Ram Lemon Law Attorneys in Texas
If your Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, ProMaster, or Ram 1500 TRX keeps going back to a Texas Ram dealer for the same defect, you may qualify for replacement or a full refund under Tex. Occ. Code §§2301.601–613 and the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Texas Ram owners who took delivery in 2021 or later may file a Texas Lemon Law claim under Tex. Occ. Code §§2301.601–613 if the same defect has been to a Ram dealer four or more times — or the vehicle has been out of service 30+ cumulative days — within the first 24,000 miles or 24 months. Filing routes through TDMV (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Lemon Law Section). The default remedy is replacement or full refund. FCA US LLC (Stellantis) pays your attorney fees on a winning case under §2301.604(c).
Why Texas Ram Owners Need a State-Specific Strategy
Texas runs a substantial Ram retail market, with three product overlaps that drive disproportionate filing volume: the Ram 1500 light-duty truck (HEMI / eTorque / TRX) across the major metros, the Ram 2500 / 3500 Heavy Duty with the 6.7L Cummins inline-six diesel across the fleet, tow, and trade markets, and the Ram ProMaster cargo van in last-mile delivery and trade-fleet operation. Texas’s lemon law — Tex. Occ. Code §§2301.601–613 — runs the consumer claim process and the TDMV (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Lemon Law Section) filing path.
Texas Ram owners typically have two routes: file under Texas Lemon Law, or pursue a broader Ram lemon law claim under federal Magnuson-Moss. The right call depends on the Ram / Stellantis defect pattern your vehicle has, where you are in the 24,000 miles or 24 months rights window, and whether an informal-dispute remedy is on the table.
Ram Models Texas Owners File On Most
Ram 1500 (HEMI / eTorque / TRX)
NHTSA recall 23V-265 (April 2023) covers ~131,700 2021 Ram 1500 trucks with the 5.7L HEMI eTorque mild-hybrid for a Powertrain Control Module calibration that runs the engine rich and causes sudden stalls while driving. NHTSA opened Preliminary Evaluation PE24018 in July 2024 on ~150,000 additional 2022 Ram 1500 + Jeep Wagoneer 5.7L eTorque trucks for the same stall-out symptom (electrical root cause suspected, federal investigation ongoing — no recall yet). On top of those, NHTSA recall 22V-904 covers ~1.23 million 2019–2022 Ram 1500/2500/3500 single-piece tailgates that can open in motion (cargo ejection, crash risk), and NHTSA recall 24V-653 (September 2024) covers ~1.22 million 2019 + 2021–2024 Ram 1500 trucks for an ABS module software glitch that disables Electronic Stability Control. The Ram 1500 TRX (6.2L supercharged HEMI) is swept into the 1500 platform campaigns. Three documented dealer visits across any of these patterns clears the §681.104(3)(a) three-attempt threshold.
Defect classes: eTorque stall (23V-265 / PE24018), tailgate latch (22V-904), ESC disable (24V-653), SCCM airbag weld (24V-199)Ram 2500 & 3500 HD (Cummins 6.7L)
NHTSA recall 21V-798 and its supersession NHTSA recall 23V-060 together cover ~306,000 2021–2023 Ram 2500, 3500, and Cab Chassis trucks with the 6.7L Cummins diesel for an intake air heater grid relay that can short-circuit and ignite an engine-compartment fire — with the ignition on OR off — prompting Stellantis to tell owners "park outside" until the relay is replaced. Separately, the 2021–2023 Cummins 6.7L cohort sits inside the December 2023 DOJ/CARB Cummins emissions "defeat device" settlement ($1.67B fine) and the January 2024 class action covering 2013–2023 Ram 2500/3500 emissions hardware including EGR, SCR, and DEF system durability. Texas 6.7L Cummins owners with three or more dealer visits for DEF warnings, derate-to-5mph countdowns, repeated DPF regen failures, or coolant-in-intake symptoms meet the state lemon law threshold even where the federal class-action settlement is still pending.
