK TRAILER PULLED BY THIS VEHICLE. THE RESEARCH I HAVE MANAGED TO FIND STATES THE WIRES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BECOME PINCHED CAUSING A FUSE TO BLOW. WITHOUT SIDE MARKER LIGHTS, THE VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TRUCK WAS AT A DEALER FOR UNRELATED ISSUE, THEY REPLACED THE FUSE. HOOKED BACK TO THE TRAILER, LIGHTS WENT OUT WITHIN 15 MINUTES. AS WE WERE HEADING HOME(900MILES) WAITED UNTIL WE WERE HOME TO DISCUSS ISSUE WITH A SECOND SERVICE DEALER. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE FUSE, STATING THEY COULD NOT SEE AN ISSUE. FAST FORWARD TWO MONTHS. HOOKED TO A DIFFERENT GOOSENECK TRAILER. NO MARKER LIGHTS. NO CAB LIGHTS. ONCE AGAIN FUSE BLEW. WE REPLACED FUSE. HAVE NOT PULLED SINCE, BUT ARE PLANNING TO PULL GOOSENECK TRAILER WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO ACTIVATE THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPLIT TAILGATE DOORS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOLSOM LAKE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (12545 FOLSOM BLVD, FOLSOM, CA 95630, 916-520-1135) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LIGHT HARNESS FAILED AND THE DOOR LATCHES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 158,000.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.