Defect classes: 6.7L Cummins fire (21V-798 / 23V-060), DEF / DPF / SCR derate, EGR cooler internal leakRam ProMaster (cargo van)
NHTSA recall 23V-301 (April 2023) covers ~165,000 2019–2021 Ram ProMaster cargo vans with the 62TE automatic transmission for premature lower-clutch-retainer failure that generates metallic debris and blocks the park pawl from fully engaging — meaning the van can roll away while shifted into "Park." Texas ProMaster claims cluster in Harris, Bexar, and Dallas counties where last-mile delivery and trade-fleet operators run ProMasters in 90°F+ heat through stop-start cycles. The rollaway pattern meets the §681.103(15) "substantial safety impairment" definition; Florida fleet owners regularly stack the rollaway recall with separate Uconnect and HVAC failure patterns.
Defect classes: 62TE park-pawl rollaway, Uconnect, HVAC, cargo door2025 Ram HD (ORC airbag / ESC offline)
NHTSA recall 25V-882 (December 2025) covers ~52,565 2025 Ram 2500 / 3500 Heavy Duty trucks built July 18, 2024 through May 22, 2025, for an Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) module that can drop offline while driving — simultaneously disabling Electronic Stability Control and preventing airbag and seatbelt-pretensioner deployment in a crash. The recall is too new to have a remedy deployed, which makes it a textbook §681.103(15) substantial-safety-impairment lemon claim. Texas buyers of the 2025 HD have a clean four-attempt or 30-day-out-of-service path while parts and software await release.
Defect classes: ORC offline, airbag non-deployment (FMVSS 208), ESC disable (FMVSS 126)SCCM airbag weld (cross-platform)
NHTSA recall 24V-199 (March 2024) covers ~38,000 2023–2024 Ram 1500/2500/3500/4500/5500 trucks plus Jeep Wrangler, Wagoneer, Grand Cherokee, Gladiator, and Chrysler Pacifica / Voyager — same Steering Column Control Module manufactured with an insufficient weld between the flat flex cable and the busbar. The weld breaks over time and the driver airbag will not deploy in a crash. Owner letters went out April–June 2024. Texas claims on this pattern run a single-attempt "substantial safety impairment" angle under §681.103(15) regardless of whether the airbag has yet failed in service.
Defect classes: SCCM weld, driver airbag non-deployment (FMVSS 208)How Texas Climate Accelerates Specific Ram Failures
Texas is one of the worst combined-stress environments in the country for a heavy-duty diesel platform: sustained 95°F+ summer ambient, Houston humidity, Hill Country dust, and Gulf Coast hail. Four patterns show up disproportionately in Texas Ram repair orders:
- Cummins 6.7L diesel particulate filter and SCR derate during Texas summer. Sustained low-speed marine-trailer, equipment, and livestock tow in 95°F+ ambient overloads the DPF regen cycle and accelerates DEF dosing. Three documented dealer attempts for "DEF" / "Service Emissions System" warnings inside 24 months / 24,000 miles clears the §2301.605(a)(1) four-attempt presumption.
- HEMI eTorque stall on 2021–2022 Ram 1500 in Texas hot-soak conditions. The 23V-265 PCM-calibration defect shows up more frequently in Texas summer because the rich-mixture fault becomes harder to recover. Repeat "stall while driving" entries on Texas ROs meet the §2301.605(a)(2) serious-safety-hazard threshold even before the four-attempt count.
- Hail damage and clear-coat failure on dark-color Ram finishes. Texas UV intensity drives clear-coat peeling at 30,000–50,000 miles. Hail-damage panel replacements that don't color-match are a separate §2301.605 substantial-impairment angle.
- Uconnect head-unit and 12-inch HD gauge cluster failure in Texas garages. Dashboard temperatures in Texas garages routinely hit 140°F+, accelerating solder-joint failure. Repeated "no display" or "intermittent reboot" entries meet the §2301.605(a)(1) four-attempt presumption.
Where to Send Written Notice to FCA US LLC (Stellantis) for a Texas Claim
Tex. Occ. Code §2301.606(c) requires the consumer to give written notice of the same nonconformity to the manufacturer — not the dealer — before the statutory remedy attaches. FCA US LLC publishes a single customer-assistance address for this purpose across every state-specific lemon-law disclosure in its 2026 Lemon Law and Tire Information booklet:
FCA US LLC — Manufacturer Notice Address
FCA US LLCAttn: Customer Assistance Center
P.O. Box 21-8004
Auburn Hills, MI 48321-8004
What a Texas Ram Lemon Law Case Looks Like
For Ram vehicles, Texas’s lemon-law process runs through TDMV (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Lemon Law Section). Three patterns dominate Texas Ram outcomes:
Pattern 1 — The four-attempt Cummins 6.7L. Owner brings the Ram 2500 or 3500 in four or more times for DPF / SCR / DEF derate symptoms, intake heater relay 21V-798 / 23V-060 remedy revisits, or EGR cooler coolant intrusion. After the consumer sends Tex. Occ. Code §2301.606(c) written notice and Stellantis uses its final cure attempt, the §2301.605(a)(1) four-attempt or §2301.605(a)(3) 30-day presumption presumption attaches.
Pattern 2 — The 30-day-cumulative Ram 1500. Vehicle out of service for 30+ cumulative days in the 24,000 miles or 24 months rights period — common when 23V-265 eTorque PCM remedy or 24V-199 SCCM airbag-weld parts run on backorder. Dealer loaner-vehicle ledgers are authoritative proof of out-of-service days.
Pattern 3 — The substantial-safety-impairment 2025 HD. The new 25V-882 ORC offline defect on 2025 2500/3500 production has no deployed remedy yet, making it a textbook substantial-safety-impairment claim on the first documented incident. The 22V-904 tailgate-latch defect on 2019–2022 1500/2500/3500 follows the same pathway when cargo ejection or open-tailgate-while-driving is documented.
How to Pull Your Ram Service Records in Texas
TDMV accept only complete repair orders: date, mileage, customer complaint, technician diagnosis, work performed, and parts replaced. Partial invoices or "no problem found" tickets without narrative are insufficient. Here is the order of operations that consistently produces a clean record set:
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Pull your digital history first via the Ram Owners portal
Log in at ramtrucks.com/owners and download every recorded service visit. This is your baseline. It will be incomplete (the portal misses third-party Ram dealers and any work outside the Stellantis network), but it tells you which dealers you need to chase.
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Request signed invoices directly from each Texas Ram dealer
Submit a written records request to the service manager. Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §17.46 (part of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act applies) requires the shop to provide a legible invoice copy showing date, odometer reading, work performed, parts itemization, labor, warranty information, and the shop's MV registration number. Ask specifically for the full technician narrative pages, not just the summary invoice.
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Document any oral diagnoses the dealer refused to write down
If a service advisor told you "we couldn't reproduce the issue" but the Ram 1500 or Ram 2500 failed the same way 200 miles later, write a contemporaneous note with the date, advisor name, and what was said. BBB AutoLine arbitrators and FNMVAB panels give weight to these in close cases.
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Push back on the "service history is Stellantis property" claim
Some Texas Ram dealers tell consumers that repair orders belong to FCA US / Stellantis and cannot be released without manufacturer approval. That is incorrect. The repair invoice belongs to the customer who paid for or warranted the work, and §559.911 obligates the shop to provide it. Cite the statute and ask for the dealer principal if the service manager refuses.
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Pull dealer-side loaner records for the 30-day-out-of-service path
If your case relies on the §681.104(3)(b) 30-cumulative-day pattern, the dealer's loaner-vehicle ledger is the authoritative proof. Request the loaner contract copies showing the pickup and return dates for every warranty visit. Florida dealers can refuse this orally; written requests citing the statute almost always produce them.
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Compile everything in chronological order for the BBB AutoLine filing
The BBB AutoLine Customer Claim Form and the TDMV Final Order request both have a chronology section. Records out of date order or with missing visits weaken the §681.104(3) presumption. We assemble this for you before filing.
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Ram × Texas Lemon Law FAQ
Does the Texas Lemon Law cover my Ram 1500 if I bought it used from a Ram dealer?
Generally no. Tex. Occ. Code §2301.602(3) defines "consumer" by reference to the original new-vehicle warranty, and the lemon-law rights period (24,000 miles or 24 months) runs from the original delivery to the first owner. However, if you bought the used Ram while the original new-vehicle warranty was still in effect and the defect arose during that period, you can often pursue the manufacturer under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act instead.
My Ram 2500 Cummins keeps going into DEF derate — does that count under Tex. Occ. Code §§2301.601–613?
Yes, in most cases. BBB AutoLine arbitrators and FNMVAB panels treat repeated DEF system failures and 200-mile / 5-mph derate countdowns on a $70K+ heavy-duty work truck as substantial impairment under §681.103(15) because the truck becomes functionally unable to perform its purpose. Three documented dealer repair attempts for the same DEF / SCR / DPF nonconformity within the 24-month Lemon Law rights period, followed by the §681.104(1)(a) written notice and Stellantis's 10-day final cure window, meet the presumption.
My 2021 Ram 1500 HEMI eTorque has stalled twice on the highway — is the 23V-265 recall enough, or do I have a lemon claim?
Both. The 23V-265 recall gives you a free PCM software flash, but the recall remedy does not address loss of use, post-remedy recurrences, or vehicles where the stall first appeared after the software fix. Stalls on the highway meet §681.103(15) substantial-safety-impairment without waiting for three attempts. NHTSA opened Preliminary Evaluation PE24018 in July 2024 on ~150,000 additional 2022 Ram 1500 + Jeep Wagoneer 5.7L eTorque trucks for the same symptom — meaning the federal investigation is ongoing, and lemon-law filings on 2022 production are not waiting on a recall remedy that may or may not arrive.
FCA's BBB AutoLine offered me a settlement — should I take it or go to FNMVAB?
It depends on the offer relative to the §681.104(2) statutory remedy. The Florida formula gives you a replacement comparable vehicle or a full refund (purchase price plus collateral and finance charges) minus the reasonable offset for use defined in §681.102(19): (consumer miles × base price) ÷ 120,000. Most BBB AutoLine pre-arbitration offers fall short of that, particularly on Cummins-equipped HD trucks where MSRP runs $70K–$110K. You have 30 days from the BBB AutoLine decision to reject it in writing and file with FNMVAB.
How long does a Texas Ram lemon-law case take?
TDMV targets a Final Order within 150 days of filing. Including the §681.104(1)(a) notice window and Stellantis's 10-day final cure period, expect 4–9 months end-to-end on a straightforward Ram 1500 or Ram 2500 case. NHTSA-recall overlap (21V-798 / 23V-060 Cummins relay, 23V-265 eTorque PCM, 22V-904 tailgate, 24V-199 SCCM, 24V-653 ESC, 25V-882 ORC) can extend timing because Stellantis often requests a stay pending the federal remedy.
Does using a lemon law attorney cost me anything in Florida?
No. Both the Florida Lemon Law (§681.112) and Magnuson-Moss (15 U.S.C. §2310(d)(2)) require FCA US LLC to pay reasonable attorney fees and costs when the consumer prevails. Easy Lemon represents Florida Ram owners on a statutory fee-shift basis, so your recovery is not reduced by attorney fees.
The Cummins emissions class action is still pending — does that affect my Texas lemon-law claim?
No. The December 2023 DOJ/CARB Cummins emissions settlement and the January 2024 class action are federal-court matters covering 2013–2023 Ram 2500/3500 6.7L emissions hardware. Your Texas state lemon-law claim under Tex. Occ. Code §§2301.601–613 is a separate state remedy with a different remedy formula and a different timeline. The two can proceed in parallel, and a successful state lemon-law repurchase or refund does not waive your right to participate in the class settlement.
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